Subject Index

Economic and Political Weekly

INDEX
Vol .VIII, Nos. 1-52 January-December 1973

Ed = Editorials

MMR = Money Market Review

F = Feature

RA= Review Article

SA = Special Article D = Discussion SS = Special Statistics LE = Letters to Editor
CL = Civil Liberties C = Commentary P = Perspectives BR = Book Review

SUBJECT INDEX

AGRARIAN RELATIONS
ACCIDENTS

Gentlemen Killers of Kilvenmani (C) Issue no: 21, May 26-Jun 01, p.926
Distribution of Commisseration (Ed) Issue no: 23, Jun 09-15, p.1006

Sharpening Conflict (Ed)

ACCOUNTANTS

Issue no: 46, Nov 17-23, p.2034
Watch-Dogs Grown Fat and Slow ; R S

Ganapathy (C) Issue no: 48, Dec 01-07, p.2125

When Thieves Fall Out

(C)

Issue no: 28, Jul 14-20, p.1222

ACCOUNTING
AGRICULTURAL ADMINISTRATION

Wot, No Records-of-Rights! (Ed) Issue no: 11, Mar 17-23, p.531
Watch-Dogs Grown Fat and Slow ; R S Ganapathy (C) Issue no: 48, Dec 01-07, p.2125

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS

One Way Flow of Funds (Ed) Issue no: 40, Oct 06-12, p.1796
So Sane, So Rational (OP)
Issue no: 17, Apr 28-May 04, p.791

ADVERTISING

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

A Rational System of Recruitment and Promotion for Scientific Personnel; K R Bhattacharya (SA)
Gilt of New Technology Wearing Off (C) Issue no: 18, May 05-11, p.823

Issue no: 01, Jan 06-12, p.31

Government May Propose, but... (C)

Issue no: 23, Jun 09-15, p.1016

AFGHANISTAN

More than a Palace Coup? (Ed) Issue no: 29, Jul 21-27, p.1262

AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Calcutta Diary

(F)

Issue no: 07, Feb 17-23, p.372
Pakhtunistan: A Ghost Resurrected;

Mohammed Ayoob (C)

Developing the Desert (C)

Issue no: 39, Sep 29-Oct 05, p.1758

Issue no: 25, Jun 23-29, p.1100

AFRICA

Development of Agriculture; Harish Chandola (C) Issue no: 14, Apr 07-13, p.665
End of a Revolutionary (C) Issue no: 13, Mar 31-Apr 06, p.629

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AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Elite Farmer Strategy and Regional Disparities in the Agricultural
Marginalist Explanation for More Intense Labour Input in Smaller Farms: Empirical Verification; Ashok Rudra and Bela Bandopadhyaya (SA)
Development of Pakistan ; Hamza Alavi
(RA) Issue no: 13, Mar 31-Apr 06, p.A31
Issue no: 22, Jun 02-08, p.989 Minimum Wages for Agricultural Labour
(C) Issue no: 39, Sep 29-Oct 05, p.1752
Variations in Economic Behaviour and the Green Revolution: An Anthropological Perspective; Barry H Michie (RA) Issue no: 26, Jun 30-Jul 06, p.A67
Rediscovery of Surplus Labour; S V

Sethuraman (LE) Issue no: 35, Sep 01-07, p.1585

AGRICULTURAL INCOME

Partial Integration (Ed) Issue no: 09, Mar 03-09, p.456
Seasonality of Employment in Agriculture;

Ashok Rudra and Ramdev Bisvas (RA) Issue no: 39, Sep 29-Oct 05, p.A91
Partial Integration of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Incomes: A Comment
(SA)
Terrorising the Adivasis (Ed)

Issue no: 34, Aug 25-31, p.1525
Issue no: 29, Jul 21-27, p.1298 Partial Integration of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Incomes: A Suggestion; Ahmad Raza (SA)
Wage Rates of Agricultural Labourers in Kerala; A V Jose (F) Issue no: 04-06, Jan 27-Feb 16, p.281
Issue no: 24, Jun 16-22, p.1082

AGRICULTURAL PLANNING AND POLICY

Econometricians Meet (C)
Taxation of Agricultural Wealth and Income: A Note on the Raj Committee's Report; E T Mathew (SA)
Issue no: 01, Jan 06-12, p.14
Issue no: 18, May 05-11, p.842
High-Powered Promotion (Ed)

Issue no: 15, Apr 14-20, p.690

AGRICULTURAL LABOUR

Agricultural Underemployment in Rajasthan
; Kanta Ahuja (RA) Issue no: 39, Sep 29-Oct 05, p.A101
Irrelevance of Models and Systems (C) Issue no: 48, Dec 01-07, p.2127

Lessons of Common Agricultural Policy
(C) Issue no: 21, May 26-Jun 01, p.931
Arithmetic of Rural Poverty ; HD (C) Issue no: 50, Dec 15-21, p.2208

Direct Estimation of Surplus Labour in Agriculture; Ashok Rudra (F) Issue no: 04-06, Jan 27-Feb 16, p.277

AGRICULTURAL PRICES

Impervious to Higher Output (Ed) Issue no: 47, Nov 24-30, p.2072

Emerging Farmer-Labour Relations in Kuttanad; K C Alexander (SA) Issue no: 34, Aug 25-31, p.1551
Wheat Price Movements: An Analysis ; N Krishnaji (RA) Issue no: 26, Jun 30-Jul 06, p.A42

Factors Affecting Wage Rates for Agricultural Labour; Kalpana Bardhan
(RA)

AGRICULTURAL PRICES COMMISSION

Abdication of Responsibility (RA) Issue no: 26, Jun 30-Jul 06, p.A41
Issue no: 26, Jun 30-Jul 06, p.A56
Impervious to Higher Output (Ed) Issue no: 47, Nov 24-30, p.2072

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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

All for the Plan (Ed)

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

Abdication of Responsibility (RA)

Issue no: 47, Nov 24-30, p.2073

Cost of Food Muddle (C) Issue no: 03, Jan 20-26, p.96
Accent on Incentives (Ed) Issue no: 20, May 19-25, p.888

End of Heroics (Ed) Issue no: 03, Jan 20-26, p.85
Advance in Dry Farming (Ed) Issue no: 02, Jan 13-19, p.74

Failure of Crash Plan (Ed) Issue no: 07, Feb 17-23, p.366
Agricultural Servitude in Bengal Presidency around 1800; Hiranmay Dhar
(SA)

Gloating in Haste (Ed)

Issue no: 30, Jul 28-Aug 03, p.1349

Issue no: 50, Dec 15-21, p.2197
Agricultural Underemployment in Rajasthan
; Kanta Ahuja (RA) Issue no: 39, Sep 29-Oct 05, p.A101
Mode of Production in Indian Agriculture: A Comment; Jairus Banaji (SA) Issue no: 14, Apr 07-13, p.679
All for the Plan (Ed)

Perverse Priorities (RA)

Issue no: 47, Nov 24-30, p.2073

Issue no: 52, Dec 29-Jan 04, p.A117
Backwash of Green Revolution (C)

Issue no: 34, Aug 25-31, p.1547

Regional Imbalances in Foodgrains

Production in Last Decade: Some Preliminary Results; V S Vyas (RA) Issue no: 52, Dec 29-Jan 04, p.A151
Calculation of Efficiency Indices of Farmers: A Numerical Exercise; Ashok Kumar Hati and Ashok Rudra (RA)

Issue no: 13, Mar 31-Apr 06, p.A17

Twice Blessed Bagaitdars (Ed)

Issue no: 19, May 12-18, p.852
Droplets of 'Socialism' and a Flood of Traditionalism (C) Issue no: 16, Apr 21-27, p.740
Vagaries of Soviet Wheat Production; R G Gidadhubli (SA) Issue no: 51, Dec 22-28, p.2269
Economic Effects of Tenancy: Some Negative Results; Aparajita Chakravarty and Ashok Rudra (SA)

