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October 1978

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	Photo [Cover art] By Terry Stevenson (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Women clergy; Women in the Episcopal Church PDF IMAGES
4-8	Letters/Department Letters On The wealth of Washington, from June 1978: Letter By Richard C. Carlson On Diagnosing Soviet dissidents, from August 1978: Letter By C.T. McGuire Letter By Walter Reich PDF IMAGES
9-17	The easy chair/Article The American courtier: Further reflections on the customs of the tribe By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: 1970-; 1977-1981; Political leadership PDF IMAGES
18-21	Article America's interests in the Middle East: The dangers of unlimited support for Israel By George W. Ball SEE ALSO: Israel; Israel-Arab Border Conflicts, 1949-; The Middle East; Military assistance, American; Strategic aspects PDF IMAGES
24-28	Article In darkest academia: Publish a best-seller and perish By Cullen Murphy SEE ALSO: Faculty; Learning and scholarship; Scholarly publishing PDF IMAGES
30-33	Article Moral blueprints: On regulating the ethics of engineers By Samuel C. Florman PDF IMAGES
34-37	Washington/Article Exploring pettifoggery: American trade and regulation add up to a deficit By Tom Bethell SEE ALSO: Economics; Environmental aspects; Financial institutions, International; Foreign trade regulation PDF IMAGES
39-52	Article Trendier than thou: The many temptations of the Episcopal Church By Paul Seabury SEE ALSO: Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, New York); Episcopal Church; Parties and movements; Women in the Episcopal Church PDF IMAGES
61-68	Article The professions under siege: Private practice versus public need By Jacques Barzun SEE ALSO: Professional employees; Professional ethics; Professions; Rating of; Sociological aspects PDF IMAGES
69	Illustration A sickle for my sister By Hao Tseng SEE ALSO: Sickles PDF IMAGES Collection The little red coloring book PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] SEE ALSO: Children's drawings; Communism PDF IMAGES
70	Illustration An oil port under construction By Li Chen SEE ALSO: Harbors PDF IMAGES Illustration China's got a lot of oil By Hung Li, Ke-fei Hsu, and Hsin Chang SEE ALSO: Petroleum industry and trade PDF IMAGES
71	Illustration Worker uncles build a bridge By Jen Pai SEE ALSO: Bridges; Structural steel workers PDF IMAGES Illustration Summer harvest By Wei-hsing Wang SEE ALSO: Harvesting PDF IMAGES
72	Illustration The choo-choo runs fast with a heavy load By Wen-po Li PDF IMAGES Illustration Wonders with welding By Kai Lu PDF IMAGES
73-78	Article Works and days: The labor of daily thought By Eric Hoffer SEE ALSO: Biography; Diaries; Hoffer, Eric; 1970-; Retirees; Social participation; Social psychology PDF IMAGES
79-83	Fiction Delivering: A short story By Andre Dubus PDF IMAGES
86-87	Poem Death mother By Frederick Morgan PDF IMAGES
88	In our time/Article The birds and the bees By Tom Wolfe SEE ALSO: Hunters; Remarriage PDF IMAGES
89-93	Books/Review Motives for metaphor By Ross Feld SEE ALSO: Welty, Eudora; John Gardner; On moral fiction (Book); The eye of the story: selected essays and reviews (Book); The world within the word (Book); Gass, William H. PDF IMAGES
93-95	Books/Review The truth, the impartial truth By Charles Nicol SEE ALSO: Cheever, John; The stories of John Cheever (Book) PDF IMAGES
95-98	Books in brief/Review Books in brief By Frances Taliaferro Thomas, William Harrison, Jeffrey Burke, Paul Berman, Byron Farwell, and Ralph Winfred Tyler SEE ALSO: American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 (Book); Powell, Anthony; Chatwin, Bruce; In Patagonia (Book); In the village of the man (Book); Howe, Irving; Crumley, James; Ladies' man (Book); Leon Trotsky (Book); Little, Loyd; Price, Richard; The last good kiss (Book); Manchester, William Raymond PDF IMAGES
99-101	Article Inventing literary lives: The biographical fallacy By Hugh Kenner SEE ALSO: Biographers; Biography; Biography as a literary form; Bair, Deirdre; Joyce, James; James Joyce (Book); Portraits; Ellmann, Richard; Beckett, Samuel; Samuel Beckett: a biography (Book) PDF IMAGES
102-103	Photo Twins By Harvey Stein (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Twins PDF IMAGES
104-106	Movies/Review A formal affair By Stuart Byron SEE ALSO: A wedding (Motion picture); Motion pictures; Altman, Robert PDF IMAGES
109	American miscellany/Article What price postage? An investment guide By Matthew Mills Stevenson SEE ALSO: Postal rates; Speculation PDF IMAGES
112	Puzzle/Department Sixes and sevens By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES