Washington Notebook BY DANIEL SCHORR Politics by the Book FOR MONTHS, the subject that inevitably came up in dinner conversations was O.J. Simpson. Then, for a few days, it was the Baltimore...
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COURTING THE KINGMAKERS The Chicken Run in Britain BY NORMAN GELB London DESPITE its grandeur, the Palace of Westminster is traditionally the scene of raucous debates that make the partisan...
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AFTER THE COLD WAR Giving the UN Its Due(s) BY RICHARD C. HOTTELET AS THE United Nations General Assembly opened its 50th annual session in September, members heard British Foreign Secretary...
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Perspectives WARRIORS IN THE OPEN BY RICHARD STERN THE 1995 US. Tennis Open is history. Steffi beat Monica; Pete walloped Andre. The winners took in over a half a million dollars, the losers...
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The Dismal Science JAPAN DOES IT AGAIN BY GEORGE R BROCKWAY THE TEXT for today's lesson comes from the second act of The Mikado, where Ko-Ko, Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum sing in unison, "Here's a...
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Writers &Writmg SURVIVORS' STORIES BY PHOEBE PETTINGELL STANLEY KUNITZ has proved to be the survivor of his generation of poets. Born the same decade as Langston Hughes. Theodore Roethke, W. H....
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A Flawed Man in His Finest Hour Eminent Churchillians By Andrew Roberts Simon & Schuster. 354pp. $27.50. Churchill: An Unruly Life By Norman Rose Free Press. 516pp. $25.00. Reviewed by...
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Writing for Her Life The Fatigue Artist By Lynne Sharon Schwartz Scribner. 320 pp. $22.00. Reviewed by Beth Weinhouse Co-author. "Outrageous Practices: The Alarming Truth About How Medicine...
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OnTelevision UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES BY REUVEN FRANK IN AUGUST the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed its 25-year-old Prime Time Access Rule. The decision consigned to the dustbin...
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On Stage BIRDS ' AND MUSIC BY STEFAN KANFER A JL Jk. mid the national backslide there is reason for hope. This year. World War II has filled more column inches and hours of air time than O.J....
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