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January/February
1999

EDITOR
Mary Johnson
 
FICTION AND POETRY EDITOR
Anne Finger

DESIGN/PRODUCTION Cliffwood Organic Studio

Vol 20, No. 1
January/February 1999

ISSN: 0749-9596 Published bimonthly by The Advocado Press PO Box 145 Louisville, KY 40201. Copyright 1998 by The Advocado Press. Reproduction without permission of any material herein is strictly prohibited. Rate for individual subscriptions: $17.50/year organizational rate, $17.50 international rate, $42 To subscribe, send check in U.S. funds to PO Box 145 Louisville, KY 40201

 

 

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Selections from our January/February 1999 issue
appearing February 15-28
 
Editorial: Sound familiar?
 
The Media Edge: Feeding the beast
by Jennifer Burnett
 
News Bites Gimps
 
Reading: A woman of her time--and ours
A new look at Helen Keller, reviewed by Sally Rosenthal
 
Movies: New 'David and Lisa' was a disaster
Ken Stein looks at Oprah's remake
 
Call to A.G. Bell
Poem by Brenda Brueggemann
 
Demanding a Place at the Table
Let's get the SSA program on track, says Laura Hershey
 
The Pro Se Project: A dissenting view
A lawyer's perspective from Amy Robertson
 
From the Kitty Room
Cass Irvin remembers her past and looks to our future
 
D.R. Nation
 
COVER STORY:
In Thrall to the Medical Model
'Nurse Practice Acts' across the nation keep costs of in-home services unfairly high
By Mary Johnson
 
A Matter of Form & Custom
ADA discrimination at the Post Office
By Sally Rosenthal
 
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