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"All we had was prayer" The forgotten women vets of Vietnam gather to remember.
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Gentrifying the Caribbean
I wanted to buy a piece of paradise in Panama. But was it worth the price?
By Carol Lloyd - 11/13/99




Trans-Siberian diary, Part 5 We hit St. Petersburg at the same time a rocket grenade does
By Rolf Potts - 11/13/99


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Susie Bright I loved our threesome, but my boyfriends didn't
11/13/99

Health Log Is giant HMO's reform move altruistic -- or self-serving?
By David McGuire - 11/13/99


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Columbine video Killers thank men who sold them guns and trained them
By Dave Cullen - 11/13/99

Crash sites Egypt Air tragedy sends Internet into a conspiratorial frenzy
By Fiona Morgan - 11/13/99


People

The duke of doodie.com Tom Winkler has turned his fascination with feces into a gold mine
By Jason Turbow - 11/13/99

Plus The evil that dogs doo
By Steve Burgess - 11/13/99

Nothing Personal Weekend The best of this week's columns
By Amy Reiter - 11/13/99


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On his mind Abe Rosenthal talks about leaving the New York Times
By Sean Elder - 11/13/99


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Oprah, Empress of Books

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Pro: Forget the snobs Oprah's Book Club has put literature into millions of American homes
By Mary Elizabeth Williams - 11/12/99

Con: Oprah's p.c. pablum Her safe-as-milk reading campaign is to literature what Starbucks is to coffee
By Gavin McNett - 11/12/99

Ivory Tower Diary of a Teacher's Last Year: I've suffered ghostly heart attacks, cancers and sexual ennui. Is teaching killing me?
By David Alford - 11/12/99

Photography books Moon shots! Spectacular photos of the heavens
By Andrew Long - 11/12/99

"Nat King Cole" Authoritative bio of the great jazz pianist who reinvented himself as a pop singer
By Greg Villepique - 11/12/99

Books Log John Bayley, "geezer pornographer"? Tales of defecation and denture loss prove too much for Washington Post critic
By Craig Offman - 11/12/99


Arts & Entertainment

"Dogma" Kevin Smith's comic-book vision of church doctrine is a celebratory leap of faith
By Charles Taylor - 11/12/99

"The Messenger" Luc Besson's life of Joan of Arc is more sadistic than saintly
By Charles Taylor - 11/12/99

"Anywhere But Here" Trembling looks, misty eyes and life-affirming singing -- it's a chick flick! Run!
By Mary Elizabeth Williams - 11/12/99

Music Luna falls from the penthouse to the doghouse
By Seth Mnookin - 11/12/99

Blue Glow "Partridge Family" TV movie: What really went on in that school bus?
By Joyce Millman - 11/12/99


News

A confederacy of dunces Congress' idiocy may cost U.S. its vote in the U.N.
By Ian Williams - 11/12/99

"These guys wanted to become cult heroes" Columbine killers left videos for police to find
By Dave Cullen - 11/12/99

Forbes' e-mail snafu Richer-than-God candidate erroneously tells contributors to stop sending money
By Alicia Montgomery - 11/12/99

The Buchanan gambit Reform Party's strategy to attract the center and left is far-fetched, but it'll be entertaining
By Fred Branfman and David Weir - 11/12/99


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Summer of spam Net activists say marketers are violating agreement to limit unwanted e-mail
By Deborah Scoblionkov - 11/12/99

Technology Log Online shopping sites' cartoon helpers are a pain
By Janelle Brown - 11/12/99


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"It's violent, but it's hella tight" Our five-kid expert panel reviews "Pokémon: The First Movie"
By Lisa Moskowitz - 11/12/99


Health & Body

I'd rather be bald than bland My hair does not play a central role in my romantic life -- or my head
By Cary Tennis - 11/12/99

Health Log: Fertility experts warn against multiple embryo implantation
By Arthur Allen - 11/12/99

Urge: Naked World Yeow! Penises are being cut off around the globe
By Hank Hyena - 11/12/99


People

Oh my gawd! I'm a contestant on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire"!
By Steven Scott Smith - 11/12/99

My lunch with Nick Tosches He chronicles the mob, rock 'n' roll and the immortal Dino -- and wears real leopard-skin loafers!
By Rex Doane - 11/12/99

Amy Reiter is taking the day off


Travel

Wanderlust As a Peace Corps volunteer in Chad, I fell for the wrong illiterate market boy
By Joyce R. Lombardi - 11/12/99

Trans-Siberian diary, Part 4 A Slavic Lolita in short-shorts enlivens my endless train journey
By Rolf Potts - 11/12/99


Media

Media Log Who really broke the L.A. Times-Staples Center story?
By Sean Elder - 11/12/99

Alt On Madison Ave., dot-coms are the new suckers
By Jenn Shreve - 11/12/99


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The Dark Hotel A message from the Management
11/12/99


Letters

What's to become of Microsoft? Plus: Putting McKinney's life in Judy Shepard's hands; who unearthed the L.A. Times controversy?
11/10/99

 
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