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Vol. 117 Issue 007 (April 6 1990)
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Vol. 117 Issue 008 (April 20 1990)
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Correspondence
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CORRESPONDENCE Effects of welfare New York, N.Y. To the Editors: I have never seen any reliable evidence of a "corrosive effect of the social-democratic welfare state, whose very benefits, when...
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Editorials
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A call for reflection Call for Action, the Chicago-based remnant of the 1976 "Call to Action," has issued a "Call for Reform in the Catholic Church." Having collected 4,505 signatures on its...
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What killed Robbie?
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Hussain, Jane
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REPORT FROM HARLEM WHAT KILLED ROBBIE? NOTES ON A NATIVE SON At 10:30 p.m. on February 2 in Harlem, a young black male with a gun ran toward a policeman. He ignored an order to drop the gun and...
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School in the marketplace
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Baumann, Paul
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REPORT FROM CHICAGO SCHOOL IN THE MARKETPLACE THE FUTURE OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION? Be careful how you use the "Y" word around Sister Mary Ellen Caron. "If you visit us, you'll know we're not,"...
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Leaves of the artichoke
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Garvey, John
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OF SEVERAL MINDS lohn Garvey LEAVES OF THE ARTICHOKE THE MARRIAGE OF RELIGION & CULTURE "The African churches were never allowed to be themselves, neither in the early church in...
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The consistent ethic after 'Webster'
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Bernardin, Joseph L.
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THE CONSISTENT ETHIC AFTER WEBSTER' OPPORTUNITIES & DANGERS JOSEPH L. BERNARDIN The title contains two themes which I will not treat equally. On the one hand, it calls for assessment of the...
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'Beggars' can't be choosers
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Schroth, Raymond A.
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'BEGGARS' CAN'T BE CHOOSERS RACE AT LOYOLA, NEW ORLEANS RAYMOND A. SCHROTH My New Orleans re-education in racial relations began four years ago in one of my writing classes. We had been reading...
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Marie-Dominique Chenu
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Komonchak, Joseph A.
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MARIE-DOMINIQUE CHENU A TRIBUTE JOSEPH A. KOMONCHAK Marie-Dominique Chenu, O.P., died on February 11, and his death should not be allowed to pass unnoticed. Perhaps he was not as well known to...
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Easter bunnies and Xmas trees
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Martin, J. Paul
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EASTER BUNNIES & XMAS TREES WHO WILL PASS ON THE FAITH? J. PAUL MARTIN Eighteen months of teaching Sunday school in a small country parish in upstate New York have generated in me a profound...
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Media
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McConnell, Frank
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MEDIA JUST A MOMENT THE LOGIC OF NINTENDO Jeremy Rifkin, who writes on technology and culture, wrote a brilliant book called Time Wars a few years ago. Its point-garnished with an elegant...
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Screen
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Baumann, Paul
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SCREEN THE BOOKS WERE BETTER 'HANDMAID'S TALE' & 'RED OCTOBER' Dull-witted adolescent righteousness is the sacred vocabulary of The Handmaid's Tale. Adapted from Margaret Atwood's well-received...
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Stage
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Weales, Gerald
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MEETING & MELDING THREE COUPLES There have been several new two-character plays produced recently for limited runs. Each of the three being reviewed here features a couple and deals with love and...
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Privatization and Educational Choice
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Glenn, Charles L.
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BOOKS Good cause, bad argument PRIVATIZATION AND EDUCATIONAL CHOICE Myron Lieberman St. Martin's Press, $35, $12.95 paper, 386 pp. Charles L. Glenn Whether to allow parents to choose...
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Killing the Spirit
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O'Brien, Tom
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REVIVING THE SPIRIT KILLING THE SPIRIT Higher Education in America Page Smith Viking, $19.95, 315 pp. Tom O'Brien Ironically, the diatribes of William Bennett, Allan Bloom (or Charles Sykes, in...
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The Hundred Yard Lie
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Degnan, James P.
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CONTRADICTORY TERMS THE HUNDRED YARD LIE The Corruption of College Football and What We Can Do to Stop It Rick Telander Simon & Schuster, $17.95, 223 pp. James P. Degnan A recent indictment of...
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The Struggle for America's Soul
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FitzGerald, Frances
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HELPING THE CENTER TO HOLD THE STRUGGLE FOR AMERICA'S SODL Robert Wuthnow William B Eerdman's Publishing Company, $22.95, $14.95 paper, 189 pp. Frances FitzGerald A professor of sociolo-gy at...
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Self-Portrait of the Other/My House Is on Fire
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Maloff, Saul
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FIDEL, PINOCHET & THE PEN SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE OTHER Herberto Padilla Farrar Strauss Giroux, $19.95, 247 pp. MY HOUSE IS ON FIRE Ariel Dorfman Viking, $17.95,167 pp. Saul Malof f In a...
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