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- All Gone in Search of America
  Thomas Fleming
  , pp. 4-5
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  Life, Interpreted Lucely (Review)
  Allan C. Carlson
  , pp. 6-8
  Life: The Second Decade 1946-1955, by Doris C. O'Neil
  1. Life: The Second Decade 1946-1955 by Doris C. O'Neil
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  The American "Collective" (Day)Dream (Review)
  Jay Mechling
  , pp. 9-10
  Inventing the Dream, by Kevin Starr
  1. Inventing the Dream by Kevin Starr
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  Between Auschwitz and Armageddon (3 Reviews)
  Will Morrisey
  , pp. 11-12
  The Fateful Triangle, by Noam Chomsky
  1. The Fateful Triangle by Noam Chomsky
  2. The New Covenant by Sam B. Girgus
  3. Israel in the Mind of America by Peter Grose
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  Books in Brief (5 Reviews) , p. 13
  The Soul of Indonesia, by Umar Kayam
  1. The Soul of Indonesia by Umar Kayam
  2. The Emperor's New Clothes by William K. Kilpatrick
  3. Privatizing Federal Spending by Stuart M. Butler
  4. The Terrors of Justice by Maurice H. Stans
  5. Keep Off the Grass by Gabriel G. Nahas
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  Gatsby Without Clothes (Review)
  James Bowden
  , pp. 14-15
  The Prick of Noon, by Peter De Vries
  1. The Prick of Noon by Peter De Vries
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  The Costs of Culture (2 Reviews)
  M.E. Bradford
  , pp. 16-19
  Excellence and Equity, by Stephen Miller
  1. Excellence and Equity by Stephen Miller
  2. A Report to the Congress of the United States on the State of the Humanities and the Reauthorization of the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Still in Saigon---in My Mind
  E. Christian Kopff
  , pp. 20-24
- Henry James at the Sacred Fount
  Thomas P. McDonnell
  , pp. 25-27
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  Commendables (2 Reviews) , p. 28
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    Brezhnev and Beyond (Review)
    Michael Warder
    , p. 28
    1. The Brezhnev Politburo and the Decline of Detente by Harry Gelman
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    More Than Monkey Business (Review) , p. 28
    1. On the Evolution of Human Behavior by Peter C. Reynolds
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  In Focus (6 Reviews) , p. 29
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    So Long, St. George (Review)
    Stephen L. Tanner
    , p. 29
    1. The Slaying of the Dragon by Franz Rottensteiner
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    Erratic Entrepreneurs (2 Reviews)
    Gavin D. Arbuckle
    , p. 30
    1. Bernard M. Baruch by James L. Grant
    2. J.P. Morgan by Stanley Jackson
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    Socialism Sanctified (Review)
    Brent Chesley
    , pp. 30-31
    1. From Berkeley to East Berlin and Back by Dale Vree
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    Laborious Hedonism (Review) , p. 32
    1. The New Achievers by Perry Pascarella
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    Wet Cement (Review)
    Brian Murray
    , p. 32
    1. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
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    Worms in the Big Apple (Review)
    David Vicinanzo
    , pp. 32-33
    1. American Survivors by Karen Gerard
- Polemics & Exchanges, p. 34
- Cultural Revolutions, pp. 35-36
- Correspondence
  John Shelton Reed
  , p. 37
  Letter From the Lower Right
- Typefaces, pp. 38-40
  A Woman's Dreams
- Theater
  Caroline Morgan
  , p. 41
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  Screen (2 Reviews) , p. 42
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    Teenagers and Lower Forms of Life (Review) , p. 42
    1. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985 Film) by Hector Babenco
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    Old Dutch Buggies & New Asian Shrimp Boats (2 Reviews)
    Roland A. Alum Jr. and Tom Rojas
    , p. 43
    1. Witness (1985 Film) by Peter Weir
    2. Alamo Bay (1985 Film) by Louis Malle
- Art
  Shehbaz H. Safrani
  , pp. 44-48
  The Man Who Loved Birds
- On the Cover
  Anna Mycek-Wodecki