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April 12, 1984 Issue
- 14 Articles
[+]
A Case of Hysteria
(Review)
Charles Rycroft
, pp. 3-6
The Assault on Truth, by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
The Assault on Truth
by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
[+]
The Solace of Intrigue
(2 Reviews)
V.S. Pritchett
, p. 7
Good Behavior, by Molly Keane
Good Behavior
by Molly Keane
Time After Time
by Molly Keane
[+]
The Reagan Variety Show
(3 Reviews)
James Fallows
, pp. 8-12
The Supply-Side Revolution, by Paul Craig Roberts
The Supply-Side Revolution
by Paul Craig Roberts
Presidential Economics
by Herbert Stein
The Barbaric Counter-Revolution
by W.W. Rostow
[+]
The Joy and Malice of It All
(Review)
Robert M. Adams
, pp. 13-14
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, by John Payne, Charles S. Singleton, and Giovanni ...
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
by John Payne, Charles S. Singleton, and Giovanni Boccaccio, ...
[+]
I'm the Greatest!
(Review)
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
, pp. 15-16
Mayor: An Autobiography, by Edward I. Koch and William Rauch
Mayor: An Autobiography
by Edward I. Koch and William Rauch
[+]
The New Sound of Liszt
(Review)
Charles Rosen
, pp. 17-20
Franz Liszt: The Virtuoso Years, 1811-1847, by Alan Walker
Franz Liszt: The Virtuoso Years, 1811-1847
by Alan Walker
[+]
A Simple Problem Science Can't Solve
(Review)
R.C. Lewontin
, pp. 21-22
Women in Science, by Vivian Gornick
Women in Science
by Vivian Gornick
[+]
Darn that Darning
(4 Reviews)
Diane Johnson
, pp. 23-24
Confidence Men and Painted Women, by Karen Halttunen
Confidence Men and Painted Women
by Karen Halttunen
The Light of the Home
by Harvey Green
Private Woman, Public Stage
by Mary Kelley
Parallel Lives
by Phyllis Rose
The Sakharovs in Gorky
Natalya Viktorovna Hesse and Vladimir Tolz
, pp. 25-28
[+]
The Master Linguist
(Review)
Joseph Frank
, pp. 29-32
Dialogues, by Roman Jakobson and Krystyna Pomorska
Dialogues
by Roman Jakobson and Krystyna Pomorska
[+]
Unheard Melodies
(Review)
Irvin Ehrenpreis
, pp. 33-34
The Odes of John Keats, by Helen Vendler
The Odes of John Keats
by Helen Vendler
[+]
The Schools Flunk Out
(7 Reviews)
Andrew Hacker
, pp. 35-39
A Place Called School, by John I. Goodlad
A Place Called School
by John I. Goodlad
Horace's Compromise
by Theodore R. Sizer
High School
by Ernest L. Boyer
High School Achievement
by James S. Coleman, Thomas Hoffer, and Sally Kilgore, ...
A Nation at Risk
Action for Excellence
Making the Grade
by Paul Peterson
Letters
Elisabeth Labrousse, Alex Kurczaba, and Jozef Kasparek, ...
, pp. 40-44
Cover Drawing
David Levine
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