In NEW YORK Magazine on stands next week...August 2, 2004.

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On the Cover...

How to Beat George Bush         by Norman Mailer & John Buffalo Mailer
The wise old man of campaigns and protest movements talks to his young
    activist son about the proper use of Bush hatred, which conspiracy
    theories to believe, why Donald Rumsfeld is the most impressive
    member of this administration, and how Kerry can win in November.

                       Features and Profiles...

The Independent Republic of New York                by Jennifer Senior
The impending Republican invasion - and the prospect of four more
    years of Red-State America - brings a persistent fantasy to the
    surface: Should New York secede from the Union?  And what kind of
    a place would it be if we did?

The Convert                                           by Steve Fishman
When Mark Belnick, a onetime star litigator for Paul, Weiss, took a
    job as general counsel for Tyco, then threw over his Judaism for
    Opus Dei Catholicism, then traded his modest home in Harrison for
    a $5 million apartment on Central Park West and a $10 million ski
    house in Utah, his friends suspected a midlife crisis and
    prosecutors suspected something worse.

                              Columns...

Baby Bulls                                          by James J. Cramer
The broad market indexes may be stuck in bear mode, but a pack of
    small, little-known stocks are charging ahead.

                             INTELLIGENCER

In the Companies of Men: A rash of gender-discrimination suits
    suggests the Morgan Stanley payout may be only the beginning.
    by Susan Antilla
Briefing by Deborah Schoeneman: Richard Meier expands to Brooklyn,
    Osama bin Laden's niece
Bush's Champoin: Jada Yuan talks to Don King about why blacks should
    vote Republican
Google's Oodles: Elizabeth Spiers on how Google.com's valuation of $36
    billion compares with some other figures
Logomotive: The subway of the future
The Red-Bereted Avenger: Even before he went into "hiding" from the
    mob last month, Curtis Sliwa led a rather fantastical existence.
    Text by Boris Kachka, Illustration by Tomer Hanuka

                              SMART CITY

Whining and Dining                                  by Kelly Alexander
How to handle your dinner guests' extreme dietary requirements

Rima Suqi's Best Bets: Red Wellies from Marc Jacobs, dog collar and
    leash from Coach, Michele Varian's pillows
Test Drive: Beth Landman puts the city's coolest summertime soups to
    the taste test
Shop Talk: Lucien Pellat-Finet's quirky cashmeres warm up the West
    Village
Deal of the Week: A new make-up line, e.l.f. (eyes, lips, face), whose
    products go for only $1 each

                           PLUS ... Critics

TV: Emily Nussbaum on Six Feet Under's most shocking episode that
    thrilled some viewers, sickened others - and triggered a debate
    about what we expect from TV.
MOVIES: Peter Rainer weighs in on Tom Cruise as the bad guy in Michael
    Mann's intense Collateral.
ART: Mark Stevens on how Ed Ruscha's drawings and photographs put
    viewers in an L.A. state of mind at the Whitney.
THEATER: The Frogs fail to make a splash according to John Simon.
ARCHITECTURE: Joseph Giovannini on MoMA QNS's "Tall Buildings"
    exhibit.
CLASSICAL MUSIC: Elvis Costello reads - and writes - symphonic scores
    better than other pop stars according to Peter G. Davis.
DANCE: Laura Shapiro on the second-ranked company that steals the
    Lincoln Center's Ashton Festival.
RESTAURANT: Adam Platt on 5 Ninth--the neighborhood may be getting
    Dignified but Zap Placid creates a small, intimate excellent
    experience.

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