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January 19, 1963

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books

Our Invisible Poor

Dwight Macdonald

BOOKS review of Michael Harrington’s “The Other America.”

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profiles

A SCIENTIST'S ADVICE

Daniel Lang

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The Children Are Very Quiet When They Are Away

Maeve Brennan