Love's Tory, by Thomas Mallon, THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR

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Love's Tory

Maggie, don't you be so mean!

by Thomas Mallon

The American Spectator, August 1983, pp. 20-23

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    32. Current Wisdom/KAL 007 by Indignant Jackassses, pp. 51-52
    33. Cover Drawing by John Springs
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    1. The Continuing Crisis, pp. 4-5
    2. Editorials/Tip, a Rapprochement/Parson Anderson, Refurbished by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 6
    3. Capitol Ideas/High Priests by Tom Bethell, pp. 7-9
    4. Books for Christmas, pp. 10-15
    5. The End of Senator Joe McCarthy by Joseph W. Bishop, Jr., pp. 16-19
    6. Judith Rossner's Turnaround by John Podhoretz, pp. 20-21
    7. Affirmative on Civil Rights: The Reagan Record by Herman Belz, pp. 22-23
    8. The Public Policy/Airline Deregulation Considered by Clinton V. Oster, Jr., pp. 24-27
    9. Presswatch/Nattering Nabobs by Fred Barnes, pp. 28-29
    10. Eminentoes/Barbara Honegger's Great Days by John H. Fund, pp. 30-31
    11. Among the Intellectualoids/Health Food Awakenings by Lawrence Klepp, pp. 32-33
    12. [+]
      Review Lectures on Don Quixote, by Vladimir Nabokov a... by Matei Calinescu, pp. 34-36 - 1 Review
      1. Lectures on Don Quixote by Vladimir Nabokov and Fredson Bowers
    13. [+]
      Review Children of War, by Roger Rosenblatt by Jack Beatty, p. 37 - 1 Review
      1. Children of War by Roger Rosenblatt
    14. [+]
      Review Hugging the Shore, by John Updike by Eric J. Sundquist, p. 38 - 1 Review
      1. Hugging the Shore by John Updike
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      2 Reviews Strategic Military Surprise, by Klaus Knorr an... by Terry O'Rourke, pp. 39-40 - 2 Reviews
      1. Strategic Military Surprise by Klaus Knorr and Patrick M. Morgan
      2. Surprise Attack by Richard K. Betts
    16. [+]
      Review The Islamic Threat to the Soviet State, by Ale... by Daniel Pipes, p. 41 - 1 Review
      1. The Islamic Threat to the Soviet State by Alexandre Bennigsen and Marie Broxup
    17. [+]
      Review Lost in the Cosmos, by Walker Percy by Mark Royden Winchell, p. 42 - 1 Review
      1. Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy
    18. [+]
      Review Winter's Tale, by Mark Helprin by Eric Goldstein, pp. 43-44 - 1 Review
      1. Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
    19. Special Correspondence, pp. 45-46
    20. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, p. 47
    21. Index for Volume 16, pp. 48-52
    22. Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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