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The Second Act of God

An Editorial

by Max Ascoli

The Reporter, June 28, 1956, p. 7

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      4. How Presidents Are Made by Robert Bendiner, pp. 11-18
      5. The New Battle of Berlin by William H. Draper, Jr., pp. 19-20
      6. Algeria by Basil Davison, pp. 21-26
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      5. A Time of Worry in 'The City Care Forgot' by Louisa Dalcher, pp. 17-19
      6. The Slow Progress of Integration by Eric Sevareid, p. 20
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      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 8-9
      3. They've Gotten Around to It by Max Ascoli, p. 10
      4. Israel by Claire Sterling, pp. 11-14
      5. Two Recent Guests at Claridge's by Alastair Buchan, pp. 15-16
      6. Iraq by J.H. Huizinga, pp. 17-18
      7. Civil War in Alabama's Citizens' Councils by Douglass Cater, pp. 19-21
      8. A Quiet Evening at the Whig-Clio by William Lee Miller, pp. 22-23
      9. The Tribulations of a State Senator by Duane Lockard, p. 24
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      12. Through India with Walter Reuther by Arthur Bonner, pp. 31-33
      13. Francoise Sagan Wins Her Second Round by Madeleine Chapsal, pp. 34-35
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      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 6-7
      3. The Negro Vote and the Democrats by Robert Bendiner, pp. 8-12
      4. 'Nessfeness' at Harvard by Marya Mannes, pp. 13-14
      5. 'The Problems of Overlap' by A.A. Berle, Jr., p. 15
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      8. Why Exclude Republicans? by Jacob K. Javits, p. 19
      9. In Support of Schlesinger by Thomas K. Finletter, p. 20
      10. 'We Need a Liberal Administration' by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 20-21
      11. The New Federalism by Max Ascoli, pp. 22-23
      12. Freemasonry in the Fourth Republic by Edmond Taylor, pp. 24-28
      13. The Complicated Process of Reaching a Stalemate by Chalmers M. Roberts, pp. 29-33
      14. The Time of His Life by Harvey Wheeler, p. 34
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      2. Special Report by William Harlan Hale, pp. 4-6
      3. The Second Act of God by Max Ascoli, p. 7
      4. The Recession We Should Not Have by A.A. Berle, Jr., pp. 8-11
      5. Up to Our Ears in Autos by Helen Hill Miller, p. 12
      6. The Two-Family Car by Eric Sevareid, p. 13
      7. Foreign Aid and 'The Spirit We Are Of' by Harlan Cleveland, pp. 14-18
      8. Deepening Shadows Over Cyprus by Ray Alan, pp. 19-21
      9. Why Molotov 'Resigned' by Isaac Deutscher, pp. 22-23
      10. All Abroad for the Coattail Special by Robert Bendiner, pp. 24-26
      11. 'Siberia, U.S.A.' by A. Robert Smith, pp. 27-29
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      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 6-7
      3. Matrix of Commonwealths by Max Ascoli, pp. 8-9
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      5. The Folklore of an Electronic Presidency by Douglass Cater, pp. 15-18
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      8. Pottering About with the Fifth Amendment by Paul Jacobs, p. 26
      9. Report from Red China by Peter Schmid, pp. 27-28
      10. Jordan Finds 'A New Saladin' by Ray Alan, pp. 29-30
      11. Africa by Chester Bowles, pp. 31-36
      12. Mrs. Kalish's Holiday by Bernice Kavinoky, pp. 37-39
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      17. Cover by Reg Massie
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      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 8-9
      3. Whose G.O.P.? by Max Ascoli, p. 10
      4. The Education of George Humphrey by Sidney Hyman, pp. 11-16
      5. The 'Moral Force' Behind Dulles Diplomacy by William Lee Miller, pp. 17-20
      6. NATO on the Operating Table by Alastair Buchan, pp. 21-23
      7. West German Socialism by Paul Moor, pp. 24-25
      8. Report on Red China by Peter Schmid, pp. 26-29
      9. Of Space and Time, and Death in the Air by Lawrence H. Berlin, pp. 30-33
      10. Notes on the Harriman Campaign by Robert Bendiner, pp. 34-37
      11. The Durable Mr. Dawson of Cook County, Illinois by John Madigan, pp. 38-41
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      13. Freedom of the Press by Otto Friedrich, pp. 44-46
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      19. Cover by Fred Zimmer
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      2. These Moderate Elections by Max Ascoli, pp. 8-9
      3. Notes on the Conventions, pp. 10-15
      4. The Politicians Try Victory Through Air Power by William Harlan Hale, pp. 16-20
      5. TV by Marya Mannes, pp. 21-22
      6. When Politics Had 'Taam' by Paul Jacobs, p. 23
      7. The Army's Case Against Fortress America by Anthony Leviero, pp. 24-29
      8. ---And the Answer Was Suez by Simon Malley, pp. 30-34
      9. Siren Songs in Damascus by Hal Lehrman, pp. 35-37
      10. Kashmir by M. Yusuf Buch, pp. 38-40
      11. A Talk With the Yellow Kid by Saul Bellow, pp. 41-43
      12. American Writing as I See it by William Saroyan, pp. 44-46
      13. [+]
        A Chief of State Who Let Things Drift by Sander Vanocur, pp. 47-48 - 1 Review
        My Father: The True Story by Arthur W. Baldwin
      14. [+]
        Privacy, Publicity, and Secrecy by August Heckscher, p. 49 - 1 Review
        The Torment of Secrecy by Edward A. Shils
      15. [+]
        'A Conspiracy Without Warrent of Law' by Brooks Atkinson, pp. 50-51 - 1 Review
        Report on Blacklisting by John Cogley
      16. [+]
        The Presidency and the Art of the Possible by Jonathan Daniels, pp. 52-53 - 1 Review
        Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox, 1882-1940 by James MacGregor Burns
      17. [+]
        Mr. Forster Pays a Debt by Louis Kronenberger, pp. 54-55 - 1 Review
        Marianne Thornton: A Domestic Biography, 1797-1887 by E.M. Forster
      18. [+]
        Book Notes, pp. 56-60 - 2 Reviews
        A Report on the American Jesuits by John La Farge
        A Pictorial History of Medicine by Otto L. Bettmann
      19. Cover by Fred Zimmer
    4. [+]
      September 20, 1956 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 2-7
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 8-9
      3. A Neutralized Middle East? by Max Ascoli, p. 10
      4. The Malevolent Genie that Nasser Set Free by Claire Sterling, pp. 11-14
      5. Where Nationalism Becomes Nihilism by Ray Alan, pp. 15-17
      6. The Pint-Size Potentates of the Persian Gulf by J.H. Huizinga, pp. 18-20
      7. The Future of 'The Party of the Future' by August Heckscher, pp. 21-23
      8. 2. The Disarming of President Eisenhower by Maurice Klain, pp. 24-25
      9. 3. Where Are the 'Eisenhower Republicans?' by John R. Schmidhauser, pp. 26-27
      10. 4. The Chotiner Academy of Scientific Vote-Catching by Robert Bendiner, p. 28
      11. The Ordeal of South Vietnam by Darrell Berrigan, pp. 29-33
      12. Stale Mates by Eileen Chang, pp. 34-37
      13. From Plato to Perelman on the Turntable by William Harlan Hale, pp. 38-40
      14. Sociological Habit Patterns in Linguistic Transmogrifications by Malcolm Cowley, pp. 41-42
      15. [+]
        Norma Jean Mortenson on the Half Shell by Tom Armstrong, pp. 43-44 - 1 Review
        Will Acting Spoil Marilyn Monroe? by Pete Martin
      16. [+]
        The Air Belongs to Us by Robert Bingham, p. 45 - 1 Review
        The Public Arts by Gilbert Seldes
      17. [+]
        A Southerner's View of a Southerner's Book by James W. Prothro, pp. 46-47 - 1 Review
        Segregation: The Inner Conflict in the South by Robert Penn Warren
      18. [+]
        Book Notes, pp. 48-50 - 5 Reviews
        Baby Doll by Tennessee Williams
        The Lady and the Vote by Marion K. Sanders
        Noblesse Oblige by Nancy Mitford
        The Fair Game by Constantine FitzGibbon
        America Votes by Richard M. Scammon
      19. Cover by Al Blaustein
  4. [+]
    Issues of Oct.-Dec. 1956 = 7 Issues, 131 Articles
    1. [+]
      October 4, 1956 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 2-7
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 8-9
      3. When Does the Campaign Start? by Max Ascoli, p. 10
      4. The Widening Chinks in the Iron Curtain by Chalmers M. Roberts, pp. 11-14
      5. Behind the Scenes in Poland's Model City by S.L. Shneiderman, pp. 15-17
      6. Hungary by Leslie B. Bain, pp. 18-21
      7. New Trainer for the Donkey by Robert Bendiner, pp. 22-24
      8. Southern Unions and the Integration Issue by Henry L. Trewhitt, pp. 25-27
      9. Magic Casements Open for the Caudillo by Claire Sterling, pp. 28-32
      10. Bowlers and Bumbershoots at a Piccadilly Peep Show by Hortense Calisher, pp. 33-36
      11. The Rivers of Vicenza by Antonio Barolini, pp. 37-38
      12. The Clock Struck Twenty-Nine by Jean Paris, p. 39
      13. Henry James Came Home at Last by Gouverneur Paulding, pp. 40-43
      14. [+]
        Inside Outside by Virgilia Peterson, pp. 44-45 - 1 Review
        The Outsider by Colin Wilson
      15. [+]
        Ladders, Tunnels, and Colossal Nerve by Al Newman, pp. 46-47 - 1 Review
        Escape From Germany by Aidan Crawley
      16. [+]
        Book Notes, p. 48 - 4 Reviews
        Antonello da Messina by Stefano Bottari
        So Fell the Angels by Thomas Graham Belden and Marva Robins Belden
        The Nun's Story by Kathryn C. Hulme
        Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett
      17. Cover by Al Blaustein
    2. [+]
      October 18, 1956 Issue = 20 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 2-7
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 8-9
      3. Peace---The Forbidden Issue by Max Ascoli, p. 10
      4. The Loneliest Man in Washington by William Harlan Hale, pp. 11-16
      5. Our Diplomatic Defeats and the Unity of Europe by Edmond Taylor, pp. 17-19
      6. Campaign Battlefields by James A. Maxwell, pp. 20-21
      7. 2. Morse vs. McKay by Joe Miller, pp. 22-24
      8. 3. Pigs and Pocketbooks by Dale Kramer, pp. 25-26
      9. The Peaceful Atom by Douglass Cater, pp. 27-30
      10. What the President Could Do about School Desegregation by Charles Abrams, pp. 31-32
      11. [+]
        A Would-be Quixote in a Land Without Windmills by John Rosselli, pp. 33-34 - 1 Review
        Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
      12. Japan's Delinquents by Mark Schorer, pp. 35-37
      13. [+]
        How That Man Got to the White House by Sidney Hyman, pp. 38-39 - 1 Review
        Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Triumph by Frank Freidel
      14. [+]
        The Best of Anne McCormick by Max Ascoli, p. 40 - 1 Review
        The World at Home by Anne O'Hare McCormick and Marion Turner Sheean, ...
      15. [+]
        Dr. A. Jekyll Toynbee and Mr. Hyde-and-Go-Seek by Anne Fremantle, pp. 41-44 - 1 Review
        An Historian's Approach to Religion by Arnold J. Toynbee
      16. [+]
        The Truth in Great Fiction by Gouverneur Paulding, p. 45 - 1 Review
        The Mirror in the Roadway by Frank O'Connor
      17. [+]
        Mr. Liebling's Latest Love by Al Newman, p. 46 - 1 Review
        The Sweet Science by A.J. Liebling
      18. [+]
        The Queen's Aunt by Marriage by Marya Mannes, p. 47 - 1 Review
        The Heart Has Its Reasons by Wallis W. Windsor
      19. [+]
        Book Notes, pp. 47-50 - 3 Reviews
        The World of Mathematics by James R. Newman
        Danger and Opportunity by James P. Warburg
        Tribute to Freud by H.D.
