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April 19, 1999 Issue
"Winston Churchill was a great man, but when the war was over, they got rid of him. Well, the war is over, and if there were a way to get rid of Rudy, they'd get rid of him today."
--Political consultant Hank Sheinkopf, from "Mr. Unpopularity"
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| FEATURES Mr. Unpopularity BY CRAIG HOROWITZ Even before Amadou Diallo's violent death galvanized his critics, Mayor Rudy Giuliani seemed to be hard at work alienating New Yorkers who had reelected him by a landslide, deeply grateful for his success in taming the city's mean streets. Consumed by petty squabbles and increasingly isolated, Rudy has paid little more than lip service to issues beyond crime, squandering the political capital built up by his astonishing early achievements and creating a crisis in City Hall. Where did it all go wrong? Spree's Wild Ride When he attacked his coach during practice last season, Latrell Sprewell became a symbol for all that's wrong with the younger generation of basketball players: overpaid, selfish, angry, uncoachable. But a succession of Sprewell's previous coaches found the Knicks' newest star to be a superb and dedicated basketball student. He's also a committed (if unconventional) family man. A story of rebellion, Rashomon, and, perhaps, redemption in the modern NBA. Religious Differences A strict Orthodox education at his Long Island yeshiva made Nathan Englander long for escape. The young writer found it, unexpectedly, in Jerusalem, charting the journey in touching, funny stories about religion's impracticalities in a secular world. Dancing Queen Once, she ruled an international empire of nineteen nightclubs -- most of which closed in the belt-tightening of the early nineties. But a 10,000-Dow stock market has lured the eternally red-haired, 69-year-old Regine back to Park Avenue with a new club, Rage, and a new Jimmyz in Miami. Is there still an audience for lamé, leather, and Lucite? | GOTHAM Why is the Journal in bed with NBC?; Rem Koolhaas takes Times Square GOTHAM STYLE The hippest cooler; white jeans replace no-rinse DEPARTMENTS Booker culture: How guest bookers have changed news culture Cityside Cutting a deal with the Feds, John Gotti Jr. finally became his own man Restaurants No waffling: The Belgian invasion MARKETPLACE Tough-gal hats, snappy slickers Smart City Green dreams: Vegetables find their inner gourmet Sales & Bargains Spring into sandals, with a discount foot-beautifying treatment
| THE ARTS Movies BY PETER RAINER Drew Barrymore's goofy sensuality floats Never Been Kissed Classical Music The all-American lyricism of Susannah sounds small at the Met Dance Mark Morris calls on some friendly stars for two new dances Theater The big chill: Kevin Spacey's stunning, ice-cold Iceman Television Swing Vote imagines America after the anti-abortionists win out CUE Intelligencer Classifieds |