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September 1971 Issue - 18 Articles- About This Issue, pp. 4-5
- Letters, pp. 6-11
- Signs of Life
Robert Shnayerson
, pp. 12-19 - The Illusion of Victory
Sir Basil Liddell Hart
, pp. 20-21 - Performing Arts
William McIlwain
, pp. 22-32 - Looking for Presidents
Nicholas von Hoffman
, pp. 33-43 A wry handicapper's tips on picking the 1972 winner from a field of losers
- White Ethnic
Michael Novak
, pp. 44-51 The turmoil of affirming a Catholic-Slovak heritage while rejecting the melting-pot myth
- Autopsy on Old Westbury
Thomas Powers
, pp. 52-61 How a surfeit of freedom gagged one of academia's liveliest experiments
- Staying Hip
Sherman B. Chickering
, pp. 62-65 A new calibration on the breach between the generations
- McManus v. the Knights of Columbus
Paul Good
, pp. 66-80 The poignant tale of an ordeal in a "hot box" that led to a crisis of faith
- Roadside Notes
James Applewhite
, p. 81 - Kites; A Feeling; A Hymn to Modern Candor
Judith Krommer
, p. 81 - Sublimating
John Updike
, pp. 82-85 - Lessons of the Street
Bruce Jay Friedman
, pp. 86-95 Viewing New York City through a tough detective's eyes, a sensitive writer discovers th...
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Books: Slaves, Pioneers, and Women (3 Reviews) Irving Howe
, pp. 96-101 Slavery in the Structure of American Politics, 1765-1820, by Donald L. Robinson
- Slavery in the Structure of American Politics, 1765-1820 by Donald L. Robinson
- The Israelis: Founders and Sons by Amos Elon
- Man's World, Woman's Place by Elizabeth Janeway
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Books in Brief (2 Reviews) Richard Schickel and Julia Whedon
, p. 102 Mrs. Fraser On the Fatal Shore, by Michael Alexander
- Mrs. Fraser On the Fatal Shore by Michael Alexander
- Living Well is the Best Revenge by Calvin Tomkins
- Music
Harold C. Schonberg
, pp. 103-104 - Cover photograph
Terry Stevenson
