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Gogoliana abound in this mesmerizing catalogue of corruption by Konstantin Simis, a former Soviet trial lawyer. One reprise from Dead Souls takes place in the ancient town of Ruza, near Moscow. The manager of a construction outfit, in need of ready cash for his business's bribery fund, resorts...
The closing of Sydenham Hospital in 1980 symbolizes Koch's attitude toward human services. As the only emergency-care municipal hospital in West Harlem. Sydenham treated Black and Hispanic people in one of the nation's most medically underserved areas: the infant mortality rate in Central Harlem, the second highest...
The Israeli government has launched a vigorous campaign against P.L.O. sympathizers in the territory. Since March, eight duly elected West Bank mayors have been fired. The Israelis have attempted to promote rural-based village leagues, whose leaders are willing to cooperate with the authorities, but the leagues have been disparaged...
Astaire and Rogers may have inspired Americans to dance, but Arthur Murray, 87, taught them. From touch dancing in a flyspecked, New York City dime-a-dance hall in 1913, to a nationwide chain of dance studios, to national prominence on television's The Arthur Murray Party, a ratings...
Donald Pappa, a municipal court judge in Asbury Park, N.J., speaking for many of his colleagues, says, "When these people come before me, I feel as if I'm standing in judgment over my own parents." Even retailers, victims of most geratic crime, worry about sunset-years justice. Says...