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May 1990 Issue - 23 Articles- 745 Boylston Street/Contributors, pp. 4-7
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 8-13
- The May Almanac, pp. 14-17
Reports and Comment
- Notes: The 40th Parallel
Cullen Murphy
, pp. 18-23 - Germany: The Character issue
Robert D. Kaplan
, pp. 24-35 - Environment: Rescuing Oily Birds
Rachael Bishop
, pp. 36-41 - Tan
Roy Blount, Jr.
, pp. 42-48 - Coping With Victory
John Lewis Gaddis
, pp. 49-53 - Grace
Kelly Cherry
, pp. 54-62 Quartet: Four New Voices in American Fiction
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- Things Not Seen
Lynna Williams
, pp. 64-75 - What Means Switch
Gish Jen
, pp. 76-86 - Two More Days
Diana West
, pp. 87-95 - The Swan
Richard Zabel
, pp. 96-107 - Nothing in Moderation
Fred Siegel
, pp. 108-110 - First Encounters
Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel
, p. 111 Henry James and Rupert Brooke
Arts and Leisure
- Travel: Footprints of the Hapsburgs
Peter Davison
, pp. 112-116 - Food: Before the First Sip
Corby Kummer
, pp. 117-125 -
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How the Bomb Was Kept From Hitler (Review) Thomas Powers
, pp. 126-131 German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power, 1939-49, by Mark Walker
- German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power, 1939-49 by Mark Walker
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Brief Reviews (7 Reviews) Phoebe-Lou Adams
, pp. 132-134 Solomon Gursky Was Here, by Mordecai Richler
- Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler
- My Life in Three Acts by Helen Hayes and Katherine Hatch
- Soup of the Day by Frances Starn
- Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life by Roald Dahl
- Lakota Woman by Dog Mary Crow and Richard Erdoes
- Chromos by Felipe Alfau
- The Quest for El Cid by Richard A. Fletcher
- The Puzzler
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
, p. 135 - Word Histories
Craig M. Carver
, pp. 136-138 - Cover illustration
Fred Marcellino