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Waging War in Space Waging War in Space

"Master of Space"--a motto of the United States Space Command, a joint Air Force, Army and Navy command set up by the Pentagon in 1985--says it all.

Dec 9, 1999 / Karl Grossman and Judith Long

Report From the Front Report From the Front

It is incredible here.

Dec 9, 1999 / Feature / Stephanie Greenwood

One Problem of Bradley’s Candidacy Solved One Problem of Bradley’s Candidacy Solved

The last remaining superpower Might get a leader who would tower Above a smallish premier of Japan. The Third World wouldn't be euphoric

Dec 2, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Ulster Says Maybe Ulster Says Maybe

Ireland's struggle to extricate itself from the British Empire contributed early and disproportionately to the political vocabulary of the twentieth century: colonial domination ...

Dec 2, 1999 / The Editors

Trade Wars, Trade Truths Trade Wars, Trade Truths

Here's a might-have-been for you.

Dec 2, 1999 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Blowjobs and Snow Jobs Blowjobs and Snow Jobs

If the sixties were the age of the war reporter and the seventies the age of the investigative reporter, then the late nineties may go down in history as the age of the blowjob r...

Dec 2, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman

Street Fight in Seattle Street Fight in Seattle

After the Battle in Seattle one thing is certain: The next WTO confab will be held somewhere like Singapore or Jakarta.

Dec 2, 1999 / Marc Cooper

Public Citizen No.1 Public Citizen No.1

CORRECTION (from the Dec. 27 issue): In Micah L. Sifry's "Public Citizen No. 1" [Dec. 20], Carl Mayer, although he is among those urging Nader to run, was incorrectly identified as...

Dec 2, 1999 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry

Stop-Time in the Levant Stop-Time in the Levant

It is remarkable to what extent almost anything having to do with the Middle East in this country--be it political, cultural, historical or even personal--is permeated by the tri...

Dec 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Ammiel Alcalay

Algren’s Question Algren’s Question

He would hang his coat neatly over the back of his chair in the leaden station-house twilight, say he was beat from lack of sleep and lay his head across his arms upon the query-...

Dec 2, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Dan Simon

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