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June 4, 1990 Issue - 18 Articles- TRB: Do the Wrong Thing
Michael Kinsley
, pp. 4-5 Democrats should be stinkers at the budget summit
- Correspondence, p. 6
The permanent Congress, ephemeral drug victories, etc.
The Editors
- Caveat Victor, p. 7
- Dead Leaves , p. 8
- Notebook , p. 9
- White House Watch: Three Summiteers
Fred Barnes
, pp. 10-11 Bush, Darman, and Sununu have a bumpy ride ahead as they enter the harsh realm of budge...
- The French and the Jews
Martin Peretz
, p. 12 The ghouls who despoiled the Carpentras Cemetary touched French guilt as well as Jewish...
- Surplus Value
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
, pp. 13-16 Five months ago the author proposed honesty about the Social Security Trust Funds. Not ...
- Skeletons in the Closet
Stephen J. Morris
, pp. 17-19 The Cambodian controversy turns on this question: is the Hanoi-backed Phnom Penh govern...
- Ballots and Bullets
Alan Berlow
, pp. 20-23 Burma's hated military junta says it is going to hold a 'free and fair' election. But h...
Books and the Arts
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On Films: Tales of Two Cities (2 Reviews) Stanley Kauffmann
, pp. 24-25 Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989 Film), by Uli Edel
- Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989 Film) by Uli Edel
- The Belly of an Architect (1987 Film) by Peter Greenaway
- Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Woolf
Irving Howe
, pp. 26-27 - Cannot Be A Tourist
Alfred Corn
, p. 28 -
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The Years of Robert Caro (Review) Sidney Blumenthal
, pp. 29-35 Means of Ascent, by Robert A. Caro
- Means of Ascent by Robert A. Caro
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At Home Abroad (2 Reviews) Amy Clampitt
, pp. 36-39 Henry James and Edith Wharton, by Lyall H. Powers, Henry James, and Edith Wharton
- Henry James and Edith Wharton by Lyall H. Powers, Henry James, and Edith Wharton
- Edith Wharton: Novellas and Other Writings by Cynthia Griffin Wolff and Edith Wharton
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Leaps of Faith (Review) Ann Hulbert
, pp. 40-42 In a Father's Place, by Christopher Tilghman
- In a Father's Place by Christopher Tilghman
- Washington Diarist: Insincerity
Jacob Weisberg
, pp. 43-44 Biden, Darman, and Thornburgh: three guys it's hard to believe
- Cover
Gerry Mooney