| NEWS & VIEWS: | 50 |
| EDITORIALS: | 51 |
| WASHINGTON REPORT:Defusing the Presidency: | 52 |
| Sisyphus | |
| VERSE: | 54 |
| Altany, Alan | |
| THE NOT SO OPEN CHURCH: | 55 |
| Novak, Michael | |
| OIL INDIGESTION: | 56 |
| Goodman, James A. | |
| VERSE: | 58 |
| Thomas, Marilyn | |
| MORAL CONSISTENCY AND THE ABORTION ISSUE: | 59 |
| Herman, Robert Edelstein, Edward S. Herman and Mary W. | |
| THE SCREEN: | 61 |
| Westerbeck, Colin L. Jr. | |
| THE PRESIDENT ON TELEVISION: | 62 |
| Murray, Michael | |
| CHESTERTON AND THE TRUTH OF '74: | 64 |
| O'Brien, Dennis | |
| BOOKS: | 66 |
| Bergonzi, John Ratte, David Denby, Bernard |
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