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Methodology for Agricultural Commodity Projections; R Thamarajakshi (BR) Issue no: 47, Nov 24-30, p.2093
Issue no: 28, Jul 14-20, p.1239 Factors Affecting Wage Rates for Agricultural Labour; Kalpana Bardhan
(RA)

AGRICULTURAL REFORMS

Long Haul to Agrarian Reform; Salil Sanyal
(C)

Issue no: 50, Dec 15-21, p.2211

Famine Conditions in Maharashtra: A Survey of Sakri Taluka; Sharad Patil (C) Issue no: 30, Jul 28-Aug 03, p.1316

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

Developing the Desert (C) Issue no: 25, Jun 23-29, p.1100
The Farm and the Farm Family; N S Jodha
(BR) Issue no: 20, May 19-25, p.901
The Indian Agricultural Research System; Rakesh Mohan, D Jha and Robert Evenson
(RA) Issue no: 13, Mar 31-Apr 06, p.A21
Gilt of New Technology Wearing Off (C)

Issue no: 18, May 05-11, p.823
Irrelevance of Models and Systems (C)

Issue no: 48, Dec 01-07, p.2127

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AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

Government May Propose, but... (C) Issue no: 23, Jun 09-15, p.1016
On Cobb-Douglas and Related Myths; Jock R Anderson and N S Jodha (RA) Issue no: 26, Jun 30-Jul 06, p.A65

Guns for Green Revolution (Ed) Issue no: 41, Oct 13-19, p.1838
On the Essence and Manifestation of Capitalism in Indian Agriculture; Ranjit Sau (RA)
Guns for the Green Revolution; SB (LE) Issue no: 45, Nov 10-16, p.1987
Issue no: 13, Mar 31-Apr 06, p.A27 One Way Flow of Funds (Ed) Issue no: 40, Oct 06-12, p.1796
How Green Is the Indian Green Revolution?; Wolf Ladejinsky (RA) Issue no: 52, Dec 29-Jan 04, p.A133
Organising the Peasants in a UP Village

(C)
The Indian Agricultural Research System; Rakesh Mohan, D Jha and Robert Evenson
(RA)
Issue no: 36, Sep 08-14, p.1629 Political Economy of Indian Agriculture: What Is It All About?; Ranjit Sau (SA)
Issue no: 13, Mar 31-Apr 06, p.A21 Is the Procurement Price Too Low? (C) Issue no: 23, Jun 09-15, p.1011
Issue no: 20, May 19-25, p.911 Seasonality of Employment in Agriculture; Ashok Rudra and Ramdev Bisvas (RA) Issue no: 39, Sep 29-Oct 05, p.A91
(C)
Issue no: 50, Dec 15-21, p.2211
Small Farmers Development Programme: A Note; H Laxminarayan (SA) Issue no: 17, Apr 28-May 04, p.806
Marginalist Explanation for More Intense Labour Input in Smaller Farms: Empirical Verification; Ashok Rudra and Bela Bandopadhyaya (SA) Issue no: 22, Jun 02-08, p.989
Struggles without Programme; H D (BR) Issue no: 35, Sep 01-07, p.1599

Marketing Behaviour of Big, Medium and Small Farmers; Ashok Rudra and Madan Mohan Mukhopadhyay (SA)
Studied Topsyturviness (Ed) Issue no: 19, May 12-18, p.849

Issue no: 27, Jul 07-13, p.1199
Take-Over of Foodgrain Trade: An

Alternative Institutional Framework (C)
A Matter of Allocation; N S Jodha
(BR) Issue no: 23, Jun 09-15, p.1022
Issue no: 27, Jul 07-13, p.1181 To Each His Own Seed? (Ed) Issue no: 44, Nov 03-09, p.1941
Variations in Agricultural Wages: A Note;

Pranab K Bardhan (SA)
Minimum Wages for Agricultural Labour
(C)
Issue no: 21, May 26-Jun 01, p.947
Variations in Economic Behaviour and the

Green Revolution: An Anthropological Perspective; Barry H Michie (RA) Issue no: 26, Jun 30-Jul 06, p.A67
Mode of Production in Indian Agriculture: A Comment; Jairus Banaji (SA) Issue no: 14, Apr 07-13, p.679

