January 1986
In This Issue
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Articles
‘Ideas Move Nations’
How conservative think tanks have helped to transform the terms of political debate
The Puzzler
Notes: The Right Wrong Stuff
The Hague: Hostage Aftermath
Now in its fifth year of operation, the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal appears to be working
Chicago: Bad Press
How politicians use newspapers and newspapers use politicians
Public Health: A Measure of Failure
Budget cuts do not fully explain why infant mortality is falling so slovely in the United States. Access to prenatal care has never been sufficient
Gather Round, Collegians
Coping With Cocaine
Cocaine is highly addictive, highly toxic, and increasingly abundant. We are fighting cocaine abuse the wrong way.
A Walk Before Breakfast
Men Under Water
God's Hand in the World
Ballad of the Washed Hair
Henry James at the Pacific
Contributors
Fanny Brice and Florenz Ziegfeld
More Unfinished Schubert
Lovable Software
Court Tennis
Preacher of Paradox
Coxey's Army: An American Odyssey
To a Violent Grave: An Oral Biography of Jackson Pollock
Undersea Life
Benchley at the Theatre
The Audubon Society Book of Wild Cats
Dateline: Toronto
Atlas of the Bible
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