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December 17, 1981 Issue - 20 Articles-
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Death by a Thousand Cuts (Review) Lester C. Thurow
, pp. 3-5 Making America Work, by James O'Toole
- Making America Work by James O'Toole
- Back Issues
Elizabeth Hardwick
, pp. 6-11 - The Berlin Wall Tune
Joseph Brodsky
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Wolfe in Wolfe's Clothing (Review) Janet Malcolm
, pp. 14-17 From Bauhaus to Our House, by Tom Wolfe
- From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom Wolfe
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The Triumph of Matthew Arnold (Review) Noel Annan
, pp. 18-21 Matthew Arnold: A Life, by Park Honan
- Matthew Arnold: A Life by Park Honan
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Relic (2 Reviews) Luc Sante
, pp. 22-25 Elvis, by Albert Goldman
- Elvis by Albert Goldman
- Private Elvis by Diego Cortez
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The Trap of Rearmament (3 Reviews) James Fallows
, pp. 26-31 The Baroque Arsenal, by Mary Kaldor
- The Baroque Arsenal by Mary Kaldor
- Soviet Military Power, 1986 by The Department of Defense
- The East-West Strategic Balance by T.B. Millar
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All Too Real (3 Reviews) Helen Vendler
, pp. 32-36 Work, for the Night is Coming, by Jared Carter
- Work, for the Night is Coming by Jared Carter
- A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far by Adrienne Rich
- One for the Rose by Philip Levine
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Black Old Black and White Magic (25 Reviews) Clive James
, pp. 37-44 25 recent photography books
- Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes
- Photography in Print by Vicki Goldberg
- Before Photography by Peter Galassi
- The Work of Atget: Old France by John Szarkowski and Maria Morris Hambourg
- Les Autochromes de J.H. Lartigue, 1912-1927 by Jacques-Henri Lartigue
- The Photography of Max Yavno by Ben Maddow and Max Yavno
- Feininger's Chicago, 1941 by Andreas Feininger
- Cole Weston: Eighteen Photographs by Cole Weston
- American Photographers and the National Parks by Robert Cahn and Robert Glenn Ketchum
- New England Reflections, 1882-1907 by Alan B. Newman
- Man as Art by Malcolm Kirk
- Rajasthan: India's Enchanted Land by Raghubir Singh
- Falkland Road: Prostitutes of Bombay by Mary Ellen Mark
- Nicaragua: June 1978-July 1979 by Susan Meiselas
- Visions of China by Marc Riboud
- The Russians by Vladimir Sichov
- Photographs by William Klein
- Hearts of Darkness by Don McCullin
- Herbert List: Photographs 1930-1970 by Herbert List
- Photographs, 1973-1980 by Christopher Rauschenberg
- Altered Landscapes by John Pfahl
- Sam Haskins: Photographics by Sam Haskins
- Bill Brandt: Nudes, 1945-1980 by Bill Brandt
- Hollywood Color Portraits by John Kobal
- A Century of Japanese Photography
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One Culture (Review) Rudolf Peierls
, p. 45 The Physicists, by C.P. Snow
- The Physicists by C.P. Snow
- Poem for the End of the Year
Mary Gordon
, p. 46 - Music Does Not Flow
Virgil Thomson
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Washington at War (Review) Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
, p. 52 Washington Dispatches, 1941-45, by H.G. Nicholas
- Washington Dispatches, 1941-45 by H.G. Nicholas
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Uncle Wiz the Wizard (Review) Lincoln Kirstein
, pp. 53-56 W.H. Auden: A Biography, by Humphrey Carpenter
- W.H. Auden: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter
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The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Review) Richard Cobb
, pp. 57-59 Ladies of the Leisure Class, by Bonnie G. Smith
- Ladies of the Leisure Class by Bonnie G. Smith
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Empire Building (Review) John Keegan
, pp. 60-61 Revolutionary Empire, by Angus Calder
- Revolutionary Empire by Angus Calder
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The Clowning Victim (2 Reviews) Alan Pryce-Jones
, pp. 62-63 Edith Sitwell, by Victoria Glendinning
- Edith Sitwell by Victoria Glendinning
- Edith Sitwell by Geoffrey Elborn
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The Professor Knows (Review) Richard Wollheim
, pp. 64-66 Is There a Text in This Class?, by Stanley Fish
- Is There a Text in This Class? by Stanley Fish
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Short Reviews (2 Reviews) , p. 67 Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman, by Marjorie Shostak and Nisa
- Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman by Marjorie Shostak and Nisa
- Science in Traditional China by Joseph Needham
- Letters
Edward Abbey, John Crewdson, and Jay Presson Allen, ...
, pp. 68-72