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 Vol. 061 Issue 004 (April 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 Criminal Appearances Pacifica Radio, that flagship network of community stations, has a fine program called Democracy Now. On February 24, Democracy Now was about...
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LETTERS
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LETTERS to the Editor Sickening Snobbery The interview with Christopher Hitchens (February issue) bugged me. He's such an intellectual snob. I don't belong to his elite club because I haven't...
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COMMENT
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Comment Getting Rich First Deng Xiaoping got quite a send-off. The New York Times hailed him as the "architect of modern China." Chose Capitalism: Resilient Leader kept a Firm Political Grip on...
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NO COMMENT
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N O Comment Don't Call Us ... Precinct commander Lt. Harry Uncapher, quoted in The South Whidbey Record of Whidbey Island, Washington, on why his police station has an unlisted phone number: "We...
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PITY POOR BILL
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Durst, Will
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OFF THE MAP Will Durst Pity Poor Bill Get this: Pat Boone, the guy who's so white, the Ku Klux Klan is wary of him, has decided his musical future lies in heavy metal. Boone has released an album...
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ON THE LINE
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Janovy, C. J.; Vanderpool, Tim
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ON THE LINE Developers vs. Indians on Sacred Lands Lawrenct, Kansas Developers want to run a highway through some Kansas wetlands that Native Americans regard as sacred. Environmentalists and...
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A NEW MINIMUM: $10 AN HOUR
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Reed, Adolph Jr.
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CLASS NOTES Adolph Reed Jr. A New Minimum: $10 an Hour President Clinton got his comeuppance at one of his recent welfare-reform dog-and-pony shows. Clinton's penchant for staging photo-ops at...
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HELLO, DOLLY!
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Clinton, Kate
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UNPLUGGED Kate Clinton Hello, Dolly! On the cusp of Women's History Month, the papers announced that an embryologist from Scotland had for the first time successfully cloned a sheep whose fleece...
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BODY-BAG JOURNALISM
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Douglas, Susan
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PUNDIT WATCH Susan Douglas Body-Bag Journalism Here's a story that just could save your life," warns the baritone voice on the TV. "Experts will show you how you can protect yourself from being...
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F: TEACHER OF THE YEAR GIVES VOUCHERS A FAILING GRADE
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Peterson, Bob
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Teacher of the year gives vouchers a Failing availing grade BY BOB PETERSON One recent winter morning, during the worst cold spell of the year, I found some caulk in my basement and took it to...
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TURKEY'S TERRORISTS
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Komisar, Lucy
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TURKEY'S A CIA legacy lives on BY LUCY KOMISAR On November 3, a truck crashed into a Mercedes Benz in Susurluk, ninety miles south of Istanbul, and killed three Turkish passengers: a fugitive...
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NO PAY FOR OVER TIME
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NICHOLS, JOHN
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No Pay for Over time 'Family-friendly' Republicans want to lift the forty-hour work week BY JOHN NICHOLS Cass Ballenger is the millionaire owner of a non-union plastics factory in North...
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SUING FOR JESUS
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Cusac, Anne-Marie
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Suing for Fesus A new legal team wants to cleanse the campuses for Christ BY ANNE-MARIE CUSAC A recent court case at the University of Wisconsin may have big implications for the nation's public...
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WARNING: FEMINISM IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH
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Conniff, Ruth
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WARNING: Feminisim hazardous to your healt BY RUTH CONNIFF Mere's some startling news: The latest threat to women's health isn't any of the medical scandals you've been reading about—not...
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POEM
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Collins, Martha
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poem Martha Collins Middle Start in the middle. Stay there, if you can: up and down the scale, but always come back to C. * Lost in the woods, supposing yourself in the middle of the woods,...
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THE PROGRSSIVE INTERVIEW BEN BAGDIKIAN
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Barsamian, David
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the progressive interview Ben Bagdikian 'Over the years, what's become important is how your hair looks and not what's operating underneath your hair.' BY DAVID BARSAMI AN Ben Bagdikian has just...
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BOOKS
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Mintz, Morton
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BOOKS Legal Misconduct no contest: corporate lawyers and the perversion of justice in america by Ralph Nader and Wesley J. Smith Random House. 427 Pages. $25.95. by Morton Mintz During a recent...
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THE AMERICAN WAY
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Ivins, Molly
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SMALL FAVORS Molly Ivins The American Way Great entertainment lately, what with the press corps doing its famous imitation of a swooning Victorian maiden. O. shock, anguish, and horror! President...
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