August 1978 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

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- Letters, pp. 4-5
- Front Runners, pp. 6-9
- Harvard's Sugar-Pushing Nutritionist
  John Hess
  , pp. 10-14
- Washington
  Tad Szulc
  , p. 15
  Intelligence at sixes and sevens
- America Falls in Love with Its Cities---Again
  Horace Sutton
  , pp. 16-24
- Sporting Life
  Jonathan Evan Maslow
  , pp. 25-29
- Critics Preview the Best of the Fall, pp. 30-35
- The Stieglitz Collection
  Vicki Goldberg
  , pp. 36-37
- Theater
  Martin Gottfried
  , p. 38
- Television
  Karl E. Meyer
  , p. 39
- Music to My Ears
  Irving Kolodin
  , p. 40
- Dance
  Walter Terry
  , p. 41
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  After the Revolution (2 Reviews)
  Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
  , pp. 42-43
  Inventing America, by Garry Wills
  1. Inventing America by Garry Wills
  2. America Revisited by Eugene J. McCarthy
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  Eastern Mountain Time (Review)
  Paul Zweig
  , pp. 44-45
  The Snow Leopard, by Peter Matthiessen
  1. The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
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  A Callithumpian Life (Review)
  Hugh Kenner
  , pp. 46-47
  Samuel Beckett: A Biography, by Deirdre Bair
  1. Samuel Beckett: A Biography by Deirdre Bair
- Literary Crypt No. 113, pp. 48-49
- Wit Twister No. 124, p. 50
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  Doomed to Success (Review)
  Bruce Cook
  , p. 50
  Jack's Book, by Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee
  1. Jack's Book by Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee
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  Of Spies and Spy Catchers (Review)
  Michael Wood
  , pp. 51-55
  Eye of the Needle, by Ken Follett
  1. Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett
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  Books in Brief (3 Reviews)
  James Sloan Allen
  , p. 56
  The Star Thrower, by Loren C. Eiseley
  1. The Star Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley
  2. Wheeling and Dealing by Bobby Baker and Larry L. King
  3. The Challenge of the Mahatmas by Martin B. Green
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  Fine Print (2 Reviews)
  Doris Grumbach
  , p. 57
  Two Blue-Pencil Geniuses
  1. Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg
  2. What Is an Editor? by Dorothy B. Commins
- Trade Winds
  Walter Arnold
  , p. 58
- Editorial
  N.C.
  , p. 59
  Target for taxpayers
- Top of My Head
  Goodman Ace
  , p. 60
- Light Refractions
  Thomas H. Middleton
  , p. 61
- Notes from the Blue Coast
  Anthony Burgess
  , pp. 62-66
- Double-Crostic No. 153, p. 67
- The Back Door
  Carll Tucker
  , pp. 68-70
- Cover
  Mark Hess