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Issues of the 1970s = 9 Years, 77 Issues, 1,558 Articles-
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Issues of 1970 = 3 Issues, 46 Articles
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Issues of 1971 = 7 Issues, 134 Articles
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Issues of 1972 = 9 Issues, 155 Articles
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Issues of 1973 = 9 Issues, 180 Articles
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Issues of 1974 = 9 Issues, 197 Articles
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Issues of 1975 = 10 Issues, 210 Articles
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Issues of 1976 = 10 Issues, 206 Articles
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Issues of 1977 = 10 Issues, 227 Articles
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Issues of 1978 = 10 Issues, 203 Articles
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Issues of the 1980s = 10 Years, 115 Issues, 2,559 Articles-
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Issues of 1980 = 9 Issues, 164 Articles
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Issues of 1981 = 12 Issues, 207 Articles
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Issues of 1982 = 10 Issues, 209 Articles
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Issues of 1983 = 12 Issues, 267 Articles
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January 1984 Issue = 24 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, p. 6
- Correspondence, p. 7
- Editorials/Thatcher Lets Us Down/Don't Shoot by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 8
- Capitol Ideas/Entrail Reading by Tom Bethell, pp. 9-11
- Who's Behind the Rosenbergs? by Robert Bernstein, pp. 12-13
- The Derationalized Zone by Benjamin J. Stein, pp. 14-17
- Sidney Hook: Fifty Years of Anti-Communism by Stephen Miller, pp. 18-20
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Stanley Karnow's Vietnam by Doan Van Toai and David Chanoff, pp. 21-23 - 1 Review- Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow
- The Tourist Menace by Ernest van den Haag, pp. 24-26
- Presswatch/Fools for Grenada by Fred Barnes, p. 27
- The Nation's Pulse/A New Conservatism by Lewis Lehrman, pp. 28-29
- Among the Intellectualoids/Guilt Trip by Charlotte Hays, pp. 30-32
- Politique Internationale/Katis vs. Eleni by Taki, p. 33
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The Talkies/The Right Fluff by Martha Bayles, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review- The Right Stuff (1983 Film) by Philip Kaufman
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Review The Politics at God's Funeral, by Michael Harr... by Mary Tedeschi, p. 36 - 1 Review- The Politics at God's Funeral by Michael Harrington
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Review Writers in Russia, 1917-1978, by Max Hayward a... by Herb Greer, pp. 37-38 - 1 Review- Writers in Russia, 1917-1978 by Max Hayward and Patricia Blake
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Review The Middle of My Tether, by Joseph Epstein by Mark Lilla, p. 39 - 1 Review- The Middle of My Tether by Joseph Epstein
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Review Monimbo, by Robert Moss and Arnaud de Borchgrave by Roger Kaplan, pp. 40-41 - 1 Review- Monimbo by Robert Moss and Arnaud de Borchgrave
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Review The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener, by Mart... by William H. Nolte, p. 42 - 1 Review- The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener by Martin Gardner
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Review White Mischief, by James Fox by George P. McCartney, p. 43 - 1 Review- White Mischief by James Fox
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2 Reviews Earl Warren: A Public Life, by G. Edward White by Edward J. Erler, pp. 44-47 - 2 Reviews- Earl Warren: A Public Life by G. Edward White
- Inside the Warren Court, 1953-69 by Bernard Schwartz and Stephan Lesher
- Spectator's Journal/The Liberals' Halfway House by Richard Vigilante, pp. 48-50
