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MEMO from the Editor Don't Quote Me, But.... They say the most frequently uttered falsehood in America is, "The check is in the mail." I'd guess the most frequently misunderstood—and, therefore,...
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LETTERS to the Editor Readers Respond to John Egerton's 'Poverty Palace' John Egerton's "Poverty Palace" (July issue) is a vulgar and vindictive assault on the integrity of George McGovern and...
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the Progressive In a June 28 speech, Michael Dukakis reassured the foreign-policy Establishment that he was 'not another McGovern,' and added: 'We need a strong and survivable nuclear deterrent and...
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No COMMENT Games People Play Deputy Sheriff Dan Jankowski, describing a drug raid on a house in Tucson, Arizona: "We had a great time pointing our guns and screaming at people, doing cop...
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DATE LINES Gun Lobby Targets the North Shore... NORTHFIELD, ILLINOIS Philip Andrew was proud to offer himself as the symbolic focal point for a gun-control movement emerging on suburban Chicago's...
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Whistle-blowers at Risk Their official 'protector' sells them out BY KAREN FRANKLIN As security officers John Berter and Charles Wallace made their rounds at the Cincinnati Veterans...
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When family Is Not a Household Word New arrangements leave the law behind BY KEENEN PECK If my friends had been married, the three of us could have lived in peace. Instead, the authorities...
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GETTING CON T R O L OF THE FARM BY MARTY STRANGE At many county fairs and smalltown celebrations, the big event is the tractor pull, a test of the available horsepower of a tractor. It's a...
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW Constantin Costa-Gavras Politics at the Box Office BY CLAUDIA DREIFUS In the world of international cinema, there's absolutely no one like Constantin Costa-Gavras. At...
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SMALL FAVORS Molly Ivins Duke-Outs at the Pet Clubs Well, buckaroos, we're going to have more fun than the law allows down here in Texas this fall. Talk about a fistfight in the...
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BOOKS A Common Destiny NUCLEAR FEAR: A History of Images by Spencer R. Weart Harvard University Press. 535 pp. $29.50. by Robert H. March Spencer Weart believes that when the President gives a...
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THE LAST WORD Ben H. Bagdikian The Uncovered The plane was still two hours from San Francisco when I started trying to persuade myself that the pain in my chest was caused by the United Airlines...
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