April 23, 1990 Issue, THE NEW REPUBLIC

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- TRB: Remote Control
  Michael Kinsley
  , pp. 4-5
  Why your cable TV bills keep going up
- Correspondence, p. 6
  Homage to Henry Fairlie, fairness in "homelands," etc.
- Back the Baltics, pp. 7-8
- Foreign Fade , p. 9
- Notebook, p. 9
- White House Watch: The Club
  Fred Barnes
  , pp. 10-11
  The core of George Bush's foreign policy is chumminess with his fellow members of the L...
- Name of the Rosso
  Yasmine Ergas
  , pp. 12-13
  Italy's Communist Party gives itself a makeover
- Snowed In
  Mark A.R. Kleiman
  , pp. 14-15
  A cold-eyed analysis of why trying to keep cocaine out of the country is destined to pr...
- Tongue Tied
  Andy Stark
  , pp. 16-18
  In a constitutional clash, Canadians' misplaying of the language card could finally pus...
- Bricks and Stones
  Eugene V. Rostow
  , pp. 19-22
  The controversy over Jewish settlements in the West Bank overlooks an important point: ...
- Between Revolutions
  Vladimir Tismaneanu
  , pp. 23-25
  In Romania a civil society is being born, and the new rallying cry is "We won't get foo...
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  On Films: Sense and Sensuality (3 Reviews)
  Stanley Kauffmann
  , pp. 26-27
  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1990 Film), by Peter Greenaway
  1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1990 Film) by Peter Greenaway
  2. Monsieur Hire (1989 Film) by Patrice Leconte
  3. Palombella Rossa (1989 Film) by Nanni Moretti
- On Architecture: When the Cathedral Turned Black
  Herbert Muschamp
  , pp. 28-31
  Why the CBS Building, now twenty-five years old, is the last breat building built in Ne...
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  It's... (Review)
  Veronica Geng
  , pp. 32-33
  The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus, by Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam,...
  1. The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus by Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, and Terry Jones, ...
- North of Night
  Brad Leithauser
  , pp. 34-35
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  Voltaire's Vomit (3 Reviews)
  Stanislaw Baranczak
  , pp. 36-39
  Hamletmachine and Other Texts for the Stage, by Heiner Muller and Carl Weber
  1. Hamletmachine and Other Texts for the Stage by Heiner Muller and Carl Weber
  2. The Battle: Plays, Prose, Poems by Heiner Muller and Carl Weber
  3. Explosion of a Memory by Heiner Muller and Carl Weber
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  His Master's Voice (2 Reviews)
  Sven Birkerts
  , pp. 40-42
  Poems, 1959-1979, by Frederick Seidel
  1. Poems, 1959-1979 by Frederick Seidel
  2. These Days by Frederick Seidel
- Budapest Diarist: Spring Cleaning
  Marianne Szegedy-Maszak
  , pp. 43-44
  Hungary votes
- Cover
  Bryan Leister