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Vol. 011 Issue 011 (November 1 1978)
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The Continuing Crisis
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THE CONTINUING CRISIS - September was a very sad month for those merry coves who have experienced such sweet and carbonated hilaritas during the Presidency of Jimmy Carter and his Dogpatch Mafia....
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Editorial / Jimmy: Midway in the Revels
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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Editorial Jimmy: Midway in the Revels The saga began on January 20, 1977, the date on which Jimmy was inaugurated 39th President. His inaugural address, intoned in his...
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New York Jew: A Tale Distorted
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Miller, Stephen
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"New York Jew: A Tale Distorted" New York Jew: A Tale Distorted In the third volume of his autobiography, Alfred Kazin grotesquely misrepresents the...
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The Soviets' African Waltz
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Thompson, W. Scott
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"The Soviets' African Waltz" A knack for imaginative and effective leadership is what the Soviets prize most in their African allies. In this' respect, Colonel Haile Mengistu...
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Fingering the Feds
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Bishop, Joseph W. Jr.
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"Fingering the Feds" While DEA agents spend most of their time undercover—buying drugs, 'flipping" dealers, and kicking in doors—FBI agents usually keep regular hours and...
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Evan Connell the Ironist
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Nolte, William H.
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"Evan Connell the Ironist" property recovered or of drugs seized, as distinct from the mere numbers, which can be very deceptive. For example, when local police found a stolen car that had been transported across a state...
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Carter and Congress: The No Deal Coalition
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Polsby, Nelson W.
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"Carter and Congress: The No Deal Coalition" The No Deal Coalition Recent "reforms" of the presidential nominating process have divorced Democratic presidential nominees from the party organizations...
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Capitol Ideas / Stoolies / Art Moderne/ Bond:Senator for the 60s
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Bethell, Tom
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"Capitol Ideas / Stoolies / Art Moderne/ Bond:Senator for the 60s" The national mood of self-abasement is far from being exhausted, to judge by recent events in Washington. One might...
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Aspen: The New Rome
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Nollson, John
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"Aspen: The New Rome" attempt was made to nominate him for vice president even though he was seven years too young for the job. But he was on television briefly and everyone remarked how boyish and clean-limbed he was....
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The Talkies / Who'll Stop the Rain and Days of Heaven
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Yagoda, Ben
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"The Talkies / Who'll Stop the Rain and Days of Heaven" Who'll Stop the Rain and Days of Heaven Writing in the current issue of Horizon magazine, critic John Simon complains that American movies—unlike European ones—are...
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The Great American Saloon Series / Fraunces' Tavern and the Spirits of '76
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Bartholomew, Douglas
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"The Great American Saloon Series / Fraunces' Tavern and the Spirits of '76" Malick shows what Tocqueville must have meant when he described a land where "the woof of time is every instant broken and the track of generations effaced." Bill, Abby, and the Owner (and...
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The Nation's Pulse / Undue Process
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Rusthoven, Peter J.
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"The Nation's Pulse / Undue Process" are not to be confused with the Sons of the American Revolution, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Society of Colonial Tavernkeepers, or the IOOF. The Sons, whose 500...
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Politics and Markets, by Charles E. Lindblom
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Meyerson, Adam
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"Politics and Markets, by Charles E. Lindblom" verse is to be forbidden. Finally, the ERA lobby, confident of success in the House and Senate, declares that decisions on all these issues rest in the exclusive province of Congress, and therefore,...
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The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, by Chen Jo-hsi & The Coldest Winter in Peking, by Hsia Chih-yen
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London, Miriam
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BOOKS IN REVIEW - The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Chen Jo-hsi / Indiana University Press / $8.95 The Coldest Winter in Peking Hsia Chih-yen...
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Stalinism: Essays in Historical Interpretation, ed. by Robert C. Tucker
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Ascher, Abraham
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BOOKS IN REVIEW - "Stalinism: Essays in Historical Interpretation, ed. by Robert C. Tucker" The general reader may mistakenly discount as imaginary the single most important fact in the book: the existence in China of underground organizations of conspiratorial youth—although not,...
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Two Cheers For Capitalism, by Irving Kristol
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Whalen, Richard J .
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BOOKS IN REVIEW - "Two Cheers For Capitalism, by Irving Kristol" bear marks unmistakably analogous to Stalinism." For Kolakowski, any realization of Marxist ideals necessarily involves the creation of a totalitarian polity. His very use of the term...
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Spectator's Journal
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SPECTATOR'S JOURNAL The 1980 Watch Mastiff: "Wait & See" Still undecided as to whether he should announce his candidacy for the 1980 Republican Presidential Nomination: If another candidate...
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Current Wisdom
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Jackasses, Assorted
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CURRENT WISDOM The Chicago Reader Some very thoughtful and salutary ruminations on the metaphysique of nosiness from Dr. John Milward, the noted Chicago intellectual: Feminists might balk at my...
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