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October 12, 1989 Issue - 19 Articles-
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White Magic (Review) Rosemary Dinnage
, pp. 3-7 Persuasions of the Witch's Craft, by T.M. Luhrmann
- Persuasions of the Witch's Craft by T.M. Luhrmann
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Chaste Lovers (Review) Gabriele Annan
, pp. 8-10 Count d'Orgel's Ball, by Raymond Radiguet
- Count d'Orgel's Ball by Raymond Radiguet
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Making Way for Hitler (3 Reviews) Gordon A. Craig
, pp. 11-16 How War Came, by Donald Cameron Watt
- How War Came by Donald Cameron Watt
- Chamberlain and Roosevelt by William R. Rock
- Icebreaker by Viktor Suvorov
- After the Massacres
Simon Leys
, pp. 17-18 - Digging in a Footlocker
Walter McDonald
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Trickster Tales (7 Reviews) Darryl Pinckney
, pp. 20-24 The Terrible Twos, by Ishmael Reed
- The Terrible Twos by Ishmael Reed
- The Terrible Threes by Ishmael Reed
- The Free-Lance Pallbearers by Ishmael Reed
- Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed
- The Last Days of Louisiana Red by Ishmael Reed
- New and Collected Poems by Ishmael Reed
- Writin' Is Fightin' by Ishmael Reed
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In Bed with Social Science (Review) Diane Johnson
, pp. 25-27 Sex and Morality in the U.S., by Albert D. Klassen, Colin J. Williams, and Eugene E. Le...
- Sex and Morality in the U.S. by Albert D. Klassen, Colin J. Williams, and Eugene E. Levitt, ...
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The Prophet (Review) H.R. Trevor-Roper
, pp. 28-33 Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life, by William H. McNeill
- Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life by William H. McNeill
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Mr. Memory (Review) Garry Wills
, p. 34 The Bellarosa Connection, by Saul Bellow
- The Bellarosa Connection by Saul Bellow
- How to Kill Arms Control
Lord Zuckerman
, pp. 35-39 - Caesar at the Bastille
Jan Kott
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How the North Nearly Lost (4 Reviews) James M. McPherson
, pp. 43-45 Two Great Rebel Armies, by Richard M. McMurry
- Two Great Rebel Armies by Richard M. McMurry
- Stonewall Jackson by John Bowers
- The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan by Stephen W. Sears and George B. McClellan
- Fighting for the Confederacy by Gary W. Gallagher and Edward Porter Alexander #2, ...
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Her Majesty's Secret (Review) Peter Jenkins
, pp. 46-48 The Enchanted Glass, by Tom Nairn
- The Enchanted Glass by Tom Nairn
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Outside Baseball (7 Reviews) Wilfrid Sheed
, pp. 49-53 Summer of '49, by David Halberstam
- Summer of '49 by David Halberstam
- The Progress of the Seasons by George V. Higgins
- Necessities by Phillip M. Hoose
- Blackball Stars by John B. Holway
- Crash: The Life and Times of Dick Allen by Dick Allen and Tim Whitaker
- The Story of My Life by Hank Greenberg and Ira Berkow
- Out of the Blue by Orel Hershiser and Jerry B. Jenkins
- Should World Psychiatry Readmit the Soviets?
Peter Reddaway
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Who Killed George Polk? (Review) C.M. Woodhouse
, pp. 58-62 The Salonika Bay Murder, by Edmund Keeley
- The Salonika Bay Murder by Edmund Keeley
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Affirmative Action (7 Reviews) Andrew Hacker
, pp. 63-68 The New Look
- Eliminating Racism by Phyllis A. Katz and Dalmas A. Taylor
- Choosing a College by Thomas Sowell
- The Case Against the SAT by James Crouse and Dale Trusheim
- Blacks in College by Jacqueline Fleming
- A Common Destiny by Gerald David Jaynes and Robin M. Williams, Jr., ...
- Visions of a Better Way by Sara Lawrence Lightfoot
- Minorities in Higher Education by Reginald Wilson and Deborah J. Carter
- Letters
Charles L. Griswold, Jr., Denis Donoghue, and Donald Neff, ...
, pp. 69-72 - Cover Drawing detail
Edward Gorey