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March 1996 Issue - 21 ArticlesDepartments
- Letters, pp. 2-3
- Tilting at Windmills
Charles Peters
, pp. 4-7 The Post's electric car... The Times's olive oil... UPS's speed-up... Hillary's congeni...
- The Public Schools' Last Hurrah?
Joshua Wolf Shenk
, pp. 8-17 Without quick and decisive change, it could be. A five-point plan to save the schools b...
- Tidbits and Outrages, p. 18
- Presumed Guilty
Joseph C. Kennedy
, pp. 19-21 To racist police, innocence is no defense.
- Monthly Journalism Award, pp. 22-25
- The Senator, The Judge, His Wife, and The Coverage
George Clifford III
, pp. 26-27 Hillary and Bill aren't the only ones with some explaining to do in the Whitewater saga.
- Memo of the Month, p. 28
- The Murder of New York Newsday
Sydney H. Schanberg
, pp. 29-37 How Wall Street's obsession with the bottom line killed one good newspaper--and threate...
- Who's Who, pp. 38-39
- What If We Held an Election and Nobody Came?
Phil Keisling
, pp. 40-41 Voter turnout is plummeting. How vote-by-mail reverses the trend.
On Political Books
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Go Team! (Review) Molly Ivins
, p. 42 Coach Carville gives liberals a rousing pep talk.
- We're Right, They're Wrong by James Carville
Departments
- Political Book Award, p. 43
On Political Books
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Making It, Part 2 (Review) Nicholas Lemann
, pp. 44-48 Inside the Ivy League admissions game.
- Getting in by William Henry Paul
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Prelude to a Disaster (Review) Charles W. Bailey
, pp. 49-51 The young reporters tried to tell the truth about Vietnam--but was anybody listening?
- Once Upon a Distant War by William Prochnau
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Political Booknotes (4 Reviews) , p. 52 -
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Review Storming the Gates, by Dan Balz and Ronald Bro... (Review) Jeffrey Birnbaum
, p. 52 - Storming the Gates by Dan Balz and Ronald Brownstein
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Review Time Present, Time Past, by Bill Bradley (Review) Matthew Cooper
, pp. 52-54 - Time Present, Time Past by Bill Bradley
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Review Medical Malpractice and the American Jury, by ... (Review) Philip K. Howard
, pp. 55-57 - Medical Malpractice and the American Jury by Neil Vidmar
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Review NO Matter How Loud I shout, by Edward Humes (Review) Patricia Cohen
, pp. 58-59 - NO Matter How Loud I shout by Edward Humes
Departments
- Political Puzzle, pp. 60-62
- Cover art
John Borruso