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 51-52
- Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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February 1984 Issue = 23 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, p. 4
- Correspondence, p. 5
- Editorials/Visions of Jesse/Front Page Indignities/Sockdolagers of 1983 by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 6
- Capitol Ideas/Feeding Off Capitalism by Tom Bethell, pp. 7-9
- The Year of George Orwell by Maurice Cranston, p. 10
- Traveling the Afghan Archipelago by Matthew Stevenson, pp. 11-14
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Broken Faith: Steven Mosher, Stanford, and China by Miriam London and Ta-ling Lee, pp. 15-17 - 1 Review- Broken Earth by Steven W. Mosher
- The Origins of Socialism by Ernest van den Haag, pp. 18-21
- Presswatch/Jesse and the Victorian Gents by Fred Barnes, pp. 22-23
- The Nation's Pulse/A Campaign Survival Guide by Peter Hannaford, pp. 24-25
- European Document/The Neolib Spanish Right by Reid Buckley, pp. 26-28
- Eminentoes/The Everlasting Bore by Richard Brookhiser, pp. 29-31
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Review Revolution in Time, by David S. Landes by Paul Johnson, pp. 32-34 - 1 Review- Revolution in Time by David S. Landes
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Review The Confidence Gap, by Seymour Martin Lipset a... by A. Lawrence Chickering, pp. 35-36 - 1 Review- The Confidence Gap by Seymour Martin Lipset and William Schneider
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2 Reviews Poland, by James A. Michener by Walter D. Connor, p. 37 - 2 Reviews- Poland by James A. Michener
- Valedictory by W.S. Kuniczak
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Review The Muslim Discovery of Europe, by Bernard Lewis by "Rustam", p. 38 - 1 Review- The Muslim Discovery of Europe by Bernard Lewis
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Review Stranger and Brother, by Philip A. Snow by Thomas Mallon, p. 39 - 1 Review- Stranger and Brother by Philip A. Snow
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Review Double Crossing, by Erika Holzer by John R. Dunlap, pp. 40-41 - 1 Review- Double Crossing by Erika Holzer
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2 Reviews The Rescue of Miss Yaskell, and Other Pipe Dre... by Joe Mysak, p. 42 - 2 Reviews- The Rescue of Miss Yaskell, and Other Pipe Dreams by Russell Baker
- Growing Up by Russell Baker
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Review Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859, by... by Robert Leiter, pp. 43-47 - 1 Review- Dostoevsky: The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859 by Joseph Frank
- Spectator's Journal/Beyond Terrorism by Dan Peterson, pp. 48-49
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 50-52
- Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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March 1984 Issue = 19 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 4-5
- Editorials/Worst Books of the Year/Doped/Chef Kroc by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 6
- Capitol Ideas/Smithwick and the Hive by Tom Bethell, pp. 7-9
- The Big Cancer Lie by Edith Efron, pp. 10-17
- The Befuddlement of American Catholicism by William McGurn, pp. 18-20
- Conservative Homes and Gardens by T. John Jamieson, pp. 21-22
- The Truth About Joe McCarthy by William Rusher and Joseph W. Bishop, Jr., pp. 23-25
- The Nation's Pulse/The Death of the Jackson Wing by Fred Barnes, pp. 26-27
- Eminentoes/The Sickness of Comrade 'Dropoff by Adrian Karatnycky, pp. 28-30
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The Talkies/Silkwood by Martha Bayles, pp. 31-32 - 1 Review- Silkwood (1983 Film) by Mike Nichols
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Review Reflections of a Neoconservative, by Irving Kr... by Joseph A. Califano, Jr., pp. 33-34 - 1 Review- Reflections of a Neoconservative by Irving Kristol
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Review The Troubled Crusade, by Diane Ravitch by John R. Turner, p. 35 - 1 Review- The Troubled Crusade by Diane Ravitch
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Review Bernard M. Baruch, by James L. Grant by Edwin M. Yoder, Jr., pp. 36-37 - 1 Review- Bernard M. Baruch by James L. Grant
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Review The Anatomy Lesson, by Philip Roth by George Sim Johnston, p. 38 - 1 Review- The Anatomy Lesson by Philip Roth
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2 Reviews The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde, by Peter Ac... by Roger Lewis, pp. 39-40 - 2 Reviews- The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde by Peter Ackroyd
- Wise Virgin by A.N. Wilson
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Review Washington Irving: History, Tales, and Sketche... by Victor Anant, pp. 41-44 - 1 Review- Washington Irving: History, Tales, and Sketches by James W. Tuttleton and Washington Irving
- Politique Internationale/Visions of Cairo by Taki, pp. 45-46
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 47-48
- Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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April 1984 Issue = 19 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, p. 6
- Correspondence, p. 7
- Editorials/More Black Cats/Reforming the Arts by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 8
- Capitol Ideas/A Yankophobe's Doubts by Tom Bethell, pp. 9-11
- High Frontiers of Strategic Defense by Karl O'Lessker, pp. 12-14
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The Narcissist Generation Hits the Screen by Yale Kramer and Rita Kramer, pp. 15-18 - 1 Review- The Big Chill (1983 Film) by Lawrence Kasdan
- Sentiment and U.S. Immigration Policy by Melvin E. Bradford, pp. 19-22
- Presswatch/Brighter Sides by Fred Barnes, pp. 23-24
- Eminentoes/Whither Mrs. Thatcher? by John Burton, p. 25
- The Nation's Pulse/Tom Stoppard on Broadway by Peter Shaw, pp. 26-27
- Spectator's Journal/Clerical Materialism in Mexico's Southeast by Mary Ball Martinez, pp. 28-29
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Review Israel in the Mind of America, by Peter Grose by Rael Jean Isaac, pp. 30-33 - 1 Review- Israel in the Mind of America by Peter Grose
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Review Finest Hour, by Martin Gilbert by Kenneth Minogue, p. 34 - 1 Review- Finest Hour by Martin Gilbert
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Review After Brezhnev, by Robert F. Byrnes by Francis Fukuyama, pp. 35-36 - 1 Review- After Brezhnev by Robert F. Byrnes
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Review A Partisan View, by William Phillips and Edith... by Thomas Mallon, p. 37 - 1 Review- A Partisan View by William Phillips and Edith Kurzweil
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2 Reviews Fool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald, by Scott D... by Franz M. Oppenheimer, pp. 38-39 - 2 Reviews- Fool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald by Scott Donaldson
- Class by Paul Fussell
- The Great American Saloon Series/The Milwaukee Turners by J. David Hoeveler, Jr., p. 40
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 41-44
- Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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May 1984 Issue = 22 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, pp. 6-7
- Editorials/Fritz, My Fritz/Morality Lessons by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 8
- Capitol Ideas/The Hive Perceives by Tom Bethell, pp. 9-11
- The Deficit Reduction Industry by Gregory A. Fossedal, pp. 12-14
- John Lukacs Outgrows Conservatism by T. John Jamieson, pp. 15-17
- Jesse Jackson: The Great Man's Practice by Richard Grenier, pp. 18-20
- Jesse Jackson: The Great Man's Conscience by Werner J. Dannhauser, p. 21
- Jesse Jackson: The Great Man's Populism by William Tucker, pp. 22-24
- Presswatch/Whence Hartpence? by Fred Barnes, p. 25
- The Nation's Pulse/Where's the Bread? by Don Herzog, pp. 26-29
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The Talkies/Against All Bods by Martha Bayles, p. 30 - 1 Review- Against All Odds (1984 Film) by Taylor Hackford
- The Great American Saloon Series/Quaffing in Massachusetts by Joe Mysak, p. 31
- Correspondence, p. 32
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Review Real Peace, by Richard M. Nixon by Mark Falcoff, pp. 33-34 - 1 Review- Real Peace by Richard M. Nixon
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Review The Death Penalty: A Debate, by Ernest van den... by Jeremy Rabkin, pp. 35-36 - 1 Review- The Death Penalty: A Debate by Ernest van den Haag and John P. Conrad
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Review Dark Horse, by Steve Neal by Richard Brookhiser, pp. 37-39 - 1 Review- Dark Horse by Steve Neal
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Review The Discoverers, by Daniel J. Boorstin by Antony Flew, pp. 40-41 - 1 Review- The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin
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Review Culture and Politics, by Ronald Berman by John R. Turner, p. 42 - 1 Review- Culture and Politics by Ronald Berman
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Review Kathy Boudin and the Dance of Death, by Ellen ... by Eugene H. Methvin, p. 43 - 1 Review- Kathy Boudin and the Dance of Death by Ellen Frankfort
- Spectator's Journal/Hollywood's Mr. Antinuke by Marjorie Lewellyn Marks, pp. 44-47
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 48-52
- Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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June 1984 Issue = 21 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, p. 6
- Correspondence, p. 7
- Editorials/Congressional Minesweepers/Death Threat Democrats by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 8
- Capitol Ideas/Thoughts on Poverty by Tom Bethell, pp. 9-11
- Conservative Critics of NATO by Owen Harries, pp. 12-13
- The Politics Margin of 1984 by Gregory A. Fossedal, pp. 14-17
- A Mugging in the Groves: The Story of the Yale Literary Magazine by Richard Brookhiser, pp. 18-20
- Literary Lies of Respectable Liberals by Peter Shaw, pp. 21-23
- Presswatch/Stand By Your Man by Fred Barnes, pp. 24-25
- Eminentoes/How'm I Doin'? by William McGurn, pp. 26-28
- The Public Policy/Cancer Scare of the Month by William R. Havender, pp. 29-31
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Review The Aeneid, by Robert Fitzgerald and Virgil by Susan Scheinberg, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review- The Aeneid by Robert Fitzgerald and Virgil
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Review Stepping Over, by Malcolm McConnell by Mark Falcoff, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review- Stepping Over by Malcolm McConnell
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2 Reviews The Plot to Kill the Pope, by Paul B. Henze by Paul Seabury, pp. 36-37 - 2 Reviews- The Plot to Kill the Pope by Paul B. Henze
- The Time of the Assassins by Claire Sterling
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Review The Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, by Vaughn... by Alonzo L. Hamby, pp. 38-40 - 1 Review- The Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson by Vaughn Davis Bornet
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2 Reviews The Island of Crimea, by Vassily Aksyonov by Stephen Miller, pp. 41-42 - 2 Reviews- The Island of Crimea by Vassily Aksyonov
- The Compromise by Sergei Dovlatov
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Review The Collected Stories of Colette, by Robert Ph... by Victoria Sackett, p. 43 - 1 Review- The Collected Stories of Colette by Robert Phelps and Colette
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Review Stengel, by Robert W. Creamer by Ruppert Mundy, pp. 44-45 - 1 Review- Stengel by Robert W. Creamer
- Spectator's Journal/Grenada Libre by Geoffrey Wagner, pp. 46-47
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 48-52
- Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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July 1984 Issue = 22 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, p. 6
- Correspondence, p. 7
- Editorials/The Formidable Miss Tutwiler/The Hart Bull by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 8
- Capitol Ideas/Citizen Hags by Tom Bethell, pp. 9-11
- The Price of Gold by Gregory A. Fossedal, pp. 12-13
- Black Family Agonistes by William Tucker, pp. 14-16
- I.F. Stone, Self-Crafted Icon by Robert Asahina, pp. 17-20
- Two-Faced Germany by John Lukacs, pp. 21-23
- Presswatch/The Metzenbaum Difference by Fred Barnes, pp. 24-25
- Eminentoes/One Hundred Years of Harry Truman by Alonzo L. Hamby, pp. 26-28
- Among the Intellectualoids/Olympic Art by Benjamin J. Stein, pp. 29-30
- Politique Internationale/Olympic Bosh by Taki, pp. 31-32
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Review Caveat, by Alexander M. Haig by Paul Johnson, p. 33 - 1 Review- Caveat by Alexander M. Haig
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Review Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality, by Thomas S... by Terry Eastland, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review- Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality by Thomas Sowell
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Review Presidential Economics, by Herbert Stein by Stephen Chapman, p. 36 - 1 Review- Presidential Economics by Herbert Stein
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Review The Apocalyptics, by Edith Efron by Harry Schwartz, p. 37 - 1 Review- The Apocalyptics by Edith Efron
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Review In the Path of God, by Daniel Pipes by Martin Kramer, pp. 38-39 - 1 Review- In the Path of God by Daniel Pipes
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Review A Country Such As This, by James H. Webb by John R. Dunlap, pp. 40-41 - 1 Review- A Country Such As This by James H. Webb
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2 Reviews Family Portrait with Fidel, by Carlos Franqui by Cynthia Grenier, pp. 42-44 - 2 Reviews- Family Portrait with Fidel by Carlos Franqui
- The Death of Che Guevara by Jay Cantor
- Spectator's Journal/Warming Up for Ramadan by Victor Anant, p. 45
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 46-52
- Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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August 1984 Issue = 22 Articles- Continuing Crisis, p. 6
- Correspondence, p. 7
- Editorials/French Opposition/D-Day Bosh by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 8
- Capitol Ideas/What Immigration Crisis? by Tom Bethell, pp. 9-11
- A Second Term Game Plan by Jude Wanniski, pp. 12-14
- Gay Times and Diseases by Patrick J. Buchanan and J. Gordon Muir, pp. 15-18
- Dressed to Kill: The Conservative Exterior by T. John Jamieson, p. 19
- Our Century of Gangsters by Matei Calinescu, pp. 20-23
- Presswatch/Premises, Premises by Fred Barnes, pp. 24-25
- Eminentoes/Syria's Howling Jackals by Micah Morrison, pp. 26-29
- The Public Policy/Quota Quashing by Herman Belz, pp. 30-31
- Spectator's Journal/The Sikhness of India by Victor Anant, pp. 32-33
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Review Princes, Playboys and High-Class Tarts, by Tak... by Anthony Haden-Guest, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review- Princes, Playboys and High-Class Tarts by Taki Theodoracopulos
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2 Reviews We, the British, by Ivor Richard by Mark Falcoff, pp. 36-37 - 2 Reviews- We, the British by Ivor Richard
- The Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux
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Review Paris, by John Russell by Franz M. Oppenheimer, pp. 38-39 - 1 Review- Paris by John Russell
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Review The Supply-Side Revolution, by Paul Craig Roberts by Thomas Hazlett, p. 40 - 1 Review- The Supply-Side Revolution by Paul Craig Roberts
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Review The Coercive Utopians, by Rael Jean Isaac and ... by Robert James Bidinotto, pp. 41-42 - 1 Review- The Coercive Utopians by Rael Jean Isaac and Erich Isaac
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Review Democracy, by Joan Didion by Thomas Mallon, p. 43 - 1 Review- Democracy by Joan Didion
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Review My Other Loneliness, by Thomas Wolfe, Aline Be... by Paul Boytinck, pp. 44-45 - 1 Review- My Other Loneliness by Thomas Wolfe, Aline Bernstein, and Suzanne Stutman, ...
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The Talkies/Let Them Come by Roger Kaplan, p. 46 - 2 Reviews- Moscow on the Hudson (1984 Film) by Paul Mazursky
- El Norte (1983 Film) by Gregory Nava
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 47-54
- Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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September 1984 Issue = 34 Articles- The Continuing Crisis by P.J. O'Rourke, p. 4
- Correspondence, p. 5
- Editorials/Jesse's Baffled/Welcome to America by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 6
- Capitol Ideas/Out of Sight in San Francisco by Tom Bethell, pp. 7-9
- The Excellence Backlash: Sources of Resistance to Educational Reform by Chester E. Finn, Jr., pp. 10-16
- Nuts and Bolts of the Excellence Movement by Joseph Adelson, p. 17
- --- by James C. Carper, p. 17
- --- by Denis P. Doyle, p. 18
- --- by Gregory A. Fossedal, p. 18
- --- by Mary Futrell, p. 19
- --- by Peter R. Greer, p. 19
- --- by Bill Honig, p. 20
- --- by David L. Kirp, p. 21
- --- by Rita Kramer, p. 21
- --- by Herbert I. London, p. 21
- --- by William Murchison, p. 22
- --- by Joe Nathan, p. 22
- --- by Mitchell B. Pearlstein, p. 23
- --- by Albert Shanker, p. 24
- --- by Lawrence A. Uzzell, p. 24
- --- by Robert L. Woodson, p. 25
- Presswatch/Jackson's Victory Tour by Fred Barnes, pp. 26-27
- European Document/The EEC Spectacle by Patrick Cosgrave, pp. 28-29
- Eminentoes/The Iron Lady of Collectivism by Herb Greer, pp. 30-32
- The Talkies/Confession of a Critic by John Podhoretz, pp. 33-34
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Review The Evolution of Cooperation, by Robert Axelrod by William Tucker, pp. 35-36 - 1 Review- The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod
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Review The Democratic Muse, by Edward C. Banfield by Thomas Main, pp. 37-39 - 1 Review- The Democratic Muse by Edward C. Banfield
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Review Strategy and Diplomacy, 1870-1945, by Paul Ken... by Eliot A. Cohen, pp. 40-41 - 1 Review- Strategy and Diplomacy, 1870-1945 by Paul Kennedy
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Review Bad News, by Russ Braley by Tom Bethell, p. 42 - 1 Review- Bad News by Russ Braley
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2 Reviews Horace's Compromise, by Theodore R. Sizer by John R. Turner, p. 43 - 2 Reviews- Horace's Compromise by Theodore R. Sizer
- Against Mediocrity by Chester E. Finn, Diane Ravitch, and Robert T. Fancher, ...
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Review Love and Death in a Hot Country, by Shiva Naipaul by George Sim Johnston, pp. 44-45 - 1 Review- Love and Death in a Hot Country by Shiva Naipaul
- Spectator's Journal/Projection by Eric M. Breindel, pp. 46-48
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 49-52
- Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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October 1984 Issue = 18 Articles- The Continuing Crisis, p. 6
- Correspondence, p. 7
- Editorials/Let Me Call You Sweetheart/Among the Woodstock People by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 8
- Capitol Ideas/Republicans Tarnished by Tom Bethell, pp. 9-11
- The Liberal Crack-Up by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., pp. 12-13
- America's Crack-Up by Vladimir Bukovsky, pp. 14-17
- Canada's Crack-Up by John Muggeridge, pp. 18-20
- The Fairness Delusion by Charles Murray, pp. 21-23
- Presswatch/Pollstergeist by Fred Barnes, pp. 24-25
- The Nation's Pulse/Mom and Pop Democrats by Allan C. Carlson, pp. 26-27
- The Campus/Young Turk Tunes by Gregory A. Fossedal, pp. 28-30
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Review The Change in the European Balance of Power, 1... by Paul A. Rahe, pp. 31-33 - 1 Review- The Change in the European Balance of Power, 1938-1939 by Williamson Murray
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2 Reviews The Pursuit of Happiness, by Jan Lewis by Caroline P. Niemczyk, pp. 34-36 - 2 Reviews- The Pursuit of Happiness by Jan Lewis
- Political Leadership in Jefferson's Virginia by Daniel P. Jordan
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Review The Writer's Art, by James J. Kilpatrick by William McGurn, pp. 37-38 - 1 Review- The Writer's Art by James J. Kilpatrick
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Review Enthusiasms, by Bernard Levin by Thomas Mallon, pp. 39-40 - 1 Review- Enthusiasms by Bernard Levin
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Review Testing the Current, by William McPherson by Reid Buckley, pp. 41-44 - 1 Review- Testing the Current by William McPherson
- Spectator's Journal/What Next for Guatemala? by Mary Ball Martinez, pp. 45-47
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 48-52
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November 1984 Issue = 21 Articles- Correspondence, p. 6
- The Continuing Crisis, p. 7
- Editorials/Windy Moralizers/With the First Bartender by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 8
- Capitol Ideas/Personally Opposed by Tom Bethell, pp. 9-11
- The Kemp Phenomenon by Karl O'Lessker, pp. 12-14
- The Machismo Piety of Mario Cuomo by Richard Grenier, pp. 15-18
- Playing Softball: The Public Trial of Geraldine Ferraro by Gregory A. Fossedal, pp. 19-21
- Condemned to Liberation: The Woman as Breadwinner by William Tucker, pp. 22-29
- Spectator's Journal/Hong Kong by Miriam London and Ta-ling Lee, pp. 30-31
- The Nation's Pulse/Public Teachers, Private Schools by Denis P. Doyle, p. 32
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The Talkies/Sowing Sally's Field by John Podhoretz, pp. 33-34 - 1 Review- Places in the Heart (1984 Film) by Robert Benton
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Review The Enthusiast, by Gilbert A. Harrison by Virgil Nemoianu, pp. 35-36 - 1 Review- The Enthusiast by Gilbert A. Harrison
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Review Him With His Foot in His Mouth, by Saul Bellow by George Sim Johnston, p. 37 - 1 Review- Him With His Foot in His Mouth by Saul Bellow
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Review A Personal History, by A.J.P. Taylor by William H. Nolte, pp. 38-41 - 1 Review- A Personal History by A.J.P. Taylor
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Review A Matter of Honor, by Don Kowet by Gerald Simon, p. 42 - 1 Review- A Matter of Honor by Don Kowet
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Review Why Are They Lying to Our Children?, by Herber... by Allan C. Carlson, p. 43 - 1 Review- Why Are They Lying to Our Children? by Herbert Ira London
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Review Hands and Hearts, by Ellen K. Rothman by Dinesh D'Souza, p. 44 - 1 Review- Hands and Hearts by Ellen K. Rothman
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Review Presidential Campaigns, by Paul F. Boller, Jr. by Terry Eastland, p. 45 - 1 Review- Presidential Campaigns by Paul F. Boller, Jr.
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Review ...And Ladies of the Club, by Helen Hooven San... by Cynthia Grenier, pp. 46-47 - 1 Review- ...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
- Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 48-52
- Cover Drawing by Elliott Banfield
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December 1984 Issue = 20 Articles- The Continuing Crisis by P.J. O'Rourke, p. 8
- Correspondence, p. 9
- Editorials/Youth in Rebellion/I Remember Mario by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 10
- Capitol Ideas/The Costs of Arms Control by Tom Bethell, pp. 11-13
- The Unaccountable Mystique of Paul Volcker by Gregory A. Fossedal, pp. 14-16
- America the Beautiful by John Train, pp. 17-19
- Unity in Weakness: Israel Enters a New Era by Micah Morrison, pp. 20-23
- Books for Christmas, pp. 24-30
- Presswatch/My Night at the Debate by Fred Barnes, pp. 31-32
- Constitutional Opinions/High Court Nonsense by Jeremy Rabkin, pp. 33-36
- Eminentoes/Against Lincoln by Melvin E. Bradford, pp. 37-39
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Review The Liberal Crack-Up, by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. by John Muggeridge, p. 40 - 1 Review- The Liberal Crack-Up by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.
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Review The Rise of the Right, by William A. Rusher by Aram Bakshian, Jr., p. 41 - 1 Review- The Rise of the Right by William A. Rusher
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Review The Spirit of Enterprise, by George F. Gilder by William McGurn, pp. 42-44 - 1 Review- The Spirit of Enterprise by George F. Gilder
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Review Dezinformatsia, by Richard H. Shultz, Jr. and ... by Eric M. Breindel, pp. 45-46 - 1 Review- Dezinformatsia by Richard H. Shultz, Jr. and Roy S. Godson
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