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Agenda

Railroading the cities

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Running with the Also-rans

A true believer stumbles, grumbles, and dodges manhole covers on the campaign trail

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Who’s who in gurus

An essential guide for the impending 1970s revival

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Ruling the world of money

"I have no use for politicians," says Fritz Leutwiler, head of the Bank for International Settlements. "They lack the judgment of central bankers"

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Second thoughts about the third world

Poverty isn't the problem. Creating wealth is

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Politics

Begin from the beginning

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The shadow of the mole

Two superpowers, three master spies, four false defectors, five schools of mole lore, and seven types of ambiguity

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The life of Kennedy’s death

How the mythology of JFK's assassination sustains the mythology of his career

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Dreams

Remembering the future

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Beep, beep, you’re dead

Combat training with lasers and C-rations in the Mojave

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The poet as insurance man

Wallace Stevens as seen by his colleagues and friends

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Reagan’s manifest destiny

The president is playing dominoes in Latin America and losing

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Numbers

Adventures in the loan trade

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Bosses

Cautionary tales for the modern employee

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December 1983

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