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March 1980

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Photo [Cover art] By Bill Binzen (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Alienation (Social psychology) PDF IMAGES
4-8	Letters/Department Letters On Too few good men, from December 1979: Letter By Lee Burress Letter By Seth Cropsey On Coddled criminals, from January 1980: Letter By III and Charles J. Muller On The McCord file, from January 1980: Letter By Carl Oglesby Letter By Thomas W.A. Imhoof Letter By Donald B. Slaughter Letter By Jim Hougan PDF IMAGES
12-22	The easy chair/Article King Frederick's mules: In the weightless realm of images By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Bush, George; Carter, Jimmy; 1977-1981; Oratory; Political culture; Public opinion PDF IMAGES
22	Poem Rear view mirror By Louis Daniel Brodsky PDF IMAGES Poem Death comes to the salesman By Louis Daniel Brodsky PDF IMAGES
24-27	Article Negotiable instruments: Redeeming America's promises By Richard J. Whalen SEE ALSO: Devaluation of currency; International economic relations PDF IMAGES
28-32	Article The no-account census: Attempting the impossible By Andrew Hacker SEE ALSO: Census Bureau; Census, 20th, 1980; Methodology; 1980- PDF IMAGES
35-44	Article “Right conduct” for a “free press”: The containment of secrets By Michael Macdonald Mooney SEE ALSO: Freedom of the press; Morland, Howard; Nuclear weapons information; Trials, litigation, etc. PDF IMAGES
45-64	Article Scenes from corporate life: In and out of the office By Earl Shorris SEE ALSO: Dismissal of; Middle managers; Office politics PDF IMAGES
65	In our time/Article The lower classes: No. 1 By Tom Wolfe SEE ALSO: Middle class PDF IMAGES
68-79	Article A presentation of whales: “this is history, dammit” By Barry Holstun Lopez SEE ALSO: Oregon; Sperm whale PDF IMAGES
80-86	Article Witches and woodstocks: The trials of Alger Hiss By William Rodgers SEE ALSO: Hiss, Alger; Alger Hiss trial; Anti-communist movements; Spies; Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Perjury); Chambers, Whittaker PDF IMAGES
88-93	In print/Review Literacy returns: The killer spelling bee meets the conqueror bookworm By Jeffrey Burke SEE ALSO: Literacy; Tchudi, Stephen; The ABCs of literacy: a guide for parents and educators (Book); The great American writing block: causes and cures of the new illiteracy (Book); Wheeler, Thomas C. PDF IMAGES
94	Other things being equal/Article Détente dentée By David Suter SEE ALSO: Afghanistan; 1953-1985; Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 PDF IMAGES
95-101	The fourth estate/Article Media martyrdom: The Greensboro shoot-out By Robert Watson SEE ALSO: Communism; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Mass murder; Trade-unions and communism; White supremacy movements PDF IMAGES
102-104	American miscellany/Article Groundwork: Rocks of stone By Ronald Jager SEE ALSO: Homes and haunts; Rocks; Jager, Ronald; Semantics PDF IMAGES
108	Puzzle/Department Crossing the bar By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES