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November 27, 1976 Issue - 26 Articles- Editor's Page
N.C.
, p. 4 - Letters from Readers, pp. 5-6
The Great Vaccination Flap
- Meat Cleaver or Scalpel?
Richard Restak
, pp. 7-11 Has mass vacination been oversold?
- Tilting at Windmills
John Neary
, pp. 12-17 A government scientist battles the bureaucracy
- The Ultimate Flu Faccine
Jonas Salk
, pp. 18-19 Declaring war on all types of influenza
Books
- Vladimir Nabokov
George Feifer
, pp. 20-26 An Interview
- Art Books for Christmas Giving
John Canaday
, pp. 27-30 - On the Picturebook Scene---With Christmas in View
Margaret R. Weiss
, pp. 31-33 -
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Children's Books (41 Reviews) William Cole
, pp. 34-36 The Best of the Season
- As I Walked Out One Evening by Helen Plotz
- Gudgekin, the Thistle Girl, and Other Tales by John Gardner
- Street Games by Alan Milberg
- Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep by Jack Prelutsky
- A Very Young Dancer by Jill Krementz
- Arnold Roth's Crazy Book of Science by Arnold Roth
- The Kids' Money-Making Book by Jim Young and Jean Young
- A Farm by Lennart Rudstrom
- Underground by David Macaulay
- Bees Can't Fly, But They Do by David C. Knight
- World Within a World: Everglades by Ted Lewin
- The Bat by Nina Leen
- Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? by Jean Fritz
- You Think Just Because You're Big You'Re Right by Albert Cullum
- The Amazing Bone by William Steig
- Minnie Maloney and Macaroni by Mark Alan Stamaty
- The Bear and the Fly by Paula Winter
- Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel
- George and Martha Rise and Shine by James Marshall
- Mr. and Mrs. Pig's Evening Out by Mary Rayner
- I Know! A Riddle Book by Jane Sarnoff
- Billy Learns Karate by Bernard Wiseman
- Kickle Snifters and Other Fearsome Critters by Alvin Schwartz
- Merry Ever After by Joe Lasker
- Great Green Turkey Creek Monster by James Flora
- Horseshoe Harry and the Whale by Adele Louise De Leeuw
- My Teddy Bear by Chiyoko Nakatani
- You Can't Catch Me by Joan Kahn
- Eric Carle's Storybook by Eric Carle
- How to Turn Lemons Into Money by Louise Armstrong
- Ratsmagic by Christopher Logue
- The Wind in the Willows Coloring Book by Kenneth Grahame
- A Button in Her Ear by Ada B. Litchfield
- Sharks by Ann McGovern
- Djugurba: Tales from the Spirit Time by Bill M.J. Bunter
- A Foal Is Born by Hans-Heinrich Isenbart
- The Beaver: How He Works by Glen Rounds
- The Accident by Carol Carrick
- Squirrel's Song by Diane Wolkstein
- Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like by Jay Williams
- Jack Kent's Happy-Ever-After Book by Jack Kent
The Arts
- Artsletter
Roland Gelatt
, p. 37 - New (Mark II) Avery Fisher Hall, Mahler Marathon, Opera at the Met
Irving Kolodin
, pp. 38-39 -
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Blacklisting, Battling, and Bernhardt (5 Reviews) Judith Crist
, pp. 40-41 Hollywood on Trial (1976 Film), by David Helpern
- Hollywood on Trial (1976 Film) by David Helpern
- Rocky (1976 Film) by John G. Avildsen
- The Incredible Sarah (1976 Film) by Richard Fleischer
- Alex and the Gypsy (1976 Film) by John Korty
- Katie Tippel (1975 Film) by Paul Verhoeven
- Literary Crypt No. 72, p. 42
- On Eric Severeid and the Hounds of Gutenberg
Karl E. Meyer
, pp. 42-43 - Here, There, and Everywhere
Walter Terry
, pp. 44-45 - A Multinational Jamboree of Theatrical Trend Setters
Henry Popkin
, pp. 46-48 - A Seasoning of Cookbooks
Horace Sutton
, pp. 49-50 - Travel
Horace Sutton
, pp. 51-53 Revival on the Wabash
- The Pulse of the Sea
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
, pp. 54-55 - World Progress Report
Anthony Wolff
, p. 56 - Wit Twister No. 85, p. 56
- Diversions
Leo Rosten
, p. 57 - Curmudgeon-at-Large
Cleveland Amory
, p. 58 - Light Refractions
Thomas H. Middleton
, pp. 59-63 - Double-Crostic no. 112, pp. 64-66
- Cover photograph
R.T. Kahn