August 1982

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Articles
The Atlantic Puzzler
Economics: Producing Something From Nothing
The Eurocurrency system is a splendid construction: a ledger entry here, another there, and presto! Billions of dollars. But can it last in its present form?
Tegucigalpa: Honduras on the Edge
This poor country has escaped many of the problems of its neighbors ,but U.S. policies may be propelling it into the regional crisis
Argentina: The Falklands and Colonialism
Long before the war, the British role in the islands represented to Argentines the unfairness of the international order
The Politics of Crime
Why governments don’t do what they could to reduce violen crime
The Quality of the Instrument
Distances
Jungle
The Oxford Library of the World's Great Books
The Staunch Maid and the Extraterrestrial Trekkie: (Hommages À Julia Child)
Untitled
The Famous Poll at Jody's Bar
Stump Speech
Iq Testing and the Media
A psychologist argues that the press won’t report both sides of the IQ controversy
Love and Other Lessons
Rendezvous With Romania
Two Rock Revivals
A Dreamer, Not a Storyteller
A Study in Fear and Courage
Famous Last Words
The Diary of Virginia Woolf
To Absent Friends From Red Smith
The Red Smith Reader
Cordelia?
The Questionnaire
The Shabunin Affair
Standing Fast
Felice
The Atom Station
Adventures in Archaeology
