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 Vol. 062 Issue 011 (February 1 1998)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 A Talk With Tutu
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Editor's Note Matthew Rothschild A Talk With Tutu The interview this month with Archbishop Desmond Tutu is dear to me because my political awareness dates back to the movement to end...
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I FOR AN EYE
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Coe, Sue
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I FOR AN EYE Sue...
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LETTERS
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Letters to the Editor Speech, Money, Votes I was delighted to see the ACLU vs. Public Citizen debate over campaign-finance reform (December issue), but I was disappointed that the exchange did not...
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TOMORROW'S NEWS TONIGHT
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Brodner, Steve
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TOMORROW'S NEWS TONIGHT Steve...
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COMMENT
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Comment Roe v. Wade at Twenty-Five PJBF ‘The right of privacy... is broad enough to encompass a woman’s decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.’ —Roe v. Wade, 1973. The...
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NO COMMENT
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No Comment The New Left An item in the New York Press, a free weekly in New York City: “Today’s Communists are choosing their battles with care. How else to explain the press release from...
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Socks, We Hardly Knew Ya
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Durst, Will
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Off The Map Will Durst Socks, We Hardly Knew Ya Dear Bill and Hillary, First off, I want to thank both of you for the truly wonderful time I’ve had here. 1600 Pennsylvania was a squeeze toy...
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ON THE LINE
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On The Line A Trek Against Child Labor New Delhi, India Groups across Asia opposed to child labor are organizing a five-and-a-half-month trek from Manila to Geneva. The march begins in January....
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Heard the One About Janet Reno?
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Douglas, Susan
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Talking Back Susan Douglas Heard the One About Janet Reno? It is almost impossible to make it through a late-night talkshow monologue without hearing a joke about her. In David Letterman’s...
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Desmond Tutu
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Jaffrey, Zia
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The Progressive Interview Desmond Tutu ‘We thought we knew how awful things were, and then we discover they were worse.’ By Zia Jaffrey South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission,...
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Remembering an Executed Man
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METZ, HOLLY
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Remembering An Executed Man By Holly Metz October 29, 1997. Daylight Savings Time had ended a few days before, and I was trying to offset the creeping afternoon dark by rising early. I took in the...
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No Place To Go
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Larsen, Jensine
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No Place to Go Burmese refugees can’t find a home By Jensine Larsen A man from Burma’s Karen ethnic group sits crosslegged on the floor of the small thatched hut he shares with eight others...
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Exit Left
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NICHOLS, JOHN
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Exit Left Ron Dellums leads the liberals out of Congress By John Nichols In May 1971, when anti-Vietnam War protesters converged on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, baton-wielding police officers...
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From Chicago to Guyana
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Steif, William
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From Chicago to Guyana Janet Rosenberg Jagan takes over as president By William Steif When Janet Rosalie Rosenberg was horn at Michael Reese Hospital on Chicago's South Side, the odds were a...
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Putting the Squeeze on Lemon Dealers
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Siegal, Nina
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Putting the Squeeze on Lemon Dealers By Nina Siegal Gayle Pena Labarrere had no reason to think that her 1989 Chevrolet Suburban pickup would have trouble hauling a twenty-four-foot trailer. But...
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My Goya
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Murrey, Matthew
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Poem Matthew Murrey My Goya With one hand I bend him to my chest: muscle, bone, blood, breath. With the other I cradle and massage his feet— two tense mice whose tiny bones and pads of...
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BOOKS
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Books Reviving the Corpse Made Possible By...: The Death of Public Broadcasting | in the United States by James Ledbetter Verso. 280 pages. $25.00. by Norman Solomon These days, it’s hard to...
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Quel Good Deal
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Ivins, Molly
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Small Favors Molly Ivins Quel Good Deal Think of 1997 this way: It was the year the United Jewish Appeal had Henry Kissinger present its Humanitarian of the Year Award to Rupert Murdoch. Also,...
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