Correspondents' Correspondence BRIEF TAKEOUTS OF MORE THAN PERSONAL INTEREST FROM LETTERS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE EDITORS. The Geva Case TEL AVTV-The American and West European...
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ONE MORE FOR THE GIPPER Will the Tax Hike BY ROBERT LEKACHMAN The Gipper has done it again. The $98.3 billion, three-year tax increase that the House of Representatives reluctantly endorsed by a...
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The Dismal Science SIMPLIFY SIMPLIFY BY GEORGE PBROCKWAY The new tax law is, by and large, a wonder. Wall Street evidently was excited by the revenue-raising aspects of it, but that euphoria is...
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Fair Game BY WALTER GOODMAN Dear Friend' What do Ronald Reagan, Katharine Hepburn, Ramsey Clark, Norman Lear, GlennFord, Midge Decter, Benjamin Spock, Shirley Chisholm, Frank Church, Eleanor...
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CHARTING AMERICAS FUTURE RESPONSES-4 Below we present contributions by readers to the NL's year-long series aimed at stimulating debate on setting a new course for the country. LEONARD A....
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Writers & Writing PROPHETS ON THE RIGHT BY BARRY GEWEN Pity the poor Rightwinger. He had wandered in the wilderness since the Goldwater debacle of 1964, longer if he was old enough to support...
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A Cultural Critic Looks Back Sketches from Life: The Autobiography of Lewis Mumford (The Early Years) By Lewis Mumford Dial. 500pp. SI9.95. Reviewed by Selden Rodman Author, "Tongues of...
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How Not to Protect Our H2O Water: The Nature, Uses and Future of Our Most Precious and Abused Resource By Fred Powledge Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 403 pp. $14.95. Reviewed by Samuel C....
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On Screen DOMESTIC DIFFICULTIES BY ROBERT ASAHINA one of the few readers who weren't charmed by John Irving's The World According to Garp. In fact, I freely admit to not finishing it; the...
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On Television THE SNOOZE NEWS WAR BY MARVIN KITMAN The first salvos in the snooze news war began last July 5, with NBC News Overnight (1:30-2:30 a.m.), starring Lloyd Dobyns and Linda Ellerbee....
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Dear Editor On Cable Marvin Kitman's wit is amazing. His column on Cable TV ("Cable Hopping," NL, June 28) shows the banality of the new technology more than any serious article would. It proves...
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