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The Reporter, April 13, 1961, pp. 52-54

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      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 8-11
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 12-13
      3. A Report to Our Readers by Max Ascoli, pp. 14-15
      4. A Talk with 'der Alte' by George Bailey, pp. 16-19
      5. The Strategy of a Sit-In by C. Eric Lincoln, pp. 20-23
      6. Capitalist Revolution in Iowa by Robert L. Schiffer, pp. 24-27
      7. The New Communist Manifesto by Isaac Deutscher, pp. 28-30
      8. China Keeps the Pressure up by Denis Warner, p. 31
      9. Agitprop Goes to Work by Marvin L. Kalb, pp. 32-33
      10. Night of Numbers by Italo Calvino, pp. 34-37
      11. The Vanishing Americans by Elaine Kendall, p. 38
      12. Moscow Makes the Scene by Walter Z. Laqueur, pp. 39-41
      13. Record Notes by Roland Gelatt, p. 42
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        The Servants of Power by Loren Baritz
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        Hieronymus Bosch by Ludwig von Baldass
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        A Lens and a Mirror by George Steiner, p. 46 - 1 Review
        Theory of Film by Siegfried Kracauer
      17. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 47-52
      18. Cover by Frederic Marvin
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      January 19, 1961 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-11
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 12-21
      3. Inauguration Day by Max Ascoli, pp. 22-23
      4. Diem Defeats His Own Best Troops by Stanley Karnow, pp. 24-28
      5. Thailand Is on the Spot by Darrell Berrigan, pp. 29-31
      6. Puerto Rico by Douglass Cater, pp. 32-37
      7. The New York I Know by Marya Mannes, pp. 38-39
      8. 'Good Jelly's' Last Stand by David Halberstam, pp. 40-41
      9. Tito's Homemade Communism by Alvin Z. Rubinstein, pp. 42-44
      10. Russia's Farm Crisis by Isaac Deutscher, pp. 45-47
      11. The Hunger Strike by Frank O'Connor, pp. 48-51
      12. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 52-57
      13. Lost in Translation by Francis Steegmuller, pp. 58-59
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        Europe Looks at the Civil War by Belle Becker Sideman and Lillian Friedman
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        Just Before the Deluge by George Steiner, pp. 62-63 - 1 Review
        The Rococo Age by Arno Schonberger and Halldor Soehner
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        Mystery Writer Goes Straight by Pamela Hansford Johnson, p. 64 - 1 Review
        The Winter After This Summer by Stanley Ellin
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        To a Young Actress by Bernard Shaw and Peter Tompkins
      18. Cover by Frederic Marvin
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      February 2, 1961 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-9
      2. The Reporter's Notes by Max Ascoli, pp. 10-15
      3. For an Atlantic Confederacy by Henry A. Kissinger, pp. 16-20
      4. Electronics, the Human Element, and Air Safety by Stuart H. Loory, pp. 21-23
      5. Health Care for the Aged by Edward T. Chase, pp. 24-25
      6. De Gaulle's New Mandate by Edmond Taylor, pp. 26-27
      7. The Businesslike Mr. Hoffa by William L. Rivers, pp. 28-29
      8. A Brazilian Defines Our Choice in Latin America by Luis Alberto Bahia, pp. 30-31
      9. Chinese Footprints in Somalia by Robert Counts, pp. 32-33
      10. The Grapes of Wrath, Vintage 1961 by Arnold Mayer, pp. 34-36
      11. 'The Kingdom of Schweitzer' by Morton Puner, pp. 37-41
      12. Two Flags by the Sea by Madeleine Chapsal, pp. 42-43
      13. Just Looking by Marya Mannes, pp. 44-47
      14. The Man They Sing To by Nat Hentoff, p. 48
      15. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 49-51
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        The Spare Chancellor by Alastair Buchan
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        Parodies by Dwight Macdonald
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        The Dreamer Looks Back by Gouverneur Paulding, pp. 55-58 - 1 Review
        The Infant With the Globe by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon
      19. Cover by William D. Gorman
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      February 16, 1961 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 6-15
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 16-21
      3. The Cool Precision of J.F.K. by Max Ascoli, p. 22
      4. Three Men and Three Revolutions by Willard A. Hanna, pp. 23-25
      5. Laos by Philip Wright, pp. 26-30
      6. Belgium Against Itself by Claire Sterling, pp. 31-33
      7. The World's Dollar and Ours by Otto Eckstein, pp. 34-35
      8. The Lessons of William Frantz and McDonough 19 by Douglass Cater, pp. 36-38
      9. The Plight of the Moroccan Jews by Edmond Taylor, pp. 39-41
      10. The Case of Hsuan Wei by Charles Remsberg, pp. 42-43
      11. 'With a Tallis, I Can Die' by Patricia Blake, pp. 44-45
      12. The Small White Way by Gerald Weales, pp. 46-47
      13. Just Looking by Marya Mannes, pp. 48-49
      14. Record Notes by Roland Gelatt, pp. 50-53
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        Resistance, Rebellion, and Death by Albert Camus
      16. The Reporter Puzzle, p. 57
      17. [+]
        The Lyre and the Pen by George Steiner, pp. 58-61 - 1 Review
        The Untuning of the Sky by John Hollander
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        Summoned by Bells by John Betjeman
      19. Cover by Howard A. Silverman
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      March 2, 1961 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-10
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 11-15
      3. Whose U.N.? by Max Ascoli, p. 16
      4. Ideas31C A New Defense Industry by Edward L. Katzenbach, Jr., pp. 17-21
      5. Crypto-Gaullism on the French Left by Edmond Taylor, pp. 22-23
      6. Poverty in America by Sar A. Levitan, pp. 24-27
      7. The Danes' Dilemma by Niels Norlund, pp. 28-30
      8. The Twenty Strangers of Latin America by Gladys Delmas, p. 31
      9. Costs That Aren't Shown on the Soviet Balance Sheet by Leon M. Herman, pp. 32-34
      10. Pound Reweighed by Malcolm Cowley, pp. 35-36
      11. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 37-41
      12. The Budgerigar by Dan Jacobson, pp. 42-43
      13. Record Notes by Roland Gelatt, pp. 44-45
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        Nathaniel Hawthorne by Edward Wagenknecht
      18. Cover by San Bon Matsu
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      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 12-19
      3. The Disappearing Satellite by George Bailey, pp. 20-22
      4. What Is the Congo? by Russell Warren Howe, pp. 23-25
      5. African Sketchbook by Helen Drew, pp. 26-27
      6. A New Style, a New Tempo by Douglass Cater, pp. 28-30
      7. What That Airline Strike Was All About by Stuart H. Loory, pp. 31-32
      8. Can Nasser Hold Syria? by Harry B. Ellis, pp. 33-34
      9. The Many Sides of British Unilateralism by Hedley Bull, pp. 35-36
      10. 'A Little Extra Push' by Maya Pines, pp. 37-38
      11. The Book by George Steiner, pp. 39-41
      12. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 42-48
      13. Just Looking by Marya Mannes, p. 49
      14. Record Notes by Nat Hentoff, pp. 50-51
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        Eight Men by Richard A. Wright
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        Scenes From Metropolitan Life by William Cooper
        Scenes From Provincial Life by William Cooper
        Scenes from Married Life and Scenes from Later Life by William Cooper
      17. Cover by Mozelle Thompson
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      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-8
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 9-14
      3. The One and Only Alliance by Max Ascoli, p. 15
      4. NATO After Spaar by Edmond Taylor, pp. 16-20
      5. Portugal's Ancient Empire by Claire Sterling, pp. 21-23
      6. Our Sugar Diplomacy by Douglass Cater and Walter Pincus, pp. 24-27
      7. Tammany in Search of a Boss by Meg Greenfield, pp. 28-30
      8. Steel Under Stress by Charles Connor, pp. 31-33
      9. Notes on the Netherlands by George Soloveytchik, pp. 34-35
      10. Russia's Own 'Peace Corps' for Africa by Marvin Kalb, pp. 36-37
      11. Bloomsday in Italy by Sidney Alexander, pp. 38-41
      12. The Making of a Martyr by Medardo Rodriguez, p. 42
      13. Wild Bill's Last Date by Nat Hentoff, p. 43
