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Once again the myth of William Henry Harrison as "the embodiment of homey rural virtues, the candidate of the log cabin" has surfaced, this time in Jeff Greenfield's piece "I'm Just That Simple" [ESSAY, June 10]. Greenfield does not seem to know that Harrison, my great-great-great...
The groom's breaking of a glass is a joyous part of the Jewish wedding ceremony. What if instead the ceremony ended with both participants trying to maneuver themselves into position to be the one who did the stomping? What sort of way is that to begin a marriage?
The week Americans learned how fast and how far Bill Clinton would go to get re-elected did not end with his aggressive flanking maneuver on welfare reform or a timely reminder of his opposition to gay marriage. Instead it ended with the Clinton-Gore campaign buying $1.2 million worth...
That backing is particularly important for Yeltsin if he tries to stay in power even after losing the election. It is significant that the men urging the replacement of Grachev are the strongest advocates of force. Korzhakov and Barsukov have reportedly been jealous of Grachev's closeness to Yeltsin. If...
A large part of Zyuganov's time is spent managing his unruly coalition. Whenever he says anything even mildly soft-line, his hard-core colleagues recoil. "We have an agreement allowing us to run Zyuganov free of the old dogma, to give him room to maneuver," says Kuptsov. "But there...