February 1979
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Articles
Washington: The "New Conservatives"
Quiet but effective, a powerful right-wing coalition has formed in the Senate.
The Joy of Renewing an Old Hostility
Wired City, u.s.a.: The Charms and Dangers of Two-Way Tv
“Touch in, please,” says the television set to residents of Columbus, Ohio, who have been participating in an experiment intended to revolutionize American television—two-way cable TV. It’s a two-edged sword.
Nicaragua: Universal Revolt
In Nicaragua , battered by warfare and economic disaster, support for President Anastasio Somoza is virtually nonexistent. But the forces allied against the dictator are by no means united among themselves.
The Trouble With Public Television
Public television offers itself as a window on high culture, but the view it affords is often narrow and timid, pretentious and solemn. How can the medium become more responsive to the creative minds it now excludes?
At the Anarchists' Convention
Probing the Mysteries of Sleep
Why do we sleep? Perchance to rest; but that is not the only reason. And why do we dream? Scientists the world over are searching for the answers to these questions, and for cures for the countless persons with sleep problems. Some of them may be on the verge of isolating the sleep-promoting factor in the human brain. Here is a progress report on inquiries into a subject dear to us all.
Sleep Clinic
Villager
Dale Carnegie on the Basketball Court: Bill Foster at Duke
He borrows upbeat slogans from Ramada Inns, reads the Harvard Business Review, talks to IBM executives, and follows the McDonald’s dictum, “Write everything down.” He is a college basketball coach, and his team is one of the nation’s best.
Alone Abroad: Soviet Artists in Exile
Many of today’s most distinguished Russian writers, painters, and sculptors have sought refuge in the West. Some live in isolation, others thrive in their new culture; but inwardly, all of them still dwell in their homeland.
Staley
Daughter
Sociology I
The Barge of Avon
Joseph Conrad: Problem Child
H. G. Wells on Joseph Conrad
The Diary of Virginia Woolf
The Pendragon
Boarding Party
The Wild Boy of Burundi
Cosima Wagner's Diaries
Birdy
The Gold of Tutankhamen
The Annotated Shakespeare
Himalayan Pilgrimage
The Atlantic Puzzler
