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August 1984

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Illustration La plage By Malcolm Morley SEE ALSO: Bathing beaches PDF IMAGES
4-76	Letters/Department Letters On The moral transformation of the dog, from January 1984: Letter By Vicki Hearne On Besieged by the state, from June 1984: Letter By Thomas C. Fiddick On The end of the affair, from June 1984: Letter By Richard Falk Letter By Amos Perlmutter On The day before, from July 1984: Letter By Joe Cuomo PDF IMAGES
8-9	Notebook/Article Licensed personality By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Celebrities PDF IMAGES
11	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
13-14	Readings/Article Borders and the modern mind By George Steiner SEE ALSO: Boundaries PDF IMAGES
14-15	Readings/Fiction Mirage By Alan P. Lightman PDF IMAGES
15	Readings/Photo The politician's plight SEE ALSO: Civil disobedience; Germany (West); Kohl, Helmut; Pictorial works PDF IMAGES
16-18	Readings/Article The perils of inattention By Alberto Moravia and John Satriano (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Cold War; Great powers; Imperialism; World politics PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article Danger: Two magnitudes By Walid Jumblatt SEE ALSO: Druzes; Interviews; Lebanon; Psychology; Subways; Jumblatt, Walid PDF IMAGES Readings/Article “Indiana Jones”: The abridged version SEE ALSO: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Motion picture : 1984); Violence in motion pictures PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Article The Russians are coming SEE ALSO: Antinuclear movement; Conversation and phrase books; Parodies, imitations, etc.; Russian language PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Modern justice SEE ALSO: Dueling; McNatt, June C.; Trials, litigation, etc.; Wager of battle PDF IMAGES
22-23	Readings/Article In praise of the welfare state By Olof Palme SEE ALSO: Public interest; Welfare state PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Automobile industry and trade PDF IMAGES
23-24	Readings/Article The myth of computer literacy By Douglas Noble SEE ALSO: Technological innovations PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article The myth of high-tech jobs SEE ALSO: Employment forecasting; Labor supply; -Statistics PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Post-Vietnam television news By Michael J. Arlen SEE ALSO: Mass media and the conflict; Television broadcasting of news PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Cuba; Interest rates; Sisyphus (Greek mythology) PDF IMAGES
27	Readings/Article Dissent among the dissidents By Andrei Sinëiìavskiæi SEE ALSO: Dissenters; 1953-1985 PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Article A meditation on power By A. Bartlett Giamatti SEE ALSO: Childhood and youth; Power (Social sciences); Psychology; Elizabeth I, Queen of England PDF IMAGES
30-31	Readings/Drama Richard Nixon: A soliloquy By Robert Altman, Donald Freed, and Arnold M. Stone PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Map The route of the white train SEE ALSO: Maps; Nuclear weapons; Transportation PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Handke: October 19 By Peter Handke and Ralph Manheim (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Diaries; Handke, Peter PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Graphs and Charts Daydreaming SEE ALSO: Charts, diagrams, etc. PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Fiction Fear: Four examples By Gordon Lish PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Article Gang slang By Columbus B. Hopper and Johnny Moore SEE ALSO: Language & Linguistics; Motorcycle gangs PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon Cartoon PDF IMAGES
35	Readings/Article Why manners matter By Judith Sylvia Martin SEE ALSO: Etiquette PDF IMAGES
37	Article [Untitled Article] By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: American poetry PDF IMAGES Collection Naming the land PDF IMAGES
38-39	Poem Travels in North America By Weldon Kees PDF IMAGES
39-42	Poem Filling station By Elizabeth Bishop PDF IMAGES
42	Poem Enough By Marianne Moore PDF IMAGES
43	Poem The cove By Amy Clampitt PDF IMAGES
44	Poem Upstate By Derek Walcott PDF IMAGES
45	Poem An urban convalescence By James Ingram Merrill PDF IMAGES
46	Poem A family of dolls' house dolls By Cynthia Macdonald PDF IMAGES Poem America began in houses By Douglas Crase PDF IMAGES
47	Poem A song in the front yard By Gwendolyn Brooks PDF IMAGES Poem Little millionaire's pad, Chicago By Robert Lowell PDF IMAGES Poem The harbor at Seattle By Robert Hass PDF IMAGES
48	Poem The freedom of the house By John Ashbery PDF IMAGES Poem Elizabeth and Eban, 1940 By Gjertrud Schnackenberg PDF IMAGES
49	Poem Birdwatchers of America By Anthony Hecht PDF IMAGES Poem Notes from a child of Paradise, XII By Alfred Corn PDF IMAGES
50-55	Article A dilemma for the disinformed: A U.S.-Saudi colloquy, maybe By Craig Karpel SEE ALSO: Caspar W. Weinberger; Disinformation; 1981-1989; Political and social views; Khalid bin Sultan, Prince; Saudi Arabia PDF IMAGES
57-63	Article Bleached truths: On a Greek beach, in a hard light By Alice Bloom SEE ALSO: Bathing beaches; Greece; Seaside resorts; Tourist trade; Visitors, Foreign PDF IMAGES
65-69	Article Bwana vistas By Alexander Cockburn SEE ALSO: Travel writing; Travelers PDF IMAGES
70-74	Article Tocqueville's mistake By Henry Steele Commager SEE ALSO: Tocqueville, Alexis de; Criticism and interpretation; Democracy in America (Book); Federal government PDF IMAGES
77	Double acrostic/Department No. 20 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department Current events By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES