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December 21, 1963 Issue - 39 Articles- Trade Winds
Jerome Beatty, Jr.
, p. 6 On planes and fancies
- Phoenix Nest
Martin Levin
, p. 7 - Diagnosing the American Dream
Marshall W. Fishwick
, pp. 8-11 - Aldous Huxley
Ross Parmenter
, p. 12 Style Was the Man
- What We Didn't Know
Margret Hofmann
, p. 13 - Can Civilization be Assassinated?, p. 14
An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 15
- Manner of Speaking
John Ciardi
, p. 16 With "A Christmas Wish"
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Literary Horizons (6 Reviews) Granville Hicks
, p. 17 Pages from a Usuable Past
- The Time of the Dial by William Wasserstrom
- A Dial Miscellany by William Wasserstrom
- Pink Marsh by George Ade
- Artie by George Ade
- The Bomb by Frank Harris
- Erik Dorn by Ben Hecht
- The Year in Retrospect
David Dempsey
, p. 18 - SR's Check List of Current Books, p. 19
- Literary Crypt, p. 20
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Wanderer with a Fiddle (Review) Padraic Colum
, p. 20 Scholars and Gypsies, by Walter Starkie
- Scholars and Gypsies by Walter Starkie
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Lover of Liberty, Friend to Tyranny (2 Reviews) Robert Payne
, p. 21 Spain, by Nikos Kazantzakis
- Spain by Nikos Kazantzakis
- Japan-China by Nikos Kazantzakis
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The Ring Around the Roman Circle (3 Reviews) John A. Hardon
, p. 22 The Council in Action, by Hans Kung
- The Council in Action by Hans Kung
- The Johannine Council by Bernard Haring
- Vatican II: The Theological Dimension by Anthony D. Lee
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Controversy in the Papal Court (2 Reviews) Walter Guzzardi, Jr.
, p. 23 Letters from Vatican City, by Xavier Rynne
- Letters from Vatican City by Xavier Rynne
- Pope, Council, and World by Robert Blair Kaiser
- Literary I.Q., p. 24
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Soviets as Soviets See Them (Review) Ivar Spector
, p. 24 Russians, Then and Now, by Avrahm Yarmolinsky
- Russians, Then and Now by Avrahm Yarmolinsky
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A Wife Among Many (Review) Frederick R. Karl
, p. 25 The Fifth Queen, by Ford Madox Hueffer
- The Fifth Queen by Ford Madox Hueffer
- Pick of the Paperbacks
Rollene W. Saal
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Movies: Scenes of Childhood (2 Reviews) Hollis Alpert
, p. 28 Ladybug, Ladybug (1963 Film), by Frank Perry
- Ladybug, Ladybug (1963 Film) by Frank Perry
- The War of the Buttons (1963 Film) by Yves Robert
- TV and Radio
Robert Lewis Shayon
, p. 29 On progress and programming
- Booked for Travel
Horace Sutton
, pp. 30-33 On the Tournament of Roses
- Music to My Ears
Irving Kolodin
, pp. 34-36 On John Williams at Town Hall, Aida and La Sonnambula at the Met
Education in America
- Into the Century of the Educated Man, p. 37
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 38-39
- Aspen: A New Day for the Humanities
John Scanlon
, pp. 40-41 - A Talk to Teachers
James Baldwin
, pp. 42-44 - Bennington College
David Boroff
, pp. 45-47 Cauldron of Creativity
- It's What's Up Top That Counts
Gloria Dapper
, pp. 48-49 - While School Keeps
James Cass
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The Editor's Bookshelf (3 Reviews) , p. 53 The Revolt of the College Intellectual, by Everett Lee Hunt
- The Revolt of the College Intellectual by Everett Lee Hunt
- The Blight on the Ivy by Richard E. Gordon and Katherine K. Gordon
- Chaos in Our Colleges by Morris Freedman
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Will Lightning Follow the Thunder? (Review) John F. Warner
, p. 54 High School English Textbooks, by James J. Lynch and Bertrand Evans
- High School English Textbooks by James J. Lynch and Bertrand Evans
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Nonsense Makes Sense to a Child (Review) Katharine Taylor
, p. 55 From Two to Five, by Kornei Chukovsky and Miriam Morton
- From Two to Five by Kornei Chukovsky and Miriam Morton
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A Critical Look at Testing (Review) Henry S. Dyer
, p. 56 They Shall Not Pass, by Hillel Black
- They Shall Not Pass by Hillel Black
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New Books (8 Reviews) , pp. 57-62 Religion and Career, by Andrew M. Greeley
- Religion and Career by Andrew M. Greeley
- The Colleges and the Public, 1787-1862 by Theodore Rawson Crane
- Integrating the Urban School by Gordon J. Klopf and Israel A. Lester
- Your Career if You're Not Going to College by Sarah Splaver
- The Retarded Child Gets Ready for School by Margaret Hill
- Of Primary Importance by Maurice J. Thomas
- Higher Education in a Maturing Democracy by Louis G. Geiger
- High School Entrance Examinations by Edward C. Gruber
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Shaftesbury and Soho (Review) Robert Downing
, pp. 63-66 The Letters of David Garrick, by David M. Little, George M. Kahrl, and David Garrick, ...
- The Letters of David Garrick by David M. Little, George M. Kahrl, and David Garrick, ...
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1550, pp. 67-68
- Cover photo
Margaret Durrance