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May 1949 Issue - 29 Articles- The Man Who Stopped John L. Lewis
Fred Rodell
, pp. 517-526 - Hungary
Neal Stanford
, pp. 527-534 Pattern of Soviet Imperialism
- The Case for Polygyny
Ralph Linton
, pp. 535-541 - The Flat-Footed Tiger, A Story
Evan S. Connell, Jr.
, pp. 542-548 - Lest the Wind Come In
Alma Robison Higbee
, p. 549 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 550-553 Peanuts, Popcorn and Lemonade
- Piano Chord
Fred Lape
, p. 554 - Alaska Fights for Statehood
Frank L. Kluckhohn
, pp. 555-562 - The "Red Dean" Meets the Press, pp. 563-569
- Sludged Blood
Milton L. Zisowitz
, pp. 570-577 - Robert E. Lee
Richard O'Connor
, pp. 578-586 The Southern Saint
- Memories of the Fat Years
Waverley Root
, pp. 587-593 - Making Automobiles Safer
Thomas C. Desmond
, pp. 594-599 - The Bridegroom Cameth Not
Stewart H. Holbrook
, pp. 600-606 - Down to Earth
Alan Devoe
, pp. 607-609 May-Time
- Phrase Origins-48
Morris Rosenblum
, p. 610 - Claims on Congress
Tris Coffin
, pp. 611-616 - Uncle Sam's Sayings
Horace Reynolds
, pp. 617-621 - Being in Night
Mary Poole
, p. 622 The Library
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Dos Passos and His Critics (Review) Granville Hicks
, pp. 623-629 The Grand Design, by John Dos Passos
- The Grand Design by John Dos Passos
- My Muse to Me
Charlotte Louise Groom
, p. 630 The Check List
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Philosophy (3 Reviews) , p. 631 - Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits by Bertrand Russell
- Insight and Outlook by Arthur Koestler
- Notes Towards the Definition of Culture by T.S. Eliot
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Biography The Great Pierpont Morgan, by Frederick Lewis ... (3 Reviews) , p. 631 - The Great Pierpont Morgan by Frederick Lewis Allen
- Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther
- Female Persuasion by Margaret Farrand Thorp
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Public Affairs Washington By-Line, by Bess Furman (2 Reviews) , p. 632 - Washington By-Line by Bess Furman
- The Truman Program by M.B. Schnapper and Harry S. Truman
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The Sciences Life of Science Library, by George Sarton (3 Reviews) , p. 633 - Life of Science Library by George Sarton
- Allergy: What It Is and What To Do About It by Harry Swartz
- Your Coughs, Colds and Wheezes by Joseph D. Wassersug
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Fiction The Fires of Spring, by James A. Michener (2 Reviews) , p. 633 - The Fires of Spring by James A. Michener
- The Dukays by Lajos Zilahy
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Miscellaneous The Portable Voltaire, by Ben Ray Redman and V... (3 Reviews) , p. 634 - The Portable Voltaire by Ben Ray Redman and Voltaire
- The Language of Wisdom and Folly by Irving J. Lee
- In Anger and Pity by Robert Magidoff
- The Open Forum, pp. 635-642
- Cover (Judge Goldsborough)
Al Hirschfeld