Vol. 124 •
December 1997
• No. 21
Correspondence Applause and complaints on many fronts
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HOGAN, BEN & MONGOVEN, ANNE M. & DRUMKE, JACK & EGAN, (REV.) HARVEY & ZWICK, MARK AND LOUISE & HOLDORF, WILLIAM J. & BOGUCKI, (MRS.) GENE & CUSEO, ALLAN & MAZZARELLA, MARIO D. & FROST, RAYMOND & Zahn, Gordon & Jordan, Patrick & Rosenthal, Peggy
Editorial The least-bad solution
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Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien
Nunsuch? Religious communities are changing but reports of their death have been greatly exaggerated
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Callahan, Sidney
Priest Lost to Church Scaffolding
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Szumowski, Margaret C
A twist in Houston The struggle of a multicultural, multiracial Houston to share the bounty of city contracts may sink under court rules, though the citizens have voted otherwise
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Burke, John Francis
A SOLDIER'S LEGACY How one soldier's unobtrusive faith changed another soldier's life
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Ostermann, Robert
Boogie Nights The Ice Storm Remember the '70s? Two moviemakers do in exploring the squalor of the pornographic movie business and the moral aridity of suburban life
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Alleva, Richard
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas
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Donnelly, Daria
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas
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Morris, Charles R
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas
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Freeman, Mary Lee
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas
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Bell, Robert H
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas
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Castronovo, David
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas
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Mason, Alane Salierno
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas
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Fisher, James T
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas
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Johns, Elizabeth
Critics' choices for Christmas From the "Book of Nonsense" to the "Vegetarian Planet," the joys of "Hardboiled America" to "The Bridge on the Drina," our critics urge you to stuff your stockings with good books this Christmas
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Baumann, Paul
In cyberspace, all things Catholic
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Incandela, Joseph M
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