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December 12, 1964 Issue - 47 Articles- State of Affairs
Henry Brandon
, pp. 6-7 - Phoenix Nest
Martin Levin
, pp. 8-11 - Trade Winds
John G. Fuller
, pp. 12-13 - As It Happens
Fred Sparks
, p. 14 - Manner of Speaking
John Ciardi
, p. 15 - SR's Check List of the Week's New Books, pp. 16-17
- Top of My Head
Goodman Ace
, pp. 18-20 - Technology's Challenge to Education, pp. 21-25
A Symposium
- Scene Designers
Henry Hewes
, pp. 26-31 Their Art and Their Impact
- Vietnam, p. 32
Miscalculations and Alternatives:An Editorial
- Letters to the Editor, p. 33
- Music to My Ears
Irving Kolodin
, p. 34 Surving a week of vocalists
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Literary Horizons (Review) Granville Hicks
, p. 35 A Witty Way with Life
- Teeth, Dying, and Other Matters by Richard G. Stern
- The Publishing Scene
David Dempsey
, p. 36 Looking Backwards with Dodd, Mead
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Deciphering the Chinese Character (2 Reviews) C.T. Hu
, p. 37 Communist China: The Early Years, 1949-55, by A. Doak Barnett
- Communist China: The Early Years, 1949-55 by A. Doak Barnett
- The Communism of Mao Tse-Tung by Arthur A. Cohen
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The Modern Mysterious East (Review) Ferdinand Kuhn
, p. 38 Asia: Awakening of a World, by Francois d'Harcourt
- Asia: Awakening of a World by Francois d'Harcourt
- Booked for Travel, pp. 39-40
On underwater America
- TV and Radio
Robert Lewis Shayon
, p. 41 Appraising Hamlet at Elsinore
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Movies: Think Big (2 Reviews) Hollis Alpert
, p. 42 Goldfinger (1964 Film), by Guy Hamilton
- Goldfinger (1964 Film) by Guy Hamilton
- Bay of the Angels (1964 Film) by Jacques Demy
- As Others See us
James F. Fixx
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A Multiplicity Inside a Mystique (Review) James Cahill
, p. 45 A History of Far Eastern Art, by Sherman E. Lee
- A History of Far Eastern Art by Sherman E. Lee
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Lament for Latter-day Painting (2 Reviews) Selden Rodman
, p. 46 The Irresponsible Arts, by William Snaith
- The Irresponsible Arts by William Snaith
- Art or Anarchy? by Huntington Hartford
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Woman: Woe to Man? (Review) Emile Capouya
, p. 47 The Dangerous Sex, by H.R. Hays
- The Dangerous Sex by H.R. Hays
- Literary Crypt, p. 48
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Books for Young People (17 Reviews) Alice Dalgliesh
, pp. 48-49 Holidays Around the World
- St. Nicholas and the Tub by Brian Burland
- The Piper by Eden Vale Stevens
- Good King Wenceslas by Mildred M. Corell Luckhardt
- Christmas in Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren
- The Letter on the Tree by Natalie Savage Carlson
- A Round of Carols by Helen Sewell
- Mr. Papadilly and Willy by Florence Slobodkin and Louis Slobodkin
- Taro and the Bamboo Shoot by Masako Matsuno
- The Lion and the Rat by La Fontaine
- Mother Goose in French by Hugh Latham
- Calendar Moon by Natalia Belting
- Magic to Burn by Jean Fritz
- An Enemy at Green Knowe by L.M. Boston
- A Spell Is Cast by Eleanor Cameron
- White Stallion of Lipizza by Marguerite Henry
- Abraham Lincoln in Peace and War by Earl Schenck Miers
- The Seventeen Cookbook
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Sex Was a Dangerous Obsession (2 Reviews) Dorrie Pagones
, p. 50 The Blue Room, by Georges Simenon
- The Blue Room by Georges Simenon
- The Accomplices by Georges Simenon
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One Weary Savage (Review) Julian Gloag
, pp. 50-51 Cabot Wright Begins, by James Purdy
- Cabot Wright Begins by James Purdy
- Literary I.Q., p. 52
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Irish Times and Troubles (Review) Edward Callan
, p. 52 The Scorching Wind, by Walter Macken
- The Scorching Wind by Walter Macken
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From Mongol to Meiji (Review) Kenneth Scott Latourette
, p. 53 Japan: A History in Art, by Bradley Smith
- Japan: A History in Art by Bradley Smith
Mid-Month Recordings
- Othello: Oliver Triumphant
John Ciardi
, p. 54 - "Glade Jul!" and Other Gude Tydings
Irving Kolodin
, p. 55 - Recordings Reports: Jazz LPs, p. 56
- An Opera for Christmas
Victor Seroff
, p. 57 - Christmas Ribbon and Magnetic Tape
Ivan Berger
, p. 58 - Herod of Fleury
Martin Bernheimer
, pp. 59-60 Communcations
- NBC Turns Down a Golden Chance
Richard L. Tobin
, p. 61 - Roy Howard, p. 62
"Print the News and Raise Hell"
- Letters to the Communications Editor, pp. 63-64
- Kingsley Double-Crostic No. 1601, pp. 65-66
- Putting the Times to Bed
John Tebbel
, pp. 67-68 - Movies That Carry the Freight
Hollis Alpert
, pp. 69-70 - Advice from a Millionaire Publisher
John Hay Whitney
, pp. 71-72 -
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Books in Communications (2 Reviews) James F. Fixx
, p. 73 Traveler's Tales
- Foreign Correspondence by John Hohenberg
- I Can Tell It Now
- Madison Avenue
Theodore Peterson
, p. 74 When Magazines Fight Together
- Public Relations
L.L.L. Golden
, pp. 75-82 Sears, Roebuck Calls the Doctor
- Cover photograph: "The Blue Pavillion"
Robert Edmond Jones