March 15, 1980 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

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- Saturday Review Readers Poll No. 2 Results, p. 5
- Letters, pp. 6-7
- Front Runners, pp. 8-9
- Editorial
  N.C.
  , p. 10
  The number-one problem
- Light Refractions
  Thomas H. Middleton
  , p. 11
  Possessed by the apostrophe
- Guestview
  Jiri Ruml
  , pp. 12-13
  The missing lion skin
- Top of My Head
  Goodman Ace
  , pp. 14-15
  Hickory, dickory, dock
- The Teachers and the Tyrant
  Stephen Arons
  , pp. 16-19
  Strife at John Silber's Boston U.
- Portraits of Four Chinese
  Robert Sam Anson
  , pp. 20-23
- Sci-fi Flies High
  Charles Nicol
  , pp. 24-32
- Dance
  Walter Terry
  , p. 33
- Theater
  Stanley Kauffmann
  , pp. 34-35
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  Of Willie's Bondage (Review)
  Leon Edel
  , pp. 36-37
  Somerset Maugham: A Biography, by Ted Morgan
  1. Somerset Maugham: A Biography by Ted Morgan
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  When the Fog Never Lifts (Review)
  Eva Hoffman
  , p. 38
  Morgan's Passing, by Anne Tyler
  1. Morgan's Passing by Anne Tyler
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  Our Fear and Trembling Through the Ages (Review)
  Thomas Szasz
  , p. 39
  Landscapes of Fear, by Yi-fu Tuan
  1. Landscapes of Fear by Yi-fu Tuan
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  Prescription for the Seventies (Review)
  James Sloan Allen
  , pp. 40-41
  Fortune's Child, by Lewis H. Lapham
  1. Fortune's Child by Lewis H. Lapham
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  --- by Mose Richards (Review) , p. 42
  1. At Highest Risk by Christopher Norwood
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  Review A Dry White Season, by Andre Brink (Review)
  Carole Cook
  , p. 42
  1. A Dry White Season by Andre Brink
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  Review The Cruelest Night, by Christopher Dobson, Ron... (Review)
  Dennis Williams
  , p. 43
  1. The Cruelest Night by Christopher Dobson, Ronald Payne, and John Miller, ...
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  Review O My America!, by Johanna Kaplan (Review)
  Jane Larkin Crain
  , pp. 43-47
  1. O My America! by Johanna Kaplan
- Sporting Life
  Jonathan Evan Maslow
  , pp. 48-49
- Booked for Travel
  Horace Sutton
  , pp. 50-53
- The Back Door
  Carll Tucker
  , p. 54
  In the matter of figures
- Literary Crypt No. 150, p. 55
- Wit Twister No. 162, p. 55
- Double-Crostic No. 191, pp. 56-58
- Cover
  Barron Storey