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 Vol. 050 Issue 006 (June 1 1986)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 Letters
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LETTERS to the Editor First Victims The Progressive is to be commended for its courageous stand on the space-shuttle disaster ("First Victims," Comment, March issue). The flag-waving hysteria...
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Comment
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Comment Out of Control Terrible disasters often bring out the best in people, sending individuals soaring to unsuspected heights of heroism, creative intelligence, and selfless devotion to the...
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No Comment
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no Comment Why Can't They Eat Hot Dogs? Harold Ezell, Western commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, as quoted in the San Diego Union: "When you see 400 illegals at the...
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Datelines
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al., Kimberly French et.
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Doctors Deface Tobacco Industry SEATTLE Police in Seattle hauled in a handful when they caught a man wearing surgical gloves hiding in the shadows of a cigarette billboard early one cold morning...
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DEATH BY PRESCRIPTION
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Rothschild, Matthew
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DEATH BY PRESCRIPTION BY MATTHEW ROTHSCHILD Frank Israel was eighty-four years old and suffering from arthritis when his doctor prescribed Feldene (piroxi-cam), an antiarthritic drug manufactured...
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WHEN THE FIRES GO OUT
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Marquis, Christopher
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When the Fires Go Out A steel town settles into decay BY CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS Lloyd Fuge downs a martini amid the cheap splendor of a small restaurant in Clairton, Pennsylvania, eleven miles from...
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SWING LOWER, SWEET CHARIOT
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Mayer, Milton
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Swing Lower, Sweet Chariot BY MILTON MAYER and trying to drum up a little business—I'm still there, and still trying—and I got a letter from my friend. "How old are you?" he wrote. "Fifty," I...
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ENCOUNTER IN GAZA
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Rosenblum, Michael
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ENCOUNTER IN GAZA BY MICHAEL ROSENBLUM Only moments ago I had been alone on the beach at Gaza. Now I found myself suddenly surrounded by thirty or forty adolescent Palestinians, most of them...
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Media
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Manoff, Robert Karl
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MEDIA Robert Karl Manoff State-Sponsored Journalism The most important story of the decade," the President called it, and in a way he may have been right; the bombing of the Libyan cities of...
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Film
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Seitz, Michael H.
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FILM Michael H. Seitz Final Solution? Idoubt that movies really have the power to effect social change or reverse government policy, but I hope nonetheless that Broken Rainbow will find a large...
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Indigenous Music
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Hentoff, Nat
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NDIGENOUS MUSIC Nat Hentoff Spanning the Generations James Newton's The African Flower smashes a number of stereotypes all at once. First, there's the notion that the flute is not a jazz...
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Antidote to Despair
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Sifry, Micah
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BOOKS Antidote to Despair CONFLICTS AND CONTRADICTIONS by Meron Benvenisti Villard. 210 pp. $15.95. by Micah Sifry Few conflicts involve absolute truths; most are between legitimate positions...
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Tangled Web
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Murdoch, Iris
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Tangled Web THE GOOD APPRENTICE by Iris Murdoch Viking Penguin. 522 pp. $18.95. Reading Iris Murdoch demands attention and patience, efforts well rewarded by insightful character portrayals,...
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Soviet Sci-Fi
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al., Kir Bulychev et
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BOOKS Soviet Sci-Fi EARTH AND ELSEWHERE: New Science Fiction from the Soviet Union by Kir Bulychev et al. Translated by Roger De Garis Macmillan. 315 pp. $22.95. Soviet science fiction isn't just...
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Books Briefly
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Books Briefly Another Genie ALTERED HARVEST by Jack Doyle Viking Penguin. 480 pp. $25. Biotechnology: bane or blessing? It will depend on who oversees the gene splicers, according to Jack Doyle,...
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Report Card
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Fiefer, William Paul
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REPORT CARD William Paul Fiefer Fightin' Words FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN NICARAGUA by the National Lawyers Guild Central America Task Force Delegation to Nicaragua National Lawyers Guild, 853...
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Puzzle
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Rathvon, Emily Cox and Henry
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THE PROGRESSIVE PUZZLE by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon Letters of clue answers, when put in the appropriately numbered squares, will spell out a quotation. The first letters of the clue answers...
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The Last Word
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LUEDERS, BILL
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THE LAST WORD Bill Lueders Letter to a New Arrival When you were born, Jesse, I held your mother and cried. It was the most amazing experience I've ever had. I recognized you the moment your head...
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