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July 27, 1998 Issue
"This year, it feels like we're working on a classic."
-- Yankees pitcher David Cone, from "Damn Good Yankees"
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| FEATURES Damn Good Yankees BY CHRIS SMITH Before David Wells's perfect game, they looked like mere front-runners; since then, the Yankees have seemed invincible. With the whiners of '96 gone, they also resemble something unheard-of these days: a team. Liquid Asset Her sizzling South Beach nightclub solidified Miami's hot-spot status, and her girlfriends Madonna and Sandra Bernhard have made Ingrid Casares the "It" girl of the beau (or at least the demi-) monde. So why can't she catch a break in New York? Manhattan Transfer Since moving his headquarters from Vienna to Greene Street, fashion designer Helmut Lang has been rattling Seventh Avenue, not only with the most singular collection of the season but also with his go-it-alone business strategy. GOTHAM DEPARTMENTS In the battle to challenge the Fonz, Gerry Ferraro may not be as far out front as you think | Restaurants BY HAL RUBENSTEIN Ken Aretsky finally gets serious about the food at Patroon MARKETPLACE Bread-and-butter Bonnard; inflatable bags; classy plastic totes Tech Sony's new bantamweight notebook; Aiwa's jogproof disc player Sales & Bargains Sexy underthings; eveningwear; thank-you notes; financial advice THE ARTS Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is a stunning war epic | Theater BY JOHN SIMON Even with Helen Hunt and Paul Rudd, Lincoln Center Theater's Twelfth Night is all wet Classical Music Lincoln Center Festival's Patience & Sarah is a rare -- and moving -- opera about women in love CUE Intelligencer Classifieds |