Washington Notebook BY DANIEL SCHORR The Meese Crisis Question in a not so trivial quiz: What do Kurt Waldheim, General Manuel Antonio Noriega and Edwin Meese III have in common? Answer:...
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A TRAVELER'S NOTEBOOK Czechoslovakia 20 (and 40 and 50) Years Later BY THOMAS O. MELIA Prague One of Czechoslovak Communism's few accomplishments has been its keeping intact much of...
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Perspectives DID MY MOTHER LIE TO ME? BY MITCHELL BARD Like most kids, I remember being told by my parents and teachers that I could be anything I wanted when I grew up-even...
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PURSUING SOCIAL JUSTICE Brazil's Political Bishops BY HAL LANGFUR Rio de Janeiro Bishop Mauro Morelli had just returned to the Duque de Caxias Cathedral after one of his customary midnight...
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The Dismal Science ON THE MATTER OF CONSUMPTION BY GEORGE P. BROCKWAY Three and a half years ago, in The New Leader of November 26, 1984, to be exact, I made a prophecy that is...
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Writers & Writing BITING INTO THE BIG APPLE BY BARRY GEWEN One of the most useful volumes about New York, possibly about any city, was the AIA Guide to New York City. Sponsored by the local...
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West Bank Story The Yellow Wind By David Grossman Translated by Haim Watzman Farrar Straus Giroux. 216 pp. $17.95. Reviewed by Harold M. Waller Professor of political science, McGill...
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Pink Ladies Agnes Smedley: The Life and Times of an American Radical By Janice R. MacKinnon and Stephen R. MacKinnon California. 425 pp. $25.00. Words on Fire: The Life and Writing of...
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On Dance IN THE AGE OF CUNNINGHAM BY LAURA A. JACOBS No matter how many dance concerts you attend in the course of a year, when you go to see Merce Cunningham you're always starting over....
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