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Vol. 011 Issue 008 (June 1 1978)
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The Continuing Crisis
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THE CONTINUING CRISIS - April through May, and the political science of ourpopulist buffoon continues to amaze the world. In foreign chancelleries everywhere diplomats crowd before their teletypes...
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Editorial / Richard Milhous Nixon: The Serenade in B-Flat
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Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
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"Editorial / Richard Milhous Nixon: The Serenade in B-Flat" R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Richard Milhous Nixon, 5' 10", 165 pounds, Caucasian, male, no distinguishing features. Though a man as common as...
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The Gang of Fourteen: Street Life in China
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Miriam; London, Ivan D.
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"The Gang of Fourteen: Street Life in China" Miriam & Ivan D. London A young street tough from a city deep in the Chinese interior—which we...
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Presidential Greatness in the Age of Carter
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Lipset, Seymour Martin
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"Presidential Greatness in the Age of Carter" Abattle could be sparked anywhere, but beginning last year (1977) a major trouble site in Little Peng's hometown was the movie theater. Members of different gangs were attracted there by films from...
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The Femine Mistake
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Cutcher, Anne
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"The Femine Mistake" This pattern of public confrontation and retreat under fire has reduced Carter's credibility among participants in the disputes at home, and among our friends and enemies abroad. Carter has become...
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Power and the Twentieth Century
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Lukacs, John
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"Power and the Twentieth Century" John Lukacs We must get rid of the clutter. Our minds are hampered by terms that no longer have much meaning. This occurs during the passing of an age, when people...
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Making Democracy Unsafe for Italy
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Martino, Antonio
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"Making Democracy Unsafe for Italy" In the Third Reich, especially after the collapse of the anti-Hitler conspiracy in 1944, the most powerful organization was the SS. From a small array of Hitler's bodyguards the SS had grown into a...
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From Munich to Mogadishu
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Merritt, Richard L.
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"From Munich to Mogadishu" What surprises us most about recent West German terrorism is its apparent senselessness. We can rationalize away the terrorism of Algerians trying to...
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The Historian as Gossip
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Dulles, Eleanor Lansing
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"The Historian as Gossip" tarian tendencies in present-day West Germany. Third, what its opponents term the Berufsverbot is simply not disappearing as an issue that arouses the left—particularly students, who are already...
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The Public Policy / Electoral College Reform: Benjamin Harrison Never Again
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Plattner, Marc F.
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"The Public Policy / Electoral College Reform: Benjamin Harrison Never Again" Benjamin Harrison Never Again Athough few Americans may be aware of it, the nation is currently in the midst of the latest in a...
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The Talkies / Rock-and-Roll Grandeur
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Yagoda, Ben
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"The Talkies / Rock-and-Roll Grandeur" I'll tell you 'bout the magic that will free your soul, But it's like trying to tell a stranger about rock-and-roll. o sang the Lovin' Spoonful, back in a time when it...
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Capitol Ideas / Espionage in Outer Georgetown
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Bethell, Tom
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"Capitol Ideas / Espionage in Outer Georgetown" simultaneously needs and is repelled by the narcissistic drivel she plays, by "five hours a night, ego-tripping in this toy store." The brilliant Martin Mull, playing an extension of his Barth...
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The Nation's Pulse / G-Men in the Dock-An Encore
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Rusthoven, Peter J
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"The Nation's Pulse / G-Men in the Dock-An Encore" As Art Buchwald has pointed out, Harriman was a good friend of Josef Stalin. Harriman's wife Pamela was earlier married to Randolph Churchill and Hollywood producer Leland Hayward (she...
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Among the Intellectualoids / Bishops to the Barricades
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McAdams, A. James
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"Among the Intellectualoids / Bishops to the Barricades" made relatively little difference in media coverage of the incident. As a consequence, the Humphrey Truong case may prove a significant new step in the advance of post-Watergate morality. In the FBI...
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Author's Reply
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Nollson, Jonh
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"Author's Reply" activity within that society. Others, not so fooled, may pack up their bags in disgust and leave the Church. Either way, something is clearly amiss, for which the Church's highest authorities, its...
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Winston S. Churchill, Volume V, by Martin Gilbert
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Maaranen, Steven
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BOOKS IN REVIEW - "Winston S. Churchill, Volume V, Churchill, 1922-1939 Martin Gilbert / Houghton-Mifflin / $30.00 in recent years Sir Winston Churchill has suffered that debunking criticism almost universally...
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The Economic War Against the Jews, by Walter Henry Nelson & Terence Prittie
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Cosgrave, Patrick
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BOOKS IN REVIEW - "The Economic War Against the Jews, by Walter Henry Nelson & Terence Prittie" White Russians were "six of one and half a-dozen of the other.... We are still forced to distinguish between right and wrong, loyalty and treachery, health and disease, progress and...
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The Abuse ofPower, by Jack Newfield & Paul DuBrul
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Lagerfeld, Steven D.
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BOOKS IN REVIEW - "The Abuse ofPower, by Jack Newfield & Paul DuBrul" observing the boycott to register their observance; would prevent them from full observance; and would lay them open to civil-rights suits in a number of cases. Note again, though, the use of the...
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Dispatches, by Michael Herr
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Patton, George S. III
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BOOKS IN REVIEW - "Dispatches, by Michael Herr" of deficits appeared in the city's budget. During the Lindsay administration, deficits grew steadily and were passed from year to year, resulting in an accumulated deficit of $2.3 billion for the...
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Correspondence
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CORRESPONDENCE Knee-jerk Iconoclasm Although I defer to few in my admiration for the rambunctious insights and savory prose of Tom Bethell, his dismissal of Margaret Mead (Capitol Ideas, April...
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Current Wisdom
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Jackasses, Assorted
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CURRENT WISDOM Time A comforting bull from the Secretary of State, Mr. Cyrus Vance, regarding the common decency of the Plains, Georgia, Miracle Man and Mr. Leonid Brezhnev, moderate...
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