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...With her sensitivity, her thirst for detail, and above all, her sincerity, Lorena Hickok succeeded in finding what radical social theorists have merely postulated to exist--that among us which is human. In taking to the home' of America, and then, reporting what she felt, Lorena Hickok avoided the flaw that undermined other 1930's writers, from John Steinbeck to Malcolm Cowley. No golden mountains, no grapes of wrath, no morality play--she gives us a vision of the America that peers out from that frail cover-girl's eyes. It's an image as haunting as it is compelling...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: Tales of Distress | 4/28/1982 | See Source »

...blanket rejection of the President's whole package of educational reforms by suggesting what it really is: a series of measures that would effectively restrict access anew by ignoring racial and economic barriers. The issue of affirmative action cannot be divorced from that of the aid cuts. The flaw in Dean Rosovsky's report is that it tries to suggest such a distinction where none exists...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: An Equivocal Statement | 4/17/1982 | See Source »

...officials in charge of running the election never of- the threshold requirement seems another flaw that helped divide the council's opposition. accounts of election officials who gave voters resituated accounts of the turnout to date--in is to away apathetic undergraduates to vote--also...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Perverted Process | 3/24/1982 | See Source »

...triennially "good" and that it prized democracy more than other nations. Yet his analysis unmistakably leads one to the conclusion that America is inherently "evil"; by trying to show that the United States is no better than its adversaries, Chomsky actually make it look worse. This tragic flaw greatly weakens what is otherwise often a painfully accurate picture of the misuse of American might...

Author: By Antony J. Blinken, | Title: Blinded by the Light | 3/6/1982 | See Source »

...book's most frustrating flaw, however, lies less in its jargon than in its unfulfilled promise. Certain sections--a description of the war records are produced, a discussion of the music press--are genuinely compelling and informative...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: Twist and Shout | 3/3/1982 | See Source »

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