      20. Cover by Justin Murray
    3. [+]
      November 1, 1956 Issue = 21 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 1-5
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 6-7
      3. Can the Majority Rule? by Max Ascoli, p. 8
      4. What Happened to the Sure Thing? by Robert Bendiner, pp. 9-12
      5. Nervous men in Illinois by James A. Maxwell, pp. 13-14
      6. Making Friends with the Robots by Eric Sevareid, p. 15
      7. The Battle of Idaho by Joe Miller, p. 16
      8. And If You Don't Like Either Ike or Adlai by Douglass Cater, pp. 17-18
      9. The Labor Movement Cripples a Union by Paul Jacobs, pp. 19-20
      10. Is It Trust Busting or Window Dressing? by William D. Rogers, pp. 21-23
      11. Communist China Is Still Knocking at the U.N.'s Door by William R. Frye, pp. 24-26
      12. Can the French Save Their Republic? by Andre Fontaine, pp. 27-30
      13. Tragedy of Hatred by Ben H. Bagdikian, pp. 31-34
      14. The Visual Arts in a People's Republic by George Biddle, pp. 35-37
      15. Three London Plays by Marya Mannes, p. 38
      16. Can There Be an American C.P. Snow? by Hortense Calisher, pp. 39-43
      17. How Stevenson Talks at Home by Robert Bingham, p. 44
      18. [+]
        U.S. Wars by Thomas R. Phillips, pp. 45-46 - 1 Review
        Arms and Men: A Study in America Military History by Walter Millis
      19. [+]
        The Brave Tourists and the Bulls by Gouverneur Paulding, p. 47 - 1 Review
        Fiesta in Pamplona by Dominique Aubier
      20. [+]
        Book Notes, pp. 48-50 - 3 Reviews
        Farmers at the Crossroads by Ezra Taft Benson and Carlisle Bargeron
        The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier
        The Looking-Glass Conference by Godfrey Blunden
      21. Cover by Robert Shore
    4. [+]
      November 15, 1956 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 1-7
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 8-9
      3. The Mandate19C A Coalition Cabinet by Max Ascoli, p. 10
      4. The Middle East by Claire Sterling, pp. 11-13
      5. October Revolutions, New Style by Isaac Deutscher, pp. 14-17
      6. Before the Earthquake in Poland by S.l. Shneiderman, pp. 18-19
      7. Hungary by Leslie B. Bain, pp. 20-21
      8. The Short Career of Poet Istvan by Edmond Taylor, pp. 22-23
      9. The Life and Times of a Slum Landlord by William Manchester, pp. 24-26
      10. Happy Dreams in Kentucky by James A. Maxwell, pp. 27-29
      11. Burma---Parade of Paradoxes by Arthur Bonner, pp. 30-32
      12. Where Do We Go from Here? by Colin Wilson, pp. 33-35
      13. Channels by Marya Mannes, pp. 36-38
      14. Portrait of the Poet as a Painter by Jay Jacobs, pp. 39-40
      15. [+]
        Understanding Pandit Nehru by Christine Weston, p. 41 - 1 Review
        Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography by Frank R. Moraes
      16. [+]
        Life Among the Titans by William Harlan Hale, pp. 42-47 - 2 Reviews
        The Executive Life by The Editors of Fortune
        The Art of Success by The Editors of Fortune
      17. [+]
        Book Notes, pp. 48-50 - 2 Reviews
        Gallipoli by Alan Moorehead
        The City of the Living, and Other Stories by Wallace Stegner
      18. Cover by Fred Zimmer
    5. [+]
      November 29, 1956 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 2-7
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 8-9
      3. The Price of Peacemongering by Max Ascoli, p. 10
      4. The Military Lessons of Suez by Edward L. Katzenbach, Jr., pp. 11-13
      5. Washington's Search for a Policy by Chalmers M. Roberts, pp. 14-15
      6. The British Look at the Balance Sheet by Alastair Buchan, pp. 16-17
      7. How Texas Is Reforming Its Mental Hospitals by John Gainford, pp. 18-21
      8. Who Will Speak for the Democrats? by Douglass Cater, pp. 22-23
      9. A Theologian's Comments on the Negro in America by Reinhold Niebuhr, pp. 24-25
      10. Italy by Claire Sterling, pp. 26-29
      11. The Chained God of Katmandu by Arthur Bonner, pp. 30-33
      12. The Time of Going Away by Ray Bradbury, pp. 34-35
      13. American Best-Sellers in Soviet Bookstores by Deming Brown, pp. 36-38
      14. Music by Roland Gelatt, p. 39
      15. [+]
        The Nightingale and the Thorn by Marya Mannes, p. 40 - 1 Review
        Collected Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Norma Millay and Edna St. Vincent Millay
      16. [+]
        Weight Lifting, Nihilism, and the Japanese Novel by Mark Schorer, pp. 41-44 - 5 Reviews
        The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
        Modern Japanese Literature by Donald Keene
        The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai
        Zone of Emptiness by Hiroshi Noma
        The Heike Story by Eiji Yoshikawa
      17. [+]
        Three Guides for the Atomic Age by Walter Millis, pp. 45-47 - 3 Reviews
        Atoms and People by Ralph E. Lapp
        Atomic Quest by Arthur Holly Compton
        Atomic Weapons and East-West Relations by P.M.S Blackett
