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Issue #232: September 2000



	crime doesn't play fair the first foreigner to hang in japan

	blueberry fields how one man turns the crop around
	artists interview: mimi yokoo is she her father's daughter? phirip malrowe inside the head of an english teacher


loose lips a mouthful of j-talk free gifts dinner for two, copperfield, and shades haiku hipster long lost records unearthed education all's fair at fairs with special faret book reviews two photo books of the month tokyo faces another way of looking at the 'hoods



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