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August 6, 1979 Issue - 16 Articles- The Talk of the Town, pp. 23-27
- "Be Careful"
Garrison Keillor
, pp. 28-29 - "Four Poems"
William Logan
, pp. 30-31 - "Lost Luggage"
Alice Adams
, pp. 32-36 - Reflections (The World of the Scientist---Part I)
Freeman Dyson
, pp. 37-41 - "Oyster Cove"
Stephen Sandy
, pp. 42-63 -
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The Current Cinema (2 Reviews) Veronica Geng
, pp. 64-65 As Long As It Works
- Why Not! (1977 Film) by Coline Serreau
- Breaking Away (1979 Film) by Peter Yates
- Musical Events
Andrew Porter
, pp. 66-68 - "For the Waitress Bringing Water"
Anthony Lombardy
, p. 69 - Photography
Janet Malcolm
, pp. 70-80 - Dancing
Arlene Croce
, pp. 81-88 - Affairs of State
Richard Rovere
, pp. 89-91 Books: Briefly Described
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Fiction (2 Reviews) , p. 92 - Private Lies by M.K. Cooper
- African Trio by Georges Simenon
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General Decadence: The Strange Life of an Epithet, by ... (4 Reviews) , pp. 92-93 - Decadence: The Strange Life of an Epithet by Richard Gilman
- The Queen's Corsair, 1577-80 by Alexander McKee
- Early Stages: Scenes from a Life by Anne Jackson
- The Newspaper: An International History by Anthony Smith
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Mystery and Crime Death in the Morning, by Sheila Radley (3 Reviews) , pp. 94-98 - Death in the Morning by Sheila Radley
- Estate of Grace by James Powers
- In at the Kill by E.X. Ferrars
- Cover
Jenni Oliver
