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Publication: August 10, 1997

General Note: Letters
Sunday: Ed Koch Bangs a Gavel, A Coxy Con-and-Cop Reunion
On Language: The Bloopie Awards! - William Safire
The Big City: Man with a Van - John Tierney
The Sympathy Vote - Holly Brubach
Soft News: Sweaters and pants, as casual as gym wear, are a hot story for fall - photographs by Richard Burbridge
Two for the Road: From motels to morels, an adventure on the Oregon Trail - Molly O'Neill
The Fall and Rise of Kilmer McCully - Nearly 30 years ago, he came up with the theory that homocysteine triggers heart disease, the nation's No. 1 cause of death. At last, the world is listening - Michelle Stacey
Robert McNamara and the Ghosts of Vietnam: For four days this summer, American generals and policy makers and their adversaries relived the Vietnam War together, this time over a conferene table. Some lessons: North Vietnam was not the agent of Soviet or Chinese Communism. There were no dominoes. Healing is easier for the victors than the vanquished - David K. Shipler
The Real-Estate Royals: End of the Line?: Manhattan's venerable families of builders have survived foreign buyers, booms and busts. Now challenging their rule: publicly owned investment companies that give commoners a piece of the action.
Puzzles
Lives: Taking Flight Together - Andre Acimen

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Citation: The New York Times Magazine, 421Serial45519. No Date, Jim Dingeman Vietnam Conflict Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=421Serial45519, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 421Serial45519, Jim Dingeman Vietnam Conflict Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive