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Keeping up with the gerbils
Rules and regulations
A story of baseball and bureaucracy
How Congress causes inflation
Proud fatalism and preventable death
Without taxes or synthetic fuel
Optimism and inertia at Three Mile Island
The shah’s receiving line in Washington
World War II in black and white
Certain matters relating to T. Bertram Lance and various financial institutions
Human actions wisely undertaken
The trade-off between method and motive
Life, liberty, and a balanced budget
Bringing mixed motives to bed
The Carnegie Broadcasting System
A glossary of scientific terms
A song celestial for rock band and sitar
Civil defense is back
Has American research lost its vigor?
How the government rids itself of troublemakers
The death of a mailman
Pronunciation for diplomats
At the frontiers of modern life
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