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December 1985 Issue - 23 Articles- Contributors, pp. 4-8
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 9-25
Reports & Comment
- Notes: A Handle on the News
Jack Beatty
, p. 26 - Marketing: What's Hot, What's Not
David Owen
, pp. 26-29 - Washington: Minority Report
Norman J. Ornstein
, pp. 30-37 - Athens: Democracy Adrift
Fergus M. Bordewich
, pp. 38-45 - Christmas Books
John Harris
, pp. 46-48 - The Case Against Credentialism
James Fallows
, pp. 49-67 - Category Z
Lee K. Abbott
, pp. 68-69 - Execution
Edward Hirsch
, pp. 70-72 - Loop
Guy Billout
, p. 73 - "Burgers! Shakes!"
Philip Langdon
, pp. 74-77 - Egyptian Onions
Stephen Sandy
, pp. 78-89 - Rabbits
Brad Leithauser
, pp. 90-92 - Music: Melodic Trumpet
Michael Ullman
, pp. 93-95 - Food: History in the Making
Corby Kummer
, pp. 96-101 - Video: High-Tech TV
Peter W. Mitchell
, pp. 102-105 Books
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The Moral Equivalent of Defeat (2 Reviews) Chalmers Johnson
, pp. 106-111 The Rise of the Trading State, by Richard Rosecrance
- The Rise of the Trading State by Richard Rosecrance
- The Zero-Sum Solution by Lester Thurow
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The Last Word (Review) Peter Davison
, pp. 112-117 Alexander Pope: A Life, by Maynard Mack
- Alexander Pope: A Life by Maynard Mack
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Brief Reviews (8 Reviews) Phoebe-Lou Adams
, pp. 118-119 The Arctic World, by Fred Bruemmer
- The Arctic World by Fred Bruemmer
- The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes
- My Present Age by Guy Vanderhaeghe
- The Kingdom of the Wicked by Anthony Burgess
- Tell Them It Was Wonderful by Ludwig Bemelmans and Madeleine Bemelmans
- The Supreme Adventure of Inspector Lestrade by M.J. Trow
- The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station by Lorraine B. Diehl
- World's Fair by E.L. Doctorow
- Acrostic No. 5
Dorothy Osborne
, pp. 120-123 - The Puzzler
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
, pp. 124-126 - Cover illustration
James Marsh