No Structural Reform (Ed) Issue no: 19, May 12-18, p.853

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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

Productivity in Indian Airlines: A Preliminary Comparative Study; L F R Cabral (SA)
Economic Effects of Tenancy: Some Negative Results; Aparajita Chakravarty and Ashok Rudra (SA)
Issue no: 49, Dec 08-14, p.2183

Issue no: 28, Jul 14-20, p.1239

AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY

Regional Imbalances in Foodgrains Production in Last Decade: Some Preliminary Results; V S Vyas (RA) Issue no: 52, Dec 29-Jan 04, p.A151
India, the USSR and the MiG Project; Dennis Childs and Michael Kidron (SA) Issue no: 38, Sep 22-28, p.1721

AKALI DAL

Akalis on Warpath (C) Issue no: 14, Apr 07-13, p.661
A Test of Hypothesis of Rational Allocation under Cobb-Douglas Technology; Amal Krishna Dey and Ashok Rudra (SA)
Clean Chits for All (C) Issue no: 38, Sep 22-28, p.1714
Issue no: 12, Mar 24-30, p.609

AGRICULTURAL TAXATION

Agricultural Taxation: A Comment; Sotthiya
(SA)
Search for More Land-Grabbers (C) Issue no: 31-33, Aug 04-24, p.1405
Issue no: 02, Jan 13-19, p.81

When Thieves Fall Out

(C)

To Save Farmer's Wealth? (Ed) Issue no: 23, Jun 09-15, p.1003
Issue no: 28, Jul 14-20, p.1222

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Medieval Barbarism; Gilbert Lobo and Dulal Guha (LE) Issue no: 35, Sep 01-07, p.1584

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

Irrelevance of Models and Systems (C) Issue no: 48, Dec 01-07, p.2127

ALL INDIA RADIO

Caught Lying (Ed)
Issue no: 48, Dec 01-07, p.2117

ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY

AGRICULTURAL WAGES

Cover for Import of Technology (C) Issue no: 12, Mar 24-30, p.585
Factors Affecting Wage Rates for Agricultural Labour; Kalpana Bardhan
(RA)

ANDHRA PRADESH

Administration of Backward Class Hostels in Andhra Pradesh; S N Dubey and B K Ganesh Chander (SA)
Variations in Agricultural Wages: A Note; Pranab K Bardhan (SA) Issue no: 21, May 26-Jun 01, p.947
Issue no: 46, Nov 17-23, p.2065 And Then There Were None A Report from Srikakulam; Amrita Rangaswami (C) Issue no: 46, Nov 17-23, p.2041

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS

Arithmetic of Rural Poverty ; HD (C) Issue no: 50, Dec 15-21, p.2208

Andhra Continues; Mohit Sen (C) Issue no: 02, Jan 13-19, p.57

AHMEDABAD

Structure of a Local Labour Market: A Study in Ahmedabad; T S Papola and K K

Subrahmanian (F)

Andhra's Waiting; Mohit Sen (C)

Issue no: 47, Nov 24-30, p.2085

Issue no: 04-06, Jan 27-Feb 16, p.289

AIR TRANSPORT

Distribution of Commisseration (Ed) Issue no: 23, Jun 09-15, p.1006
Annihilating a Tactic ; MR (C) Issue no: 44, Nov 03-09, p.1954

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ANDHRA PRADESH

Brahmananda's New Game; Mohit Sen (C)
Warring in West Asia; Romesh Thapar
(F) Issue no: 42-43, Oct 20-Nov 02, p.1896

Decisive Economic Factors; Mohit Sen
(C) Issue no: 21, May 26-Jun 01, p.930

ARMAMENTS

Arms Proliferation Amidst Poverty; S
Krishnappa (BR) Issue no: 27, Jul 07-13, p.1188
Only a Base to Start From; Mohit Sen
(C) Issue no: 41, Oct 13-19, p.1848
Bombs for Israel, Oil through America;
Chandola Harish (C) Issue no: 49, Dec 08-14, p.2168
The Retreat (Ed)

