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Articles in Jan-Feb, 1997 issue of Washington Monthly

• Of inhuman bondage: the bond market has policymakers in its grip - Cover Story
  by Amy Waldman
• Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater. - book reviews
  by James Carville
• Teacher's pets - state legislatures and teachers' unions
  by Dante Chinni
• Running Scared: Why Politicians spend More Time Campaigning Than Governing. - book reviews
• Muzzling a watchdog. soft-pedals probe of National Endowment for Democracy - General Accounting Office GAO - NED
  by David Corn
• Joycelyn Elders: From Sharecropper's Daughter to Surgeon General of the United States of America. - book reviews
  by Leon Dash
• When good guys lie: misleading the public is no way to make the world a better place - baseless, alarmist statistics in publicizing social concerns
  by Glenn Hodges
• Working 5 to 9: all work and no play doesn't just make you dull - it can also drive you crazy
  by Michelle Cottle
• A Spy for All Seasons: My Life in the CIA. - book reviews
  by Walter Pincus
• The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus. - book reviews
  by Tim Carvell
• Willie Brown: A Biography. - book reviews
  by Harold Meyerson
• The ghost of Tom Joad: while Washington tries to deny reality, Bruce Springsteen faces it - rock singer
  by Joshua Wolf Shenk
• Slouching Towards Gomorrah. - book reviews
  by David Cole
• Betting it all on the market: why America is wrong to wage its future on Wall Street - Cover Story
  by Joseph Nocera
• Health Against Wealth: HMO's and the Breakdown of Medical Trust. - book reviews
  by Joshua Sharfstein