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March 19, 1990 Issue - 21 Articles- TRB: Taking Responsibility
Michael Kinsley
, pp. 4-5 Shouldering the credit for what happened in Nicaragua
- Correspondence, p. 6
Marxist Darwinism, English run amok, creche wars, etc.
The Editors
- Who Won Nicaragua?, pp. 7-8
- Flight Plans , p. 9
- Notebook , p. 10
- White House Watch: Raging Bulls
Fred Barnes
, p. 11 John Sununu and Richard Darman, the two snorting beasts who rule the White House with a...
- Kohls Apart
Pierre Lellouche
, pp. 12-13 Whether it's 'two plus four' or 'four plus zero,' the arithmetic of German reunificatio...
- Let's Make a Deal
Tom Gjelten
, pp. 14-15 UNO doesn't owe Ortega anything. But unless they negotiate, the Sandinista may continue...
- Oops
Robert S. Leiken
, p. 16 This time the media got it really, really wrong
- Poll Position
Bruce Babbitt
, pp. 17-18 Observers didn't actually outnumber voters in Nicaragua, but their massive presence at ...
- Doe Our Dear
Bill Berkeley
, pp. 19-21 The brutal regime of Liberia's President Samuel K. Doe retains U.S. support despite a s...
- Quid Pro Whoa
Michael Waldman
, pp. 22-23 The Keating five and Al D'Amato clearly went too far. But what services can legislators...
- Cranston Wiggling
Weston Kosova
, pp. 24-25 If the California senator changes his story about his role in the Lincoln S&L scandal a...
Books and the Arts
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On Films: Future Tense (2 Reviews) Stanley Kauffmann
, pp. 26-27 The Handmaid's Tale (1990 Film), by Volker Schlondorff
- The Handmaid's Tale (1990 Film) by Volker Schlondorff
- Lonely Woman Seeks Like Companion (1986 Film) by Vyacheslav Krishtofovich
- Monet Isn't Everything
John Updike
, pp. 28-29 Monet's series paintings---of cathedrals, haystacks, water lilies---show him hard at wo...
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Measuring Evil (Review) Tzvetan Todorov
, pp. 30-31 Modernity and the Holocaust, by Zygmunt Bauman
- Modernity and the Holocaust by Zygmunt Bauman
- Paying
Alan Michael Parker
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Fiery and Cool (Review) Wilfrid Mellers
, pp. 33-36 Berlioz, by D. Kern Holoman
- Berlioz by D. Kern Holoman
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In Praise of Dabblers (Review) Henry Fairlie
, pp. 37-42 Whitehall, by Peter Hennessy
- Whitehall by Peter Hennessy
- Paris Diarist: Ethnical Dilemmas
Martin Peretz
, pp. 43-44 The darker side of the springtime of nations
- Cover: Photograph
Paolo Bosio