      14. Just Looking by Marya Mannes, pp. 44-47
      15. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 48-49
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        Excellence: Can We Be Equal and Excellent Too? by John W. Gardner
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        Silk Jungle by George Steiner, pp. 52-54 - 1 Review
        The Key by Junichiro Tanizaki
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      19. Cover by Don Higgins
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      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 13-17
      3. Which Challenges to Accept? by Max Ascoli, p. 18
      4. Why This Space Race? by Stuart H. Loory, pp. 19-21
      5. A Scientist Calls for Common Sense by L.A. Dubridge, pp. 22-23
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      7. English Education by John Rosselli, pp. 26-27
      8. The Rites of Spring in Albany by Mel Elfin, pp. 28-32
      9. Mr. Kennedy's Open Door Policy by Douglass Cater, pp. 33-34
      10. The Test-Ban Stalemate by Daniel Schorr, pp. 35-36
      11. Dean Rusk's Debut by Stanley Karnow, p. 37
      12. Where Poverty Is Permanent by William Francois, pp. 38-39
      13. Sasha, Vovo, and Natasha by Jeremy Azrael and Gabriella Azrael, pp. 40-41
      14. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 42-45
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      16. Record Notes by Roland Gelatt, pp. 47-48
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      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 12-15
      3. The Coming Test by Max Ascoli, p. 16
      4. Spain Without Franco by Claire Sterling, pp. 17-20
      5. While Time Runs Out in Laos by Michael Field, p. 21
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      7. Steel Under Stress by Richard M. Ralston, pp. 25-28
      8. A Second Chance for U Nu by Stanley Karnow, pp. 29-33
      9. The Politics of Pollution by William L. Rivers, pp. 34-36
      10. May-ry by Hortense Calisher, pp. 37-39
      11. Three Hours in Hell by Michael Roemer, pp. 40-41
      12. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 42-43
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      18. Cover by E.R. Twery
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      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 12-15
      3. Kennedy and De Gaulle by Max Ascoli, p. 16
      4. France by Edmond Taylor, pp. 17-18
      5. Cuba by Stuart Novins, pp. 19-22
      6. Is All the News Fit to Print? by Douglass Cater and Charles L. Bartlett, pp. 23-24
      7. Time Passes in Taiwan by William H. Hessler, pp. 25-26
      8. New York Tries a New Way to Pay Old College Debts by Robert L. Schiffer, pp. 27-29
      9. A Visit to Tallinn by Madeleine Kalb and Marvin Kalb, pp. 30-32
      10. The Non-Buying Power of Philadelphia's Negroes by Hannah Lees, pp. 33-35
      11. And the War Came by Alfred Kazin, pp. 36-43
      12. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 44-45
      13. The Jelly Bean Circuit by Gerald Weales, pp. 46-49
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        The Intellectual Hero by Victor H. Brombert
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        Burke, Disraeli and Churchill by Stephen R. Graubard
      17. Cover by Elizabeth Dauber
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      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 12-17
      3. Foreign Policy After Cuba by Max Ascoli, pp. 18-19
      4. Second Thoughts on the 'Alliance for Progress' by Albert O. Hirschman, pp. 20-22
      5. The Anti-Soviet Leftists of Peru by Gladys Delmas, pp. 23-25
      6. Trade Policy by Senator Jacob K. Javits, pp. 26-28
      7. Who Gets New Guinea? by John Williams, pp. 29-30
      8. The Winds of Change and the Lion of Judah by Jeanne Contini, pp. 31-33
      9. How Catholics Feel About Federal School Aid by Daniel P. Moynihan, pp. 34-37
      10. The Reporter Puzzle, p. 38
      11. Foreign Soil by Robin White, pp. 39-43
      12. Let's See Your Rapport Card by Elaine Kendall, pp. 44-45
      13. Record Notes by Roland Gelatt, pp. 46-47
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        Richard Neutra by Esther McCoy
        An Outline of European Architecture by Nikolaus Pevsner
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        Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin by George F. Kennan
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      17. Cover by Gregorio Prestopino
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      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 10-11
      3. The Education of J.F.K. by Max Ascoli, p. 12
      4. The Great American Morality Play by Meg Greenfield, pp. 13-18
      5. NATO Awaits the Word from Washington by Alastair Buchan, pp. 19-21
      6. The Kennedy Talent Hunt by Adam Yarmolinsky, pp. 22-24
      7. Trouble on the Kolkhozy by Isaac Deutscher, p. 25
      8. Proxies for Communism by Denis Warner, pp. 26-29
      9. The Seventh Fleet Is Ready by William H. Hessler, pp. 30-31
      10. When the Irish Ran New York by Daniel P. Moynihan, pp. 32-34
      11. Just Looking by Marya Mannes, p. 35
      12. Record Notes by Nat Hentoff, pp. 36-37
      13. The Reporter Puzzle, p. 38
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        The Transformation of the School by Lawrence A. Cremin
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        The Legacy of the Civil War by Robert Penn Warren
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        The City in History by Lewis Mumford
      17. Cover by Gregorio Prestopino
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      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 6-11
      2. The Reporter's Notes by Max Ascoli, pp. 12-17
      3. The Freedom Riders and the Future by Eugene V. Rostow, pp. 18-21
      4. The Kids Take Over by David Halberstam, p. 22
      5. Eight O'Clock One Morning by Shirley Ann Grau, pp. 23-25
      6. Coming to Terms on Algeria by Edmond Taylor, pp. 26-27
      7. The Longest Way from Thought to Action by Edward T. Chase, pp. 28-31
      8. The Chinese Puzzle at the United Nations by Gordon Brook-Shepherd, pp. 32-33
      9. Strangers in America by Russell Warren Howe, pp. 34-35
      10. The Foreign Policy of John J. Rooney by William L. Rivers, pp. 36-38
      11. The Kalmuks on U.S. 9 by Jay Jacobs, pp. 39-40
      12. Gone with the Ghetto by Nat Hentoff, p. 41
      13. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 42-43
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        To the Farewell Address by Felix Gilbert
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        Don't Let Them Scare You by Roger Burlingame
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        The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
      17. Cover by Fred Zimmer
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      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-11
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 12-13
      3. The Private Government of Crime by Daniel P. Moynihan, pp. 14-20
      4. The Loss of Laos by Denis Warner, pp. 21-23
      5. 'Where the Press Is Free...' by Robert Bingham, pp. 24-25
      6. News and the Nation's Security by Douglass Cater, pp. 26-29
      7. The Strange Legacy of 'El Benefactor' by Edward De Graff, pp. 30-31
      8. The Viscount Malgre Lui by Peregrine Worsthorne, pp. 32-33
      9. The Lost Decades in Italian History by Claire Sterling, pp. 34-35
      10. All Quiet Along the Ubangi by Serge Mamontoff, pp. 36-38
      11. Massive Detergence by Marya Mannes, pp. 39-43
      12. Record Notes by Roland Gelatt, p. 44
      13. The Reporter Puzzle, p. 45
      14. [+]
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        The Futilitarian Society by William J. Newman
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        American Building Art: The Nineteenth Century by Carl W. Condit
        American Building Art: The Nineteenth Century by Carl W. Condit
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        'Nobel Savages' by Gouverneur Paulding, pp. 50-52 - 1 Review
        Tristes Tropiques by Claude Levi-Strauss
      17. Cover by Frederic Marvin
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      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-9
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 10-17
      3. The Long Moment of Truth by Max Ascoli, pp. 18-19
      4. A New Army for the New Germany by George Bailey, pp. 20-24
      5. Revivalism on the Far Right by Philip Horton, pp. 25-28
      6. 'The Biggest Business in Town' by Barbara Carter, pp. 29-30
      7. The West's Forgotton Alliance by Gordon Brook-Shepherd, pp. 31-33
      8. Dr. Duvalier's Plucked Chicken by J.P. Maxwell, pp. 34-36
      9. Mr. Green Picks Up the Pieces by Turhan Tirana, pp. 37-38
      10. Too Many Messages by Ken Macrorie, p. 39
      11. Blue Jeans Along the Arno by Sidney Alexander, pp. 40-41
      12. The Van Gogh Country by Jay Jacobs, pp. 42-44
      13. The Reporter Puzzle, p. 45
      14. Just Looking by Marya Mannes, pp. 46-49
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        The Russian Intelligentsia by Richard Pipes
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        The Lime Twig by John Hawkes
        Passing Time by Michel Butor
      18. Cover by Gregorio Prestopino
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      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 2-11
      2. The Reporter's Notes by Edmond Taylor, pp. 12-19
      3. From Europe by Max Ascoli, p. 20
      4. Government by Computers? by David Bergamini, pp. 21-27
      5. The Invisible Front Lines of South Vietnam by Denis Warner, pp. 28-33
      6. Can Dr. Amini Save Iran? by Claire Sterling, pp. 34-36
      7. The 'Welfare Chiselers' of Newburgh, N.Y. by Meg Greenfield, pp. 37-39
      8. Ayub Khan and the Farmers of Pakistan by Ambassador Aziz Ahmed, pp. 40-41
      9. A New Lineup on the Supreme Court by Anthony Lewis, pp. 42-45
      10. Reservations Available by Elaine Kendall, pp. 46-49
      11. The New Faces of Jazz by Nat Hentoff, pp. 50-51
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        On Thermonuclear War by Herman Kahn
        Strategy and Arms Control by Thomas C. Schelling and Morton H. Halperin
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        Stories of Modern Italy by Ben Johnson
      14. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 55-57
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      18. Cover by Gil Miret
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      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 14-21
      3. The Wall by Max Ascoli, pp. 22-23
      4. Dead End at the Brandenberg Gate by George Bailey, pp. 24-26
      5. Political Warfare by Edmond Taylor, pp. 27-31
      6. The Politics of Civil Defense by Douglass Cater, pp. 32-33
      7. Britain Joins the Common Market by Gordon Brook-Shepherd, pp. 34-35
      8. Labor's Long Trial in Henderson, N.C. by Douglass Cater, pp. 36-39
      9. Behind Russia's Attack on Dag Hammarskjold by Harlan Cleveland, pp. 40-42
      10. Quest for a Lost Master by Luigi Barzini, pp. 43-45
      11. Record Notes by Roland Gelatt, pp. 46-47
      12. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 48-49
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        A Matter of Life and Death by Virgilia Peterson
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        Selected Essays by Peter Quennell and Henry de Montherlant
      15. [+]
        Journalism's Albatross by Louis M. Lyons, pp. 60-61 - 1 Review
        The American Newspaperman by Bernard A. Weisberger
      16. [+]
        Wealth Springs Eternal by William Letwin, pp. 62-66 - 1 Review
        The New Millionaires and how They Made Their Fortunes by The Wall Street Journal
      17. Cover by Karl W. Stuecken
    5. [+]
      September 28, 1961 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-11
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 12-19
      3. The Fixers by Max Ascoli, p. 20
      4. They Call Themselves Neutrals by George Bailey, pp. 21-23
      5. The Magic Carpet of Habib Bourguiba by Claire Sterling, pp. 24-26
      6. Spotlight on the House by Douglass Cater, pp. 27-29
      7. A New Role for Mr. Powell by Paul Duke, pp. 30-31
      8. Mexico by Gladys Delmas, pp. 32-38
      9. A Brick Every Sunday by Barbara Carter, pp. 39-40
      10. A Visit to the Rebels of Angola by Richard Mathews, pp. 41-43
      11. 1. Jam on the Cote d'Azur by Edward T. Chase, p. 44
      12. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 45-46
      13. 2. The Crunch of Concrete by Frederick Gutheim, p. 47
      14. Record Notes by Nat Hentoff, pp. 48-49
      15. [+]
        The World Outside by Gore Vidal, pp. 50-53 - 1 Review
        Clock Without Hands by Carson McCullers
      16. [+]
        Since Cezanne by Hilton Kramer, pp. 54-57 - 1 Review
        Painting in the Twentieth Century by Werner Haftmann
      17. [+]
        Farce in Terror by Alfred Kazin, pp. 58-61 - 1 Review
        The Enchanted Wanderer by Nikolai Leskov
      18. [+]
        Innocence Regained by Gouverneur Paulding, pp. 62-68 - 1 Review
        The Battle of the Wild Turkey by Alvin Saunders Johnson
      19. Cover by Mozelle Thompson
  4. [+]
    Issues of Oct.-Dec. 1961 = 6 Issues, 107 Articles
    1. [+]
      October 12, 1961 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-11
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 12-25
      3. This 'Red-or-Dead' Nonsense by Max Ascoli, pp. 26-28
      4. The New Shape of French Politics by Andre Fontaine, pp. 29-31
      5. The End of the Adenauer Era by George Bailey, pp. 32-33
      6. The Dragon Treads Lightly by H.F. Schurmann, pp. 34-36
      7. The Fight for Rice in Divided Vietnam by Jerry A. Rose, p. 37
      8. How Money Can Make or Break Our Cities by Jane Jacobs, pp. 38-40
      9. What's Wrong in the House of Labor? by Robert Bendiner, pp. 41-46
      10. The Right Track by Elaine Kendall, p. 47
      11. Just Looking by Marya Mannes, pp. 48-49
      12. At Home with Lucifer by John Rosselli, pp. 50-51
      13. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 52-53
      14. Record Notes by Roland Gelatt, pp. 54-55
      15. [+]
        The Second Reconstruction by C. Vann Woodward, pp. 56-57 - 1 Review
        A Century of Civil Rights by Milton R. Konvitz and Theodore Leskes
      16. [+]
        The Brown Danube by George Steiner, pp. 58-59 - 1 Review
        The Demons by Heimito von Doderer
      17. [+]
        Japanese Brush Strokes by Harold Strauss, pp. 60-68 - 1 Review
        The Old Woman, The Wife, and The Archer by Fukasawa Shichiro, Uno Chiyo, and Ishikawa Jun
      18. Cover by Walter Ferro
    2. [+]
      October 26, 1961 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 6-13
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 14-20
      3. The Future of the U.N. by Max Ascoli, pp. 21-23
      4. The Melting Pot of Francis E. Walter by Meg Greenfield, pp. 24-28
      5. Syria Secedes from Nasser's Empire by Claire Sterling, pp. 29-30
      6. De Gaulle and the Politicians by Edmond Taylor, pp. 31-32
      7. 'Forward to Communism!' in the Park of Culture and Rest by Maius Bergman, pp. 33-34
      8. The Growing Pains of African Democracy by W. Arthur Lewis, pp. 35-38
      9. Prince Sihanouk and the Four A's by Denis Warner, pp. 39-40
      10. Trouble on Route 40 by J. Anthony Lukas, pp. 41-44
      11. The New Wave and the Old Rock by Michael A. Roemer, pp. 45-49
      12. The Reporter Puzzle, pp. 50-51
      13. Just Looking by Marya Mannes, p. 52
      14. Instant Laughter by Nat Hentoff, pp. 53-57
      15. [+]
        The New Gentility by Kenneth S. Lynn, pp. 58-59 - 1 Review
        Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Stevenson
      16. [+]
        Capone's Cadillac by Daniel P. Moynihan, pp. 60-65 - 1 Review
        The Bootleggers and Their era by Kenneth Allsop
      17. [+]
        The Small Man on the Balcony by Gouverneur Paulding, pp. 66-72 - 1 Review
        Mussolini by Laura Fermi
      18. Cover by Mozelle Thompson
    3. [+]
      November 9, 1961 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-15
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 16-23
      3. The Case of Walter Lippmann by Max Ascoli, p. 24
      4. The New Soviet Strategy by Alastair Buchan, pp. 25-27
      5. They'll Take What They Can Get by Thomas R. Phillips, pp. 28-29
      6. Katanga Was Not Crushed by Dan Kurzman, pp. 30-32
      7. A New Problem for Nehru by B. Shiva Rao, pp. 33-34
      8. Nixon Goes for Broke by Bruce Bliven, pp. 35-36
      9. Big Brother in Ghana by Blaine Littell, pp. 37-39
      10. Melodies from Byrdland by Douglass Cater, p. 40
      11. Cheddi Jagan and the Domino Theory by Edward De Graff, pp. 41-42
      12. A Few Hours in Narni, Orvieto, Abezzo by Robert M. Coates, pp. 43-49
      13. The Future That Came to Pass by Hilton Kramer, pp. 50-53
      14. Record Notes by Roland Gelatt, pp. 54-56
      15. The Reporter Puzzle, p. 57
      16. Just Looking by Marya Mannes, pp. 58-59
      17. [+]
        Poor Old Red by Alfred Kazin, pp. 60-63 - 1 Review
        Sinclair Lewis: An American Life by Mark Schorer
      18. [+]
        A Successful Failure by Michael Harrington, pp. 64-68 - 2 Reviews
        Norman Thomas, Respectable Rebel by Murray B. Seidler
        Great Dissenters by Norman Thomas
      19. Cover by Don Higgins
    4. [+]
      November 23, 1961 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-14
      2. The Reporter's Notes by Max Ascoli, pp. 15-21
      3. The Other Side of the Wall by George Bailey, pp. 22-24
      4. The Displaced Mummy by Adam Ulam, pp. 25-28
      5. A Pawn on the Adriatic by Irving R. Levine, p. 29
      6. Our Role in Latin America by A.A. Berle, Jr., pp. 30-33
      7. The Gonzalez Victory by William L. Rivers, p. 34
      8. The Berlin Crisis Through British Eyes by Peregrine Worsthorne, p. 35
      9. Mobutu's Armed Mob by Russell Warren Howe, pp. 36-38
      10. The Octopus of Show Biz by Nat Hentoff, pp. 39-42
      11. In the Grass, Alas by Gerald Weales, p. 43
      12. Just Looking by Marya Mannes, p. 44
      13. The Reporter Puzzle, p. 45
      14. And the Master Sings Like the Slave by Fred Grunfeld, pp. 46-49
      15. [+]
        The Courage to Be Simple by Martin Greenberg, pp. 50-52 - 1 Review
        Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Frances Winwar
      16. [+]
        A French Novel in Italian by Sidney Alexander, pp. 53-56 - 1 Review
        The Empty Canvas by Alberto Moravia
      17. [+]
        Heralds of the Century by Louis M. Lyons, pp. 57-60 - 1 Review
        The Muckrakers, 1902-1912 by Arthur Weinberg and Lila Weinberg
      18. Cover by Frederic Marvin
    5. [+]
      December 7, 1961 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 6-19
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 20-27
      3. Intermezzo by Max Ascoli, p. 28
      4. Mr. Kennedy's Economic Policies by Robert Lekachman, pp. 29-31
      5. Tariffs and Trade by Bernard D. Nossiter, pp. 32-34
      6. Senator Douglas Reports on Berlin, p. 35
      7. How to Be an American Abroad by Meg Greenfield, pp. 36-39
      8. Mr. Reischauer and the Broken Dialogue by Robert Karr McCabe, p. 40
      9. A Country Called Malaysia by Bruce Grant, pp. 41-42
      10. Will Indonesia Become a Second Cuba? by Denis Warner, pp. 43-48
      11. The Reporter Puzzle, p. 49
      12. A Bit of Hiraeth by Derek Morgan, pp. 50-56
      13. The Well-Lighted Nightmare by Hilton Kramer, pp. 57-59
      14. Record Notes by Nat Hentoff, pp. 60-61
      15. Just Looking by Marya Mannes, pp. 62-63
      16. [+]
        Somewhere in Russia by Alfred Kazin, pp. 64-67 - 1 Review
        On Socialist Realism by Abram Tertz
      17. [+]
        Titan Abridged by George Steiner, pp. 68-70 - 1 Review
        The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud, Vol. II by Ernest Jones, M.D.
      18. [+]
        Toyland Revisited by Jay Jacobs, pp. 71-74 - 1 Review
        Toys in America by Inez B. McClintock and Marshall McClintock
      19. Cover by Gregorio Prestopino
    6. [+]
      December 21, 1961 Issue = 15 Articles
      1. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-7
      2. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 8-13
      3. Christmas 1961 by Max Ascoli, pp. 14-15
      4. The Case for Fallout Shelters by Nicholas Rosa, pp. 16-20
      5. A Proposal for Taking the Initiative in Berlin by Senator Jacob K. Javits, pp. 21-22
      6. Foggybottomology by Meg Greenfield, pp. 23-24
      7. Macapagal Takes Over by William B. Fink, pp. 25-27
      8. The Planned Economy of Steel by Willard R. Nagel, pp. 28-30
      9. The Last Day---A Short Story by Henia Karmel-Wolfe, pp. 31-32
      10. The Neo-Actionists by Elaine Kendall, p. 33
      11. Record Notes by Roland Gelatt, pp. 34-35
      12. [+]
        Found in Translation by M.L. Rosenthal, pp. 36-37 - 1 Review
        Imitations by Robert Lowell
      13. [+]
        The Season's Art Books by Hilton Kramer, pp. 38-39 - 4 Reviews
        The Earthly Paradise by Werner Hofmann
        Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait by W.H. Auden and Vincent Van Gogh
        Pioneers of Modern Art by Willem Sandberg and H.L.C. Jaffe
        The History of Impressionism by John Rewald
      14. [+]
        Food, Glorious Food by Nora Magid, pp. 40-44 - 6 Reviews
        The Playboy Gourmet by Thomas Mario
        Just Desserts by Helen McCully and Eleanor Noderer
        The New York Times Cook Book by Craig Claiborne
        Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle, and Julia Child, ...
        Gourmet's Basic French Cooking by Louis Diat
        Larousse Gastronomique by Prosper Montagne
      15. Cover by Reg Massie
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