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Vol. 004 Issue 043 (August 2 1999)
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Vol. 004 Issue 044 (August 9 1999)
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SCRAPBOOK
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Scrapbook WILL CONGRESS LET WES CLARK FADE AWAY? One of the signal failures of the Republican Congress has been its neglect of oversight responsibilities and opportunities. God knows, the Clinton...
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CASUAL
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BARNES, FRED
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Casual THE MOVIEGOER Maybe you watch movies on airplanes the way I do. I glance periodically at the screen, never bothering to attach the earphones. I'm ready, though, if something interesting...
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CORRESPONDENCE
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Correspondence STANDING UP FOR TAIWAN William Kristol and Robert Kagan rightly propose that we help Taiwan escape from the "one China" box into which it was put ("Free Taiwan," July 26). Henry...
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SPEND IT ON DEFENSE
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SPEND IT ON DEFENSE The federal treasury (barring a recession) will run an astonishing $3 trillion cumulative surplus over the next ten years. The prospect of so much ready money has brought...
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WHO TEACHES THE TEACHERS?
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CHENEY, LYNNE V.
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WHO TEACHES THE TEACHERS? by Lynne V. Cheney With its pictures of earnest schoolchildren busily learning, Regie Routman's book doesn't look dangerous. But like many textbooks used in colleges of...
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PRESCHOOL IN THE NANNY STATE
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OLSEN, DARCY ANN
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PRESCHOOL IN THE NANNY STATE by Darcy Ann Olsen Make no mistake: The push for universal preschool is on. Already the state of Georgia offers free preschool to every 4-year-old, and New York is...
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ILLEGAL SERVICES ON THE HILL
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DEALEY, SAM
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ILLEGAL SERVICES ON THE HILL by Sam Dealey Last Tuesday the Legal Services Corporation celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary with a tea party at the White House. "Of course," said the first...
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TIME FOR A TWO-CHINA POLICY
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Bolton, John R.
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TIME FOR A TWO-CHINA POLICY by John R. Bolton Taipei, Taiwan Watching the Clinton administration criticize Taiwan's president Lee Teng-hui for calling his government a "state," it is tempting to...
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BODY SLAM
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LABASH, MATT
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BODY SLAM Jesse Ventura, Ross Perot, and the Lunacy of the Reform Party By Matt Labash Dearborn, Michigan Dearborn is a town that has known its share of nutjobs. Auto magnate Henry Ford, who...
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A LAND WITHOUT CONSERVATIVES
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BROOKS, DAVID
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A LAND WITHOUT CONSERVATIVES or, How I Learned to Stoop Worrying and Love Paul Weyrich By David Brooks Adelaide, Australia I had to travel half way around the world to realize how much I...
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TALKING OF MICHELANGELO
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VALIUNAS, ALGIS
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Talking of Michelangelo By Algis Valiunas Sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is probably the most famous artist ever to live, and his most famous works all...
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PREMATURE BURIAL
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JONES, PRESTON
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PREMATURE BURIAL The Nineteenth-Century Death of God By Preston Jones Maybe you didn't know that "what we would call 'S and M' was highly popular among the Victorians." In that case, you should...
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THE SLANG OF PRIGS
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Epstein, Joseph
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THE SLANG OF PRIGS Correct English Usage By Joseph Epstein George Eliot—of all people!— once called correct English "the slang of the prigs." I happen to be one of those prigs, who not merely...
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PARODY
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Parody Just before an Al Gore photo-op, local officials release 97 million gallons of water into the Connecticut River to raise the water level for his canoe. —News item U.S. Border Patrol...
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Vol. 004 Issue 045 (August 16 1999)
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Vol. 004 Issue 046 (August 23 1999)
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Vol. 004 Issue 047 (August 30 1999)
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