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• Flowers of Banality Flowers of Banality
  Jack Shafer Dec. 30, 1997
  
• The 94-Minute Man The 94-Minute Man
  Jack Shafer Dec. 23, 1997
  
• Janet. The Planet. Will Bill Lann It? Janet. The Planet. Will Bill Lann It?
  Jack Shafer Dec. 16, 1997
  
• Louis, Louis Louis, Louis
  Jack Shafer Dec. 10, 1997
  
• Waiting for Reno to Deal Waiting for Reno to Deal
  Jack Shafer Dec. 3, 1997
  
• Who Won Gulf War II? Who Won Gulf War II?
  Jack Shafer Nov. 26, 1997
  
• Bring Me the Head of Saddam Hussein Bring Me the Head of Saddam Hussein
  Jack Shafer Nov. 19, 1997
  
• Weekend Warriors Weekend Warriors
  Jack Shafer Nov. 12, 1997
  
• Telling the Hearings to Shut Up Telling the Hearings to Shut Up
  Jack Shafer Nov. 5, 1997
  
• The Middle Kingdom The Middle Kingdom
  Jack Shafer Oct. 29, 1997