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The Gamut: A Journal Of Ideas And Information, No. 16, Fall 1985, Cleveland State University

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CONTENTS OF ISSUE NO. 16, FALL, 1985

Klaus-Peter Hinze: Hitler and the Beetle, 3

One of America's favorite automobiles, the Volkswagen "bug," began as a pet project of the Nazi regime.

Ron Haybron: Packaging the Seasons, 12

Calendars of different societies have ingeniously struggled with the incompatible cycles of sun, earth, and moon.

Nancy McAfee: Philip Johnson's Play House, 27

Cleveland's new theater complex is a major example of Post-Modern architecture.

Carsten Ahrens: Recollections of a Dragonfly Man, 39

A naturalist's lifelong pursuit of the fascinating famUy of the Odonates.

Wojbor Woyczynski: Of Men and …

The Gamut: A Journal Of Ideas And Information, No. 14, Winter 1985, Cleveland State University

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CONTENTS OF ISSUE NO. 14, WINTER 1985

Dick Goddard: Weather Forecasting and Folklore, 2

Ancient weather maxims rival modern science

A. H. Benade: The Evolution of Woodwinds, 10

Changes of design have radically altered performance qualities

Dennis Dooley: Time's Shadow: The Thin Man and Dashiell Hammett, 34

Famous detective writer was his own most popular character

Laura Martin: Gringa in the Field, 45

Woman anthropologist's experience among Mayan Indians

Glending Olson: What's So "Fine" About the Arts?, 64

In earlier times, the fine arts were so much a part of daily life that nobody noticed …