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December 26, 1970

The New Yorker cover for December 26, 1970

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The Human Sound: Popular Singer

Whitney Balliett

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If The President's Half-Hour Press Conference Had Been Allowed To Go Beyond Half An Hour

James Stevenson

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The Pen Is Mightier-And Also Pricier

S. J. Perelman