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Designed as a monument to nature, Newport sculptor Roberto Julio Bessin's 40-foot steel heron has become a focus of controversy and questions about censorship and elitism
BY IAN DONNIS
 
ANNALS OF LABOR
Unionists split in fight for Teamsters' leadership
IN MEMORIAM
Remembering a brave spirit
POLITICS
Efforts to boost participatory democracy show progress
CAMPAIGN 2002
Guglietta-Lynch contest emerges in AG's race
Dyspeptic conservative
The following communique from "Bill Hangley Jr." has become a bit of an underground classic of late. It was forwarded to your superior correspondents, and evidently "Bill Hangley" is indeed a Philadelphia personage with ties to politics and the media.
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Culture warrior
David McCullough's stately new biography, John Adams, prompts a backlash -- and a fascinating debate over the relative importance of character and political accomplishment. BY DAN KENNEDY
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Pulp friction
Behind the scenes at the library book sale. BY RON FLETCHER
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