August 8, 1994 Issue, THE NEW REPUBLIC

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- Correspondence, pp. 4-5
  Americans versus soccer, George Ball versus the Jews, etc.
- TRB: Cynics' Lesson
  Mickey Kaus
  , p. 6
  Reading the fine print of Clinton's welfare plan
- Noncents
  The Editors
  , p. 7
  Since we're redesigning our currency, let's dump the penny
- Notebook, p. 8
  Hand-wringing for peace in Rwanda, rioting for dollars in Gaza, etc.
- Limbaugh's Lies II
  Joshua Shenk
  , p. 9
  Testing the "truth-detector": a follow-up
- Waiting for Assad
  Peter W. Rodman
  , p. 10
  Why the Syrian peace talks have stalled
- Belfast Postcard: The Best Medicine
  Jonathan Stevenson
  , p. 11
  Violence's silver lining
- Past Imperfect
  Russell Miller
  , pp. 12-13
  The lessons of another "history" theme park
- Grouseketeers
  Ellen Ladowsky
  , pp. 14-15
  How Virginia Republicans are dissing Disney
- Rats
  Dante Ramos
  , pp. 16-18
  Ware welfare reformers experimenting on humans?
- Flame and Fortune
  Stephen J. Pyne
  , p. 19
  Why fighting fires is different from fighting wars
- Green With Envoy
  Thomas Omestad
  , pp. 20-22
  The Democratic donor as U.S. ambassador
- Next of Kin
  Stephen J. Solarz
  , pp. 23-27
  In the wake of the Great Leader's death, we are focusing too much on North Korea's poli...
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  On Films: Different (2 Reviews)
  Stanley Kauffmann
  , p. 28
  Forrest Gump (1994 Film), by Robert Zemeckis
  1. Forrest Gump (1994 Film) by Robert Zemeckis
  2. Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (1994 Film) by Michel Pascal and Serge Toubiana
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  The Buried Life (Review)
  Ian Hamilton
  , pp. 29-33
  One Art: Letters, by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Giroux
  1. One Art: Letters by Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Giroux
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  The End of Essences (Review)
  Alan Wolfe
  , pp. 34-37
  The Promise of Pragmatism, by John Patrick Diggins
  1. The Promise of Pragmatism by John Patrick Diggins
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  The Icon and the Hacks (Review)
  Thomas P. Hodge
  , pp. 38-39
  Musorgsky: Eight Essays and an Epilogue, by Richard Taruskin
  1. Musorgsky: Eight Essays and an Epilogue by Richard Taruskin
- Hopscotch
  Alan Michael Parker
  , pp. 40-41
- Washington Diarist: Chilliest Testosterone
  Jeffrey Rosen
  , pp. 42-44
- Cover
  David Shannon