February 18, 2002 Issue, THE NEW REPUBLIC

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- Correspondence, pp. 4-5
  Is Justice Breyer really humble?, etc.
- TRB: War Paths
  Peter Beinart
  , p. 6
  How to fight the "axis of evil"
- Palestinian Authority
  The Editors
  , p. 7
  Yasir Arafat is not the real problem
- Notebook, pp. 8-11
  Jesse Ventura, the musical, etc.
- Hide and Sneak
  Jonathan Chait
  , p. 12
  Why W.'s "war budget" isn't about the war at all
- Cairo Dispatch: Tie Breaker
  Joshua Hammer
  , p. 13
  Why Egyptians hate Israel
- Identity Crisis
  Michelle Cottle
  , pp. 14-16
  Texas Democrats wanted a Hispanic candidate for governor. Now they have two. And things...
- Jerusalem Dispatch: Man on the Street
  Isabel Kershner
  , p. 17
  Meet Marwan Barghouti, the next leader of Palestine
- Torpedo Boat
  Lawrence F. Kaplan
  , pp. 18-20
  Just months ago, President Bush insisted "the world would to applaud" Yasir Arafat. Now...
- Foreign Aide
  Franklin Foer
  , pp. 21-23
  Why is California Governor Gray Davis so scripted, so poll-obsessed, and so cynical? Be...
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  On Films: Looking Two Ways (2 Reviews)
  Stanley Kauffmann
  , pp. 24-25
  Last Orders (2002 Film), by Fred Schepisi
  1. Last Orders (2002 Film) by Fred Schepisi
  2. Metropolis (2002 Film) by Taro Rin
- On Dance: Steps, Steps, Steps
  Jennifer Homans
  , pp. 26-31
  Has ballet become a hopelessly technical and conservative art? American Ballet Theatre'...
- Sicily
  Rosanna Warren
  , p. 32
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  The Thinkable (Review)
  Istvan Deak
  , pp. 33-36
  German Atrocities, 1914: A History of Denial, by John Horne and Alan Kramer
  1. German Atrocities, 1914: A History of Denial by John Horne and Alan Kramer
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  Adventures in the Skin Trade (Review)
  Anne Hollander
  , pp. 37-41
  Memoirs of a Courtesan in Nineteenth-Century Paris, by Celeste Venard de Chabrillan and...
  1. Memoirs of a Courtesan in Nineteenth-Century Paris by Celeste Venard de Chabrillan and Celeste Mogador, ...
- Moscow Diarist: Back to the USSR
  Masha Gessen
  , pp. 42-45
- On the Cover: Photo
  David Silverman