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September 1976

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Illustration [Cover art] By Gerald Huerta PDF IMAGES
4-5	The easy chair/Article A nation of dreamers By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Metaphor; 1970- PDF IMAGES
6-10	Letters/Department Letters On What Gibbon knew, from July 1976: Letter By Paul Johnstone On The intelligent co-ed's guide to America, from July 1976: Letter By Edward Abbey Letter By Tom Wolfe Letter By Evelyn Claxton On Last courtesies, from July 1976: Letter By Nancy K. Knaak PDF IMAGES
14-19	Article The Dixie smile By Johnny Greene SEE ALSO: Carter, Jimmy; 1951-; 1974-1977; Public opinion—Southern States PDF IMAGES
20-22	Article The sixth principle By Otto Friedrich SEE ALSO: Anecdotes; Ethics; Interviewing in journalism; Friedrich, Otto; Philosophy PDF IMAGES
24-29	Article Silence in Prague By Philip Carey SEE ALSO: Artists; Czechoslovakia; Journeys—Czechoslovakia—Prague; 1945-1992; Carey, Philip; Prague PDF IMAGES
30-31	Article Letter from exile By Chandler Brossard SEE ALSO: Exile (Punishment) PDF IMAGES
33-40	Article The higher illiteracy By Gene Lyons SEE ALSO: Education, Higher; Literacy; Study and teaching (Higher) PDF IMAGES Collection The higher illiteracy PDF IMAGES Collection The higher illiteracy PDF IMAGES
37-39	Article Masters of babble By James P. Degnan SEE ALSO: Academic writing PDF IMAGES
41-60	Article Newspapers, women, and beer By H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken SEE ALSO: American literature; Correspondence; Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis); Periodical editors; Portraits PDF IMAGES
61-71	Article Fear of foreigners By Björn Kumm SEE ALSO: Developing countries; Foreign public opinion, American; 1974-1977 PDF IMAGES
72-76	Fiction The ideal address By Richard Stern PDF IMAGES
76	Poem Re accepting you By Naomi Lazard PDF IMAGES Collection [untitled] By Naomi Lazard PDF IMAGES
77	Poem Ordinance on existence By Naomi Lazard PDF IMAGES Poem Ordinance on lining up By Naomi Lazard PDF IMAGES Poem Ordinance on the news from the front By Naomi Lazard PDF IMAGES
78	Poem Ordinance at the level crossing By Naomi Lazard PDF IMAGES Poem Ordinance on enrollment By Naomi Lazard PDF IMAGES
80-82	Books/Review Missing in action By Josiah Bunting SEE ALSO: Born on the Fourth of July (Book); Personal narratives, American; Kovic, Ron; Veterans, Disabled PDF IMAGES
82-84	Books/Review The myth of Icarus By Hugh Kenner SEE ALSO: Biography—Book reviews; Black sun: the brief transit and violent eclipse of Harry Crosby (Book); Wolff, Geoffrey; Crosby, Harry; Poets PDF IMAGES
87-90	Books/Review The dancing master By Francis Steegmuller SEE ALSO: Biography—Book reviews; Diaghilev observed by critics in England and the United States, 1911-1929 (Book); Impresarios; Macdonald, Nesta; Diaghilev, Serge PDF IMAGES
91-92	The fourth estate/Article Babbitt unbound By Rhoda Koenig SEE ALSO: Journalists; Strikes and lockouts; Time (American periodical) PDF IMAGES
96-97	Article Design SEE ALSO: Design PDF IMAGES
98	Puzzle/Department News clippings By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES