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July 1976

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Photo [Cover art] By Bill Stettner (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Flags; Flowers PDF IMAGES
4-6	Letters/Department Letters On Card tricks, from May 1976: Letter By Henry Gruenwald Letter By Christopher Lydon Letter By Lewis H. Lapham Letter By Ray E. Tilley On The job-enrichment mistake, from May 1976: Letter By Karl F. Simpson On The warrior intellectuals, from May 1976: Letter By Ernest Van Den Haag Letter By Elizabeth Gross PDF IMAGES
10-12	The easy chair/Article Received ideas By Lewis H. Lapham PDF IMAGES
13-18	Article What Gibbon knew By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan SEE ALSO: American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976; Gibbon, Edward; Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.; Historiography; Rome; The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Book) PDF IMAGES
19-22	Article Good news for the big guy By George W.S. Trow SEE ALSO: Brand name products; Consumer goods; Marketing PDF IMAGES
23-24	Article America's unseen revolution By John Fischer SEE ALSO: Economic forecasting; 1971-1981; Pension trusts; Drucker, Peter Ferdinand; Social prediction; The unseen revolution: how pension fund socialism came to America (Book) PDF IMAGES
27-34	Article The intelligent co-ed's guide to America By Tom Wolfe PDF IMAGES
35-50	Collection The historical present PDF IMAGES
36-41	Article The presidents we deserve By Elmer Holmes Davis PDF IMAGES Article An open letter to my countrymen By Mark Twain SEE ALSO: Political ethics PDF IMAGES Article The presidents we deserve By Elmer Holmes Davis PDF IMAGES Article An open letter to my countrymen By Mark Twain SEE ALSO: Political ethics PDF IMAGES
38	Article The friends of invisible men By Henry F. (Henry Fowles) Pringle SEE ALSO: Press and politics PDF IMAGES Article The friends of invisible men By Henry F. (Henry Fowles) Pringle SEE ALSO: Press and politics PDF IMAGES
39	Article [Untitled Article] By Sydney Brooks SEE ALSO: Conservatism; Foreign public opinion, European PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] By Sydney Brooks SEE ALSO: Conservatism; Foreign public opinion, European PDF IMAGES
40-41	Article An era of mousing intrigue By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Political candidates PDF IMAGES Article An era of mousing intrigue By George William Curtis SEE ALSO: Political candidates PDF IMAGES
42	Article The presidential style By Frederick Lewis Allen SEE ALSO: Government correspondence PDF IMAGES Article The presidential style By Frederick Lewis Allen SEE ALSO: Government correspondence PDF IMAGES
43	Article Educating the crowd By George William Curtis PDF IMAGES Article Why should the majority rule? By Walter Lippmann SEE ALSO: Democracy; Majorities; Political and social views; Bryan, William Jennings PDF IMAGES Article Educating the crowd By George William Curtis PDF IMAGES Article Why should the majority rule? By Walter Lippmann SEE ALSO: Democracy; Majorities; Political and social views; Bryan, William Jennings PDF IMAGES
44	Article The national division By John William Draper SEE ALSO: Northerners; Southerners PDF IMAGES Article The national division By John William Draper SEE ALSO: Northerners; Southerners PDF IMAGES
45	Article [Untitled Article] By Richard L. (Richard Lewis) Neuberger SEE ALSO: Career in politics; Political candidates; Neuberger, Richard L. (Richard Lewis) PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] By Richard L. (Richard Lewis) Neuberger SEE ALSO: Career in politics; Political candidates; Neuberger, Richard L. (Richard Lewis) PDF IMAGES
46	Article Chafed elbows By David Leo Lawrence SEE ALSO: Courage; Political ethics PDF IMAGES Article Chafed elbows By David Leo Lawrence SEE ALSO: Courage; Political ethics PDF IMAGES
47	Article His master's appointment By Harold Joseph Laski SEE ALSO: Cabinet officers PDF IMAGES Article His master's appointment By Harold Joseph Laski SEE ALSO: Cabinet officers PDF IMAGES
48	Article Votes for emptiness By Elmer Holmes Davis SEE ALSO: Political candidates; Political parties PDF IMAGES Article Votes for emptiness By Elmer Holmes Davis SEE ALSO: Political candidates; Political parties PDF IMAGES
49-50	Article The trouble with American democracy By Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay SEE ALSO: Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron; Correspondence; Democracy PDF IMAGES Article The trouble with American democracy By Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay SEE ALSO: Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron; Correspondence; Democracy PDF IMAGES
53-66	Fiction Last courtesies By Ella Leffland PDF IMAGES
67-72	Article Obsessed with sport By Joseph Epstein SEE ALSO: Sports; Sports spectators PDF IMAGES
73-74	Books/Review Government-inspected platitudes By James M. Fallows SEE ALSO: Richardson, Elliot L.; 1974-1977; The creative balance: government, politics, and the individual in America's third century (Book) PDF IMAGES
75-76	Books/Review Less than meets the eye By Evan S. Connell SEE ALSO: Stead, Christina; Miss Herbert (Book); The man who loved children (Book) PDF IMAGES
77-82	Books/Review Two gentlemen poets By Reed Whittemore SEE ALSO: Biography—Book reviews; Davie, Donald; Pound, Ezra; Ezra Pound (Book); Poetry, Modern; Poets; Spender, Stephen; Eliot, T.S. (Thomas Stearns); T.S. Eliot (Book) PDF IMAGES
82-83	Article Design SEE ALSO: Clocks and watches PDF IMAGES
86	Puzzle/Department RighTangles By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES