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July 10, 1989 Issue - 20 Articles- Wounds of Race
"T.R.B."
, pp. 4-5 Affirmative action in the Rehnquist era
- Correspondence, p. 6
Ed Koch on Ed Koch, '60s debate revisited, etc.
- Laura's Themes
The Editors
, p. 7 Bush's campaign pledge to become the education president is turning into a bad joke---b...
- Izzy Stone R.I.P., pp. 8-9
- Notebook, p. 10
The Qaddafi award, the HUD scandal, etc.
- White House Watch: Teflon II
Fred Barnes
, pp. 11-12 Wondering how Bush got so popular? It's a miracle of modern science
- Postcard Tokyo: The Enigma
Nathan Glazer
, p. 13 How many Japanese does it take to screw in a light bulb? More than you'd think
- The Gorbachev Tease
Martin Peretz
, pp. 14-17 Beware of Communists claiming to be different from all the others
- On the Hill: Autopilot Democracy
Zachary Citron
, pp. 18-19 How to save America from Congress
- The Global Zeitgeist Checklist: Italy
Mark Lilla
, p. 20 - Crackdown
James Q. Wilson and John J. DiIulio Jr.
, pp. 21-25 Before we can get at the root causes of the drugs-and-crime epidemic, we have to take b...
Books and the Arts
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On Films: Anything Goes? (Review) Stanley Kauffmann
, pp. 26-27 Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989 Film), by Paul Bartel
- Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989 Film) by Paul Bartel
- On Theater: Fairy Tailspin
Robert Brustein
, pp. 28-29 Cymbeline veers out of control at the Public Theater
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Mothers Unite (Review) Barbara Ehrenreich
, p. 30 Contested Lives, by Faye D. Ginsburg
- Contested Lives by Faye D. Ginsburg
- Redwing Blackbirds
Fred Dings
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The Art of Conversation (Review) David Bromwich
, pp. 33-35 The Voice of Liberal Learning, by Michael Oakeshott and Timothy Fuller
- The Voice of Liberal Learning by Michael Oakeshott and Timothy Fuller
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Yiddish Lessons (Review) David G. Roskies
, pp. 36-38 From That Place and Time, by Lucy S. Dawidowicz
- From That Place and Time by Lucy S. Dawidowicz
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A Tale of Two Nations (Review) Geoffrey Wheatcroft
, pp. 39-42 Modern Ireland, 1600-1972, by Robert F. Foster
- Modern Ireland, 1600-1972 by Robert F. Foster
- Washington Diarist, pp. 43-44
Be Happy
- Cover photo
Eugene Richards
