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 Vol. 045 Issue 001 (January 1 1981)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 Letters
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LETTERS Toxic shock Thank you so much for your articles on women and health in the December issue. I was particularly grateful for the article by Mary Williams on toxic shock syndrome. After...
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Comment
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COMMENT The economic challenge The economic news that will greet the Reagan Administration as it takes office may seem, on the surface, to suggest that things are looking up. The Government...
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NO COMMENT Doublespeak... General Motors President Thomas Murphy won a "Doublespeak Award" from the National Council of Teachers of English for explaining the decline in auto sales by noting .that...
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The Word from Washington
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THE WORD FROM WASHINGTON fitters Jeffrey Stein How do you spell relief? For much of Washington, it's clearly R-E-A-G-A-N. The President-elect breezed into town and braced the decaying political...
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THE DEEPENING MYSTERY OF KAREN SILKWOOD
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Stein, Jeffrey
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The wide-bodied Braniff jet slowed for its long approach to Nashville as I pulled the packet of documents .from an envelope, studying them for one last moment as I began yet another investigation...
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CAN REAGAN KEEP THE PROMISE OF LIBERALISM?
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Judis, John
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Can Reagan keep the promise of liberalism? Not likely—nobody can John Judis "Me, I'm a liberal, but you know what I did? I went out in the street and sang the first verse of the Marine Anthem....
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TWO-PARTY MONOPOLY
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McClellan, Jim
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Two-party monopoly Democrats and Republicans pass go, collect millions JimMcCIellan Throughout election night, supporters of Barry Commoner and Ed Clark watched returns come in for Jimmy Carter,...
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POLITICS AMONG THE REDWOODS
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Domhoff, G. William
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Politics among the redwoods Ronald Reagan's Bohemian Grove connection C. William Domhoff Ronald Reagan is many things to many people—radio announcer, actor, union leader, rancher, governor, and...
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PRAGUE WINTER
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Mayer, Milton
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Prague winter Grim Czech reality confronts the abiding dream of a just society Milton Mayer A Polish dog heading for Czechoslovakia and a Czech dog heading for Poland met at the border. "What do...
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BEHIND THE POLISH REVOLT
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Shanahan, Dan
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Behind the Polish Revolt: A rejection of life lived on two levels Dan Shanahan On the night of August 20, as I waited with seventy-five Polish university students and staff members in Poznan for...
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WILLIE NELSON: COUNTRY 'OUTLAW'
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Hentoff, Nat
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INDIGENOUS MUSIC Willie Nelson: Country 'Outlaw' NatHentoff Charlie Parker set the style for the jazz musicians and lay hipsters of his generation and beyond. His musical preferences were...
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DOWN EASY STREET
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Seitz, Michael H.
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MOVIES Down easy street Michael H.Seitz viewing of the American mov-IB ies released toward the year's ¦ end might convince the filmgoer with an awareness of history that we are, indeed, bound for...
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Era of blacklisting
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Faulk, John Henry
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BOOKS Era of blacklisting NAMING NAMES by Victor S. Navasky The Viking Press. 482 pp. $15.95. John Henry Faulk new book, Naming Names by IB Victor Navasky, is important ¦ A and altogether...
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Learning to see
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Berger, John
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Learning to see THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF PICASSO byJohnBerger Pantheon. 210 pp. $4.9.5 paperback. ABOUT LOOKING byJohnBerger Pantheon. 198 pp. $10.95 hardcover. $4.95 paperback. Most writing...
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Terkel's mirror
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Terkel, Studs
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Terkel's mirror AMERICAN DREAMS: LOST AND FOUND by Studs Terkel Pantheon Books. 470 pp. $14.95. Studs Terkel is a phenomenon: He may be the only writer ever to attain fame and fortune by...
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When power comes in
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Parfit, Michael
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When power comes in LAST STAND AT ROSEBUD CREEK: COAL, POWER, AND PEOPLE by Michael Parfit E.P. Dutton. 304 pp. $15.95. Colstrip, Montana, was the scene of one of the West's earliest and most...
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Books Briefly
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Books Briefly Radiation and chemical victims GI Guinea Pigs, by Michael Uhl and Tod Ensign (Playboy Press. 256 pp. $9.95). "You are invited to participate in, experience, and evaluate the blast of...
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Puzzle
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The Progressive Puzzle Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon Letters to clue answers, when put in the appropriately numbered squares, will spell out a quotation. The first letters of the clue answers spell...
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Index for 1980
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The Progressive: Index to Volume44—1980 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...
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The Mart
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THE MART ASSOCIATIONS KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS Information, 625 Post St., No. 888, San Francisco, CA 94109. ECOLOGISM POLITICAL PARTY (USA), 1801 E. Wilshire, Fullerton, CA 92631. BERTRAND RUSSELL...
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HOW TO BEAT INFLATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, CRIME, BIG OIL, AND JOGGING
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Davidon, Ann Monissett
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THE LAST WORD How to beat inflation, unemployment, crime, big oil, and jogging Ann Morrissett Davidon All across the country we see the absurd spectacle of human beings running. They are not...
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