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May 1984

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	Illustration [Cover art] By Mark Sabin SEE ALSO: Processions PDF IMAGES
4-84	Letters/Department Letters On Old relics in new bottles, from March 1984: Letter By Joe Haldeman On Nurturing terrorism, from March 1984: Letter By Bruce B. Makous On Selling the New Wave generation, from March 1984: Letter By Charles R. Lewis On The slow, costly death of Mrs. K__, from March 1984: Letter By Sidney W. Winchell Letter By C. Douglas Evans Letter By Marie Neuschaefer Letter By Michael A. Edington On Twisted apples, from March 1984: Letter By Michael Priestly On Re, from March 1984: Letter By Joseph T. Elvove On A word to the readers, from March 1984: Letter By Charles R. Lewis PDF IMAGES
6-7	Notebook/Article On reading By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Books and reading; Lapham, Lewis H. PDF IMAGES
9	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
11-12	Readings/Article What do we mean when we talk about irony? By Wayne C. Booth SEE ALSO: Irony; Usage PDF IMAGES
12	Readings/Article Central America, chapter and verse SEE ALSO: International law; International offenses; 1981-1989 PDF IMAGES
13-14	Readings/Article Carter: A Mideast prescription By Jimmy Carter and Erik R. (Erik Roswell) Peterson SEE ALSO: Interviews; Carter, Jimmy; The Middle East; 1979-; 1981-1989 PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon Those who are not moderates we will make moderates SEE ALSO: 1981-1989; Yemen PDF IMAGES
14	Readings/Article Congressional metaphysics By Peter L. Benson and Dorothy Lowe Williams SEE ALSO: -Statistics PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article Free will and the bomb SEE ALSO: Assisted suicide; Euthanasia; Nuclear warfare PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon “Commence foreign policy!” SEE ALSO: Caricatures and cartoons; Militarism; 1981-1989; Reagan, Ronald PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article Higher education's low yield By Warren C. Robinson SEE ALSO: College graduates; Education, Higher PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Reagangates, 1981-1984 By Thomas Riehle SEE ALSO: Friends and associates; 1981-1989; Political corruption; Reagan, Ronald; Scandals PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Graphs and Charts Political stability, 1948-1978 SEE ALSO: Charts, diagrams, etc.; Cuba; Political stability PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Caricatures and cartoons; 1981-1989; Reagan, Ronald PDF IMAGES
23	Readings/Photo The censor at work SEE ALSO: Access control; Government information; Officials and employees; Records and correspondence; United States. Central Intelligence Agency PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The future of war By Brian Michael Jenkins SEE ALSO: Forecasting; War PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Map The geography of military spending SEE ALSO: Arms race; Maps; Military readiness; National security PDF IMAGES Readings/Article On the Sabbath By Gerald Stern PDF IMAGES
25	Readings/Fiction Borges: A dream By Jorge Luis Borges and Elizabeth Welborn (Trans.) PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article Dress for success in court By Charlene Lind SEE ALSO: Costume; Jurors; Women lawyers PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The black box mentality By Bernard Dixon SEE ALSO: Integrated circuits PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Article Watergate autobiography By Terence Dewsnap PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Article Social science By Thomas C. Harford PDF IMAGES Readings/Article A nuclear fence for Israel By S.T. Cohen SEE ALSO: Defenses; Israel; National security; Nuclear weapons PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Photo Re-editing history By Mikhail Romm (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Editing; Motion pictures PDF IMAGES Readings/Poem Lines for translation into any language By James Fenton PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Fiction A small paradise By Julio Cortázar and Gregory Rabassa (Trans.) PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Illustration Oldenburg's El Salvador By Claes Oldenburg SEE ALSO: El Salvador PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The fascination of the miniature By Steven Millhauser SEE ALSO: Miniature objects PDF IMAGES
35	Readings/Article Blacks and baseball By John C. Phillips SEE ALSO: African American baseball players PDF IMAGES
37-51	Collection A press guide to paradise PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Paradise; Periodical editors; Utopias PDF IMAGES
38	Article [Untitled Article] By W.H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden SEE ALSO: Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology; Utopias; Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh) PDF IMAGES
39	Article [Untitled Article] By William H. Gregory SEE ALSO: Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology; Gregory, William H. PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] By Henry A. (Henry Anatole) Grunwald SEE ALSO: Grunwald, Henry A. (Henry Anatole); Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology PDF IMAGES
40	Article [Untitled Article] By Rory Gillespie SEE ALSO: Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology; Gillespie, Rory PDF IMAGES
41	Article [Untitled Article] By Louise J. Esterhazy SEE ALSO: Esterhazy, Louise J.; Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] By Helen Gurley Brown SEE ALSO: Brown, Helen Gurley; Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology PDF IMAGES Quotation [Untitled Quotation] By Ovid SEE ALSO: Golden age (Mythology) PDF IMAGES
43-46	Article [Untitled Article] By Wendy Reid Crisp SEE ALSO: Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology; Crisp, Wendy Reid PDF IMAGES
46	Quotation [Untitled Quotation] By Edward Bellamy and Charles Fourier SEE ALSO: Utopias PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] By Brett Averill SEE ALSO: Averill, Brett; Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology PDF IMAGES
47	Article [Untitled Article] By Edward T. Thompson SEE ALSO: Thompson, Edward T.; Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] By Sheldon Zalaznick SEE ALSO: Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology; Zalaznick, Sheldon PDF IMAGES
48	Article [Untitled Article] By Deirdre English SEE ALSO: English, Deirdre; Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] By Kevin Curran SEE ALSO: Curran, Kevin; Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology PDF IMAGES
49	Quotation [Untitled Quotation] By William Shakespeare and Karl Marx SEE ALSO: Utopias PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] By James D. Squires SEE ALSO: Squires, James D.; Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology PDF IMAGES
50-51	Article [Untitled Article] By George Plimpton SEE ALSO: Plimpton, George; Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology PDF IMAGES
51	Article [Untitled Article] By Robert Boyers SEE ALSO: Paradise; Political and social views; Psychology; Boyers, Robert PDF IMAGES
53-58	Article If Pooh were president: A Tory's riposte to Reaganism By Henry Fairlie SEE ALSO: Conservatism; 1981-1989; The Republican Party; Tories, English PDF IMAGES
59-65	Article Making medical mistakes By David Hilfiker SEE ALSO: Malpractice; Medical errors; Medical ethics PDF IMAGES
66-69	Article A censor's contract: The President's plan to sign away the right to free speech By Floyd Abrams SEE ALSO: Executive departments; Freedom of speech; Legal status, laws, etc.; National security; Official secrets; Officials and employees PDF IMAGES
71-74	Article The unspeakable state of soliloquy By William H. Gass SEE ALSO: Identity (Psychology); Self-perception; Soliloquy; Thought and thinking PDF IMAGES
75-78	Article What is war? By Harry G. Summers SEE ALSO: Clausewitz, Carl von; Criticism and interpretation; Military art and science; On war (Book); War PDF IMAGES
85	Double acrostic/Department No. 17 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
88	Puzzle/Department Letter drop By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES