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May 1982

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	Illustration [Cover art] By Rick Meyerowitz SEE ALSO: Emigration and immigration PDF IMAGES
4-6	Letters/Department Letters On Clare Boothe Luce, from February 1982: Letter By Marilyn French On Is nature too good for us? It's not much of an environment if you can't get in, from March 1982: Letter By Harley Barnhart Letter By Stephen C. Norris On The secret lives of dentists, from March 1982: Letter By Donald J. Kennedy and D.D.S. Letter By D.D.S. and Montague A. Cashman Letter By Irving Kittay Letter By D.D.S. and H.R. “Pat” Yeary On The country cook, from March 1982: Note/correction On Waiting for Lenny, from March 1982: Letter By Mitchell Langbert Letter By Sandra Harris Sonntag On For immediate release, from March 1982: Letter By Edward L. Bernays Letter By Wadsworth Likely Letter By Marc S. Tucker On Jeweled monsters, from March 1982: Note/correction PDF IMAGES
8-12	The easy chair/Article Nuclear holocaust in perspective: There's more bad poetry than good policy in the antinuclear movement By Michael E. Kinsley SEE ALSO: Antinuclear movement; Schell, Jonathan; The fate of the Earth (Book) PDF IMAGES
11	Article Negligible literary anecdotes no. 3 By John Morressy SEE ALSO: Anecdotes; Cather, Willa PDF IMAGES
12-19	The fourth estate/Article Calamity Jane: The commander of the New York Times health elite orders constant vigilance against the enemies of the body By Art Levine SEE ALSO: Brody, Jane E.; Self-care, Health; Views on self-care, health—Humor PDF IMAGES
19-25	Washington/Article Propaganda warts: What the Voice of America makes of America By Tom Bethell SEE ALSO: Career in international broadcasting; International broadcasting; Management; Nicolaides, Phil; Press and politics; Radio in propaganda; Voice of America (Organization) PDF IMAGES
26-28	Letter from abroad/Article Don't be a Boer: Opposition to apartheid involves class snobbery as much as racial goodwill By Geoffrey Wheatcroft SEE ALSO: Apartheid; Gold mines and mining; South Africa; South African War, 1899-1902; Working class whites PDF IMAGES
29-36	Article Contra Reaganum By Nicholas Von Hoffman SEE ALSO: Career in politics; 1981-1989; Reagan, Ronald PDF IMAGES
37-45	Article Live six months with a millionaire: Projects, people, and places By C.V. (Cornelius Vanderbilt) Whitney SEE ALSO: Whitney, C.V. (Cornelius Vanderbilt); Career as millionaire; Millionaires PDF IMAGES
46-53	Article Soviet blitzkrieg: Who wins? An inspection tour of the European front By John Keegan SEE ALSO: Defenses; Lightning war; Military policy; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Nuclear weapons PDF IMAGES
54-57	Article Only cows were killed By Floyd C. Stuart SEE ALSO: Barns; Fires and fire prevention PDF IMAGES
58-65	Article Tales of the Vienna airport: The difference between a refugee from oppression and an illegal alien is . . . well, it's hard to say By Joseph Nocera SEE ALSO: Emigration and immigration; Emigration and immigration law; Immigrants; Israel; Jews, Soviet; Refugees, Jewish; Vienna (Austria) PDF IMAGES
66-71	Books/Review Braudel's magic lantern: The life's work of the historian who rediscovered everyday life By Richard Holmes SEE ALSO: Annales school; Braudel, Fernand; The structures of everyday life (Book) PDF IMAGES
71-77	Article Writes of passage: The letter of recommendation as a social force and literary genre By Jeffrey Burke SEE ALSO: Employment references PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department Multiple choice By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES