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In Post & Riposte: Bystanders to Genocide Was the United States's inaction during the Rwandan genocide indefensible? What should be done differently the next time the United States faces a humanitarian crisis abroad? The Early-Decision Racket Should early-decision college admissions be abolished? Weigh in on James Fallows's cover story in the September issue. Confessions of a Prep School College Counselor What makes one college more popular than another? How important is attending an elite college to future success? Discuss Caitlin Flanagan's September article. Suitably Attired Are men's suits here to stay? Or will they be replaced by dot-com casual? Discuss William Hamilton's article in the September issue. See the complete forum index. |
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77 North Washington Street by Michael KellyIn This Issue Letters to the Editor INNOCENT BYSTANDER: Immaterial Civilization by Cullen Murphy  Toronto: The King of Closed Captions by Michael Erard Bombay: India's Disappearing Vultures by Stephen Bodio Washington, D.C.: Help Wanted by Daniel Goldin Bogotá: All the City's a Stage by Mark Schapiro Los Angeles: Up in Smoke by Jeff Spurrier  The Early-Decision Racket How a controversial tactic in elite-college admissions has distorted the admissions process and added an insane intensity to middle-class obsessions about college by James Fallows The Old College Try: Who gets in, and why? Atlantic articles from 1892 to the present consider the art, the science, and the gamesmanship of college admissions [Web only]Confessions of a Prep School College Counselor "I had no idea what I was in for"—no idea that confident students and loving parents would turn into complete neurotics by Caitlin Flanagan Centerpiece: Lake Wobegone Summer 1956 Excerpts from a new novel by the host of A Prairie Home Companion by Garrison Keillor Bystanders to Genocide The Clinton Administration knew enough about the Rwandan genocide early on to save countless lives. It passed up every opportunity to do so. Why? by Samantha Power Limits A poem by Eavan Boland [with audio] Couple at the Club A poem by Pamela Alexander [with audio] Rough Beast A poem by Jean Monahan [with audio] Digging A short story by Beth Lordan Darkness Starts A poem by Christian Wiman [with audio] Incident Report Alec Guiness and Edith Evans by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel  TRAVEL: Tales of the Alhambra by Cullen Murphy FASHION: Suitably Attired by William Hamilton FOOD: Potato Salad by Corby Kummer  The Country and the City Two volumes of novels by Dawn Powell, reviewed by Philip Hensher New and Noteworthy This fall's hot novel; Salman Rushdie's latest; correcting the blather about "globalization" Bozzy's Life Boswell's Presumptuous Task, by Adam Sisman, reviewed by Miranda Seymour The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon Word Court by Barbara Wallraff Cover art by Bill Nelson. All material copyright © 2001 by The Atlantic Monthly Group. All rights reserved. |
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