March 1973
In This Issue
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Articles
Translations From the American
Manos Karastefanis
The Peripatetic Reviewer
Do You Hear Them?
The Wild Hunt
A Computer Perspective
The Devil Tree
A Closer Look at Ariel: A Memory of Sylvia Plath
A Childhood in Prison
N. C. Wyeth
American Mischief
The Dark Fields of Venus
Managers and Magic
Smokescreen
Amnesty of John David Herndon
The Family Cookbook: French
Crossing Over and Other Tales
The Retreat of American Power
Liberia
Innocent Bystander: I'll Never Go There Anymore
Where to Find the Atlantic on the Other Side of the Atlantic
Do Schools Make a Difference?
Since the days of Thomas Jefferson, we have believed that education is a means of achieving equality in our society. But in the last few years, social science has brought that assumption into question. The battle now rages; controversy surrounds the participants—Jencks, Moynihan, Coleman, Pettigrew, Jensen, Herrnstein, Armor; and where it all will end matters not just to the experts, but to all of us.
The Editor's Page
The Last Laugh
In Retirement
Mehitabel and the Lazy Layabout Cats
The mouse infestation of Warrington, England, has risen 33 percent—and much of the blame is due to the family cat, who is a pampered layabout, overfed with luxury meals from a can.
Children in the Field
“The children, so young and constant, would have the effect of confronting the soldiers with themselves.”
The Making of Gone With the Wind: Part Ii
From the casting of Scarlett O’Hara to Rhett Butler’s “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn,” all of David Selznick’s actions were based on the idea that any methods were justified to make GWTW come out the way he wanted. Herewith the rest of the story of the filming of a classic, together with some second thoughts about the movie by five contemporary American film critics.
Washington
Socialism in China
On the theory and practice of promising no more than you deliver.
Lucy & Minnie
If It Is Not True, It Is Well Imagined
Paleface Takeover
