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 Vol. 041 Issue 001 (January 1 1977)
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••Contents••
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 The Unemployment Dilemma
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COMMENT The Unemployment Dilemma The official unemployment rate surpassed 8 per cent in November, and the problem of stimulating the depressed U.S. economy has become an urgent concern for...
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The Word from Washington
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THE WORD FROM WASHINGTON One of the residual benefits of a close election — such as Jimmy Carter's narrow victory on November 2 — is the opportunity for various individuals, organizations, and...
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Behind Bars
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Miller, Tom
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Behind Bars TOM MILLER "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." — Feodor Dostoevsky, author "Living in the control unit is impossible for a free person to...
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Reflections: On Four Decades
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Rubin, Morris H.
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REFLECTIONS On Four Decades MORRIS H. RUBIN Looking back over the nearly four decades during which the stewardship of The Progressive was in my hands, I find little cause for rejoicing. Not that...
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The Making of the Also-Rans
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Anderson, Jim McClellan and David
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Citizens of Utah cast 241 votes for the Communist ticket, and the Mormon Tabernacle is still standing The Making of the Also-Rans JIM McCLELLAN and DAVID E. ANDERSON The Presidential election is...
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The End of It All
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Mayer, Milton
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The End of It All MILTON MAYER I don't go to restaurants or bars or hotels. I don't join clubs. I save my money and put it in the bank. The reason I save my money and put it in the bank is that...
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Uncle Bob' Silces: Why They Love Him
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Miller, Judith
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'Uncle Bob' Sikes: Why They Love Him JUDITH MILLER Panama City, Florida Representative Robert Lee Fulton Sikes is known to his fellow Floridians by a variety of endearing nicknames: Uncle Bob, the...
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Doomsday Minus One
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Lens, Sidney
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Doomsday Minus One SIDNEY LENS On April 25, 1945, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson presented a prophetic memorandum to the new President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. He warned the...
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The New Nuclear Politics
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Wasserman, Harvey
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The anti-nuclear movement is gaining momentum and changing its tactics The New Nuclear Politics HARVEY WASSERMAN On December 12, 1952, the experimental NRX atomic reactor at Chalk River, Ontario,...
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The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind
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INGLIS, DAVID R.
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The Answer Is Blowing in the Wind DAVID R. INGLIS In the years 1939 through 1945, while the world was preoccupied with war, it also took significant steps in the development of two potentially...
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Movies: Better Luck Next Time
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Turan, Kenneth
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MOVIES Better Luck Next Time KENNETH TURAN It's that time of year again when trusty and not-so-trusty critics alike sit themselves down and compile awesome annual lists of films that have been...
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The Search for Freedom
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Paper, Lewis J.
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The Search for Freedom LEWIS J. PAPER If you are a political radical, Richard Harris's new book, Freedom Spent, will confirm your view of society; if you consider yourself a conservative, this...
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Cold War Riddle
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RADOSH, RONALD
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Cold War Riddle HENRY WALLACE, HARRY TRUMAN, AND THE COLD WAR, by Richard J. Walton. The Viking Press. 388 pp. $12.95. RONALD RADOSH Most Americans forget that between 1946 and 1948, a chance...
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Probe for Change
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MacEoin, Gary
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Probe for Change STRUGGLING WITH THE SYSTEM: PROBING ALTERNATIVES, edited by Robert L. DeWitt, Harry Strharsky, and Mary Lou Suhor. Church and Society Network/The Witness magazine. Episcopal Church...
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Energy Overview
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Love, Sam
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Energy Overview THE ELECTRIC WAR, by Sheldon Novick. Sierra Club Books. 376 pp. $12.50. SAM LOVE When I was asked to review Sheldon Novick's new book, The Electric War, my first reaction was, "Oh...
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Islamic Art
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Werner, Alfred
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Islamic Art ISLAM AND THE ARAB WORLD, edited by Bernard Lewis. 495 reproductions, 160 in color. Alfred A. Knopf. 360 pp. $29.95 until December 31; $35 thereafter. ALFRED WERNER Outside a narrow...
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Books Briefly
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Books Briefly POWER, INC.: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RULERS AND HOW TO MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE, by Morton Mintz and Jerry S. Cohen (Viking, 659 pp., $15). Several years ago, Morton Mintz, a prize-winning...
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Letters
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LETTERS 'Professors on the Take' "Professors on the Take," (November issue) tells only a small part of the story. Much more widespread, and hence much more dangerous, is the professorial "take"...
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Index for 1976
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^PROGRESSIVE Volume 40 1976 SECTION I lists authors and subjects, followed by date of issue and page number. For example, Dec. 19 is Page 19 of the December issue. SECTION II lists books...
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End Game: Gilding
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Lipez, Richard
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END CAME Gilding RICHARD LIPEZ A big winner in the November elections was the American Association for Reasonable Government and General Harmony (AARGGH), a specially created public interest...
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