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Jon Alter

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Chicago's Dragon Lady

T HEY SAID IT couldn't happen. Even after the old man died Christmas time, 1976, the Chicago Democratic Organization--the only


My Kind of Town

C HICAGO, FOR FOREIGNERS and others who have never ventured near the heartland, is Crime City. It has always been.


Harvard Hates LeBoutillier

I T'S A FUNNY thing about Harvard. Just when you think you finally understand how much the Harvard image is


Breeder Politics

I T MAY HAVE BEEN Sun Day earlier this week, but anyone who thinks events of that kind signal a


Where the People Sing and Play Mardi Gras

They call it "The Greatest Free Show on Earth"--this stunning array of over 20 parades down New Orleans's broad avenues.


The Passing of a Zestful Spirit

A COOL summer night in New York City, August 1976. Jimmy Carter swept into Madison Square Garden to make his


Strange Disclosures of the Second Kind

E VERY SO OFTEN, timing, events and the allure of unclaimed power combine to create a Goliath in the United


Carter and the Inner Cities

J IMMY CARTER'S STROLL through the South Bronx rubble earlier this month indicated yet again that the President has a


Avoiding Armageddon

O N OCTOBER 3 of this year the most important strategic arms agreement of the decade will expire, leaving the