March 23, 1998 Issue, THE NEW REPUBLIC

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- Correspondence, pp. 4-5
  Presidential privacy, the Stalin anaology, etc.
- TRB: Strange Allies
  Peter Beinart
  , p. 6
  Isolationists of the left and right join forces against NATO expansion
- School Spirit
  The Editors
  , p. 7
  American students' math and physics scores lag behind the rest of the world's. So why i...
- Notebook, p. 8
  Iraq reneges, Time parties down, etc.
- Rosie the Riveter
  Hanna Rosin
  , pp. 8-9
  Monica Lewinsky's newest booster has strong views about using sex to get ahead in the w...
- Double Dipper
  Robert Dreyfuss
  , pp. 10-11
  What's more shocking than Ken Starr's seeming conflicts of interest? The fact that they...
- The Hard Questions: Going Public
  Jean Bethke Elshtain
  , pp. 12-13
  The investigation of the president's private life is unseemly. But he brought it on him...
- Cybercheats
  John N. Hickman
  , p. 14
  Inside the new Internet term-paper bazaar
- Missile Mystery
  Adam Ulam
  , pp. 15-16
  A new theory on one of the enduring puzzles of the cold war: Why did the Soviet Union r...
- Hype Dreams
  David Plotz
  , p. 17
  Why baby-boomer pundits have fallen in love with Princeton's basketball team
- Iraqracy
  Max Singer and David Wurmser
  , pp. 18-19
  The idea of a democratic Iraq is not as far-fetched as everybody thinks
- Injection Rejection
  Arthur Allen
  , pp. 20-23
  The bad news is that a handful of self-proclaimed experts say vaccinations may actually...
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  On Films: Cruelties (2 Reviews)
  Stanley Kauffmann
  , pp. 24-25
  Men with Guns (1997 Film), by John Sayles
  1. Men with Guns (1997 Film) by John Sayles
  2. Funny Games (1998 Film) by Michael Haneke
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  Why Is Light Given? (4 Reviews)
  Alex Ross
  , pp. 26-32
  Johannes Brahms: A Biography, by Jan Swafford
  1. Johannes Brahms: A Biography by Jan Swafford
  2. Johannes Brahms: Life and Letters by Styra Avins and Johannes Brahms
  3. Late Idyll by Reinhold Brinkmann
  4. Brahms: The Four Symphonies by Walter Frisch
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  The Uses of Illiteracy (Review)
  Eva Hoffman
  , pp. 33-34
  The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink
  1. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
- Sharon
  Terese Svoboda
  , p. 35
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  The Lucid Moment (2 Reviews)
  Adam Kirsch
  , pp. 36-41
  Mysticism for Beginners, by Adam Zagajewski
  1. Mysticism for Beginners by Adam Zagajewski
  2. Two Cities by Adam Zagajewski
- Cambridge Diarist: Sane Bombers
  Martin Peretz
  , pp. 42-44
- Cover, Photo
  Eric Baker and Donna Day