| Letters | 6 |
| Comment | 9 |
| No Comment | 13 |
| Reflections | 14 |
| Day, Samuel H. Jr. | |
| Datelines | 15 |
| Bremer, Barbara Kingsolver and Jill Barrett-Fein, Ben L. Kaufman, Richard Munson, Carl Goldfarb, Fra | |
| OUR MEN IN MANILA | 20 |
| Bello, Walden | |
| NIGERIA'S ELITE WRITES OFF DEMOCRACY | 27 |
| Beckett, Paul A . | |
| WAITING FOR THE BRIMSTONE | 28 |
| Wasik, John F. | |
| NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT | 31 |
| Kauffman, L.A. | |
| Film | 36 |
| Seitz, Michael H. | |
| Indigenous Music | 38 |
| Hentoff, Nat | |
| The Pursuit of Profits | 39 |
| Galbraith, John Kenneth | |
| Wars Next Door | 41 |
| LaFeber, Walter | |
| New Mission | 42 |
| Aronowitz, Stanley | |
| Israeli Yokes | 43 |
| Oz, Amos | |
| Brainwashing | 44 |
| Yudof, Mark G. | |
| Books Briefly | 45 |
| Report Card | 46 |
| Dreyfuss, Simeon | |
| Puzzle | 47 |
| Rathvon, Emily Cox and Henry | |
| The Last Word | 50 |
| Peck, Keenen |
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