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The Return of Martin Guerre, by Daniel Vigne

by Stanley Kauffmann

The New Republic, May 2, 1983, p. 24

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      5. Notebook, p. 9
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      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", pp. 4-6
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      4. Notebook, p. 9
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      4. Notebook, p. 8
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      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 4
      3. The Editors, pp. 5-6
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      5. Notebook, p. 7
      6. Dreams of Royalty by Henry Fairlie, pp. 8-9
      7. Kohl's Triumph by James K. Glassman, pp. 10-11
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      9. The Free Trade Fallacy by Bob Kuttner, pp. 16-21
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      18. Washington Diarist, pp. 43-44
      19. Cover Drawing by Kathleen Geier
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      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. Third World Thud , p. 9
      5. Notebook, p. 9
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      19. Washington Diarist, pp. 42-44
      20. Cover Photograph by Robert Burgess
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      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, p. 7
      4. Atari's New Circuit , p. 8
      5. I.N.F. Ironies , p. 9
      6. Notebook, p. 9
      7. Keep Trade Free by Michael Kinsley, pp. 10-11
      8. Hotel California by Jeremy Larner, pp. 12-13
      9. Old Gas, New Gas by Jason DeParle, pp. 14-16
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        Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist by Nick Salvatore
      17. The Way Home From the Lawyer's by John Hollander, p. 36
      18. [+]
        Worldy Wit by W.M. Spackman, pp. 37-41 - 1 Review
        The London Embassy by Paul Theroux
      19. Minneapolis Diarist, pp. 42-44
      20. Cover: Nebaj, September 1982 by Jean-Marie Simon
    3. [+]
      April 18, 1983 Issue = 21 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-10
      4. An Irreplaceable Man , p. 11
      5. Racial Brush Fires , p. 12
      6. Notebook, p. 13
      7. Specious Ceremonies by Abraham Brumberg and Richard T. Davies, p. 14
      8. Adenauer's Grandson by Timothy Garton Ash, pp. 15-17
      9. Annals of Egotism by Joel Wells, p. 18
      10. The Laissez-Faire Elixir by Paul Starr, pp. 19-23
      11. [+]
        On Films: After Laughter by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 24 - 1 Review
        Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983 Film) by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam
      12. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 25-26
      13. [+]
        A Demonological Fiction by David Pryce-Jones, p. 27 - 1 Review
        The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carre
      14. A Blessing From Texas by William Matthews, pp. 28-29
      15. [+]
        An Organic Intellectual by Denis Donoghue, pp. 30-32 - 1 Review
        The World, The Text, and The Critic by Edward W. Said
      16. [+]
        A Nasty Little War by Walter LaFeber, pp. 33-34 - 1 Review
        Benevolent Assimilation by Stuart Creighton Miller
      17. [+]
        A Scientific Quest by Nicholas Wade, p. 35 - 1 Review
        The Discovery of Insulin by Michael Bliss
      18. [+]
        Professor Marx at 100 by Jerrold Seigel, pp. 36-38 - 2 Reviews
        Dialectic of Defeat by Russell Jacoby
        The Left Academy by Bertell Ollman and Edward Vernoff
      19. [+]
        Brief Review, pp. 39-41 - 1 Review
        The Tennis Handsome by Barry Hannah
      20. New York Diarist, pp. 42-44
      21. Cover Drawing by Allen Carroll
    4. [+]
      April 25, 1983 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 4
      3. The Editors, pp. 5-6
      4. Twist and Shout , p. 7
      5. Notebook, p. 7
      6. Path to Disaster by Morton Kondracke, p. 8
      7. Renegade Justice by Phillip Finch, pp. 9-10
      8. True Gandhi by Hendrik Hertzberg, pp. 11-16
      9. Spare the Rod, Spoil the Party by Henry Fairlie, pp. 17-21
      10. [+]
        On Films: A Bit of Fluff, A Lot of Fizzle by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 22 - 2 Reviews
        Max Dugan Returns (1983 Film) by Herbert Ross
        Britannia Hospital (1982 Film) by Lindsay Anderson
      11. The Englishness of English Art by Ronald Paulson, pp. 23-26
      12. [+]
        Deconstruction in America by Robert Alter, pp. 27-31 - 7 Reviews
        The Yale Critics by Jonathan Arac, Wlad Godzich, and Wallace Martin
        On Deconstruction by Jonathan Culler
        Blindness and Insight by Paul de Man
        Deconstructive Criticism: An Advanced Introduction by Vincent B. Leitch
        Fiction and Repetition by J. Hillis Miller
        Deconstruction: Theory and Practice by Christopher Norris
        Marxism and Deconstruction by Michael Ryan
      13. [+]
        Angry Son of Ireland by Thomas Flanagan, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review
        Voices: A Life of Frank O'Connor by James Matthews
      14. [+]
        Memories of a Catholic Boyhood by Robert Coles, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review
        Seminary: A Search by Paul Hendrickson
      15. Poem Begun in the Haro Strait When I Was 28 and Finished When I Was 38 by Sandra McPherson, p. 36
      16. [+]
        Love and Guilt in Africa by Jack Beatty, pp. 37-41 - 1 Review
        An Ice-Cream War by William Boyd
      17. East German Diarist, pp. 42-44
      18. Cover Drawing by Allen Carroll
    5. [+]
      May 2, 1983 Issue = 22 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 4
      3. The Editors, p. 5
      4. The Death of a Plan... , pp. 6-7
      5. ...And of a Man , p. 8
      6. Chicago's Morning After , pp. 8-9
      7. Hearts Broken and Healed , p. 10
      8. Notebook, p. 11
      9. Chicago Squeaker by Stephen Chapman, pp. 11-12
      10. The Fritz Blitz by Morton Kondracke, pp. 13-14
      11. Fowler's Video Games by Marc Granetz, pp. 15-18
      12. John Lennon Versus the F.B.I. by Jon Wiener, pp. 19-23
      13. [+]
        On Films: The Historical Present by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 24 - 2 Reviews
        The Return of Martin Guerre (1982 Film) by Daniel Vigne
        Baby, It's You (1983 Film) by John Sayles
      14. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 25-26
      15. Henry Luce's China Dream by John Hersey, pp. 27-31
      16. [+]
        A Chthionic Novel by George Stade, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review
        Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer
      17. Blueberrying in August by Amy Clampitt, pp. 34-35
      18. [+]
        Macho in a Minor Key by Anthony Burgess, p. 36 - 1 Review
        Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
      19. [+]
        A Send-Up of Araby by Kenneth S. Lynn, p. 37 - 1 Review
        The Marrakesh One-Two by Richard Grenier
      20. [+]
        Rx for Growth by James J. Cramer, pp. 38-41 - 1 Review
        Profits and the Future of American Society by S. Jay Levy and David A. Levy
      21. Washington Diarist, pp. 42-43
      22. Cover Drawing by Allen Carroll
    6. [+]
      May 9, 1983 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-11
      4. Rights and Regimes , p. 12
      5. Notebook, pp. 12-13
      6. Burton's Glory by Curtis B. Gans, p. 14
      7. Crosscurrents: Nicaraguan Nettle by Charles Krauthammer, p. 15
      8. Total Recall by Jon Carroll, pp. 16-17
      9. Bank Pranks by Jason DeParle, pp. 18-19
      10. In Defense of the Welfare State by George Will, pp. 20-25
      11. [+]
        On Films: The Double Dealers by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 26 - 1 Review
        The Draughtsman's Contract (1982 Film) by Peter Greenaway
      12. [+]
        Talkin' Moscow Blues by Josef Skvorecky, pp. 27-31 - 1 Review
        Red and Hot by S. Frederick Starr
      13. [+]
        The Pragmatist by Richard Rorty, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review
        A Stroll With William James by Jacques Barzun
      14. [+]
        Ike Revised by William E. Leuchtenburg, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review
        The Hidden-Hand Presidency by Fred I. Greenstein
      15. [+]
        The Aura of Suicide by Daphne Merkin, pp. 36-37 - 1 Review
        The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J Pancake
      16. [+]
        Brief Review by Nancy Marder, pp. 38-41 - 1 Review
        Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
      17. Washington Diarist, p. 42
      18. Cover Drawing by Donald Gates
    7. [+]
      May 16, 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, p. 7
      4. Syria in Shadows , p. 8
      5. Notebook, p. 8
      6. False Distinction by Martin Peretz, pp. 9-11
      7. Dear Diaries by Timothy Garton Ash, p. 12
      8. Mirror Images by Robert A. Pastor, pp. 13-15
      9. Nowhere Man by Morton Kondracke, pp. 16-18
      10. How to Beat the I.R.S. by James K. Glassman, pp. 19-23
      11. [+]
        On Films: Frozen in Flight by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 24 - 1 Review
        The Flight of the Eagle (1983 Film) by Jan Troell
      12. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 25-26
      13. [+]
        The Prince of Historians by William H. McNeill, pp. 27-31 - 1 Review
        The Wheels of Commerce by Fernand Braudel
      14. [+]
        What Are Families Really For? by Peter Steinfels and Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, ..., pp. 32-34 - 1 Review
        In Defense of the Family by Rita Kramer
      15. [+]
        The Birth of the Baroque by Eugene Victor Thaw, pp. 35-36 - 1 Review
        Circa 1600 by S.J. Freedberg
      16. [+]
        A Greek Heroine by Jack Beatty, p. 37 - 1 Review
        Eleni by Nicholas Gage
      17. My Father in the Basement by David Wagoner, pp. 38-42
      18. Oxford Diarist, p. 43
      19. Cover Drawing by Donald Gates
    8. [+]
      May 23, 1983 Issue = 20 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 4
      3. The Editors, pp. 5-6
      4. George Balanchine 1904-1983 , p. 7
      5. Notebook, p. 8
      6. White House Watch by Morton Kondracke, pp. 9-11
      7. Crosscurrents: Pseudo-Private Lives by Charles Krauthammer, pp. 12-13
      8. Masterpiece Market by Jeffrey Pundyk, p. 14
      9. The Church Unmilitant by Abraham Brumberg, pp. 15-17
      10. Ronald Reagan's Liberal Past by William E. Leuchtenburg, pp. 18-25
      11. [+]
        On Films: Double Exposures by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 26 - 2 Reviews
        Exposed (1983 Film) by James Toback
        Verdi - La Traviata (1982 Film) by Franco Zeffirelli
      12. [+]
        Soldier, Scholar, Statesman, He by George Dangerfield, p. 27 - 1 Review
        The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Vol. I by William Manchester
      13. Song From the Intensive Care Unit by Howard Moss, pp. 28-29
      14. [+]
        Why We Lost the War by Alvin H. Bernstein, pp. 30-33 - 1 Review
        On Strategy by Harry G. Summers, Jr.
      15. [+]
        Advise and Dissent by Walter Laqueur, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review
        Power and Principle by Zbigniew K. Brzezinski
      16. [+]
        Of Recipes and Revenge by Garrett Epps, pp. 36-37 - 1 Review
        Heartburn by Nora Ephron
      17. [+]
        The Puritan Poet by Ann Hulbert, p. 38 - 1 Review
        The Life of John Milton by A.N. Wilson
      18. [+]
        A Comedy of Bad Manners by Jack Beatty, pp. 39-42 - 1 Review
        The Feud by Thomas Berger
      19. Washington Diarist, pp. 43-44
      20. Cover: Ronald Reagan testifies at a HUAC Hearing November 1947
    9. [+]
      May 30, 1983 Issue = 20 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. Gaga Over Guns , p. 9
      5. Seven Cliches , p. 10
      6. Notebook, p. 11
      7. On the Hill by Dirk Olin, pp. 12-13
      8. Pepys's Secret Diaries! by Veronica Geng, p. 14
      9. Pastoral Proceeding by Peter Steinfels, pp. 15-16
      10. I.O.U.'s at NPR by Jason DeParle, pp. 17-18
      11. The New Indochina War by Al Santoli, pp. 19-23
      12. [+]
        On Films: Deceptions by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 24 - 2 Reviews
        La Truite (1982 Film) by Joseph Losey
        Angelo, My Love (1983 Film) by Robert Duvall
      13. On Jazz by Michael Ullman, pp. 25-27
      14. Early and Late by Robert Pack, p. 28
      15. [+]
        Going Private by Bob Kuttner, pp. 29-32 - 3 Reviews
        Privatizing the Public Sector by Emanuel S. Savas
        Government by Contract by John D. Hanrahan
        Meeting Human Needs by Jack A. Meyer
      16. [+]
        An Authentic Heroine by Gail Godwin, pp. 33-35 - 1 Review
        Code Name "Mary" by Muriel Gardiner
      17. [+]
        The Ballet After Balanchine by Harris Green, p. 36 - 1 Review
        Far from Denmark by Peter Martins and Robert Cornfield
      18. [+]
        A Rubber Chicken Novel by Jack Beatty, pp. 37-41 - 1 Review
        Duluth by Gore Vidal
      19. Washington Diarist, pp. 42-44
      20. Cover: Refugees following Vietnamese attack, April 1, 1983 by Al Santoli
    10. [+]
