Escalation=More Drugs
Washington has begun the annual spring drug certification ritual.
Print Magazine
March 29, 1999 Issue
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Editorial
Kissinger and Pinochet
Henry Kissinger, realpolitiker nonpareil, never gave a damn about human rights.
Column
Women’s Rights: As the World Turns
Does it seem to you that feminism this past year was just one long gargle over the meaning of Monica? That the biggest women's issue was whether oral sex is sex?
Feature
More Beds, More Money
Beverly Enterprises controls more than 60,000 nursing-home beds, more than any other company worldwide.
Letter From Eritrea
The present lull in the fighting between Eritrea and Ethiopia may lead to a shift in their bitterly fought contest to the negotiating table, but an end to hostilities between...
Books & the Arts
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 b...
Too Many Cigarettes
Monday: Screening of Garry Marshall's The Other Sister, which seems to be about a goldfish.
Feminine Mystiquers
For Danielle Crittenden, the "click" came when she was going to play tennis with her husband and a couple of acquaintances. She left her racket on one side of the court.
Correspondance School Art
If we think of a historical period as defined by what the French have usefully designated a mentalité--a shared set of attitudes, practices and beliefs--then pe...
