The Shrinking Oligarchs Of Russia
Date: 27 September 1998
By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN
Timothy O'BRIEN
Empires of some of Russia's top business leaders, known as the oligarchs, are facing collapse, along with Russia's brand of capitalism; oligarchs like Vladimir Potanin, chief executive of Interros Group, are credited with helping put Russian economy on its knees; Potanin's career epitomizes an era in which hopes of Western investors and Governments came to repose in handful of power brokers; photos (M)
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Word & Image; The Facts of Media Life
Date: 27 September 1998
By Max Frankel
Max Frankel
Max Frankel article on some recent high-profile reports and journalists that were found to have stretched the truth; scores culture that argues that good yarn justifies cutting corners, imagining dialogue, inventing characters and otherwise torturing the truth; drawing (M)
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Bay Area Bookstores for the Purist
Date: 27 September 1998
By AARON LATHAM
Aaron LATHAM
Aaron Latham article on quirky, independent bookstores in San Francisco Bay area; list; map; photos (M)
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Covering the Ink With Pancake
Date: 27 September 1998
By ALEX KUCZYNSKI
Alex KUCZYNSKI
Print journalists are paying unusual attention to their grooming, makeup and apparel as they make increasingly frequent television appearances as pundits; photo (M)9
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THE GUIDE
Date: 27 September 1998
By ELEANOR CHARLES
Eleanor CHARLES
Weekly compilation of cultural and entertainment events in Westchester County, NY (M)
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How to Cut Wood, Tile and Masonry
Date: 27 September 1998
By EDWARD R. LIPINSKI
Edward LIPINSKI
Edward R Lipinski column on tools used to cut wood, tile and masonry; drawing (M)
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PLAYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Date: 27 September 1998
By MICHAEL GOLDMAN
Michael GOLDMAN
Weekly guide to upcoming cultural events in NYC; photos (M)
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Photographers Move Forward Into the Past
Date: 27 September 1998
By LYLE REXER
Lyle REXER
Lyle Rexer article on use by many photographers of albumen prints, daguerreotypes and tintypes in bid to coax new expressive effects from old photographic techniques (M)
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