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The American Spectator, October 1983, pp. 36-37

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    1. Capitol Ideas/Burgers on the Left Bank by Tom Bethell, p. 6
    2. Editorial/Papa Brezhnev (1906-1982)/Bishops at the Barricades by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., pp. 7-8
    3. The Continuing Crisis, p. 9
    4. Afghanistan: The Brezhnev Doctrine Lives! by John Samuels, pp. 10-13
    5. The Kindly Mr. Updike by Mitchell S. Ross, pp. 14-17
    6. Politique Internationale: The Case of the Greek Ayatollah by Taki, p. 18
    7. The Dartmouth Review and the Campus Right by Tod Lindberg, pp. 19-20
    8. The Paradox of Campaign '82 by Fred Barnes, pp. 21-22
    9. The Nation's Pulse/Darkness in California by John Wettergreen, pp. 23-24
    10. The Campus/Columbia Journalism's Class of '82 by Eleanore B. Goodman, pp. 25-27
    11. The Talkies/The Meisterslinger by Martha Bayles, p. 28
    12. Eminentoes/Mussolinismo by Arnold Beichman, pp. 29-30
    13. Correspondence, p. 31
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      1. Atlantic High by William F. Buckley, Jr.
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      1. Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene
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      1. When the Going Was Good! by Jeffrey Hart
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      1. Courier From Warsaw by Jan Nowak
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      1. Separation of Church and State by Robert L. Cord
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      1. The Book of Fortune by Daniel Mark Epstein
    20. Spectator's Journal/A Solzhenitsyn's Tribute by Rael Jean Isaac, pp. 39-42
    21. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 43-44
    22. Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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    February 1983 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Capitol Ideas/Sound Minds by Tom Bethell, p. 4
    2. Editorial/Free Shcharansky/Legends by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., pp. 5-6
    3. The Continuing Crisis, p. 7
    4. Reflections on the State of Poland by Jakub Karpinski, pp. 8-10
    5. America's Federalist Heritage Rediscovered: All powers not explicitly granted to Washin... by Maurice J. Holland, pp. 11-13
    6. Boasting by Ben Stein, pp. 14-15
    7. With Our Forces in West Germany by John Train, pp. 16-18
    8. Among the Intellectualoids/A Refined Irving Howe by Arnold Beichman, pp. 19-20
    9. Eminentoes/Check-out Time by Richard Brookhiser, p. 21
    10. Presswatch/Old Fools by Fred Barnes, pp. 22-23
    11. The Great American Saloon Series/Dionysian Denver by George Ertel, pp. 24-25
    12. Correspondence, p. 26
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      1. Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary by Robert A. Nisbet
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      1. Crisis by Hamilton Jordan
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      1. Roughnecking It by Chilton Williamson, Jr.
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      1. New Individualist Review by Milton Friedman
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      1. Summer Crossing by Steve Tesich
    19. Spectator's Journal/Letter from Sicily by Mary Martinez, p. 37
    20. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 38-40
    21. Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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    March 1983 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Capitol Ideas/Badlands Bolshevism by Tom Bethell, p. 4
    2. Editorial/Michael Straight, the Quiet American/Rich and Wretched by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., pp. 5-6
    3. The Continuing Crisis, p. 7
    4. The Greatest Peace Movement of Them All by Richard Grenier, pp. 8-12
    5. South Africa's Democratic Opposition: An Interview with Chief Buthelezi by Adrian Karatnycky, pp. 13-15
    6. Politique Internationale: What Price Oil? by Taki, pp. 16-17
    7. The Love Song of James Earl Carter by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 18-22
    8. The Nation's Pulse/A New Plan for Eastern Europe by Arch Puddington, pp. 23-25
    9. Eminentoes/Andy's Ego by John R. Dunlap, pp. 26-27
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      1. Tootsie (1982 Film) by Sydney Pollack
    11. European Document/Reaganophobes by Patrick Wajsman, p. 30
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      1. A Life With the Printed Word by John Chamberlain
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      1. Koestler: A Biography by Iain Hamilton
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      1. Marshall: Hero for Our Times by Leonard Mosley
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      1. The Loser by George Konrad
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      1. What's the Good Word? by William Safire
      2. Good Advice by William Safire and Leonard Safir
    19. Correspondence, pp. 42-43
    20. Spectator's Journal/Radio Free Kabul by William McGurn, pp. 44-46
    21. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 47-48
    22. Cover Drawing by John Springs
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    April 1983 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Capitol Ideas/The Lovelies of Greenham Common by Tom Bethell, p. 4
    2. Editorial/Prime-Time War/The Tax-Man Behind the Arras by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., pp. 5-6
    3. The Continuing Crisis, p. 7
    4. Marva Collins and American Public Education by Rita Kramer, pp. 8-13
    5. Religion and the Intellectual: A Strange New Respect by Stephen Miller, pp. 14-15
    6. The Literary Season of Bruce Chatwin by John Podhoretz, pp. 16-18
    7. China, the U.S., and Vietnam: Approaches to a Soviet Colony by Doan Van Toai and David Chanoff, pp. 19-21
    8. So You Want to Drill for Oil: An Earthly Comedy by Benjamin Zycher, pp. 22-24
    9. The Nation's Pulse/Bouquets from Your Bureaucrats by Hugh Kenner, pp. 25-27
    10. Presswatch/Pack Pessimism by Fred Barnes, pp. 28-29
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      1. Sophie's Choice (1982 Film) by Alan J. Pakula
    12. Among the Intellectualoids/Learned Psychotics by Thomas S. Szasz, pp. 32-33
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      1. The Longest War by Jacobo Timerman
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      1. The Young Rebecca by Rebecca West and Jane Marcus
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      Review The Economy in Mind, by Warren Brookes by Melville J. Ulmer, pp. 38-40 - 1 Review
      1. The Economy in Mind by Warren Brookes
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      1. The Belarus Secret by John J. Loftus and Nathan Miller
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      1. John Foster Dulles: The Road to Power by Ronald W. Pruessen
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    18. Spectator's Journal/Iraq's Phony War by John Train, p. 46
    19. Correspondence, p. 47
    20. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 48-52
    21. Cover Drawing by David Klein
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    May 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
    2. Capitol Ideas/Under Roman Ruins by Tom Bethell, p. 4
    3. Editorial/Muggeridge at 80, Mitterand at Figaro by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., pp. 5-6
    4. The Continuing Crisis, p. 7
    5. Modern Man and The Obsession by Robert Nisbet, pp. 8-10
    6. The Day They Yoked Hitler by John Lukacs, pp. 11-13
    7. Return to Respectability by Luigi Barzini, pp. 14-16
    8. Politique Internationale by Taki, p. 17
    9. Eminentoes/Woodstock Democrats by P.H. Terzian, pp. 18-21
    10. The Nation's Pulse/Bedpan Hospitality (II) by Ernest van den Haag, pp. 22-23
    11. Presswatch/Mediazation by Fred Barnes, pp. 24-25
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      1. The Roots of Radicalism by Stanley Rothman and S. Robert Lichter
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      1. Robert Lowell: A Biography by Ian Hamilton
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      1. Straight Talk About American Education by Theodore M. Black
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      1. What Was Literature? by Leslie A. Fiedler
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      1. A History of Post-War Soviet Writing by Grigori Svirski
    17. Spectator's Journal/The Loved One by Francis X. Maier, pp. 36-38
    18. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 39-40
    19. Cover Drawing by John Springs
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    June 1983 Issue = 24 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 4
    2. Capitol Ideas/We're Not KGB by Tom Bethell, pp. 5-6
    3. Editorial/Give Peace a Chance/Commencement Rites by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 7
    4. "Special" Correspondence/A Letter from Admiral Stockdale, pp. 8-9
    5. Black Power in Chicago by Fred Barnes, pp. 10-12
    6. Michael Straight's Listless Ambition by P.H. Terzian, pp. 13-16
    7. Flying Low in First Class by Benjamin J. Stein, pp. 17-19
    8. The New Soviet Man by Stephen Miller, pp. 20-22
    9. Science vs. Politics in Regulatory Washington by William R. Havender, pp. 23-27
    10. Eminentoes/Cosmo's Aging Vixen by Rachel Flick, pp. 28-30
    11. The Great American Saloon Series/Club Away from Home by T. John Jamieson, pp. 31-32
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      The Talkies/Bad Boys Inside Out by Martha Bayles, p. 33 - 1 Review
      1. Bad Boys (1983 Film) by Rick Rosenthal
    13. The Nation's Pulse/Gezunthayt for Yiddish! by Benno Weiser Varon, pp. 34-35
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      1. Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1815-1834 by J.A.W. Gunn, M.G. Wiebe, and Benjamin Disraeli
      2. Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1835-1837 by J.A.W. Gunn, John Matthews, and Donald M. Schurman, ...
      3. Disraeli's Grand Tour by Robert Blake
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      1. Strategies of Containment by John Lewis Gaddis
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      1. DeGaulle by Bernard Ledwidge
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      1. The Decline and Fall of the American Automobile Industry by Brock W. Yates
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      1. Philosophy in the Twentieth Century by A.J. Ayer
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      1. Family Happiness by Laurie Colwin
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      1. Charles Ryder's Schooldays and Other Stories by Evelyn Waugh
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      1. Thomas Hardy: A Biography by Michael Millgate
    22. Spectator's Journal/Letter from Puebla by Mary Martinez, pp. 48-49
    23. Current Wisdom, pp. 50-52
    24. Cover Drawing by David G. Klein
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    July 1983 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 4
    2. Correspondence, p. 5
    3. Editorial/In Foreign Parts/Masters of Disaster by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 6
    4. Capitol Ideas/The Bishops' Brain by Tom Bethell, pp. 7-9
    5. How to Talk to the Russians by Walter Berns, pp. 10-13
    6. The Policy Wimp Comes of Age by Chester E. Finn, Jr., pp. 14-15
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      1. The Marrakesh One-Two by Richard Grenier
      2. The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carre
    8. Porn, Cable TV, and Censorship by David L. Wilkinson, pp. 20-21
    9. Flannery O'Connor, Hillbilly Thomist by Ralph McInerny, pp. 22-25
    10. Presswatch/Reagan on a Roll by Fred Barnes, pp. 26-27
    11. The Public Policy/Woman/s Worth by Bruce Powell Majors, pp. 28-29
    12. European Document/Mitterand's Dirty Tricks by John Train, pp. 30-31
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      1. Jean-Jacques by Maurice Cranston
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      1. Turgenev: Letters by David Allan Lowe and Ivan Turgenev
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      1. Tumultuous Years by Robert J. Donovan
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      1. Siegfried Sassoon Diaries, 1915-1918 by Siegfried Sassoon and Rupert Hart-Davis
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      1. Salvador by Joan Didion
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      1. The Boy Scout Handbook and Other Observations by Paul Fussell
    19. Spectator's Journal/Failure by Design by Jeffrey Hart, pp. 40-42
    20. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 43-44
    21. Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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    August 1983 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, pp. 4-5
    2. Editorial/Bulbous Tip/Pedalphilia by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 6
    3. Presswatch/Honeymooning at Williamsburg by Fred Barnes, pp. 7-9
    4. Eric Hoffer, R.I.P. by Tom Bethell, pp. 10-12
    5. Happy Birthday, Benito by John Lukacs, pp. 13-16
    6. McCarthyism Aims Right by Joshua Muravchik, pp. 17-19
    7. Love's Tory by Thomas Mallon, pp. 20-23
    8. European Document/The Great Ukrainian Famine by Alexander J. Motyl, pp. 24-25
    9. The Nation's Pulse/Polling the Future by Stanley Rothman and S. Robert Lichter, pp. 26-27
    10. The Talkies/A Cartoon Odyssey by Martha Bayles, pp. 28-29
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      1. The War over the Family by Peter L. Berger and Brigitte Berger
      2. In Defense of the Family by Rita Kramer
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      1. Dangerous Relations by Adam B. Ulam
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      1. The Europeans by Luigi Barzini
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      Review Statecraft as Soulcraft, by George F. Will by Adam Meyerson, p. 37 - 1 Review
      1. Statecraft as Soulcraft by George F. Will
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      1. The End of the World News by Anthony Burgess
    16. Spectator's Journal/True Believers by William McGurn, pp. 40-41
    17. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 42-44
    18. Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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    September 1983 Issue = 24 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 4
    2. Correspondence, p. 5
    3. Editorials/Black Cats/Mitred Moonshine by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 6
    4. Capitol Ideas/The Morality Charade by Tom Bethell, pp. 7-9
    5. The Passion of Seymour Hersh by Richard Grenier, pp. 10-15
    6. Tribalism and Socialism in Zimbabwe by Patrick Cosgrave, pp. 16-17
    7. The Children of Sunset Boulevard by Benjamin J. Stein, pp. 18-19
    8. Prague Winter by Josef Skvorecky, pp. 20-23
    9. Presswatch/Anything Goes by Fred Barnes, pp. 24-25
    10. The Public Policy/Striking the Public by Howard Dickman, pp. 26-27
    11. The Nation's Pulse/The Art of History by Wilfred M. McClay, pp. 28-30
    12. Among the Intellectualoids/Reich's Friendly Fascism by Melvyn B. Krauss, pp. 31-33
