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August 17, 1998 Issue - 19 Articles- Comment
Hendrik Hertzberg
, pp. 4-6 What It's About
- The Mail, p. 7
- Goings On About Town, pp. 8-28
- The Talk of the Town, pp. 29-31
- The Sporting Scene
Roger Angell
, pp. 32-33 Front Running
- "Distinctions"
Josephine Jacobsen
, pp. 34-36 - Annals of Finance
John Cassidy
, pp. 37-41 Pricking the Bubble
- A Critic At Large
David Denby
, pp. 42-48 The Trouble with Lenny
- Sketchbook
Michael Roberts
, pp. 49-52 Off Duty
- "The Mercy"
Philip Levine
, p. 53 - Annals of Behavior
Malcolm Gladwell
, pp. 54-65 Do Parents Matter?
- Fiction
Lorrie Moore
, pp. 66-74 "Real Estate"
The Critics
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Books: The Prankster and the Prophet (Review) James Wood
, pp. 75-76 The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol, by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, and Nikol...
- The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, and Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol, ...
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Briefly Noted (5 Reviews) , pp. 77-79 The Way I Found Her, by Rose Tremain
- The Way I Found Her by Rose Tremain
- The Answer Is Yes by Sara Lewis
- Acheson by James Chace
- The Hand by Frank R. Wilson
- The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1937-1943 by Barbara Reynolds and Dorothy L. Sayers
- The Theatre
John Lahr
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The Current Cinema (Review) Daphne Merkin
, p. 82 Down for the Count
- Snake Eyes (1998 Film) by Brian De Palma
- Crossword, p. 83
- Shouts & Murmurs
Andy Borowitz
, pp. 84-86 Talking Points
- Cover: Afternoon Dreams
J.J. Sempe
