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Filed under: The Squib Report Tagged: Calvin Trillin, Elizabeth Drew, Ellen Willis, newsbreaks, Penelope Gilliatt, politics, Roger Angell, Saul Steinberg, sports, Woody Allen

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ANSWERS TO HARD QUESTIONS 1/21 71; 2/18 91
ANTICLIMAX DEPARTMENT 2/4/46
CLEAR DAYS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 3/4 94
CLEAR DAYS IN SACRAMENTO 1/14 94
DEPT. OF UNDERSTATEMENT 2/11 68
DEPT. OF UTTER CONFUSION 3/11 130
FULLER EXPLANATION DEPT. 2/25 108
HOW'S THAT AGAIN? DEPARTMENT 3/11 111
MOST FASCINATING NEWS STORY OF THE WEEK, WITH JUST A TOUCH OF PATHOS 3/25 132
OUR OWN BUSINESS DIRECTORY 2/25 99; 3/18 138
REMARKS WE DOUBT EVER GOT FIZZED, EXPLODED, GRUMPED, CROAKED, OR SPAT 3/4 70
SECRECY IN AMERICA 2/25 116
SOCIAL NOTES FROM ALL OVER 1/21 60; 3/11 105
THE BUREAUCRATIC MIND AT WORK 2/4 106
THE CLOUDED CRYSTAL BALL 3/4 79
THE GOOD OLD DAYS 1/7 62, 3/25 124
THE MYSTERIOUS MIDDLE WEST 1/7 51
THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND 3/4 66
UH HUH DEPARTMENT 1/14 66
WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE DEPT. 3/11 124; 3/25 76

Notes:

Calvin Trillin article on Garrison, NY; my brother used to live there!
Penelope Gilliatt profile of Woody Allen; definitely one of those "even more interesting in hindsight" pieces, wincha think?
Roger Angell article about Super Bowl VIII presented in a sardonic way that would not be possible today; accompanied by a drab Steinberg of a football player with Mickey Mouse for a head; nice.
Elizabeth Drew two-part report on Watergate actual diary entries rather than regular reporting; these were among her first dispatches; swell.
Ellen Willis pops up a few times doing rock reviews; love that!

—Martin Schneider

3 comments

Comments

1/21 71 = page 71 of the January 21 1974 edition? or what?

Seth RobertsMay 26, 2007

Seth: That is a solid working hypothesis.

MartinMay 29, 2007

Martin works in mysterious ways, but they're clever ones.

EmdashesMay 30, 2007

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