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September 1988 Issue - 19 Articles- Letters, pp. 1-5
- Tilting at Windmills
Charles Peters
, pp. 6-10 1,953 meals on Air Force One.... what John Lehman did right... Cory Aquino's unused bil...
- The Big Sleazy: Love Canal Ten Years Later
Andrew Danzo
, pp. 11-16 For the residents of Love Canal, it was bad enough dealing with 21,800 tons of toxic oo...
- Monthly Journalism Award, p. 17
- Tidbits and Outrages, p. 18
- Flint's Fight to the Finish
Roger Kerson
, pp. 19-25 GM was trying to KO Honda and Toyota. It wound up in a courtroom with Flint and Saginaw.
- Memo of the Month, p. 26
- The African Killing Fields
Robert D. Kaplan
, pp. 27-36 You heard all about the Ethiopian famine. Here's the story that President Reagan, relie...
- Who's Who, p. 37
- Why Political Cartoonists Sell Out
Lee Judge and Richard Samuel West
, pp. 38-42 In the race for national fame, they ignore what matters at home.
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The Committee That Couldn't Shoot Straight (Review) Steven Waldman
, pp. 43-49 The Iran-contra committee preened before the television lights, dished out immunity, le...
- Men of Zeal by William S. Cohen and George J. Mitchell
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South Toward Home (Review) Anna Quindlen
, pp. 50-53 When southern writers flipped through family photo albums, it was like seeing race, cla...
- A World Unsuspected by Alex Harris
- Political Puzzle, p. 54
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Political Booknotes (5 Reviews) , pp. 55-56 -
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Review Why Presidents Succeed, by Dean Keith Simonton (Review) Ross K. Baker
, pp. 55-56 - Why Presidents Succeed by Dean Keith Simonton
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Review Going Downtown, by Jack Broughton (Review) John Damrosch
, p. 57 - Going Downtown by Jack Broughton
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Review The Trusteeship Presidency, by Charles O. Jones (Review) Norman Ornstein
, p. 57 - The Trusteeship Presidency by Charles O. Jones
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Review Bifurcated Politics, by Byron E. Shafer (Review) Thomas Byrne Edsall
, p. 58 - Bifurcated Politics by Byron E. Shafer
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Review Leadership in the Modern Presidency, by Fred I... (Review) James David Barber
, pp. 59-62 - Leadership in the Modern Presidency by Fred I. Greenstein
- Cover drawing
R.J. Matson