Washington Notebook BY DANIEL SCHORR The President on a Tightrope The history of our times seems to be encapsulated in television dramas. Last fall was dominated by the case of Anita F. Hill v....
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DIM PROSPECTS FORTHEPCF Marx and Marchais Totter in France BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL Paris In the mid-1970s, many French teachers and their students saw Karl Marx as the man of the future. In my...
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A LOW POINT IN PUBLIC ETHICS The Backdrop to Israel's Elections BY ELIAHU SALPETER Tel Aviv In the month before two tiny far Right parties unhappy with the Mideast peace process quit Prime...
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MISSED OPPORTUNITY Why Japan Won't 'Buy American' BY MICHAEL BERGER Tokyo Despite the positive spin that official announcements tried to put on last month's visit here by President George Bush...
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A MATTER OF CLOUT Italy's German Problem BY SILVIO F. SENIGLLIA Rome New York Governor Mario M. Cuomo's announcement that he would stay out of the 1992 Presidential race was a keen...
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The Dismal Science MISTER BUSH MEET MISTER HOOVER BY GEORGE P. BROCKWAY Mister Herbert Hoover Says that now's the time to buy; So let's have another cup o' coffee And let's have another piece o'...
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Writers & Writing A PHARMACEUTICAL CINDERELLA BY ROGER DRAPER A Although aspirin has long been the most widely consumed of all drugs, until the 1960s it was the mere common drudge of the medical...
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Doing Something Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy By Ben Sonnenberg Summit. 217 pp. $18.95. Reviewed by Alfred Corn Poet, literary essayist; author, "The West Door," "The...
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How the News Was Made Out of Thin Air: The Brief Wonderful Life of Network News By Reuven S. Frank Simon and Schuster. 429 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by George E. Herman Former CBS News...
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On Dance SOME ACHIEVE GREATNESS BY LAURA JACOBS Just as the rookie's fate in the major leagues fascinates baseball fanatics, the young dancer's rise through the ranks is an exciting part of the...
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