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| LETTERS | 2 |
| TILTING AT WINDMILLS | 3 |
| Peters, Charles | |
| POLITICAL PUZZLE | 7 |
| Barclay, John | |
| The Halstonization of America | 8 |
| Lemann, Nicholas | |
| WHO'S WHO | 16 |
| POLITICAL FICTION What It's Really Like: An Intern's First Day | 20 |
| Shem, Samuel | |
| Califano's Cigarette Campaign: All Smoke and No Fire | 32 |
| Babyak, Blythe | |
| MEMO OF THE MONTH | 37 |
| Diplomatic Featherbedding | 38 |
| Hook, Janet | |
| WHERE TO STAY IN WASHINGTON | 40 |
| Merrill, Jill | |
| Gas Rationing: It Worked Before and It Can Work Again | 42 |
| Burnett, Nicholas | |
| TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES | 49 |
| Motherhood and the Liberated Woman | 50 |
| Baldwin, Deborah | |
| RICHARD REEVES ON POLITICAL BOOKS | 57 |
| POLITICAL BOOK NOTES | 59 |
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