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March 1991 Issue - 20 Articles- Letters, pp. 2-5
- Tilting at Windmills
Charles Peters
, pp. 6-10 The chemical-biological-pacifist complex... collegiate con men... five-star foxholes......
- General Failure
Scott Shuger
, pp. 11-18 What the press doesn't tell you about America's military leaders.
- Who's Who, p. 19
- Tidbits and Outrages, p. 20
Fine-Tuning the Free Market
- Stock Buybacks: The Corporate Con You're Still Falling For
Mark Fischetti
, pp. 21-25 Instead of putting capital into new plants and improved products, America's CEOs had a ...
- Beyond Beauty Schools
Katherine Boo
, pp. 26-31 There are lots of things the government should train the poor to do. Sculpting nails is...
- Kicking the Oil Habit
Peter Gray
, pp. 32-35 How to get alternative fuel cars on the road. Lots of them. Right now.
- Trivia Pursuit
David P. Hamilton
, pp. 36-42 Too much of America's research money goes to studies nobody wants to read.
- The Senate's Lame Doves
James Bennet
, pp. 43-45 Why they failed to stop the war.
- Monthly Journalism Award, pp. 46-47
- POLITICAL BOOK AWARD, p. 48
On Political Books
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Class Can't Be Dismissed (Review) James Fallows
, pp. 49-50 Before we can solve class problems, we have to recognize they exist.
- The Imperial Middle by Benjamin DeMott
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Days of Whine and Poses (Review) Steven Waldman
, pp. 51-53 John Tower's lament--and what it misses.
- Consequences by John G. Tower
- Political Puzzle, p. 54
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Productivity with a Human Face (3 Reviews) Michael Maccoby
, pp. 55-56 Long practiced in Japan, the management ideas of Edward Deming are finally starting to ...
- Man Who Discovered Quality by Andrea Gabor
- Deming Management at Work by Mary Walton
- Dr. Deming by Rafael Aguayo
- Memo of the Month, p. 57
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Political Booknotes (3 Reviews) , p. 58 -
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Review The Big Three, by Robin Edmonds (Review) Michael R. Beschloss
, p. 58 - The Big Three by Robin Edmonds
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2 Reviews The End of Laissez-Faire, by Robert Kuttner (2 Reviews) Jonathan Rauch
, p. 59 - The End of Laissez-Faire by Robert Kuttner
- Quicksilver Capital by Richard B. McKenzie and Dwight R. Lee
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2 Reviews The New York Times Book of Science Literacy, b... (2 Reviews) Gregg Easterbrook
, pp. 60-62 - The New York Times Book of Science Literacy by Richard Flaste
- Science Matters by Robert M. Hazen and James Trefil