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May 1984 Issue - 16 Articles- Notes
R.W.P. and M.Z.
, pp. 4-21 Prop Up Steel?
- Behind the Cancer Terror
Edith Efron
, pp. 22-30 Why are Americans gripped by fear over the least trace of chemicals suspected of causin...
- Paper Crisis
Jon Osborne
, pp. 31-33 We didn't really have an international debt crisis before, but Congress is doing its be...
- Battling the Budget Bulge -- Gracefully
Peter Samuel
, pp. 34-39 How can the federal budget be cut? Let us count the ways, says the Grace Commission.
- Prohibition for the Younger Set?
Rex R. Reed
, pp. 40-41 Should the legal drinking age be 18 or 21? The debate goes on, but it ignores the funda...
- An Education in Empire Building
John Fund and Martin Wooster
, pp. 42-48 How does a bureaucracy save itself from extinction? The Department of Education has a l...
- Viewpoint
Eric Mack
, p. 49 The Perils of Pacifism
- Taxes
Timothy Condon
, p. 50 Mum's the Word
- Spotlight
Claudia Rosett
, p. 51 Underground Observer
Arts & Letters Review
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Movies (3 Reviews) John Hospers
, pp. 52-54 Star 80; Fanny and Alexander; Sudden Impact; The Basileus Quartet
- Star 80 (1983 Film) by Bob Fosse
- Fanny and Alexander (1982 Film) by Ingmar Bergman
- Sudden Impact (1983 Film) by Clint Eastwood
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A Will to Spend, A Way to Spend (Review) Jennifer Roback
, p. 55 Underground Government, by James T. Bennett and Thomas J. Dilorenzo
- Underground Government by James T. Bennett and Thomas J. Dilorenzo
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Beavers and Buffalo---A Lesson from History (Review) Edwin Dolan
, p. 56 Natural Resources, by Richard L. Stroup and John A. Baden
- Natural Resources by Richard L. Stroup and John A. Baden
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A Torch for Freedom (Review) Laurence W. Beilenson
, p. 57 The Committed Observer, by Raymond Aron, Jean Louis Missika, and Dominique Wolton, ...
- The Committed Observer by Raymond Aron, Jean Louis Missika, and Dominique Wolton, ...
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The Genesis of the Invisible Hand (Review) Ellen Frankel Paul
, pp. 58-61 The Soul of Modern Economic man, by Milton L. Myers
- The Soul of Modern Economic man by Milton L. Myers
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Mischievous Counsel (Review) Joy Dee Anthony
, pp. 62-68 The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener, by Martin Gardner
- The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener by Martin Gardner
- Cover photograph
Jeff Pryor and Pat Widmann