Issue no: 04-06, Jan 27-Feb 16, p.131

Foreign Bogeys, Domestic Reasons (Ed)

Sagging Separatism; Mohit Sen (C)

Issue no: 12, Mar 24-30, p.589

MIRV and the Arms Race (Ed)

Issue no: 36, Sep 08-14, p.1660
Separatist Movement in Andhra Pradesh; G Parthasarathy, K V Ramana and G Dasaradharama Rao (LE)

ARTISTS

Calcutta Diary (F)
Issue no: 15, Apr 14-20, p.693
Issue no: 35, Sep 01-07, p.1585

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

Progressing but under Japanese Influence
(Ed)
Separatist Movement in Andhra Pradesh: Shadow and Substance; G Parthasarathy, K V Ramana and G Dasaradharama Rao (SA)
Issue no: 19, May 12-18, p.853
Issue no: 11, Mar 17-23, p.560

AUDITING

Mythical Equation of Audit and Appraisal;
S K Bhattacharyya (RA) Issue no: 34, Aug 25-31, p.M67

APARTHEID

The British Investment in Apartheid; A K
Essack (C) Issue no: 16, Apr 21-27, p.747
Watch-Dogs Grown Fat and Slow ; R S Ganapathy (C) Issue no: 48, Dec 01-07, p.2125
Suppressing the African Worker; Africanist
(C)
Issue no: 09, Mar 03-09, p.471

AUSTRALIA

The Political Change in Australia; R F I
Smith (C)

ARAB COUNTRIES

For Whom the Fight Goes On; G P
Issue no: 24, Jun 16-22, p.1068

Deshpande

(C)

Issue no: 44, Nov 03-09, p.1956

BACKWARD CLASSES

Administration of Backward Class Hostels in Andhra Pradesh; S N Dubey and B K Ganesh Chander (SA)
Intricate Working (Ed) Issue no: 45, Nov 10-16, p.1984

Issue no: 46, Nov 17-23, p.2065
The Leaves Are Falling (Ed)

Issue no: 41, Oct 13-19, p.1836
Change among India's Harijans; Nalini

Pandit (BR) Issue no: 52, Dec 29-Jan 04, p.2295
The Palestine Liberation Movement and Arab Regimes: The Great Betrayal; Mehmood Hussain (SA)
Competing Claims of Religion, Region and

Backwardness-Based Identities; Balraj Puri (C)
Issue no: 45, Nov 10-16, p.2023 Unexpected Fallout (Ed) Issue no: 44, Nov 03-09, p.1936
Issue no: 28, Jul 14-20, p.1223

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BALANCE OF PAYMENT

Political Gangsterism (C)
Financial Reclassification of India's Balance of Payments; Sunanda Sen (SA)
Issue no: 38, Sep 22-28, p.1712 Sheikh's Success (Ed) Issue no: 11, Mar 17-23, p.530
Issue no: 45, Nov 10-16, p.2009

BANDHS

The Bandh - and After; D N (C) Issue no: 22, Jun 02-08, p.969
Time for a Low Profile (Ed) Issue no: 23, Jun 09-15, p.1004

War against Maoists (Ed) Issue no: 46, Nov 17-23, p.2032
Can Government Complain? (Ed) Issue no: 20, May 19-25, p.886

BANK NATIONALIZATION

Friendly Bandh (Ed) Issue no: 51, Dec 22-28, p.2237
Banks after Nationalisation; SC (LE)
Issue no: 45, Nov 10-16, p.1987

The Hungry Flock into Calcutta (C) Issue no: 35, Sep 01-07, p.1594
Commercial Banks: Four Years after Nationalisation; Bhabatosh Datta (SA)
New Turn? (C) Issue no: 28, Jul 14-20, p.1221
Issue no: 29, Jul 21-27, p.1286 Double Failure (Ed) Issue no: 29, Jul 21-27, p.1261
No Instant Solution (C) Issue no: 21, May 26-Jun 01, p.928

BANKING COMMISSION

On the Eve of the Bandh (C) Issue no: 30, Jul 28-Aug 03, p.1313
Sins of Omission; Anand G Chandavarkar
(BR) Issue no: 42-43, Oct 20-Nov 02, p.1909
A Private Affair (Ed) Issue no: 22, Jun 02-08, p.958

