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 Vol. 074 Issue 006 (May 6 1991)
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Vol. 074 Issue 007 (May 20 1991)
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••Contents••
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 A Tragedy Without a Hero
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DRAPER, ROGER
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SPRING BOOKS A TRAGEDY WITHOUT A HERO BY ROGER DRAPER The trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, in 1951, was among the greatest public dramas in American history. Against the defendants stood...
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How Not to Govern
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LEMOYNE, JAMES
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How Not to Govern A Very Thin Line: The Iran-Contra Affairs By Theodore Draper Hill and Wang. 690pp. $27.95. Reviewed by James LeMoyne Former correspondent, New York "Times"; now...
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No Ear for the Music
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ROCHE, JOHN P.
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No Ear for the Music The Keeper of the Keys: A History of the National Security Council from Truman to Bush By John Prados Morrow. 632 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by John ? Roche THIS book is...
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Reporting from the Heart
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BERMAN, PAUL
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Reporting from the Heart Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua By Stephen Kinzer Putnam. 450pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Paul Berman Contributor, "Village Voice," "Dissent," "Mother...
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French Verse Revisited
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PETTINGELL, PHOEBE
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On Poetry FRENCH VERSE REVISITED BY PHOEBE PETTINGELL When Andre Gide visited the University of Cambridge in 1917, he was introduced to A. E. Housman. With the unconscious bigotry that...
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Confronting the Jewish Identity Crisis
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LEWIN, NATHAN
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Confronting the Jewish Identity Crisis Chutzpah By Alan M. Dershowitz Little Brown. 378 pp. $22.95. Reviewed by Nathan Lewin Washington attorney; litigator of religious rights cases...
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A Paradigm for Intellectuals
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RORTY, RICHARD
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A Paradigm for Intellectuals John Dewey and American Democracy By Robert B. Westbrook Cornell. 608 pp. $29.95. Reviewed by Richard Rorty University Professor of Humanities,...
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'To Live Within the Truth'
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GEWEN, BARRY
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'To Live Within the Truth' Open Letters: Selected Writings, 1965-1990 By Vaclav Havel Knopf. 415 pp. $22. Reviewed by Barry Gewen New York "Times Book Review" preview editor This...
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An Activist in ExiLe
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TUNG, TIMOTHY
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An Activist in Exile Bringing Down the Great Wall: Writings on Science, Culture and Democracy in China By Fang Lizhi Knopf. 336 pp. $19.95. Reviewed by Timothy Tung Former research...
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Never Commit Verbicide
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SIMON, JOHN
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Culture Watching NEVER COMMIT VERBICIDE BY JOHN SIMON LANGUAGE, they say, is what sets us off from the animals. That "large discourse... that capability and godlike reason," Hamlet thought,...
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The Specter of PC
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O'NEILL, WILLIAM L.
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The Specter of PC Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus By Dinesh D'Souza Free Press. 319pp. $19.95. Reviewed by William L. O'Neill Professor of history,...
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Pity the Child
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MOSKOWITZ, LAWRENCE A.
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Pity the Child Hilary's Trial: The Elizabeth Morgan Case By Jonathan Groner Simon & Schuster. 280 pp. $21.95. Reviewed by Lawrence A. Moskowitz Family law specialist; author, "Unfair...
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Life at the Bottom
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SCHORR, LISBETH B.
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Life at the Bottom There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America By Alex Kotlowitz Doubleday. 324 pp. $21.95. Reviewed by Lisbeth B. Schorr Lecturer...
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Roots of Neglect
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BHAGWATI, JAGDISH
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Roots of Neglect The Child and the State in India By Myron Weiner Princeton. 213 pp. $45.00. Reviewed by Jagdish Bhagwati Arthur Lehman Professor of Economics and professor of political...
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On Stage
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KANFER, STEFAN
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On Stage OFF AND OFF-OFF BROADWAY BY STEFAN KANFER Sometime during the Roaring Twenties, Damon Runyon convinced the American public that thugs were funny. Men like Nathan Detroit and...
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