February 1984

In This Issue
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Articles
Freud and the Seduction Theory
A challenge to the foundations of psychoanalysis
Arts of the Indian Americas
The Great Cat Massacre
A Choice of Enemies
The Salt Line
The Journeyer
All Under Heaven: The Chinese World
Expressionists and Expressionism
Codex Seraphinianus
The Look of Buster Keaton
The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
Life & Times of Michael K
The Atlantic Puzzler
Thirteen of the clue answers give their hearts (i.e., single central letters) to the shaded area in the heart of the diagram. To determine what the heart says, enter these thirteen letters left to right and top to bottom in the order in which their clues are given. The heartless entries that remain and all other clue answers may be entered normally. Answers include nine proper nouns.
Washington: See if Anybody Salutes
Public Health: Misfortune's Catalogue
“There shall no evil happen unto thee: neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. ”
Latin America: A Media Stereotype
Intellectuals who advocate a “Cuban” solution for the countries of Latin America employ a double standard
Thailand: The Gulf Pirates
The boat people face robbery, abduction, and rape at the hands of the Thai pirates
Mother Ruin
Ronald Reagan and the Techniques of Deception
The President, a skeptical journalist argues, has exploited his theatrical background and a timid media to present a false picture of himself and his policies
Earthquake
The Piano Tuner
Grenada Before and After
The domestic and international problems of a government trying to carry out the first socialist revolution based on tourism
How to Evict Your Landlord
A Winter's Tale
A Dictionary of Destruction
The London Literature Market
The British literary establishment has adopted American marketing techniques but has ignored American fiction
The Failure of Economic Management