      June 6, 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. Watt's Teapot Dome by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. Dissension in the Ranks , p. 9
      5. Notebook, p. 9
      6. Silent Summit by Bob Kuttner, pp. 9-12
      7. USA Okay, July 4, 1983 by Alex Heard, pp. 13-14
      8. Mondale's Choice by Hamilton Jordan, pp. 15-18
      9. Glenn's Potential by Morton Kondracke, pp. 19-23
      10. [+]
        On Films: A Spice of Life by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 24-25 - 1 Review
        Chicken Ranch (1983 Film) by Nick Broomfield and Sandi Sissel
      11. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 26-27
      12. [+]
        Requiem for Neoliberalism by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 28-29 - 1 Review
        A New Democracy by Gary Hart
      13. [+]
        The Dubious Science by Irving Kristol, pp. 30-32 - 1 Review
        Dangerous Currents by Lester C. Thurow
      14. [+]
        Dreamwork by Leonel Gomez Videz, p. 33 - 1 Review
        Salvador by Joan Didion
      15. Last Words by Linda Pastan, pp. 34-35
      16. [+]
        The Art of Growing Old by Ann Hulbert, p. 36 - 1 Review
        Sister Age by M.F.K. Fisher
      17. [+]
        The Wages of Gentility by Jack Beatty, pp. 37-38 - 1 Review
        False Premises by Winthrop Knowlton
      18. [+]
        Brief Review by Michael Kimmelman, pp. 39-41 - 1 Review
        Horowitz: A Biography of Vladimir Horowitz by Glenn Plaskin
      19. Washington Diarist, pp. 42-44
    11. [+]
      June 13, 1983 Issue = 20 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, p. 7
      4. Unglamorous Guerrillas , p. 8
      5. Crash Course , p. 9
      6. Notebook, pp. 10-11
      7. Injured Iran by Barry Lando, p. 12
      8. Dimpled Neos by Eugene J. McCarthy, pp. 13-14
      9. Pliant Protestants by Joshua Muravchik, pp. 15-18
      10. The Andropov Factor by Charles Krauthammer, pp. 19-23
      11. [+]
        On Films: Out of Breath Again by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 24 - 1 Review
        Breathless (1983 Film) by Jim McBride
      12. The Foundling Father by R. Jackson Wilson, pp. 25-30
      13. [+]
        Wild History by Judith Shapiro, pp. 31-32 - 1 Review
        The Conspiracy and Death of Lin Biao by Ming-Le Yao
      14. [+]
        Freud's Boswell by Anthony Storr, pp. 33-34 - 1 Review
        Ernest Jones: Freud's Alter Ego by Vincent Brome
      15. [+]
        Mysteries by Robin W. Winks, pp. 35-36 - 6 Reviews
        The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James
        Ceremony by Robert B. Parker
        Ice by Ed McBain
        The Mischief Makers by William Haggard
        Billingsgate Shoal by Rick Boyer
        Print-Out by Robert B. Gillespie
      16. [+]
        Brief Reviews by Jack Beatty, p. 37 - 1 Review
        The Selected Essays of T. Harry Williams by Estelle Williams and T. Harry Williams
      17. [+]
        Review Imaginary Crimes, by Sheila Ballantyne by Marc Granetz, p. 37 - 1 Review
        Imaginary Crimes by Sheila Ballantyne
      18. [+]
        Review Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South, by Shirley ... by Dorothy Wickenden, pp. 38-41 - 1 Review
        Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South by Shirley Abbott
      19. Cedar Rapids Diarist, pp. 42-44
      20. Cover Collage by Alex Lewis
    12. [+]
      June 20, 1983 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. Civil Rights Caper , p. 9
      5. Notebook, p. 10
      6. Foregone Election by Alexander Chancellor, pp. 11-12
      7. The Senate's Secret Slush Funds by Bill Hogan, Diane Kiesel, and Alan Green, pp. 13-20
      8. A Keynes for All Seasons by Robert Lekachman, pp. 21-25
      9. [+]
        On Films: Brought to Light by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 26 - 1 Review
        Unknown Chaplin (1983 Film) by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill
      10. [+]
        The Spell of Fagin by Irving Howe, pp. 27-29 - 1 Review
        Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
      11. In Rough Weather by Paul Lake, pp. 30-31
      12. [+]
        A Civilized Sensibility by Anne Tyler, p. 32 - 1 Review
        Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays by Elizabeth Hardwick
      13. [+]
        Diplomacy on the Couch by Walter LaFeber, pp. 33-35 - 1 Review
        The American Style of Foreign Policy by Robert Dallek
      14. [+]
        Victorian Sage by Robert Langbaum, pp. 36-42 - 1 Review
        Robert Browning: A Life Within Life by Donald Thomas
      15. Washington Diarist, pp. 43-44
      16. Cover by Alex Lewis
    13. [+]
      June 27, 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 4
      3. The Editors, p. 5
      4. One Year Beyond , p. 6
      5. Notebook, p. 7
      6. White House Watch by Morton Kondracke, pp. 7-9
      7. Smile High City by Thomas Teal, p. 10
      8. Dead Bugs by Fred Barnes, pp. 11-12
      9. Madness in Their Method by Nicholas Wade, pp. 13-16
      10. Zimbabwe's Fears by Colin Legum, pp. 17-21
      11. [+]
        On Films: First Farewell by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 22-23 - 1 Review
        Fanny and Alexander (1982 Film) by Ingmar Bergman
      12. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 24-25
      13. The Veterans' Ordeal by C.D.B. Bryan, pp. 26-29
      14. Labor Day: The Women of Fifth Avenue by Ira Sadoff, pp. 30-32
      15. [+]
        High-Camp Cameos by John Simon, pp. 33-36 - 1 Review
        Voices: A Memoir by Frederic Prokosch
      16. [+]
        The Education of a Statesman by R.K. Webb, p. 37 - 1 Review
        Palmerston: The Early Years, 1784-1841 by Kenneth Bourne
      17. [+]
        The Dementia of Dictatorship by Leon Wieseltier, pp. 38-41 - 1 Review
        The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat by Ryszard Kapuscinski
      18. Washington Diarist, pp. 42-44
      19. Cover by Don Gates
  3. [+]
    Issues of Jul.-Sep. 1983 = 10 Issues, 177 Articles
    1. [+]
      July 4, 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 4
      3. The Editors, pp. 5-6
      4. Oil Bank , p. 7
      5. Notebook, p. 7
      6. Hunt Season by Ferrel Guillory, pp. 8-11
      7. Why I Love America by Henry Fairlie, pp. 12-17
      8. The West Bank Trap by Irving Howe, pp. 18-23
      9. [+]
        On Films: Bomb, Bates, Brooks by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 24 - 3 Reviews
        WarGames (1983 Film) by John Badham
        Psycho II (1983 Film) by Richard Franklin
        Prix de Beaute (1930 Film) by Augusto Genina
      10. [+]
        Pepys Show by Christopher Hill, pp. 25-27 - 1 Review
        The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Robert Latham, William Matthews #3, and Samuel Pepys, ...
