May 25, 1998 Issue, THE NEW REPUBLIC

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- Correspondence, pp. 4-5
  Pork is panned, Moynihan replies, etc.
- TRB: To Tell the Truth
  Charles Lane
  , p. 6
  Moral absolutism in the media
- The Editors, p. 7
  Much Ado About Nothing:Congress hasn't been accomplishing much lately---but is that suc...
- Notebook, pp. 8-9
  The Unabomber's punishment, Nelson Mandela's loyalties, etc.
- The Hard Questions: Spoiled Sports
  Michael J. Sandel
  , pp. 10-13
  Can communities reclaim hometown franchies and restore democratic luster to professiona...
- White House Watch: Snog Job
  Dana Milbank
  , p. 14
  How the administration convinced Congress that NATO expansion was a popular juggernaut
- On the Hill: People of Gender
  Hanna Rosin
  , pp. 15-16
  Why a Republican congresswoman is suddenly getting in touch with her inner feminist
- Divided They Stand
  Peter Schrag
  , pp. 17-18
  The proposed creation of one giant teachers' union could mean the salvation of public e...
- Battle Wary
  Andrew J. Bacevich and Lawrence F. Kaplan
  , pp. 19-20
  The Clinton adminstration seems to have forgotten that the threat of force only works i...
- The Sanctions Sellout
  Jacob Heilbrunn
  , pp. 21-25
  How corporate America got the Clinton administratoin to buy its plans for "construction...
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  On Films: Injustices (2 Reviews)
  Stanley Kauffmann
  , p. 26
  Les Miserables (1998 Film), by Bille August
  1. Les Miserables (1998 Film) by Bille August
  2. Healing by Killing (1998 Film) by Nitzan Aviram
- On Theater: Calamity Jane
  Robert Brustein
  , pp. 27-28
  Jane Alexander returns to the state in Honour; Shakespeare's R&J is a triumph of very n...
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  The Jerusalem Syndrome (Review)
  Hillel Halkin
  , pp. 29-31
  Damascus Gate, by Robert Stone
  1. Damascus Gate by Robert Stone
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  The Explanations (2 Reviews)
  Jagdish Bhagwati
  , pp. 32-34
  The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, by David S. Landes
  1. The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S. Landes
  2. World Economic Primacy, 1500-1990 by Charles P. Kindleberger
- Sky
  Wislawa Szymborska
  , p. 35
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  An Unsentimental Journey (2 Reviews)
  Robert Boyers
  , pp. 36-41
  The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas, by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
  1. The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
  2. Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis
- Washington Diarist: Yidfellas
  Leon Wieseltier
  , pp. 42-44
- Cover, Illustration
  Eric Baker and Malcolm Tarlofsky