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Weekly Review

Peru’s dictator Alberto Fujimori stopped in Japan on his way to an economic summit, decided he liked it there, and quit his job, via fax; Peruvians were generally pleased with…

Weekly Review

by Roger D. Hodge,

The European Commission announced its intention to test all beef cattle for mad cow disease. Italy banned the importation of French beef. Sales of beef in France dropped, even at…

Weekly Review

by Roger D. Hodge,

The Motion Picture Association of America succeeded in convincing a federal judge in Manhattan that publishing or linking to a free computer program that allows people to play DVDs on…

Republicans formally nominated George W. Bush as presidential candidate at their convention in Philadelphia; a display of dark-skinned speakers elicited much comment from journalists who noticed the contrast with rank-and-file…

Multicultural illiteracy

by Harper’s Staff,

Calcutta, 1998

by Philip-Lorca DiCorcia,

Learning to swordfight at school for Sikh boys

by Raghu Rai,

The Bombay rush

by Suketu Mehta,

Welcoming the Colonel

by Harper’s Staff,

Readings

by Raghubir Singh,

Going too far in New Delhi

by Harper’s Staff,

From Unparliamentary Expressions, a compilation of unacceptable words and phrases that has been used in Indian legislative proceedings. The list, which includes both English and Hindi terms, is kept by…

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Weekly Review

Weekly Review

Weekly Review

Weekly Review

Multicultural illiteracy

Calcutta, 1998

Learning to swordfight at school for Sikh boys

The Bombay rush

Welcoming the Colonel

Readings

Going too far in New Delhi

August 1994

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