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 Vol. 061 Issue 002 (February 1 1997)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 EDITOR'S NOTE
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Rothschild, Matthew
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EDITOR'S NOTE Matthew Rothschild Resolution Broken A few months ago, Ruth Conniff, Anne-Marie Cusac, and I sat down to take stock. We looked over the last year's issues, and discussed what we...
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LETTERS
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LETTERS to the Editor Burma and Aunt Bea I enjoyed your story ("From Green Bay to Rangoon," November issue). Gosh, what a buffoon that Green Bay mayor must be. I especially enjoyed your use of...
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COMMENT
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Comment 'I'm grinning like the Cheshire cat, I'm so happy.' —Ellen Malcolm, head of Emily's List, on the nomination of Madeleine Albright White House Green The Clinton team is finally in place,...
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NO COMMENT
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NO COMMENT Public Enemy Number I From a December 3 letter on Congressional stationery, signed by former Representative Robert Dornan: "Just look at the lengths to which a pro-Sandinista...
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HOLD THE MILK
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Durst, Will
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OFF THE MAP Will Durst Hold the Milk Well, thank God Warren Christopher is out at the State Department. I always worried when he went to state funerals that foreign dignitaries might think we...
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ON THE LINE
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Ervin, Mike; Bacon, David; NICHOLS, JOHN; Kingsbury, Kathryn
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ON THE LINE Homeless Kids Win Access to Schools Chicago, Illinois After Robin LeFlore became homeless last spring, she tried to enroll her son, Rinaldo, in a Chicago public school. When she went...
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RATINGS, NEW AND IMPROVED
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Douglas, Susan
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PUNDIT WATCH Susan Douglas Ratings, New and Improved Have you been enjoying the debate about the new television-ratings system? Shows will have labels like T.V.-Y and T.V.-G (both of which, it...
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TOKEN EQUALITY
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Reed, Adolph Jr.
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CLASS NOTES Adolph Reed Jr. Token Equality For Bill Clinton, egalitarianism is a token issue. From Janet Reno, Henry Cisneros, and Ron Brown in the first Cabinet, through Madeleine Albright,...
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CLINTON PUSHES MILITARY AID
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Press, Eyal
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ESCALATING THE DRUG WAR Clinton Pushes Military Aid HuMAn-Rights a BuSERS LapiT uP BY EYAL PRESS At midnight on December 31, 1999, the United States is due to evacuate Panama, removing thousands...
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TERROR STALKS A COLOMBIAN TOWN
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Conklin, Melanie
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ESCALATING THE DRUG WAR Terror Stalks BY MELANIE GONKLIN On August 21, Mayor Gloria Cuartas was speaking to an elementary-school class in Apartado, Colombia. As part of "peace week" in this...
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U. S. INTERESTS STOKE THE VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA
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Dudley, Steven
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ESCALATING THE DRUG WAR U.S. Interests SToKE The VioLENCe in Colombia BY STEVEN DUDLEY Fidel Castano, alias Rambo, is the most notorious paramilitary leader in Colombia. His armed "Self-Defense...
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OILING SLICK WILLIE
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Washburn, Jennifer
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Oiling Slick Willie Petroleum companies grease the hand that feeds BY JENNIFER WASHBURN On August 12, the national media showered praise on President Clinton's decision to "save" Yellowstone...
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
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Abramsky, Sasha
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTER VIEW Christopher Hitchens 'I remember very well the first time I heard the slogan "the personal is political." I felt a deep, immediate sense of impending doom.' BY SASHA...
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POEM
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Mitsui, James Masao
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POEM James Masao Mitsui "Man cannot be an island, but his memory is. " —Enrico Mario Santi In Sight of the Purple Crocus, Gray-burnished Sunlight Faintly Shadowing this Poem You can place your...
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THE PROBLEM WITH BLACK T. V.
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McKissack, Fredrick L. Jr.
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CULTURE Fredrick L. McKissack Jr. The Problem With Black T.V. If you want to know just how bad television can be, check out Homeboys in Outer Space. Homeboys, which is shown on UPN, is the kind...
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BOOKS
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Terrall, Ben
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BOOKS The Larger Indonesian Scandal Surviving Indonesia's Gulag: A Western Woman Tells Her Story by Cannel Budiardjo Cassell. 213 pages. $17.95. East Timor's Unfinished Struggle: Inside the...
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LIFE AFTER ELLEN
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Clinton, Kate
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UNPLUGGED Kate Clinton Life After Ellen A friend of mine was called for jury duty just before Christmas. She sat for a day and a half in the holding area until she was summoned for a criminal...
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