      18. [+]
        Book Notes, pp. 48-50 - 3 Reviews
        The Insurgents by Vercors
        A Baker's Dozen: Thirteen Unusual Americans by Russel B. Nye
        Threepenny Novel by Bertolt Brecht
      19. Cover by Jack Fenstermacher
    6. [+]
      December 13, 1956 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 1-5
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 6-7
      3. The Lazy Giant by Max Ascoli, p. 8
      4. How the United States Saved Nasser by Claire Sterling, pp. 9-12
      5. Budapest by Leslie B. Bain, pp. 13-14
      6. The Four Days that Shook Poland by S.L. Shneiderman, pp. 15-17
      7. Family Album by Marya Mannes, pp. 18-19
      8. The U.S. Communists by Robert Bendiner, pp. 20-23
      9. Thorez Clings to Stalinism by Andre Fontaine, pp. 24-26
      10. Down from the Hills and into the Slums by James Maxwell, pp. 27-28
      11. How the Republicans Lost in the West by Joe Miller, pp. 29-31
      12. Man in the Shadows by Philip Deane, pp. 32-34
      13. 'To Keep the Memory of So Worthy a Friend' by Ethel Wilson, pp. 35-37
      14. A Dissenting Opinion on the O'Neill Play by Marya Mannes, pp. 38-39
      15. [+]
        Movies: The Crazy, Mixed-up Kids Take Over by Gerald Weales, pp. 40-41 - 3 Reviews
        The Wild One (1954 Film) by Laszlo Benedek
        Rebel Without a Cause (1955 Film) by Nicholas Ray
        East of Eden (1955 Film) by Elia Kazan
      16. [+]
        Lions and Lemmings, Toads and Tigers by Malcolm Cowley, pp. 42-43 - 1 Review
        Further Fables for Our Time by James Thurber
      17. [+]
        Some Footnotes on the Fiction of '56 by Leslie A. Fiedler, pp. 44-46 - 8 Reviews
        The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor
        Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris
        The Man Who Was Not With It by Herbert Gold
        The Floating Opera by John Barth
        The Presence of Grace by J.F. Powers
        Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
        The Field of Vision by Wright Morris
        Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
      18. [+]
        Book Notes, pp. 47-50 - 5 Reviews
        Atlas of Western Civilization by Frederik van der Meer
        Italian Painting by Edith Appleton Standen
        The Louvre by Germain Bazin
        Our Literary Heritage by Van Wyck Brooks and Otto L. Bettmann
        Pablo Picasso: A Study of His Work by Frank Elgar and Robert Maillard
      19. Cover by Gil Miret
    7. [+]
      December 27, 1956 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 1-3
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-5
      3. Civilization Is the West by Max Ascoli, p. 6
      4. The Anglo-French 'Convulsion of Despair' by Graham Hutton, pp. 7-9
      5. The Care and Keeping of the Great Alliance by David Demarest Lloyd, pp. 10-13
      6. 'Or to Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles' by R.L. Bruckberger, pp. 14-16
      7. The Lessons of Hungary by Edmond Taylor, pp. 17-20
      8. Washington Runaround by A. Robert Smith, pp. 21-23
      9. The Arab World Since Sinai by Ray Alan, pp. 24-26
      10. Immigrants, Visitors, and Legal Roadblocks by Judith Laikin, pp. 27-29
      11. The Bull and the Dwarfs by Honor Tracy, pp. 30-32
      12. A Great Lady's Homage to Mozart by Roland Gelatt, p. 33
      13. Miltown Place, or, Life with Sponsors by Marya Mannes, p. 34
      14. All Together Now by E.E. Edwards, pp. 35-36
      15. [+]
        The Reformation of a Bibulous Aunt by Whitney Balliett, pp. 37-38 - 5 Reviews
        The Real Jazz, Old and New by Stephen Longstreet
        Guide to Jazz by Hugues Panassie and Madeleine Gautier
        The Heart of Jazz by William L. Grossman and Jack W. Farrell
        Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence by Andre Hodeir
        The Story of Jazz by Marshall W. Stearns
      16. [+]
        The Ancient Greeks in Fiction by Sidney Alexander, pp. 39-42 - 1 Review
        The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault
      17. Cover by Reg Massie
8. [+]
  Issues of 1957 = 24 Issues, 433 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1958 = 24 Issues, 439 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1959 = 24 Issues, 446 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1960s = 9 Years, 205 Issues, 3,634 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1960 = 24 Issues, 445 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1961 = 24 Issues, 430 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1962 = 24 Issues, 420 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1963 = 24 Issues, 399 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1964 = 25 Issues, 455 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1965 = 24 Issues, 430 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1966 = 24 Issues, 425 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1967 = 24 Issues, 417 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1968 = 12 Issues, 213 Articles