      11. [+]
        Leadoff Man by Red Barber, pp. 28-30 - 1 Review
        Baseball's Great Experiment by Jules Tygiel
      12. [+]
        Who Lost America? by Jack N. Rakove, pp. 31-32 - 1 Review
        The Fall of the First British Empire by Robert W. Tucker and David C. Hendrickson
      13. [+]
        The Mummy's Tomb by Leszek Kolakowski, pp. 33-35 - 1 Review
        Lenin Lives! by Nina Tumarkin
      14. [+]
        Golf as Metaphor by Tova Reich, p. 36 - 1 Review
        Seaview by Toby Olson
      15. [+]
        The Heart of the Matter by Brian Hayes, p. 37 - 1 Review
        Quarks: The Stuff of Matter by Harald Fritzsch
      16. [+]
        Brief Reviews by Wendy Smith, pp. 38-39 - 1 Review
        Roughneck by Peter Carlson
      17. [+]
        Review Down and Out in the Great Depression, by Rober... by Jason DeParle, pp. 40-42 - 1 Review
        Down and Out in the Great Depression by Robert S. McElvaine
      18. West Point Diarist, pp. 43-44
      19. Cover by Guy Billout
    2. [+]
      July 11, 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. Tattered Borders , pp. 9-10
      5. Notebook, p. 11
      6. Wrist Watch by Jason DeParle, pp. 11-12
      7. Indecent Burial by Charles Fenyvesi, pp. 13-15
      8. Ruckelshaus' Record by Lewis Regenstein, pp. 16-17
      9. Turncoat in Tokyo by Murray Sayle, pp. 18-21
      10. [+]
        On Films: Some Students, Some Others by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 22-23 - 3 Reviews
        The White Rose (1982 Film) by Michael Verhoeven
        Trading Places (1983 Film) by John Landis
        The Survivors (1983 Film) by Michael Ritchie
      11. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 24-25
      12. Beyond the Feminist Mystique by Benjamin R. Barber, pp. 26-29
      13. The Whatnot by John Logan, pp. 30-31
      14. [+]
        A Swiss Master by Sven Birkerts, pp. 32-34 - 1 Review
        Bluebeard by Max Frisch
      15. [+]
        Neither Low Nor Simple Nor Fair by Michael J. McIntyre, pp. 35-36 - 1 Review
        Low Tax, Simple Tax, Flat Tax by Robert Ernest Hall and Alvin Rabushka
      16. [+]
        A National Sound? by Jeffrey Pundyk, p. 37 - 1 Review
        All American Music by John Rockwell
      17. [+]
        Travels With My Angst by Jack Beatty, pp. 38-42 - 1 Review
        Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy
      18. Washington Diarist, pp. 43-44
      19. Cover by Allen Carroll
    3. [+]
      July 18, 1983 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. This Just In , p. 9
      5. White House Watch by Morton Kondracke, pp. 10-12
      6. Winter of Discontent by John Dinges, pp. 13-14
      7. Mirages by Elizabeth D. Sherwood, pp. 15-16
      8. Poland's Hope by Timothy Garton Ash, pp. 17-21
      9. [+]
        On Films: New Twists, Old Troubles by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 22 - 2 Reviews
        Superman III (1983 Film) by Richard Lester
        Puberty Blues (1981 Film) by Bruce Beresford
      10. On Television by Mark Crispin Miller, pp. 23-27
      11. The Romance of Chess by Charles Krauthammer, pp. 28-31
      12. [+]
        The Compromiser by William H. Harbaugh, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review
        Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915 by Louis R. Harlan
      13. Freeze Frame by Barry Goldensohn, pp. 34-35
      14. [+]
        Steam Bath by Brigitte Weeks, p. 36 - 1 Review
        The Philosopher's Pupil by Iris Murdoch
      15. [+]
        Mugg at 80 by John Lukacs, pp. 37-41 - 1 Review
        Like It Was by John Bright-Holmes and Malcolm Muggeridge
      16. China Diarist, pp. 42-44
      17. Cover by Alex Lewis
    4. [+]
      August 1, 1983 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. Syrian Lebanon , pp. 9-10
      5. Notebook, p. 11
      6. Union Dues by James North, pp. 11-13
      7. The History of an Epidemic by Robert Bazell, pp. 14-15
      8. First AIDS by John McQuaid, pp. 16-17
      9. The Politics of a Plague by Charles Krauthammer, pp. 18-21
      10. [+]
        On Films: Holding-Up by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 22 - 1 Review
        The Grey Fox (1983 Film) by Phillip Borsos
      11. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 23-25
      12. [+]
        The Fascination of Henry Adams by Alfred Kazin, pp. 26-28 - 3 Reviews
        The Letters of Henry Adams by J.C. Levenson, Ernest Samuels, and Charles Vandersee, ...
        Descent from Glory by Paul C. Nagel
        The Education of Mrs. Henry Adams by Eugenia Kaledin
      13. [+]
        A Journalist's Vendetta by Fred I. Greenstein, pp. 29-31 - 1 Review
        The Price of Power by Seymour M. Hersh
      14. [+]
        The Real and the Revealed by Leon Wieseltier, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review
        The Witness of Poetry by Czeslaw Milosz
      15. [+]
        A Challenge to Materialism by Tom Bethell, pp. 34-36 - 1 Review
        Report on the Shroud of Turin by John H. Heller
      16. [+]
        Cruelty Begins at Home by Ann Hulbert, pp. 37-41 - 1 Review
        For Your Own Good by Alice Miller
      17. Dallas Diarist, pp. 42-44
      18. Cover painting by Harry Pincus
    5. [+]
      August 8, 1983 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 4
      3. Sexual Congress by The Editors, p. 5
      4. Notebook, p. 6
      5. Crosscurrents: Double Standards by Charles Krauthammer, p. 7
      6. Farms Control by Laurence Grafstein, pp. 8-9
      7. Vetoed Veto by Robert M. Kaus, pp. 10-11
      8. The Shadow Foreign Policy by Morton Kondracke, pp. 12-14
      9. Britain's Battered Left by Bob Kuttner, pp. 15-19
      10. [+]
        On Films: Maximum Opus by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 20-25 - 1 Review
        Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980 Film) by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
      11. Scripts for the Pageant by Henry Fairlie, pp. 26-28
      12. [+]
        Everybody But Shakespare by Bernard Knox, pp. 29-31 - 1 Review
        The Passionate War by Peter Wyden
      13. [+]
        Malign Neglect by Christopher Lasch, pp. 32-33 - 2 Reviews
        Children Without Childhood by Marie Winn
        Our Endangered Children by Vance Packard
      14. Magus of Language by Rosanna Warren, pp. 34-35
      15. First Sunday of Advent, 1967 by Thomas Simmons, pp. 36-41
      16. St. Louis Diarist, pp. 42-44
      17. Cover by Alex Lewis
    6. [+]
      August 15, 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, p. 7
      4. Foolish Inconsistency , pp. 8-9
      5. Man of Parts , p. 10
      6. Notebook, p. 11
      7. Casualties of History by Robert K. Gordon, pp. 11-13
      8. The Case of Honduras by Lucy Komisar, pp. 14-18
      9. Requiem for Arafat by David Pryce-Jones, pp. 19-23
      10. [+]
        On Films: One Character in Search of an Author by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 24-25 - 1 Review
