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Vol. 039 Issue 010 (October 1 1975)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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Comment
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Parker", "The Editors and Mike Gravel, James Nelson Goodsell, and Brenda
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COMMENT A Second Revolution President Ford and an entourage of Cabinet officials visited The Progressive's home state of Wisconsin late in August in one of the series of pre-Presidential-campaign...
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The Word from Washington
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THE WORD FROM WASHINGTON Competing energetically for a hotly contested honor, the Social Security Administration seems to have pulled off the biggest, costliest, most mind-boggling computer...
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The People Are Passing Us By
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Rifkin, Jeremy
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The People Are Passing Us By JEREMY RIFKIN What do we mean by the Revolution? The War? That was no part of the Revolution: It was only an effect and consequence of it. The Revolution was in the...
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A New Democracy
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Buell, Michael Best and John
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A New Democracy MICHAEL BEST and JOHN BUELL Late last April, a demonstration by unemployed workers at Washington's Robert F. Kennedy Stadium grew so unruly that labor union and Congressional...
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A Matter of Values
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Raskin, Marcus
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A Matter of Values MARCUS RASKIN For almost three decades after World War II Americans placed great faith in the strength of the nation's economy. Their confidence was based in part on the high...
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On the Open Road
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Mirsky, Mark
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REFLECTIONS On the Open Road MARK MIRSKY If you love the landscape, there is no vehicle in the world for feeling it—not simply seeing, observing, but having its roll, curve, bump, come up in your...
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HUD's Housing Horrors
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Miller, Judith
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'Projects are plagued by construction defects, rent increases, deteriorating maintenance, and oppressive management. . . HUD's Housing Horrors JUDITH MILLER fRaw sewage gushes from bathtubs, wash...
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How a 'Democracy of Convenience' Came to Die
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Gandelman, Joe
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'Indian democracy was not quickly executed; it was slowly poisoned' How a 'Democracy of Convenience' Came to Die JOE GANDELMAN The Prime Minister may shout herself hoarse that there is no freer,...
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Anyone for Russian Roulette?
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Mayer, Milton
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Anyone for Russian Roulette? MILTON MAYER I wouldn't have married her if I'd known it was going to turn out like this. She'd told me she had money. She had it, but it was in her coin purse. She...
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The New Nurse-Midwives
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Wasserman, Michelle
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Despite restrictive laws and popular misconceptions, more women are choosing to give birth at home The New Nurse-Midwives MICHELLE WASSERMAN When you go to Laura and Ed's house for dinner, they...
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Out There in America
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Melcher", "Frye Gaillard and Polly Paddock, William Mahoney, Joan
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OUT THERE IN AMERICA Charlotte's Busing Breakthrough Charlotte, North Carolina It was late last year when the picture was splashed across front pages all over the country—a panic-stricken black...
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The Vocational School Privateers
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Seldin, Peter and Joseph J.
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Vietnam veterans are among the victims of slick salesmen and misleading promises The Vocational School Privateers PETER and JOSEPH J. SELDIN A Chicago correspondence school took in more than $3...
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"Spray Now, Pay Later"
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Lowenthal, Janet
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What's good for E.I. DuPont may be catastrophic for the stratosphere Spray Now, Pay Later JANET LOWENTHAL On June 30, the E.I. Du Pont Company bought almost a full page in The New York Times to...
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A Mouse Roars for China
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Bello, Nino Lo
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In the Adriatic, the last outpost of undisguised Stalinism Albania: A Mouse Roars for China NINO LO BELLO Tirana The traffic cop on duty in Skanderheg Square, hub of both Albania and its...
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The Skid Row Explosion
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BESSER, JAMES DAVID
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THE SKID ROW EXPLOSION JAMES DAVID BESSER They used to be referred to in the movies as "forgotten men," patronized by myths of carefree independence that ignored the depths of their poverty and...
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The Cuban and Chilean Experiments
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Goodsell, James Nelson
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BOOKS The Cuban and Chilean Experiments JAMES NELSON GOODSELL IS CUBA SOCIALIST? by Rene Dumont. Viking Press. 159 pp. $8.95. INSIDE CUBA, by Joe Nicholson Jr. Sheed and Ward. 235 pp. $8.95. NO...
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'Powerlaw' Giants
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MILLER, ARTHUR S.
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'Powerlaw' Giants THE OTHER GOVERNMENT: THE UNSEEN POWER OF WASHINGTON LAWYERS, by Mark J. Green. Grossman Publishers. 318 pp. $12.50. ARTHUR S. MILLER American politics are dominated by lawyers,...
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Land Reform
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Lack, Larry
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Land Reform THE PEOPLE'S LAND: A READER ON LAND REFORM IN THE UNITED STATES, edited by Peter Barnes. Rodale Press. 260 pp. $6.95 paperback. LARRY LACK Corporate control of land has already...
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Films and Vietnam
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CUNNINGHAM, ANN MARIE
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Films and Vietnam LOOKING AWAY: HOLLYWOOD AND VIETNAM, by Julian Smith. Scribner's. 236 pp. $8.95. ANN MARIE CUNNINGHAM Julian Smith's Looking Away: Hollywood and Vietnam is something unusual: an...
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Coping with Crime
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Stark, Steven D.
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Coping with Crime THINKING ABOUT CRIME, by James Q. Wilson. Basic Books. 231 pp. $10. STEVEN D. STARK In the last decade, the national rates for murder and robbery have more than doubled. Rates...
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Books Briefly
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Books Briefly HUMBOLDT'S GIFT, by Saul Bellow (Viking Press. 487 pp. $10). Charlie Citrine is in trouble. His former wife wants all his money, his lawyers are inept, his friend Pierre has not yet...
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Letters
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LETTERS Schools and the Draft Patrick McCaffrey's suggestion, in "No End to the Draft," in your September issue, that we can implement registration for a standby draft when needed by registering...
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End Game: Redemption
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Lipez, Richard
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END GAME Redemption RICHARD LIPEZ The gross national product is down and the price of milk is up, but the surest sign that our national economy is in bad trouble was the recent run on the H&S...
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