    13. European Document/West of the Wall by William McGurn, p. 34
    14. The Great American Saloon Series/Big Stash's by Joe Mysak, p. 35
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      Review On History and Other Essays, by Michael Joseph... by Kenneth Minogue, pp. 36-37 - 1 Review
      1. On History and Other Essays by Michael Joseph Oakeshott
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      Review Leaders, by Richard M. Nixon by Karl O'Lessker, p. 38 - 1 Review
      1. Leaders by Richard M. Nixon
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      Review The Homosexual Network, by Enrique T. Rueda by Ernest van den Haag, p. 39 - 1 Review
      1. The Homosexual Network by Enrique T. Rueda
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      1. U.S.S.R. in Crisis by Marshall I. Goldman
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      1. The Threat by Andrew Cockburn
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      Review A General's Life, by Omar N. Bradley and Clay ... by Eliot A. Cohen, pp. 43-44 - 1 Review
      1. A General's Life by Omar N. Bradley and Clay Blair
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      Review Benjamin Franklin, by Ronald W. Clark by Tom Wendel, p. 45 - 1 Review
      1. Benjamin Franklin by Ronald W. Clark
    22. Spectator's Journal/Norman Mailer Turns Victim by Peter Shaw, pp. 46-50
    23. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 51-52
    24. Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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    October 1983 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 4
    2. Correspondence, p. 5
    3. Editorials/The Spotswoodian Pronunciamento/East German Jockettes by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 6
    4. Capitol Ideas/The Ad Hoc Hike by Tom Bethell, pp. 7-9
    5. George Will and the Contemporary Political Conversation by Joseph Sobran, pp. 10-14
    6. Gutter Rousseauists by Stephen Miller, pp. 15-16
    7. The State of America's Newspapers by Matthew Stevenson, pp. 17-21
    8. What the Scribes Are Saying About Ronald Reagan by Karl O'Lessker, pp. 22-26
    9. The Campus/Ralph Nader's Fifth Column by Laura Ingraham, p. 27
    10. Among the Intellectualoids/Grandpa Spock's Children by Mary Tedeschi, pp. 28-29
    11. Presswatch/Access by Fred Barnes, pp. 30-31
    12. Politique Internationale/Armed Neutrality by Taki, p. 32
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      1. Overdrive: A Personal Documentary by William F. Buckley, Jr.
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      1. A Colder Eye by Hugh Kenner
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      1. The Manhattan Gambit by Benjamin J. Stein
      2. 'Ludes by Benjamin J. Stein
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      1. KGB Today by John Barron
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      1. Notes of a Revolutionary by Andrei Amalrik
    18. Spectator's Journal/The Year of the Monarchist by T. John Jamieson, pp. 40-41
    19. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 42-44
    20. Cover Drawing by John Springs
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    November 1983 Issue = 33 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 4
    2. Correspondence, p. 5
    3. Editorials/Masked Politics/McGoo II by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 6
    4. Capitol Ideas/The Trouble with Reagan by Tom Bethell, pp. 7-9
    5. Is Supply-Side Economics Dead? A Symposium by Martin Anderson, p. 10
    6. --- by Fred Barnes, p. 11
    7. --- by Robert Bartley, p. 11
    8. --- by Tom Bethell, p. 11
    9. --- by Warren T. Brookes, p. 12
    10. --- by John Burton, p. 12
    11. --- by Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., p. 13
    12. --- by George Gilder, p. 14
    13. --- by William M.H. Hammett, p. 14
    14. --- by Jack Kemp, p. 15
    15. --- by Melvyn B. Krauss, p. 15
    16. --- by Arthur B. Laffer, p. 16
    17. --- by Robert D. Novak, p. 16
    18. --- by Robert W. Poole, Jr., p. 17
    19. --- by Alan Reynolds, pp. 18-23
    20. New Frontier Days by Whit Stillman, pp. 24-27
    21. The New Reagan Agenda by Fred Barnes, pp. 28-29
    22. Eminentoes/The Hidden Hoover by Richard Brookhiser, pp. 30-31
    23. European Document/The Boys of the I.R.A. by Herb Greer, pp. 32-33
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      1. Daniel (1983 Film) by Sidney Lumet
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      1. Coolidge and the Historians by Thomas B. Silver
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      1. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
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      1. The Air-Line to Seattle by Kenneth S. Lynn
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      1. Consequences of Party Reform by Nelson W. Polsby
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      1. F. Scott Fitzgerald by Andre Le Vot
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      1. Connolly's Life by Ralph M. McInerny
    31. Spectator's Journal/There Will Always Be English by Peter Shaw, pp. 48-50
    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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