        Zelig (1983 Film) by Woody Allen
      11. On Theater by Robert Brustein, p. 26
      12. [+]
        Behind the Lines by Alistair Horne, p. 27 - 1 Review
        French and Germans, Germans and French by Richard Cobb
      13. Little By Little by Rachel Hadas, pp. 28-29
      14. [+]
        The King of Comedy by Justin Kaplan, pp. 30-31 - 1 Review
        Harold Lloyd: The Man on the Clock by Tom Dardis
      15. [+]
        The House That Kant Built by Glenn Tinder, pp. 32-33 - 2 Reviews
        Kant's Life and Thought by Ernst Cassirer
        Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy by Hannah Arendt and Ronald Beiner
      16. [+]
        The Gender Gulf by Maggie Scarf, pp. 34-36 - 1 Review
        Intimate Strangers by Lillian B. Rubin
      17. Romantic Historian by David Levin, pp. 37-42
      18. Thailand Diarist, pp. 43-44
      19. Cover by Donald Gates
    7. [+]
      August 29, 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 4
      3. Reagan's Pressure Points by The Editors, p. 5
      4. Notebook, p. 6
      5. Civil Rights Wars by Robert K. Gordon, pp. 7-8
      6. Bad Calls by Eugene J. McCarthy, pp. 9-10
      7. Money Meltdown by Scott Ridley, pp. 11-12
      8. CBS Mourning News by Henry Fairlie, pp. 13-16
      9. Inside Afghanistan by Roger Fenton and Maggie Gallagher, pp. 17-21
      10. [+]
        On Films: Velvet Gloves by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 22-23 - 1 Review
        Ways in the Night (1979 Film) by Krzysztof Zanussi
      11. Salt Water by Robert Pinsky, pp. 24-26
      12. [+]
        Wise Witnesses by Robert Coles, pp. 27-28 - 1 Review
        Children of War by Roger Rosenblatt
      13. [+]
        Data Versus Dogma by Michael Harrington, p. 29 - 2 Reviews
        Inside the Wall Street Journal by Jerry M. Rosenberg
        The Wall Street Journal by Lloyd Wendt
      14. A Story About the Body by Robert Hass, pp. 30-31
      15. [+]
        The Politics of the Literati by Richard Grenier, pp. 32-35 - 1 Review
        The Left Bank by Herbert R. Lottman
      16. [+]
        Soldiers and Civilians by Eliot A. Cohen, p. 36 - 1 Review
        Paradoxes of Power by Adam Yarmolinsky and Gregory Foster
      17. [+]
        Brief Review by David Levenfeld, pp. 37-42 - 1 Review
        The Belarus Secret by John J. Loftus and Nathan Miller
      18. Washington Diarist, pp. 43-44
      19. Cover: Members of the Afghan resistance in Peshawar, Pakistan by Charles Bork
    8. [+]
      September 5, 1983 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. Tabling Hunger by The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. Notebook, p. 9
      5. B. Movie by John McQuaid, p. 9
      6. Craxi's Moxie by Michael Ledeen, p. 10
      7. Qaddafi's War by John Cooley, pp. 11-12
      8. Notes from an Israel Journal by Michael Walzer, pp. 13-17
      9. Can the Klan Ride Again? by Phillip Finch, pp. 18-23
      10. [+]
        On Films: Designs for Living by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 24-25 - 1 Review
        Pauline at the Beach (1983 Film) by Eric Rohmer
      11. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 26-27
      12. [+]
        The Campaign Reform Failure by Robert J. Samuelson, pp. 28-35 - 2 Reviews
        Politics and Money by Elizabeth Drew
        Financing the 1980 Election by Herbert E. Alexander
      13. [+]
        An Uncommon Mystery by Sven Birkerts, p. 36 - 1 Review
        The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
      14. Walking Alone in Late Winter by Jane Kenyon, p. 37
      15. [+]
        The Critic as Scourge by William H. Prichard, pp. 38-41 - 1 Review
        The Air-Line to Seattle by Kenneth S. Lynn
      16. Spain Diarist, pp. 42-44
      17. Cover by John Pack
    9. [+]
      September 12, 1983 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. Kuwait Can Wait , p. 9
      5. Notebook, p. 9
      6. A Moscow Goof-Off by Susan Finder, pp. 9-10
      7. Reagan the Unassailable by Sidney Blumenthal, pp. 11-15
      8. White House Watch by Morton Kondracke, pp. 16-19
      9. [+]
        Unreliable Sources by Martin Peretz, pp. 20-23 - 1 Review
        The Price of Power by Seymour M. Hersh
      10. [+]
        On Films: Wrestling Society for a Soul by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 24-25 - 1 Review
        Daniel (1983 Film) by Sidney Lumet
      11. [+]
        Tory Democrat by Gertrude Himmelfarb, pp. 26-31 - 5 Reviews
        Disraeli by Sarah Bradford
        Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1815-1834 by J.A.W. Gunn, M.G. Wiebe, and Benjamin Disraeli
        Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1835-1837 by J.A.W. Gunn, John Matthews, and Donald M. Schurman, ...
        A Year at Hartlebury, or The Election by Benjamin Disraeli
        Disraeli's Grand Tour by Robert Blake
      12. [+]
        Varieties of Inspiration by Anne Tyler, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review
        In Praise of What Persists by Stephen Berg
      13. [+]
        The Academy and the Couch by C. Vann Woodward, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review
        Decoding the Past by Peter Loewenberg
      14. [+]
        Handbook for Reform by Dennis Wrong, pp. 36-42 - 1 Review
        How We Live by Victor R. Fuchs
      15. Amman Diarist, pp. 43-44
      16. Cover by Donald Gates
    10. [+]
      September 19, 1983 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-10
      4. Exit Not Exeunt , p. 11
      5. Notebook, p. 11
      6. Thumbprints in Our Clay by Horace Freeland Judson, pp. 12-17
      7. The New Anti-Unio Crusade by Penn Kemble, pp. 18-21
      8. [+]
        On Films: Flash and Fraud by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 22-25 - 2 Reviews
        Risky Business (1983 Film) by Paul Brickman
        The Star Chamber (1983 Film) by Peter Hyams
      9. On Theater by Robert Brustein, p. 26
      10. [+]
        Sincerely, M. Proust by Victor Brombert, pp. 27-29 - 1 Review
        Marcel Proust: Selected Letters, Vol. One 1880-1903 by Philip Kolb and Marcel Proust
      11. [+]
        Irish Troubles, Irish Truths by Martha Bayles, pp. 30-31 - 1 Review
        Cal by Bernard MacLaverty
      12. [+]
        The Athletic Hero by Erich Segal, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review
        Sport and the Spirit of Play in American Fiction by Christian K. Messenger
      13. [+]
        Get Smart by Stephen A. Schuker, pp. 34-35 - 2 Reviews
        The Shadow Warriors by Bradley F. Smith
        The Last Hero by Anthony Cave Brown
      14. Study by Joyce Peseroff, pp. 36-42
      15. Cape Cod Diarist, pp. 43-44
      16. Cover by John Pack
  4. [+]
    Issues of Oct.-Dec. 1983 = 14 Issues, 252 Articles
    1. [+]
      October 3, 1983 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. They Shoot Airplanes, Don't They? by The Editors, pp. 7-9
      4. Notebook, p. 10
      5. White House Watch by Morton Kondracke, pp. 10-11
      6. McDonald's War by Joseph Nocera, p. 12
      7. Reagan's Big Schtick by Joseph Finder, pp. 13-14
      8. Libertarian Lark by Anne Groer, pp. 15-16
      9. Sebastiani's Plans by Jonathan Kirsch, p. 17
      10. States at War by Tina Rosenberg, pp. 18-21
      11. [+]
        On Films: Penance and Protest by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 22-23 - 1 Review
        Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983 Film) by Nagisa Oshima
      12. By Wagner Possessed by David Denby, pp. 24-29
      13. [+]
        The Man Who Loved Movies by David Thomson, pp. 30-31 - 1 Review
        A Passion for Films by Richard Roud
      14. [+]
        Chipping Away at Freedom? by Marc Granetz, pp. 32-33 - 3 Reviews
        The Rise of the Computer State by David Burnham
        The Media Monopoly by Ben H. Bagdikian
        Technologies of Freedom by Ithiel de Sola Pool
      15. Pantoum on Pumpkin Hill by Rachel Hadas, pp. 34-37
      16. [+]
        Freud's Princess by Rosemary Dinnage, pp. 38-41 - 1 Review
        Marie Bonaparte: A Life by Celia Bertin
      17. Seoul Diarist, pp. 42-44
      18. Cover by Alex Lewis
    2. [+]
      October 10, 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-9
      4. The Ant and the Elephant , p. 10
      5. Notebook, p. 11
      6. White House Watch by Morton Kondracke, pp. 11-12
      7. Wasted Lebanon by John Cooley, pp. 13-14
      8. Newsletter Nostrums by Daniel Nossiter, pp. 15-16
      9. Labor Lets Fly by Landon Butler, pp. 17-19
      10. [+]
        On Films: Two Anomalous Careers by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 20-21 - 1 Review
        Diary of a Lost Girl (1929 Film) by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
      11. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 22-23
      12. [+]
        Body and Soul by Helen Vendler, pp. 24-27 - 1 Review
        The Sacrifice by Frank Bidart
      13. [+]
        A Forgotten Hero by Henry Fairlie, pp. 28-29 - 1 Review
        Attlee by Kenneth Harris
      14. A Satirist by Baron Wormser, pp. 30-33
      15. [+]
        From Drips to Digitals by John Kenneth Galbraith, p. 34 - 1 Review
        Revolution in Time by David S. Landes
      16. [+]
        Cruel and Unusual by J.H. Elliott, pp. 35-37 - 1 Review
        Alba by William S. Maltby
      17. [+]
        The Medium and the Message by Peter L. Berger, pp. 38-42 - 1 Review
        The Spiritualists by Ruth Brandon
      18. Cairo Diarist, pp. 43-44
      19. Cover: Shiite militia near Bourj Al Barajneh camp, Lebanon by Chris Steele
    3. [+]
      October 17, 1983 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-7
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 8
      3. The Editors, pp. 9-10
      4. In the Crossfire , p. 11
      5. Notebook, p. 11
      6. Overfriendly Skies by Michael Kinsley, pp. 12-13
      7. Dr. J. by William Brashler, pp. 14-15
      8. From Chicago Resident to U.S. President by Alex Heard, pp. 16-18
      9. German Autumn by Walter Laqueur, pp. 19-23
      10. [+]
        On Films: Danton's Life by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 24-25 - 1 Review
        Danton (1983 Film) by Andrzej Wajda
      11. Character and Culture by Anthony Quinton, pp. 26-29
      12. [+]
        Through Vodka, Darkly by Elizabeth Hardwick, pp. 30-31 - 1 Review
        Moscow to the End of the Line by Venedikt Erofeev
      13. Travel: After a Death by Jane Kenyon, p. 32
      14. [+]
        Learning Disabilities by Fred M. Hechinger, pp. 33-35 - 1 Review
        The Troubled Crusade by Diane Ravitch
      15. [+]
        A Hustler, A Hero by Jervis Anderson, pp. 36-42 - 1 Review
        Father Divine and the Struggle for Racial Equality by Robert Weisbrot
      16. Hawaii Diarist, pp. 43-44
      17. Cover by Donna Neary
    4. [+]
      October 24, 1983 Issue = 15 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 4
      3. The Editors, pp. 5-6
      4. Darkening Nicaragua by Ronald Radosh, pp. 7-12
      5. The Other Side by Shirley Christian, pp. 13-21
      6. Their Wars, Our Choices by Robert W. Tucker, pp. 22-31
      7. [+]
        On Films: Decline and Pall by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 32 - 2 Reviews
        Hanna K. (1983 Film) by Constantin Costa-Gavras
        Heat and Dust (1983 Film) by James Ivory
      8. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 33-34
      9. [+]
        All-America Atrocity by Josephine Hendin, pp. 35-39 - 1 Review
        Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss
      10. [+]
        Defense of Poesy by Ted Solotaroff, pp. 40-41 - 1 Review
        The Gift by Lewis Hyde
      11. [+]
        Conoshing for Cash by Eugene Victor Thaw, pp. 42-43 - 1 Review
        Mary Berenson by Barbara Strachey, Jayne Samuels, and Mary Berenson, ...
      12. [+]
        Climb Every Mountain by Paul Zweig, p. 44 - 1 Review
        A Journey in Ladakh by Andrew Harvey
      13. [+]
        Brief Review, pp. 45-49 - 1 Review
        Cold Heaven by Brian Moore
      14. Washington Diarist, pp. 50-52
      15. Cover: Photo of Sandinista militia in Matagalpa Province
    5. [+]
      October 31, 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 4
      3. The Editors, p. 5
      4. The Radosh-Milton File , p. 6
      5. 'Not a Chivalrous Affair' , p. 7
      6. Notebook, p. 7
      7. The Healer Returneth by Stuart P. Stevens, pp. 8-9
      8. Exit by Charles Fried, pp. 10-11
      9. Finnish Line by Joyce Lasky Shub, pp. 12-15
      10. The Watt That Was by Eleanor Randolph, pp. 16-21
      11. [+]
        On Films: People in Groups by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 22-23 - 1 Review
        The Big Chill (1983 Film) by Lawrence Kasdan
      12. [+]
        Two Cheers for Irving Kristol by Dennis Wrong, pp. 24-25 - 1 Review
        Reflections of a Neoconservative by Irving Kristol
      13. [+]
        A Genius and His Ghosts by David Thomson, pp. 26-27 - 1 Review
        My Last Sigh by Luis Bunuel
      14. In the Western Night by Frank Bidart, pp. 28-29
      15. [+]
        Rosenbergs Redux by Eric Breindel, pp. 30-33 - 1 Review
        The Rosenberg File by Ronald Radosh and Joyce Milton
      16. [+]
        Plain and Philosophical by Alan Mintz, p. 34 - 1 Review
        The Static Element by Nathan Zach
      17. [+]
        Welcome the Wimps by Ann Hulbert, pp. 35-42 - 3 Reviews
        About My Table, and Other Stories by Nicholas Delbanco
        Moon Deluxe by Frederick Barthelme
        Beautiful Women, Ugly Scenes by C.D.B. Bryan
      18. Washington Diarist, pp. 43-44
      19. Cover: James Watt at the One Shot Antelope Hunt, Lander, Wyoming, 1982 by James Pozarik
    6. [+]
      November 7, 1983 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. More Than Money by The Editors, p. 7
      4. President Reagan's Report Card by Margaret Caldwell, pp. 8-11
      5. Merit Pay Won't Work by Dorothy Wickenden, pp. 12-13
      6. How to Write an Education Report by Alex Heard, pp. 14-17
      7. Magnet Schools: Busing Without Tears? by James Traub, pp. 18-19
      8. Why Jonathan Can't Read by Leon Botstein, pp. 20-21
      9. Morris High School, Class of '16 by Marie Syrkin, pp. 22-26
      10. Scapegoating the Teachers by Diane Ravitch, pp. 27-29
      11. [+]
        On Films: Some Energy, Some Entropy by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 30-31 - 2 Reviews
        Passion (1982 Film) by Jean-Luc Godard
        Rumble Fish (1983 Film) by Francis Ford Coppola
      12. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 32-33
      13. [+]
        Hope Against Hope by Richard Rodriguez, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review
        The Tarnished Door by John Crewdson
      14. The Rustle of History's Wings, As They Said Then by Yehuda Amichai, pp. 36-38
      15. [+]
        Red Harvest by Pearl K. Bell, pp. 39-41 - 1 Review
        Dashiell Hammett: A Life by Diane Johnson
      16. [+]
        Lenin's Leonardo by Clarence Brown, pp. 42-49 - 1 Review
        Vladimir Tatlin and the Russian Avant-Garde by John Milner
      17. Washington Diarist, pp. 50-52
      18. Cover Drawing by Thea Richardson, seven years old
    7. [+]
      November 14, 1983 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. Vapid Deployment Force , p. 9
      5. Gunboats to Grenada , pp. 10-11
      6. Notebook, p. 12
      7. White House Watch by Morton Kondracke, pp. 13-14
      8. Statecraft as Spacecraft by Sidney Blumenthal, pp. 15-23
      9. [+]
        On Films: True to Life, True to Film by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 24-25 - 1 Review
        The Right Stuff (1983 Film) by Philip Kaufman
      10. [+]
        Realists Against Reality by Leslie H. Gelb, pp. 26-28 - 1 Review
        Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow
      11. [+]
        A Self-Made Man by Leon Wieseltier, pp. 29-30 - 1 Review
        Present History by Theodore Draper
      12. Four Poems by Czeslaw Milosz, pp. 31-33
      13. [+]
        The Man in the Woman by Leon Edel, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review
        Willa: The Life of Willa Cather by Phyllis C. Robinson
      14. [+]
        Ersatz Epic by Tova Reich, pp. 36-37 - 1 Review
        Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
      15. [+]
        Old Darkness, New Light by Dorothy Wickenden, pp. 38-41 - 1 Review
        Cathedral by Raymond Carver
      16. New York Diarist, p. 42
      17. Cover by Robert Grossman
    8. [+]
      November 21, 1983 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. Raymond Aron 1905-1983 , p. 9
      5. Notebook, p. 10
      6. Lost Frontier by Adam B. Ulam, pp. 10-14
      7. The Politician by David E. Kaiser, pp. 15-19
      8. What the Thousand Days Wrought by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., pp. 20-23
      9. J.F.K. Remembered by Richard L. Strout, pp. 24-31
      10. [+]
        On Films: Globetrottings by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 32-33 - 3 Reviews
        Under Fire (1983 Film) by Roger Spottiswoode
        Educating Rita (1983 Film) by Lewis Gilbert
        Experience Preferred...But Not Essential (1983 Film) by Peter Duffell
      11. [+]
        Plying a Periplus by John Simon, pp. 34-37 - 1 Review
        Hugging the Shore by John Updike
      12. Eulogy to W.H. Auden by Derek Walcott, pp. 38-39
      13. [+]
        The Human Factor by Nathan Glazer, pp. 40-42 - 1 Review
        The Economics and Politics of Race by Thomas Sowell
      14. [+]
        Not With a Bang by Jaroslaw Anders, pp. 43-45 - 1 Review
        A Minor Apocalypse by Tadeusz Konwicki
      15. [+]
        A Salvadoran Writer by Christopher Dickey, pp. 46-50 - 1 Review
        One Day of Life by Manlio Argueta
      16. Washington Diarist, pp. 51-52
      17. Cover Portrait, 1963 by Elaine de Kooning
    9. [+]
      November 28, 1983 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. Jackson Jumps In , p. 9
      5. Loveboat Diplomacy by Peter Pringle, pp. 10-12
      6. Tinker, Tinker, Tinker, Spy by Morton Kondracke, pp. 13-18
      7. From OPEC to ODEC by Charles Krauthammer, pp. 19-21
      8. On Films: Late Fall Roundup by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 22-23
      9. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 24-25
      10. The Trouble With Truth by Vladimir Voinovich, pp. 26-29
      11. [+]
        Our Flailing Fist by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., pp. 30-31 - 1 Review
        Eagle Defiant by Kenneth A. Oye, Robert J. Lieber, and Donald Rothchild, ...
      12. [+]
        So You Want To Start a War... by Lawrence Freedman, pp. 32-34 - 1 Review
        Conventional Deterrence by John J. Mearsheimer
      13. [+]
        Aeneas Rides Again by Bernard Knox, p. 35 - 1 Review
        The Aeneid by Robert Fitzgerald and Virgil
      14. Habit, Those Yards by Debora Greger, p. 36
      15. [+]
        A Long Story by Ann Hulbert, pp. 37-42 - 2 Reviews
        The Stories of William Trevor by William Trevor
        Fools of Fortune by William Trevor
      16. Washington Diarist, pp. 43-44
      17. Cover by Donald Gates
    10. [+]
      December 5, 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", pp. 4-6
      3. Window Dressing by The Editors, p. 7
      4. Notebook, p. 8
      5. Good Buddies by Murray Sayle, pp. 9-10
      6. Turkey Talks Back by Edward Mortimer, pp. 11-12
      7. Big Bang, Little Box by Paul Attanasio, pp. 13-14
      8. Let Lehrman Be Reagan by Sidney Blumenthal, pp. 15-19
      9. [+]
        On Films: Cold, Hot, Tepid by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 20-21 - 3 Reviews
        Never Cry Wolf (1983 Film) by Carroll Ballard
        Carmen (1983 Film) by Carlos Saura
        The Osterman Weekend (1983 Film) by Sam Peckinpah
      10. [+]
        Mohammed and Modernity by Ernest Gellner, pp. 22-23 - 1 Review
        In the Path of God by Daniel Pipes
      11. Our Father by Irving Feldman, pp. 24-26
      12. [+]
        End of a Love Affair by Anne Tyler, p. 27 - 1 Review
        Pitch Dark by Renata Adler
      13. [+]
        The Churchilliad by Simon Schama, pp. 28-31 - 1 Review
        Finest Hour by Martin Gilbert
      14. [+]
        Midnight's Other Children by Leon Wieseltier, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review
        Shame by Salman Rushdie
      15. [+]
        The Way to Autumn by David Bromwich, pp. 34-37 - 1 Review
        The Odes of John Keats by Helen Vendler
      16. [+]
        Meet Bob Forehead by Michael Kinsley, p. 38 - 1 Review
        Washingtoon by Mark Alan Stamaty
      17. [+]
        Ten Laughs by Eugene J. McCarthy, pp. 39-42 - 1 Review
        The Best of Modern Humor by Mordecai Richler
      18. Paris Diarist, pp. 43-44
      19. Cover by Robert Grossman
    11. [+]
      December 12, 1983 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. Arafat's Last Betrayal by The Editors, p. 7
      4. Notebook, p. 8
