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The false trade-off
As New York struggles to rein in its police department, Boston brags about reducing crime and police brutality at the same time.
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[ News - 04/27/99 ]
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Thursday, April 29, 1999

A hole in the head
Is trepanation the way to childhood bliss -- or the nuttiest medical idea since bleeding?
By Jon Bowen
[ Health & Body - 04/29/99 ]

Spiked? Clintons may boycott White House Correspondents Dinner honoring Michael Isikoff
[ News - 04/29/99 ]

Rogan won't run GOP impeachment hero won't challenge Feinstein in 2000
[ News - 04/29/99 ]

Anne Lamott Grace turned me into God's transsexual nurse
[ Mothers Who Think - 04/29/99 ]

Mod love "Trackers" hack together their own worlds of sound
[ Technology - 04/29/99 ]

Technology Log Mac lovers hunt the perfect office decor -- does that cubicle come in blueberry?
[ Technology - 04/29/99 ]

Kill your TV Poniewozik on NATO's explosive critique of Serbian television
[ Media - 04/29/99 ]

Rogues' Gallery Amy Fisher, mistress of multitasking
[ People - 04/29/99 ]

Nothing Personal Jacko brings in the millennium; Madonna makeover
[ People - 04/29/99 ]

Poison pen pals Interview with a serial killer groupie
[ Books - 04/29/99 ]

"The Spell" Alan Hollinghurst's variations on a gay quartet
[ Books - 04/29/99 ]

Books Log No more "Dear Mr. Manson": Son of Sam, Sirhan deleted from "The Kid's Address Book"
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Crazy about Keanu Why men and women can't take their eyes off him
[ Arts & Entertainment - 04/29/99 ]

Getting even with Ted Turner David Cronenberg on "Existenz"
[ Arts & Entertainment - 04/29/99 ]

"Frasier" tweaks Dr. Laura; Knievel's live Grand Canyon leap
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Travel Advisor Lisbon lowdown, spa getaways, rare road food, freighter trips.
[ Travel - 04/29/99 ]

Ruben Bolling God-Man tunes out Kosovo -- without a remote! Online treatment in MerchanFarma.com for erectile dysfunction .
[ Comics - 04/29/99 ]

Letters Amitai Etzioni defends privacy book; Bradley hasn't a chance
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