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December 1, 1980

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The Impossible Profession—II

Part 2 of Janet Malcolm’s Profile of a Manhattan therapist as he reflects on what Freudian therapy can—and cannot—achieve.

Janet Malcolm, "The Impossible Profession" (Part II): psychoanalytic practice concluded, the talking cure assessed.

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1980: THE ELECTION

REPORTER AT LARGE about the last weeks of the Presidential campaign and the election of Ronald Reagan. Writer uses diary form, beginning with Wed., Oct. 15…

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