AFTER THE COLD WAR Second Chance for the United Nations BY GERTRUDE SAMUELS United Nations Thirteen new United Nations members are taking part in the three-month 47th General Assembly, slated...
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THE PRICE OF INDEPENDENCE Beyond the Czech-slovak Breakup BY DONALD R. SHANOR Prague A few hours after Vaclav Havel resigned from the national Presidency last July, Czech Prime Minister Vaclav...
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THE LEGENDS OF LANGUEDOC Mystery vs. History in France BY JANICE VALLS-RUSSELL montsegur Solstices, especially the summer one when the weather is better, fascinate sunworshipping cranks. Last...
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Culture Watching READING THE SUPERMARKET TABLOIDS BY CHRISTOPHER CLAUSEN When Governor Bill Clinton contemptuously described the tabloid Star last January as a paper that specializes in stories...
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Countdown 92 THE CHANGING SHAPE OF OUR POLITICS BY GUS TYLER No matter who captures the Presidency, 1992 will go down in history as a political watershed. This may not be apparent on Election...
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Writers & Writing EMILY DICKINSON'S HORIZONS BY PHOEBE PETTINGELL TRADITIONALLY, Walt Whitman is considered the bard of vastness, the poet of the American Sublime. Emily Dickinson is seen as his...
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Wrestling with the Angel Judaism, Human Values and the Jewish State By Yeshayahu Leibowitz Harvard. 291 pp. $39.95. Reviewed by Yehudah Mirsky Contributor, "Economist," "Washington...
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As the Flag Unravels Sailor Song By Ken Kesey Viking. 533 pp. $23.50. Reviewed by George J. Searles Associate Professor of Humanities, Mohawk Valley Community College; editor, "A Casebook on...
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On Television RAUNCH ON THE RISE BY REUVEN FRANK on June 19, in a large but elegant hotel conference room at a Colorado ski resort, a 36-year-old Harvard MBA named Stephen Chao made a...
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