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Vol. 062 Issue 004 (April 1 1998)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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Chalk One Up for Us
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Editor's Note Matthew Rothschild Chalk One Up for Us left work a couple of hours early on February 12. I told the staff I had a demonstration to go to. It was six days before dissenters...
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HONEST LIVING
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Kroninger, Stephen
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HONEST...
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LETTERS
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Letters to the Editor Clinton’s Contempt Barbara Ehrenreich (“Sex Happens,†March issue) comments that Bill Clinton “likes women far too much for his own fragile powers of self-control.â€...
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TOMORROW'S NEWS TONIGHT
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Brodner, Steve
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TOMORROW’S NEWS...
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Clinton and Captain Ahab
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Comment Clinton and Captain Ahab ‘The anti-Clinton theories that the populist and far right groups are spreading give space for pragmatic conservatives like Ken Starr to continue his...
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Proliferation Tango
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Conniff, Ruth
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Further Comment Ruth Conniff Proliferation Tango U.S. policy on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is schizophrenic. The government blesses sales of dangerous technology to some...
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NO COMMENT
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No Comment Wag the Dog An item in the “Style†section of The Washington Post. “CBS officials were red-faced yesterday after a practice news report about a U.S. bombing of Iraq was...
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Scheduling Problems
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Durst, Will
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Off The Map Will Durst Scheduling Problems So Bill Clinton nailed an intern. Who cares? Kenneth Starr was determined to pin something on Slick Boy if he had to apply the Velcro himself. American...
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ON THE LINE
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On the Line The Billboard Brigade San Francisco The slogan Torch the Ass of the Ruling Class appeared overnight in huge block letters on the base of a San Francisco billboard. Last summer, many...
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Why Let the Public In?
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Douglas, Susan
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Talking Back Susan Douglas Why Let the Public In? In the midst of those endless, artsy, black-and-white investment firm ads that advise us to get our IRAs in shape now or face a retirement of...
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Anthrax for Export
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Blum, William
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Anthrax for Export U.S. companies sold Iraq the ingredients for a witch's brew By William Blum The United States almost went to war against Iraq in February because of Saddam Hussein’s weapons...
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A New Peace Movement
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Decker, Annie
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A New Peace Movement By Annie Decker The February protest at Ohio State against the U.S. plans to bomb Iraq not only caught the Clinton Administration off guard. It caught the media, and even some...
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The People's Cinematographer
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Landau, Saul
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The People’s Cinematographer By Saul Landau I first met Haskell Wexler in 1969. He had recently finished directing Medium Cool, a film that exposed the brutality of Chicago cops during the 1968...
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Going for Governor
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NICHOLS, JOHN
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Going for Governor By John Nichols Twenty'four Republican governors, many of them rightwingers, are up for reelection in 1998. But this year they could be in trouble. Instead of the bland Clinton...
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One Last Dig
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Siegal, Nina
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One Last Dig Medicaid collects at the grave By Nina Siegal Margaret Dugger was able to live independently until she was ninety-one years old, thanks to her son Marion, who nursed her through...
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Susan Meiselas
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METZ, HOLLY
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The Progressive Interview Susan Meiselas 'I didn’t know, when I went to Kurdistan, that I was going to stay. And that was as true for Nicaragua. That just turns out to be the way I work.’ By...
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Opening Nightmare
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Howe, Fanny
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Poem Fanny Howe Opening Nightmare The mothers continue unconsciously fearing space breaks inside cloud patterns gray or red neutralizing effects of repetition on the secular desert city their...
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BOOKS
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BOOKS Citizen Diplomat Defending the Spirit: A Black Life in America By Randall Robinson Dutton. 304 pages. $24.95. by Clarence Lusane One of the great social causes of the twentieth century...
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Gotta Spin
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Ivins, Molly
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Small Favors Molly Ivins Gotta Spin My, what a festive time we’ve been having. That Kenneth Starr, what an entertainer! We didn’t think he could top calling in Monica’s momma and causing...
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