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September 24, 1998 Issue - 21 Articles-
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Depth-Settings (Review) Joyce Carol Oates
, pp. 4-6 Sight-Readings, by Elizabeth Hardwick
- Sight-Readings by Elizabeth Hardwick
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Jerry Don't Surf (Review) Louis Menand
, pp. 7-8 Saving Private Ryan (1998 Film), by Steven Spielberg
- Saving Private Ryan (1998 Film) by Steven Spielberg
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The New New Math (2 Reviews) Martin Gardner
, pp. 9-12 Multicultural and, by Janet Trentacosta and Margaret J. Kenney
- Multicultural and by Janet Trentacosta and Margaret J. Kenney
- Focus on Algebra by Randall I. Charles and Alba Gonzalez Thompson, ...
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The Case of the Loony Lexicographer (Review) John Gross
, pp. 13-15 The Professor and the Madman, by Simon Winchester
- The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
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Don't Say Goodbye (Review) Ian Buruma
, pp. 16-19 East and West, by Christopher Patten
- East and West by Christopher Patten
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Memento Mori (3 Reviews) A. Alvarez
, pp. 20-25 The American Way of Death Revisited, by Jessica Mitford
- The American Way of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford
- Grave Matters by Nigel Barley
- The Undertaking by Thomas Lynch
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The Sun Also Sets (Review) A.O. Scott
, pp. 26-29 Cities of the Plain, by Cormac McCarthy
- Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy
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Pursuing the Pursuit of Happiness (Review) Laurence H. Tribe
, pp. 30-35 A New Birth of Freedom, by Charles L. Black, Jr.
- A New Birth of Freedom by Charles L. Black, Jr.
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Loyal Toward Reality (4 Reviews) Michael Scammell
, pp. 36-40 A Book of Luminous Things, by Czeslaw Milosz
- A Book of Luminous Things by Czeslaw Milosz
- Mysticism for Beginners by Adam Zagajewski
- Two Cities by Adam Zagajewski
- Winter Dialogue by Tomas Venclova
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Fresh Air Blues (3 Reviews) Sue Halpern
, pp. 41-43 Wickerby, by Charles Siebert
- Wickerby by Charles Siebert
- The Meadowlands by Robert Sullivan
- Red-Tails in Love by Marie Winn
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Chechnya: How Russia Lost (4 Reviews) Robert Cottrell
, pp. 44-47 Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power, by Anatol Lieven
- Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power by Anatol Lieven
- Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus by Carlotta Gall and Thomas de Waal
- Russia Confronts Chechnya by John B. Dunlop
- Russia and Chechnia: The Permanent Crisis by Ben Fowkes
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Small Expectations (Review) Sarah Kerr
, pp. 48-49 Man or Mango? A Lament, by Lucy Ellmann
- Man or Mango? A Lament by Lucy Ellmann
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The L-Word (Review) Alan Ryan
, pp. 50-54 Liberalism and Its Discontents, by Alan Brinkley
- Liberalism and Its Discontents by Alan Brinkley
- Nigeria
Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo
, pp. 55-57 The Country of Anything Goes
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The Way to Grant's Tomb (Review) Joseph Connors
, pp. 58-62 The Dancing Column, by Joseph Rykwert
- The Dancing Column by Joseph Rykwert
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The Killing Fields of Bosnia (6 Reviews) Mark Danner
, pp. 63-76 To End A War, by Richard Holbrooke
- To End A War by Richard Holbrooke
- Croatia by Marcus Tanner
- The Graves: Srebrenica and Vukovar by Eric Stover and Gilles Peress
- Srebrenica: Record of a War Crime by Jan Willem Honig and Norbert Both
- Blood and Vengeance by Chuck Sudetic
- Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica by David Rohde
- A Gory Future?
Lars-Erik Nelson
, p. 77 - The 'Tangled Web'
Henry A. Kissinger and Tony Judt
, pp. 78-81 An Exchange
- The Computer Revolution
Bob Davis, David Wessel, and Jeffrey Madrick
, pp. 82-83 An Exchange
- Letters
Stephanie Coontz, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, and Andrew Hacker, ...
, pp. 84-88 - Cover photograph
David James