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 Vol. 084 Issue 006 (November 1 2001)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 Tiptoeing in the Mideast Minefield
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SCHORR, DANIEL
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Washington Notebook By Daniel Schorr Tiptoeing in the Mideast Minefield The speech Secretary of State Colin L. Powell delivered November 19 at the University of Louisville had long...
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Tony Blair Transformed
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GELB, NORMAN
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Reactions to the War -1 Tony Blair Transformed By Norman Gelb London NOT since Winston Churchill during World War II has a British prime minister risen so high in the firmament of world...
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Italy Searches for Its Soul
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GRUBER, RUTH ELLEN
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Reactions to the War-2 Italy Searches for Its Soul By Ruth Ellen Gruber Baschi Around the middle of October I received an official-looking envelope in the mail. It was sent from an...
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Mexico On a Tightrope
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WITT, ADDISON DE
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Reactions to the War - 3 Mexico On a Tightrope By Addison De Witt Guadalajara It has become fashionable to speak of Mexico as "lukewarm" toward its northern neighbor's September 11 disaster...
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a War On
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CLAUSEN, CHRISTOPHER
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Second Thoughts Yes, Virginia, There Is a War On By Christopher Clausen On October 26, 2001, United States forces accidentally bombed a Red Cross warehouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, for the...
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Reaching Across Boundaries
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REICH, TOVA
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Reaching Across Boundaries By Tova Reich The reality of September 11 slams with considerable force into two new books, Yossi Klein Halevi's At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Jew's...
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"Magnitka' and Beyond
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SHUB, ANATOLE
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'Magnitka' and Beyond Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000 By Stephen Kotkin Oxford. 245 pp. $25.00. Reviewed by Anatole Snub Former Russian opinion analyst, U.S....
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Digging for Drama
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GROSSMAN, LAWRENCE
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Digging for Drama Sacred Geography: A Tale of Murder and Archeology in the Holy Land by Edward Fox Metropolitan/Holt. 254 pp. $25.00. Reviewed by Lawrence Grossman Co-editor, "American...
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In Search of an Archetype
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TUNG, TIMOTHY
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In Search of an Archetype Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing By Ian Buruma Random. 367 pp. $27.95. Reviewed by Timothy Tung Former research professor and China...
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The Whole Picture Restored
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O'NEILL, WILLIAM L.
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The Whole Picture Restored The Story of World War II By Donald L. Miller Simon & Schuster. 704 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by William L. O'Neill Professor of history, Rutgers; author, "A...
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Years of Sound and Fury
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WEISBERGER, BERNARD
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Years of Sound and Fury Theodore Rex By Edmund Morris Random. 772 pp. $35.00. Reviewed by Bernard Weisberger Former columnist, "American Heritage"; author, "America Afire: Jefferson,...
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History Without the 'Why'
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LEVITHAN, JOSHUA
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History Without the 'Why' Silent Night: The Remarkable 1914 Christmas Truce By Stanley Weintraub Free Press. 224 pp. $25.00. Reviewed by Joshua Levithan Teaching Fellow in History, Yale...
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Sensationalism and Sensibility
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SCHWARTZ, LYNNESHARON
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On Fiction Sensationalism and Sensibility By Lynne Sharon Schwartz For several decades Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa has been outspoken on behalf of free speech and against tyranny,...
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A Magic Journey
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AKSYONOV, VASSILY
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A Magic Journey Summer in Baden-Baden By Leonid Tsypkin Translated from the Russian by Roger and Angela Keys New Directions. 146 pp. $23.95. Reviewed by Vassily Aksyonov C. Robinson...
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Fragments of Tragedy and Pleasure
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SMITH, SARAH HARRISON
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Fragments of Tragedy and Pleasure Why Did I Ever By Mary Robison Counterpoint. 200 pp. $23.00. Reviewed by Sarah Harrison Smith Freelance writer and critic ONLY THE most deft hands can...
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Parker of the Decade
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GOODMAN, WALTER
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Parker of the Decade Tepper Isn't Going Out By Calvin Trillin Random. 224 pp. $22.95. Reviewed by Walter Goodman Murray Tepper, the hero of Calvin Trillin's flavorsome new novel, is...
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A Less Magical Realism
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GRAHAM, PHILIP
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A Less Magical Realism Portrait in Sepia By lsabel Allende HarperCollins. 304 pp. $26.00. Reviewed by Philip Graham Author, "How to Read an Unwritten Language," "Interior Design" ON THE...
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Lyrics in Periods of Crisis
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PETTINGELL, PHOEBE
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On Poetry Lyrics in Periods of Crisis By Phoebe Pettingell Surrealism and absurdism are hardly recent constructs, yet their fractured, mysterious landscapes— both like and unlike anything...
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A Fantasy of Empowerment
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MERKIN, DAPHNE
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A Fantasy of Empowerment When Men Were the Only Models We Had: My Teachers Barzun, Fadiman, Trilling By Carolyn G. Heilbrun Pennsylvania. 159 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Daphne Merkin Author,...
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Master of the Monologue
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BERMEL, ALBERT
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Master of the Monologue Reading Chekhov: A Critical Journey By Janet Malcolm Random. 210 pp. $23.95. Reviewed by Albert Bermel Author, "Shakespeare at the Moment: Playing the Comedies" In...
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On Television
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FRANK, REUVEN
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On Television TV in a Time of War By Reuven Frank On October 15 the head of BBC News agreed to send some chaps round to Downing Street to discuss war coverage and the use of video clips of...
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On Music
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SIMON, JOHN
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On Music Opera by the Pound By John Simon OPERA ATTRACTS the queerest ducks. Not all oddballs love opera, but many of the oddest adore it. One reason for this is that it is the most...
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On Stage
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KANEER, STEFAN
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On Stage Why Strindberg Wasn't Ibsen By Stefan Kanfer Hedda Gabler, the 1890 drama by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), drove critics around the bend. And that is precisely where the playwright...
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Index for 2001
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INDEX FOR 2001 This index of New Leader articles for 2001 is divided into three sections: Section 1, Index of Authors, lists the names of all New Leader contributors, whether writers of articles,...
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