Articles

A Nike Sneak A Nike Sneak

On January 11 Joseph Ha, a Nike vice president, sent what he thought was a confidential letter to Cu Thi Hau, Vietnam's highest-ranking labor official.

Mar 18, 1999 / Eyal Press

The Forgotten Oscar The Forgotten Oscar

In the run-up to Sunday's Oscar ceremony the focus was on Elia Kazan and whether the Motion Picture Academy was doing the right thing by honoring him with a Lifetime Achievement ...

Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

Carried Away Carried Away

My friend Dennis Paoli says there are two kinds of horror movies, and since his screenwriting credits include Re-Animator, I treat his categories with respect.

Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

When Worlds Collide When Worlds Collide

When those in my modest circle of acquaintances learned that I was editing a Hollywood issue of The Nation, they found it either risible or irritating.

Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Peter Biskind

Looking for Mr. Right Looking for Mr. Right

"I am it."

Mar 18, 1999 / Books & the Arts / David Corn

Enter Mrs. Dole Enter Mrs. Dole

Elizabeth Dole is all perfection. She shoots one take, without exception. She drives her staff so no step's spared To get an ad-libbed speech prepared.

Mar 18, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

More Beds, More Money More Beds, More Money

Beverly Enterprises controls more than 60,000 nursing-home beds, more than any other company worldwide.

Mar 11, 1999 / Feature / Eric Bates

The Shame of our Nursing Homes The Shame of our Nursing Homes

Research assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.

Mar 11, 1999 / Feature / Eric Bates

Montale as Couplet Montale as Couplet

The publication of Jonathan Galassi's translation and meticulous annotation of Eugenio Montale's Collected Poems, 1920-1954 has been justifiably celebrated on both sides of the ...

Mar 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Michael Mewshaw

Too Many Cigarettes Too Many Cigarettes

Monday: Screening of Garry Marshall's The Other Sister, which seems to be about a goldfish.

Mar 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

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