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1945

January	Selected Articles The cross and the sword: A Catholic view of Argentine nationalism By George Doherty The far shore: The Navy at “Omaha” and “Utah” By Max Miller Fiction The singing lesson By Jessamyn West Poetry Jest after Christmas By Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce) Adams Winter weather note By Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce) Adams
February	Selected Articles Shall we guarantee full employment? By Stanley Lebergott That export boom may cost us another war By John Atlee Kouwenhoven and Bernard Babington Smith Fiction Fairy tale? By Jacob Grimm The war party: A story from the life By Alice Lee Marriott Poetry The preacher: Ruminates behind the sermon By Gwendolyn Brooks Southeast corner By Gwendolyn Brooks
March	Selected Articles Conscription for peacetime? By Hanson Weightman Baldwin The future of the Pacific Coast: I. California's prospects By C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley) Grattan Fiction In the end, I will know you . . . By Ann Chidester Requiem By Erin Jolly
April	Selected Articles The veterans' runaround By Charles G. (Charles Guy) Bolté What's the matter with the family? By Margaret Mead Fiction In a military manner By Samuel Elkin The sin By Leonard Wallace Robinson Poetry The sirens By J.S. (John Streeter) Manifold The gardens of the muses By Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce) Adams
May	Selected Articles The Army takes over By John Fischer Iwo Jima before H-hour By John P. (John Phillips) Marquand Fiction All the wet animals By Max Steele After dark By Evan Coombes Poetry The threshold By Don Gordon
June	Selected Articles Full employment through the wringer By C. Hartley (Clinton Hartley) Grattan What not to do with Japan By Willis C. (Willis Church) Lamott Fiction Hear the nightingale sing By Caroline Gordon Between the porch and the altar By Jean Stafford Poetry Bloody ridge—Guadalcanal By Raymond Henri
July	Selected Articles Detroit's armed camps: The collapse of industrial discipline By Earl Brown San Francisco retrospect By Frederick Lewis Allen Fiction Sister Malone and the obstinate man By Rumer Godden Miss Percy's war By Neal Gilkyson Poetry Souvenir (Jap flag) By Raymond Henri What word for spring? By Sylvia Stallings
August	Selected Articles Winds that blow straight up By Wolfgang Langewiesche What's happening to the timber By Roy A.H. Thompson Fiction Lunch at Honolulu By John P. (John Phillips) Marquand Madame Rosette By Roald Dahl Poetry The romantic By Don Gordon Toxicum on Route 2 By Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce) Adams
September	Selected Articles Our worst wartime mistake By Eugene V. (Eugene Victor) Rostow The good societies: A guide to good will By Frank Sullivan Fiction Rulers' morning By Joseph George Hitrec Rank By Asher Gerecht Poetry Forever strange By John Williams Andrews
October	Selected Articles Status quo or pioneer? The fate of American science By Harlow Shapley Tito: A portrait from life By Temple Fielding Fiction Repent in haste: A short novel in two parts (part I) By John P. (John Phillips) Marquand He flew into sunlight By Sally Carrighar Poetry Plea for a prescription By M.F.K. (Mary Frances Kennedy) Fisher Headquarters soldier By H. Lee Sutton
November	Selected Articles How fast can we fly? By Wolfgang Langewiesche The little woman By I.A.R. (Ida Alexa Ross) Wylie Fiction Repent in haste: A short novel in two parts (part II) By John P. (John Phillips) Marquand Poetry The killer too By Wilfrid Wilson Gibson Second choice By Martha Keller
December	Selected Articles Truman: A little west of center By John Fischer Fiction You know how it is By Saul Levitt Two on Kumaon By Joseph George Hitrec Poetry The controlled By Inez Shell From a park bench By Ben Ray Redman

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