| LETTERS | 4 |
| The Seven Secrets of the Metroliner's Success | 7 |
| Shapiro, Walter | |
| MEMO OF THE MONTH | 16 |
| THE POLITICAL PUZZLE | 18 |
| Barclay, John | |
| What the FDA Won't Tell You About FDS | 19 |
| Page, Joseph A. | |
| TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES | 26 |
| Political Book Award | 28 |
| Halberstam, FitzGerald, Ellsberg: the Reporter, the Poetess, the Analyst | 29 |
| Branch, Taylor | |
| The Hidden Injuries of Class | 37 |
| Lessard, Suzannah | |
| Busting Our Mental Blocks About Foreign Aid | 43 |
| Fallows, James | |
| Realerpolitik: The Texts are Getting Better | 55 |
| Popovich, Luke | |
| Political Book Notes | 61 |
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