      5. Crosscurrents: In Mohgro Land by Charles Krauthammer, p. 9
      6. Sojourn in Salvador by Mortimer B. Zuckerman, pp. 10-12
      7. Grenada II by Henry Fairlie, p. 13
      8. The Negative Miracle by Daniel Yergin, pp. 14-17
      9. Decisions of Death by David Bruck, pp. 18-25
      10. [+]
        On Films: He That Plays the King by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 26 - 1 Review
        The Dresser (1983 Film) by Peter Yates
      11. The Spell of Philip Glass by Annalyn Swan, pp. 27-29
      12. Hector's Return by Carl Dennis, pp. 30-31
      13. [+]
        Tame Wilder by R.W.B. Lewis, pp. 32-34 - 1 Review
        The Enthusiast by Gilbert A. Harrison
      14. [+]
        The Pull of Public Life by Michael Walzer, pp. 35-36 - 1 Review
        Politics in the Ancient World by M.I. Finley
      15. [+]
        Diary of a Revolutionary by Paul Berman, pp. 37-38 - 1 Review
        The Death of Che Guevara by Jay Cantor
      16. [+]
        Of Phantoms and Faith by Garrett Epps, pp. 39-41 - 1 Review
        The Summoning by Robert Towers
      17. Washington Diarist, pp. 42-44
      18. Cover by Guy Billout
    12. [+]
      December 19, 1983 Issue = 21 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 4-5
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 6
      3. The Editors, p. 7
      4. Analogies , p. 8
      5. Notebook, p. 9
      6. Crosscurrents: After Grenada by Charles Krauthammer, p. 9
      7. Bankruptcy as Usual by Daniel Nossiter, pp. 10-13
      8. Le Grand Silence by Jacques Rupnik, p. 14
      9. Your Nutrition & You by Ian Frazier, pp. 15-16
      10. Cinema Verite by Derek Malcolm, pp. 17-18
      11. In Like Fritz by Morton Kondracke, pp. 19-21
      12. [+]
        On Films: Streisand On the Roof by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 22 - 1 Review
        Yentl (1983 Film) by Barbra Streisand
      13. On Theater by Robert Brustein, pp. 23-24
      14. Why Democracy Makes Economic Sense by Robert B. Reich, pp. 25-31
      15. Forget Fathers by Michael Wood, pp. 32-33
      16. The High Diving Horse by Barbara Helfgott Hyett, p. 34
      17. [+]
        South African Specter by Dorothy Wickenden, pp. 35-36 - 1 Review
        The Life and Times of Michael K. by J.M. Coetzee
      18. [+]
        Brief Reviews by Leonard Michaels, p. 37 - 1 Review
        A Vanished World by Roman Vishniac
      19. [+]
        Review Mr. Bedford and the Muses, by Gail Godwin by Kathleen Kearns, pp. 38-41 - 1 Review
        Mr. Bedford and the Muses by Gail Godwin
      20. Westport Diarist, pp. 42-44
      21. Cover by Donald Gates
    13. [+]
      December 26, 1983 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", p. 4
      3. The Editors, pp. 5-6
      4. The Tripoli Travesty , p. 7
      5. What Watt Wrought , p. 7
      6. Notebook, p. 8
      7. Questioning Quotas by Charles Fried, pp. 9-10
      8. J.F.K.'s Television Presidency by Henry Fairlie, pp. 11-15
      9. Behind the Death Squads by Christopher Dickey, pp. 16-23
      10. [+]
        On Films: The Way Some People Live by Stanley Kauffmann, pp. 24-25 - 1 Review
        Terms of Endearment (1983 Film) by James L. Brooks
      11. [+]
        The Devil's Dance by Roger Shattuck, pp. 26-30 - 1 Review
        Stravinsky in Pictures and Documents by Vera Stravinsky and Robert Craft
      12. [+]
        He Came, He Saw, He Cognized by Howard Gardner, pp. 31-32 - 1 Review
        In Search of Mind by Jerome S. Bruner
      13. [+]
        A Cause Above the Law by Irving Younger, p. 33 - 1 Review
        Rights on Trial by Arthur Kinoy
      14. Pain by John Updike, pp. 34-35
      15. [+]
        Jesus in Japan by Mary Jo Salter, pp. 36-37 - 1 Review
        Wonderful Fool by Shusaku Endo
      16. [+]
        One Day in Louisiana by John F. Callahan, pp. 38-41 - 1 Review
        A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines
      17. Cambridge Diarist, pp. 42-44
      18. Cover Photo: Death squad signature, Arcatao, Chalatenango, El Salvador by Susan Meiselas
    14. [+]
      December 31, 1983 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Correspondence, pp. 2-3
      2. From Washington by "T.R.B.", pp. 4-6
      3. Two Tracks in the Wilderness by The Editors, pp. 7-8
      4. Notebook, p. 9
      5. White House Watch by Morton Kondracke, pp. 10-11
      6. Terms of Enslavement? by Doan Van Toai and David Chanoff, pp. 12-14
      7. Liberals and Deficits by Michael Kinsley, pp. 15-17
      8. Reagan's Bankrupt Budget by Daniel Patrick Moynihan, pp. 18-20
      9. Budget Gridlock by Bruce Babbitt, pp. 21-23
      10. [+]
        On Films: Remake and Reminder by Stanley Kauffmann, p. 24 - 1 Review
        To Be or Not to Be (1983 Film) by Alan Johnson
      11. [+]
        Neiman-Marcus, the Movie by Mary-Lou Weisman, p. 25 - 1 Review
        The Store (1983 Film) by Frederick Wiseman
      12. [+]
        New Zion, Old Zion by David S. Landes, pp. 26-31 - 1 Review
        Israel in the Mind of America by Peter Grose
      13. [+]
        Mothers and Mysteries by Anne Tyler, p. 32 - 1 Review
        At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid
      14. [+]
        Dr. Pangloss for President by Sidney Blumenthal, p. 33 - 1 Review
        Diary of a Dark Horse by Mark Bisnow
      15. Eating by Reginald Gibbons, pp. 34-35
      16. [+]
        Passions of a Man by Michael Ullman, pp. 36-37 - 1 Review
        Mingus: A Critical Biography by Brian Priestley
      17. [+]
        Ways of Ruling by Dennis Wrong, pp. 38-41 - 1 Review
        The Anatomy of Power by John Kenneth Galbraith
      18. Berlin Diarist, pp. 42-44
      19. Cover by Alex Lewis
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  Issues of 1989 = 46 Issues, 909 Articles
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  Issues of 1995 = 47 Issues, 845 Articles
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  Issues of 1996 = 49 Issues, 921 Articles
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  Issues of 1997 = 47 Issues, 853 Articles
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  Issues of 1998 = 47 Issues, 870 Articles
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  Issues of 1999 = 47 Issues, 872 Articles
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  Issues of 2000 = 48 Issues, 872 Articles
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  Issues of 2001 = 48 Issues, 867 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 2002 = 44 Issues, 735 Articles
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  Issues of 2003 = 42 Issues, 687 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 2004 = 41 Issues, 665 Articles
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  Issues of 2005 = 42 Issues, 652 Articles
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  Issues of 2006 = 42 Issues, 634 Articles
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  Issues of 2007 = 24 Issues, 424 Articles
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