Harper's Magazine: May 1977

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May 1977

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Photo [Cover art] By Nicholas Foster (Photog.) PDF IMAGES
6	Letters/Cartoon Alternative energy sources On Mao's funeral, from February 1977: Letter By Gladys Chan Letter By Ben Wattenberg On The self as sybarite, from March 1977: Letter By Mary Jo Brashear Letter By Allan Ripp On Visions of futures past, from March 1977: Letter By Stephen Whitney Letter By Larry Winger SEE ALSO: Electric power production; Power resources PDF IMAGES
13-16	The easy chair/Article Point of order By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: 1960-1980; Terrorism; Violent crimes PDF IMAGES
18-24	Article Britain's inexhaustible complacence By T.D. Allman SEE ALSO: 1964-1979 PDF IMAGES
26-29	Article Hired scapegoats By Samuel C. Florman SEE ALSO: Civil functions; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers PDF IMAGES
30-32	Washington/Article More heat than light By John Midgley SEE ALSO: Energy policy; Power resources PDF IMAGES
35-99	Article The specious morality of the law By Sanford Levinson SEE ALSO: Law PDF IMAGES
43-62	Article The public use of private interest By Charles L. Schultze SEE ALSO: Bureaucracy; Free enterprise; Intervention (Federal government); 1971-1981; Social policy; Trade regulation PDF IMAGES
63-74	Fiction War stories By Robert Stone PDF IMAGES
76-82	Article These sporting poets By George Plimpton SEE ALSO: African American boxers; Moore, Marianne; Meeting with Marianne Moore, 1977; Meeting with Muhammad Ali, 1977; Ali, Muhammad; Women poets, American PDF IMAGES
85-91	Article The master of Ganeshpuri By Paul Zweig SEE ALSO: Gurus; Journeys—India; Zweig, Paul; Religion; Muktananda, Swami PDF IMAGES
92-95	Article The new poetry By E.L. Doctorow SEE ALSO: Political persecution; Political poetry PDF IMAGES
96-97	Books/Review Clutching at flaws By John Lahr SEE ALSO: Athletes; Competition (Psychology); Fuller, Peter; Sports; The champions (Book) PDF IMAGES
97-98	Books/Review Aristocratic rebel By Edmund White SEE ALSO: American essays; Vidal, Gore; Matters of fact and of fiction: essays 1973-76 (Book) PDF IMAGES
103	Puzzle/Department Theme and variations By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES