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May 15, 1989 Issue - 18 Articles- The Unliberal Imagination
Jonathan Brown
, p. 3 The Goya on exhibit in Boston and now New York is all reason and light. What gets lost ...
- Wright, Writer
"T.R.B."
, pp. 4-5 I read a book today, oh boy
- Correspondence, p. 6
Corporate taxes, the Princeton Review, etc.
- The China Syndrome
The Editors
, pp. 7-8 For too long we've turned a blind eye to repression in China. Now's a good time to stop
- Notebook, pp. 9-11
Hypocrisy update, executive greed, etc.
- Rocket Man
Bruce Reed
, p. 12 Dan Quayle plans to make a name for himself in space policy. That could be bad news for...
- The Wright Stuff
Fred Barnes
, pp. 13-15 A eulogy for Jim Wright, the most effective Speaker of the House in modern times
- Postcard Paris: L'Edifice, C'est Moi
Antony J. Blinken
, pp. 16-17 Francois Mitterand will leave his mark on more than just politics
- We Aren't the World
Zachary Citron
, pp. 18-23 It's time for the U.N. to stop chasing rainbows and get down to the dirty business of s...
- A Usable Past
S. Frederick Starr
, pp. 24-27 Russia's history reveals latent democratic tendencies
Books and the Arts
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On Films: Affairs of Love (2 Reviews) Stanley Kauffmann
, pp. 28-33 The Rainbow (1989 Film), by Ken Russell
- The Rainbow (1989 Film) by Ken Russell
- See You in the Morning (1989 Film) by Alan J. Pakula
- Sycamores
Fred Dings
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The Phenomenology of Punk (Review) Louis Menand
, pp. 35-38 Lipstick Traces, by Greil Marcus
- Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus
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Magic and Catastrophe (Review) Hillel Halkin
, pp. 39-42 See Under: Love, by David Grossman
- See Under: Love by David Grossman
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Iran Amok (Review) Shaul Bakhash
, pp. 43-45 Nest of Spies, by Amir Taheri
- Nest of Spies by Amir Taheri
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The Word and the Flesh (Review) D.J. Enright
, pp. 46-49 In and Out, by Daryl Hine
- In and Out by Daryl Hine
- Tenants Harbor Diarist, pp. 50-52
Provincial Wisdom
- Cover
Michael McGurl