February 1989
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Articles
The February Almanac
Notes: Freezer Birds
Italy: A Disturbing Echo
Anti-Semitism, fifty years after Mussolini’s infamous racial laws took effect, is an issue again
Venezuela: The Next Liberator?
The Pérez approach to Latin debt worries U.S. bankers
Is the Deficit Really So Bad?
None of the bad things the deficit was supposed to cause has happened yet, which raises a question:
Contributors
Poetry Out Loud
“Heard melodies are sweet , ”Keats said. Not only that—they are a great way to be surprised by meaning
Making Neighborhoods Safe
Sometimes “fixing broken windows" does more to reduce crime than conventional “incident-oriented" policing
Saving Memory
Two Kinds
A short story
Reagan's Gift
Interviews with well over a hundred senators ,congressmen ,former high government officials ,and leading opinion-makers in security policy suggest that George Bush should move early in his term to complete a strategic-armsredaction treaty with the Soviet Union
Where the Boys Are
Proportion of the 18-to-44 age group that is male ,by county
Gay History
The Nelson Touch
Churchill's Black Dog, Kafka's Mice, and Other Phenomena of the Human Mind
Utz
This Boy's Life: A Memoir
The Painted Cat
The French Revolution
Passion and Prejudice
Courbet Reconsidered
Acrostic No. 43
The Puzzler
