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| Letters | 4 |
| Tilting at Windmills | 5 |
| the political puzzle | 9 |
| Barclay, John | |
| Surprise: ThepPropertyTax Could Be Good ForYou | 10 |
| Nocera, Joseph | |
| Memo of the Month | 18 |
| Thinking Like a Captain: How to Make General | 20 |
| Lemann, Nicholas | |
| Tidbits and Outrages | 29 |
| Were to Stay in Washington | 30 |
| Merrill, Jill | |
| Thinking Like a Doctor: Why They Charge So Much | 32 |
| Lee, Thomas H. | |
| Who's Who in the Carter Administration | 42 |
| Life Without Badges: The Cost of Cover in the CIA | 44 |
| Smith, Joseph Burkholder | |
| Riclad Reeves on Political Books | 49 |
| political book notes | 57 |
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