July 1993
In This Issue
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Articles
Finance: The Unifying Theme
A profile of financier George Soros
The Future of Electric Power
Deregulation has come to the semi-monopolistic world of public utilities, with potentially far-reaching consequences for the environment and for energy efficiency, cost, and investors as well.
Making Faith Possible
The Elephant Vanishes
The Elephant Vanishes
A Short History of Financial Euphoria
Curriculum Vitae
The Geography of Nowhere
Picasso and Dora
Girl, Interrupted
Epstein
Ablaze
The Puzzler
Word Histories
The July Almanac
Notes: The Newest Minority
We must face up to a looming political problem: the core constituency for the public schools is shrinking
A Joffrey July
Heart and Heels of Fire
Symphony of Drama
Apprenticeship for Angels
Pillow Talk
Russelling Up an Alternative Universe
Thriving Plant
Steely Don
Cotten Picking
Westward Ho!
Innovation in Animation
A Heart in Winter
Kid Stuff
A Keene Mind for Opera
En Français, s.v.p
Santa Fe Goes Native
Viva Vengerov!
Public Health: Needles and Race
Critical opposition to needle-exchange programs as a means to curb the AIDS virus has come from black leaders, and for disturbing reasons
745 Boylston Street
Contributors
Energy: The Future of Electric Power
Deregulation has come to the semi-monopolistic world of public utilities, with potentially far-reaching consequences for the environment and for energy efficiency, cost, and investors as well
It's Not the Economy, Stupid
Bill Clinton was elected on an untenable premise: that it is the job of the President to manage the economy. Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver
Willie Mays and Leo Durocher
The Disenchantment of Ireland
The country was founded on national myths that are now palpably eroding, leaving its people to contemplate their shrunken economic prospects with a chill lucidity
