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 Vol. 130 Issue 021 (December 5 2003)
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Vol. 130 Issue 022 (December 19 2003)
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 Correspondence 'Buffy' & more
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CORRESPONDENCE To the Editors Bushisms I have a small quibble with your editorial in the November 21 issue. You say President George W. Bush can be eloquent. No, Bush's speechwriters can be...
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Editorial
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Waiting
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Waiting Bishop William Murphy of Long Island's Diocese of Rockville Centre will meet January 19 with four hundred of his priests. It's about time. Murphy is responding to a request made in a letter...
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Et cetera
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act, Unpatriot
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ET CETERA Unpatriot act The Republican National Committee has released its first television ad supporting President George W. Bush's reelection. Not surprisingly, it goes after Democrats (referred...
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Kickboxing in India Protecting my daughter
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McGowan, Jo
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OF SEVERAL MINDS JO McGOWAN KICKBOXING IN INDIA What every girl needs to know My daughter was molested last week. Cathleen, sixteen, was returning home from a school sport event and just outside...
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In denial Medicare, the deeper issues
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Lustig, Andrew
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ETHICS WATCH ANDREW LUSTIG IN DENIAL What the Medicare bill failed to do on December 8, President George W. Bush signed into law a bill that will provide drug benefits under Medicare. Supporters...
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Big spenders
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Dionne, E.J. Jr.
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OF SEVERAL MINDS E.J. DIONNE Jr. BIG SPENDERS The new Republican philosophy President George W. Bush likes to talk about the need for "fiscal sanity in Washington." His decision to run up the...
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AUTHOR OF 'THE RINGS'
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Krivak, Andrew
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AUTHOR OF 'THE RINGS' Tolkien's Catholic journey Andrew Krivah In 1958, J. R. R. Tolkien was approached by Forrest Ackerman and an American film company to consider a screen adaptation of his...
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Dusk
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Levering, Donald
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Dusk The motion sensors switch on the floodlights as I walk past the houses of the rich Here I was so righteous walking for my heart in the cold But the sensors know the darkness I carry...
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Master and Commander
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Alleva, Richard
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SCREEN Richard Alleva SWEPT AWAY Peter Weir's 'Master and Commander' That war is hell must always be a profounder fact than war is romance; nevertheless, war goes on being romance. Combine this...
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El Nino
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Crowley, Paul
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MUSIC Paul Crowley WHAT CHILD IS THIS? John Adams's 'El Nino' John Adams's oratorio, El Nino, which was commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony, debuted in Paris in 2000. Like the...
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The Rapture
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Cooley, Peter
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The Rapture Beyond the window he stares out, oblivious I've come back, my father is entering the afterworld. I am still here, working Dad's "senior residence," occasional nurse, valet, waiter,...
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The Saints' Guide to Happiness by Robert Ellsberg
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O'Brien, Dennis
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BOOKS Going places The Saints' Guide to Happiness Everyday Wisdom from the Lives of the Saints Robert Ellsberg North Point Press, $23,219 pp. Dennis O'Brien You can tell right away that this...
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The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Ruddy, Christopher
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STRANGERS ON A The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri Himghlon Mifilin. $24. 291 pp. Christopher Ruddy Hred Lynn and Jhumpa Lahiri likely have never heard of one another. Lynn, the former Boston Red Sox...
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Gluttony by Francine Prose
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Pritchard, Marietta
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A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF SAUSAGE Gluttony Francine Prose Oxford University Press, $17.95, 108pp. Marietta Pritchard How many of us have ever hidden a box of expensive candy from our housemates or...
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The Great Unraveling by Paul Krugman
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MORRIS, CHARLES R.
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MAD AS HELL The Great Unraveling Losing Our Way in the New Century Paul Kruginan W. W. Norton. $25.95, 426pp. Charles R. Morris Paul Krugman is one of the brighter stars among America's...
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The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
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Breslin, John B.
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WORTH THE WAIT The Great Fire By Shirley Hazzard Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $24, 278 pp. John B. Breslin Shirley Hazzard's last novel, The Transit of Venus (Penguin USA), was published in 1980...
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Index to Volume CXXX
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Index to Volume CXXX January 17,2003 to December 19,2003 Articles and Poetry Alleva, Richard ............................A lion, even in winter 15:33 S 12 Allitt,...
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Sorrowful mysteries
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Roberts, Nancy L.
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THE LAST WORD SORROWFUL MYSTERIES Nancy L. Roberts It was December 2,1961, and I was in second grade. When I came home for lunch that snowy day, I was surprised to find my dad sitting with my...
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