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Jhumpa Lahiri in Manhattan:: The New Faces of American Fiction

Eight years ago, Ha Jin and Jhumpa Lahiri won spots in BU's selective Creative Writing Program. In the past eight months, they've won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. By Eric McHenry

Illustration of Rhett by Mark Steele (SFA'75):: The Rhettoric of Dogma

Because there's no such thing as a canine casting couch, aspirants to the role of BU mascot have to satisfy a judge whose bark is worse than her bite and vice versa. By Bari Walsh

Gerard O'Neill, Photograph by Vernon Doucette:: Both Heat and Light

Before there were Woodward and Bernstein, there was Gerard O'Neill. Then came the Boston Globe Spotlight Team at full prizewinning voltage. An now a book-length exposé of the Bulger-FBI imbroglio. By Mark Leccese

Photograph of missile:: Our Missile Defense System: Safeguard — or Sky Lark?

Since SDI's inception fifteen years ago, we have been spending more than $10 million a day, and skeptics are asking what we've got to show. Here an expert on arms control puts the elements in perspective and reviews the actions of the actors. By Walter C. Clemens, Jr.

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:: Sports: She Swoops to Conquer By Jack Falla
:: Aluminaries By Jean Hennelly Keith
:: Back Bay: Degrees of Separation by David J Craig
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