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Social life and customs

Love among the geisha

by Liza Crihfield Dalby,

Untitled

by Harold C. Livesay,

Berlin’s Mauerkrankheit

by Suzanne Gordon,

For some Berliners the Wall has become an obsession

Guests and hosts

by Lewis Nordan,

Obeying the rules of hospitality can be excruciating if you are scrupulous about it

Closets of power

by Taylor Branch,

As a high government official and a homosexual, Dan Bradley led a double life that is common among congressmen, White House aides, and others in the political world. Here is his story, and theirs.

The Gossip’s Code

by Diana McLellan,

Rule 2

Brief reviews

by J. B.,

Speedway

by Paul Fussell,

People don't just go to the Indianapolis 500 looking for gore

Southern women

by Shirley Abbott,

For generations they've known sisterhood is powerful

All this and heaven too

by Steve Salerno,

When it come to Cardinals, we know all about the pomp and little about their circumstances

Diary of a freeloader

by Rhoda Koenig,

Feeding the hand that bites you