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March 1984

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	Illustration [Cover art] By Alexander Hollweg SEE ALSO: Landscape PDF IMAGES
1-3	Notice A word to the readers By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Design; Sections, columns, etc. PDF IMAGES
4-99	Letters/Department Letters On The life of Kennedy's death, from October 1983: Letter By John Rodden On Politics, from November 1983: Letter By Michael Novak On ¡Yanqui, si! ¡U.N., no!, from January 1984: Letter By Yasushi Akashi On Skywalking with Reagan, from January 1984: Letter By Tom Crunkleton Note/correction On The moral transformation of the dog, from January 1984: Letter By Albert F. Ax On Letter to the reader, from January 1984: Letter By Edward Abbey PDF IMAGES
10-13	Notebook/Article Old relics in new bottles By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Toffler, Alvin; Criticism and interpretation; 1970-; Previews and premises (Book) PDF IMAGES
15	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
17-18	Readings/Article Nurturing terrorism By Daniel P. Moynihan SEE ALSO: 1981-1989; Terrorism PDF IMAGES
19-21	Readings/Collection Readings PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Re: Security By Robert A. Knisely SEE ALSO: National Endowment for the Arts; National security; Officials and employees; Security measures PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Re: Trysts By Eliza G.C. Collins SEE ALSO: Executives; Sexual behavior; Supervision of employees PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Political and social views—Caricatures and cartoons; Reagan, Ronald PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Article Re: Smiles By Arlie Russell Hochschild SEE ALSO: Emotions; Social interaction; Work PDF IMAGES
22-24	Readings/Article The computer fallacy By Joseph Weizenbaum and Franz-Olivier Giesbert SEE ALSO: Computers and children; Data processing PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Drama Politics and words By Tom Stoppard PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Iran; State-sponsored terrorism PDF IMAGES
26-27	Readings/Article Selling the New Wave generation By Steve Barnett SEE ALSO: Youth PDF IMAGES
27	Readings/Graphs and Charts Charting the nuclear winter SEE ALSO: Charts, diagrams, etc.; Environmental aspects; Nuclear warfare PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Map Cold War topography SEE ALSO: Maps; Soviets (People); Travel restrictions PDF IMAGES
29-30	Readings/Article Special effects By Louis Menand SEE ALSO: Cinematography; Special effects PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The drive-in gap SEE ALSO: Drive-in theaters; -Statistics PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Fiction The girl who turned into cider By Margaret Sayers Peden (Trans.) and Luisa Valenzuela PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Guerrilla warfare; Nicaragua PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Photo Political iconography SEE ALSO: Portraits; Deng, Xiaoping; Mao, Zedong PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Readings By John Gerard O'Leary and Alan Colmes SEE ALSO: Interviews; O'Leary, John Gerard; 1984; Political and social views PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Readings By Edward Bennett Williams SEE ALSO: Campaign speeches; 1984; Parodies, imitations, etc. PDF IMAGES Readings/Collection Readings PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Cartoon At least we have zero inflation SEE ALSO: Inflation (Finance); Prehistoric peoples PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Article Budgets SEE ALSO: Finance, Personal; Carson, Joanna; Solidarity (Polish labor organization) PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Article Lying to the lie detector SEE ALSO: Lie detectors and detection PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon Some organizations you'll be hearing from SEE ALSO: Corporate divestiture; Telephone companies PDF IMAGES
38	Readings/Article Unveiling Christ's sexuality By Leo Steinberg SEE ALSO: Christian art and symbolism; Criticism and interpretation; Ghirlandaio, Domenico; Jesus Christ; Medieval, 500-1500; Physical appearance; The adoration of the Magi (Painting) PDF IMAGES
39	Readings/Article For the young writer By John Gardner SEE ALSO: Creative writing; Problems, exercises, etc. PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Sign of the times SEE ALSO: Actors; Rounds, David; Death and burial; Family; Gay men; Obituaries PDF IMAGES
40	Readings/Collection Readings PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Congressional sources SEE ALSO: Press; -Statistics PDF IMAGES Readings/Quotation The call By Ronald Reagan SEE ALSO: Privatization; Voluntarism PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Heeding the call (I) SEE ALSO: America's Cup races; Grenada; Greene, Leonard M.; Quotations PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Heeding the call (II) SEE ALSO: El Salvador PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Heeding the call (II) By John Schrauth SEE ALSO: Central America; Soldiers of fortune PDF IMAGES
41	Readings/Article War preparers anonymous By Kurt Vonnegut SEE ALSO: Compulsive behavior; Militarism; Recovery movement PDF IMAGES
43-58	Collection Does America still exist? PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] By Lewis H. Lapham PDF IMAGES
44-45	Article [Untitled Article] By Harold C. Livesay PDF IMAGES
45-46	Article [Untitled Article] By Philip Berrigan SEE ALSO: Militarism; Social reformers PDF IMAGES
46-47	Article [Untitled Article] By Forrest McDonald PDF IMAGES
47	Article The golden door SEE ALSO: Emigration and immigration; Population PDF IMAGES
48	Article [Untitled Article] By Michael Harrington PDF IMAGES
49-51	Article [Untitled Article] By Robert Stone PDF IMAGES
52-53	Article [Untitled Article] By Robert A. Nisbet SEE ALSO: Nationalism PDF IMAGES Quotation The durability of union By John Quincy Adams, John Greenleaf Whittier, Henry Clay, Alexis de Tocqueville, and John C. (John Caldwell) Calhoun SEE ALSO: Federal government PDF IMAGES
53-54	Article [Untitled Article] By Louis L'Amour PDF IMAGES
54-55	Article [Untitled Article] By David Kelley SEE ALSO: Collectivism PDF IMAGES
55	Quotation What is an American? By J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur PDF IMAGES
56	Article [Untitled Article] By Eric Hoffer SEE ALSO: Working class PDF IMAGES
57-58	Article [Untitled Article] By Richard Rodriguez SEE ALSO: Emigration and immigration PDF IMAGES
58	Quotation E Pluribus Unum By Sacvan Bercovitch SEE ALSO: Idealism, American; Patriotism; Quotations; Bercovitch, Sacvan PDF IMAGES
61-72	Article An island betrayed By V.S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad) Naipaul SEE ALSO: American Invasion, 1983; Grenada; 1974-1983; New Jewel Movement (Grenada); People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada) PDF IMAGES
73-82	Article The rise of the verbal class By Joseph Epstein SEE ALSO: Intellectuals; Politics and culture; Politics and education; Social status PDF IMAGES
84-89	Article The slow, costly death of Mrs. K__: An account of mores as well as money By David Hellerstein SEE ALSO: Hospitals; Medical care, Cost of; Rates PDF IMAGES
91-94	Article The wherefores of how-to By Hugh Kenner SEE ALSO: Computer software; Do-it-yourself work; Handbooks, manuals, etc. PDF IMAGES
95-97	Article Twisted apples By John Updike SEE ALSO: City and town life in literature; Criticism and interpretation; Local color in literature; Anderson, Sherwood; Winesburg, Ohio (Book) PDF IMAGES
101	Double acrostic/Department No. 14 [should be “No. 15”] By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
104	Puzzle/Department Sixes and sevens By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES