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December 1978 Issue - 31 ArticlesDepartments
- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 2-3
- Editorial
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
, p. 4 The Hon. Teddy and the Camelot Buncombe
- Carter: The First Two Years
Karl O'Lessker
, pp. 5-8 Is Jimmy Carter the "Dumb Ford" of the "Smart Harding"?
- A Mole's Eye View of the Ford White House
John R. Coyne, Jr.
, pp. 9-10 Were joke-writers really needed in the Ford White House?
- RFK: Ruthlessness Reconsidered
Stephen Miller
, pp. 11-13 When does a Passion for the poor leave off and the passion for power begin?
Voices of Solitude: The Modern Latin American Novel
- The monologues of Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Manuel Puig, y otros.
Noel M. Valis
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Review Adams and Jefferson: A Revolutionary Dialogue,... (Review) E. Digby Baltzell
, p. 16 - Adams and Jefferson: A Revolutionary Dialogue by Merrill D. Peterson
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2 Reviews The Oxford Conspirators, by Marvin R. O'Connell (2 Reviews) Jacques Barzun
, p. 16 - The Oxford Conspirators by Marvin R. O'Connell
- Uncollected Prose by W.B. Yeats by John P. Frayne and W.B. Yeats
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Review Ever Since Darwin, by Stephen Jay Gould (Review) James L. Buckley
, p. 17 - Ever Since Darwin by Stephen Jay Gould
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2 Reviews Jake's Thing, by Kingsley Amis (2 Reviews) Alistair Cooke
, p. 17 - Jake's Thing by Kingsley Amis
- Into That Darkness by Gitta Sereny
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Review The Way the World Works, by Jude Wanniski (Review) Jack Kemp
, p. 17 - The Way the World Works by Jude Wanniski
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Review The Illusion of Technique, by William Barrett (Review) Eugene J. McCarthy
, p. 17 - The Illusion of Technique by William Barrett
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Review And Even Now, by Max Beerbohm (Review) Richard Pipes
, p. 18 - And Even Now by Max Beerbohm
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Review Witness, by Whittaker Chambers (Review) William A. Rusher
, p. 18 - Witness by Whittaker Chambers
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Review Left and Right in Science and Life, by Vilma F... (Review) Paul Seabury
, p. 18 - Left and Right in Science and Life by Vilma Fritsch
- Anthony Trollope
John Toland
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Review RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, by Richard M... (Review) R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
, p. 19 - RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon by Richard M. Nixon
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2 Reviews Historical Consciousness; or The Remembered Pa... (2 Reviews) Peter Viereck
, p. 19 - Historical Consciousness; or The Remembered Past by John Lukacs
- Stained Glass by William F. Buckley, Jr.
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3 Reviews Science Since Babylon, by Derek J. de Solla Price (3 Reviews) Edward O. Wilson
, p. 19 - Science Since Babylon by Derek J. de Solla Price
- Beyond Economic Man by Harvey Leibenstein
- The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg
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3 Reviews The Drunkard, by Emile Zola (3 Reviews) Tom Wolfe
, p. 19 - The Drunkard by Emile Zola
- Nana by Emile Zola
- The Human Beast by Emile Zola
Departments
- The Talkies
Ben Yagoda
, p. 20 A Wedding
- Capitol Ideas
Tom Bethell
, pp. 21-22 D.C. Democracy: One Man, Two Votes
- Mid East Countdown
John Nollson
, p. 23 Book Reviews
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The Pursuit of Equality in American History (Review) Nathan Glazer
, pp. 24-25 The Pursuit of Equality in American History, by J.R. Pole
- The Pursuit of Equality in American History by J.R. Pole
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L'Etabli (4 Reviews) Roger Kaplan
, pp. 26-31 Demain Le Liberalisme, by Henri Lepage
- Demain Le Liberalisme by Henri Lepage
- La Nouvelle Censure by Jean-Francois Revel
- Autogestion et capitalisme by Henri Lepage
- L'Etabli by Robert Linhart
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Cambodia: Year Zero (2 Reviews) William Murchison
, pp. 32-33 Murder of a Gentle Land, by John Barron and Anthony Paul
- Murder of a Gentle Land by John Barron and Anthony Paul
- Cambodia: Year Zero by Francois Ponchaud
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Summons of the Trumpet (Review) George S. Patton#2
, pp. 34-35 Summons of the Trumpet, by Dave Richard Palmer
- Summons of the Trumpet by Dave Richard Palmer
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The Camp of the Saints (Review) A. Lawrence Chickering
, pp. 36-39 The Camp of the Saints, by Jean Raspail
- The Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail
Departments
- Spectator's Journal, pp. 40-41
- Index for Volume Eleven, pp. 42-44
- Current Wisdom
Assorted Jackasses
, pp. 45-48