BANKS AND BANKING

... And the Facts; A Sudhakar (OP)
Issue no: 46, Nov 17-23, p.2055
Where Bandhs Lead Further (C)

Issue no: 22, Jun 02-08, p.970
Banks after Nationalisation; SC (LE) Issue no: 45, Nov 10-16, p.1987

BANGLADESH

The Cracks Widen (Ed)

Issue no: 02, Jan 13-19, p.45

The Base Remains (Ed)

A Dacca Diary; A M (F)

Issue no: 03, Jan 20-26, p.91

A Bundle of Trivia (Ed)

Issue no: 12, Mar 24-30, p.577
Father, Nephew and Son (C)

Issue no: 12, Mar 24-30, p.587

Call Market High Jinks (Ed)

Issue no: 50, Dec 15-21, p.2198
(C)
Issue no: 50, Dec 15-21, p.2211
Collapse of Economic Management (Ed) Issue no: 19, May 12-18, p.850

Pocketful of Poses (Ed) Issue no: 03, Jan 20-26, p.88
Commercial Banks: Four Years after Nationalisation; Bhabatosh Datta (SA)
Political Economy of Reconstruction; Angus Hone (C)
Issue no: 29, Jul 21-27, p.1286

Issue no: 10, Mar 10-16, p.510

Credit Policy; A Raman (LE)

Issue no: 28, Jul 14-20, p.1213

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BANKS AND BANKING

Sins of Omission; Anand G Chandavarkar
(BR) Issue no: 42-43, Oct 20-Nov 02, p.1909
Credit to Priority Sectors on Basis of
Bankable Propositions: Lending Policy Clarified: No Detriment to Financial Discipline ; R K Talwar (F)
The Third R (Ed)

Issue no: 12, Mar 24-30, p.579
Issue no: 14, Apr 07-13, p.684 Double Failure (Ed) Issue no: 29, Jul 21-27, p.1261
Time to Break with Conventional Wisdom
(C) Issue no: 45, Nov 10-16, p.1993
Economies of Scale in Banking: A Critique; Dalip S Swamy (RA) Issue no: 08, Feb 24-Mar 02, p.M13
Will the Reserve Bank Dare? (C) Issue no: 46, Nov 17-23, p.2046

Economies of Scale in Banking: A Rejoinder; Nandini U Joshi (SA) Issue no: 40, Oct 06-12, p.1827
World Bank's Experience with Development Finance Companies; William Diamond and Ravi Gulhati (RA) Issue no: 23, Jun 09-15, p.M47
Faith in the Market (Ed) Issue no: 49, Dec 08-14, p.2153

BIHAR

Effects of Public Works on Rural Poverty: Some Case Studies from the Kosi Area of Bihar; G B Rodgers (F)
Fruitful Controversy? (Ed) Issue no: 17, Apr 28-May 04, p.772
Issue no: 04-06, Jan 27-Feb 16, p.255
Helpful Advice (Ed)

Issue no: 22, Jun 02-08, p.961

River of Scandal; N K Singh (C)

Issue no: 37, Sep 15-21, p.1673
If This Be a Squeeze! (Ed)

Issue no: 52, Dec 29-Jan 04, p.2281

To Fight for Yourself Is Naxalite! (C)

Issue no: 24, Jun 16-22, p.1058
Keeping Everyone Happy (C) Issue no: 01, Jan 06-12, p.12

BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Link with Pre-Independence Past (Ed) Issue no: 01, Jan 06-12, p.5
Mass without Weight (Ed)

Issue no: 25, Jun 23-29, p.1086
Pitambar Pant: An Appreciation; A Vaidyanathan, C R Rao, T N Srinivasan and J N Bhagwati (F)
More Branches, but... (Ed) Issue no: 25, Jun 23-29, p.1087
Issue no: 17, Apr 28-May 04, p.774
Neglect of the Neglected (Ed) Issue no: 03, Jan 20-26, p.86