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February 2, 1998 Issue
"The next hundred years will be the age of biology. This is where the next information revolution will be."
-- Dr. Lance Liotta, of the National Cancer Institute, "The Age of Discovery"
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| FEATURES Good Night, Ladies BY MICHAEL GROSS New York’s parties are more frenzied than ever. But are they any fun? Socializing has finally been overcome by marketing, say the city’s top partygoers. The A-list is a publicist’s Rolodex, spawning events wherein models, moguls, and celebrities mingle for commercial ends. It’s enough to make one drop out and eat in. The Fall of Alfonse Shopping Spree Mark Ravenhill’s play Shopping and Fucking, newly imported from London, is being touted as the next Rent. But there’s no happy ending, and the playwright doesn’t expect a warm welcome from gay New York. Medical Waste At first, the Feds were sure it was the Russian mob -- who else could be behind the millions in fake Medicare claims being sent to Brighton Beach? But what if it isn’t? What if ripping off Medicare is so easy that a third-rate crook from Russia can bill for $27 million himself? A New York investigation. New Twist With more and more people turning to yoga for physical -- and spiritual -- workouts, the mantra at the city’s yoga centers is expansion. | GOTHAM We’re all out of smack; popular virginity; Super Bowl roundup, commercials division; Bratton on Bratton GOTHAM STYLE Mourning Mets; more Tibetan chic DEPARTMENTS A special prosecutor run amok meets a harassment case run amok . . . and a president run amok The Underground Gourmet SoHo’s Denizen settles; Murray Hill’s Totof fills an aching void MARKETPLACE South London cuff links; mechanical furniture Sales & Bargains Underground economy: Sales hidden from the storefront world
| THE ARTS Books BY WALTER KIRN Martin Amis’s Brit’s-eye view of American cop culture Theater Doctorow in the house: Ragtime: The Musical retains some of the novel’s sweep Classical Music Strauss’s Die Sgyptische Helena, long criticized, almost comes off Television HBO recounts Gia Carangi’s headlong career and life CUE Intelligencer |