Harper's Magazine: July 1979

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July 1979

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Illustration [Cover art] By Mimi Korach PDF IMAGES
4-6	Letters/Department Letters On Looking for the Left, from April 1979: Letter By Daniel Patrick Moynihan Letter By Robert Lekachman On Childhood's end, from May 1979: Letter By Ernest Earnest Letter By Kurt Simmons On Arms bazaar, from May 1979: Letter By Charles W. Yost Letter By Robert C. Johansen On Victims of Yalta, from May 1979: Letter By William T. Brockman On Invitation to a hanging, from May 1979: Letter By Katherine Gordon Letter By M. Mazumdar PDF IMAGES
6	Notice [Untitled Notice] By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: American poetry; Awards; Carruth, Hayden PDF IMAGES
7-12	The easy chair/Article Guests of the management: The literary imagination in exile By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Authors and readers; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Sociological aspects PDF IMAGES
13-20	Article Jerry Brown: Nothing to everyone By T.D. Allman SEE ALSO: Career as California governor; Governors; Brown, Jerry; 1951-; Pictorial works PDF IMAGES
21-25	Article Life on the card: Whim fulfillment in the land of plastic credit By Jack Richardson SEE ALSO: Consumer credit; Cost and standard of living; Debtor and creditor; Finance, Personal PDF IMAGES
27-34	Article Republican virtues: At odds with the cult of the nation By Walter Karp SEE ALSO: Civil Rights; Nationalism; Patriotism; Republicanism; War and society PDF IMAGES
35-54	Article Living to be old: The first generation of full-timers By Ronald Blythe SEE ALSO: Aged; Aging; Intergenerational relations; Old age in literature PDF IMAGES
55	Other things being equal/Article Leverage By David Suter SEE ALSO: Economic assistance, American PDF IMAGES
56-62	Fiction In the abyss: A short story By Gilbert Rogin PDF IMAGES
63-65	Collection Dollar diplomacy By Matthew Mills Stevenson PDF IMAGES Article Options for foreign investors By Matthew Mills Stevenson SEE ALSO: International finance; Investments, Foreign PDF IMAGES Article Buy By Matthew Mills Stevenson SEE ALSO: Catholic Church; Foreign economic relations; International finance; Saudi Arabia; South Africa; Vietnam PDF IMAGES
64-65	Article Hedge By Matthew Mills Stevenson SEE ALSO: Foreign economic relations; International finance PDF IMAGES Article Sell By Matthew Mills Stevenson SEE ALSO: Egypt; Foreign economic relations; International finance; Iran; Israel PDF IMAGES
66-72	Article Border crossings: At the frontiers of modern life By Paul Fussell SEE ALSO: Civilization, Modern; Passports PDF IMAGES
73	In our time/Article World-weary By Tom Wolfe SEE ALSO: Drug use; Intergenerational relations; Youth PDF IMAGES
74-77	Books/Review Collective dread: The literature of doom By Paul Zweig SEE ALSO: Borderline conditions and pathological narcissism (Book); Lasch, Christopher; Kohut, Heinz; Narcissism; Kernberg, Otto F.; The analysis of the self: a systematic approach to the psychoanalytic treatment of narcissistic personality disorders (Book); The culture of narcissism: American life in an age of diminishing expectations (Book) PDF IMAGES
78-81	In print/Review The mischief of fiction: A search for meaning By Jeffrey Burke SEE ALSO: Lurie, Alison; Epstein, Jacob; Jake's thing (Book); Wain, John; Amis, Kingsley; Literature; Only children (Book); Elkin, Stanley; The living end (Book); The pardoner's tale (Book); Wild oats (Book) PDF IMAGES
82-84	Article Glossolalia: Pronunciation for diplomats By Paul L. Berman SEE ALSO: Diplomats; Pronunciation PDF IMAGES
85-86	American miscellany/Article Good vibrations: Diverted on a trip through time By John S. Peterson SEE ALSO: Bookstores; Collectors and collecting; San Francisco; Sex oriented businesses PDF IMAGES
88	Puzzle/Department Crazy quilt By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES