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December 1978

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	Photo [Cover art] By Terry Stevenson (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Fences; Graffiti PDF IMAGES
4-8	Letters/Department Letters On In darkest academia, from October 1978: Letter By Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Letter By Cullen Murphy On Trendier than thou, from October 1978: Letter By The Reverend Harry W. McBrien Letter By Larry A. Jackson Letter By Joy Nimnom Kraus Letter By The Reverend Charles H. Riddle and III Letter By The Reverend Ellen M. Barrett Letter By The Reverend Richard N. Wilmington Letter By The Reverend Sister Rachel Hosmer Letter By Paul Seabury On Delivering, from October 1978: Letter By Louis T. Bogy Letter By Andre Dubus On Books in brief, from October 1978: Letter By “The Editors” On Occasional poem, from November 1978: Letter By “The Editors” PDF IMAGES
12-15	The easy chair/Article Mirror, mirror, on the wall: Final reflections on the American courtier By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: 1977-1981; Narcissism; Political leadership PDF IMAGES
16-20	Article Treasure houses: Taking shelter in old buildings By Robert L. Nessen SEE ALSO: Historic preservation; Tax shelters PDF IMAGES
20	Poem Francisco, I'll bring you red carnations By Philip Levine PDF IMAGES
22-28	Article The last days of the labor movement: Unions get the pink slip By Nicholas Von Hoffman SEE ALSO: Industrial relations; Trade-unions PDF IMAGES
26	Poem Songs By Philip Levine PDF IMAGES
31-92	Article Burning Darwin to save Marx: Only the fittest scientific truths survive By Tom Bethell SEE ALSO: Darwin, Charles; Wilson, Edward Osborne; Natural selection; Nature and nurture; Social Darwinism; Sociobiology; Views on natural selection; Views on sociobiology PDF IMAGES Collection Burning Darwin to save Marx PDF IMAGES
41-56	Article The urban crisis leaves town: And moves to the suburbs By T.D. Allman SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. president; Economic assistance, Domestic; Inner cities; Carter, Jimmy; 1977-1981; Urban policy; Urban renewal PDF IMAGES
59-66	Fiction Confrontation: A short story By Arthur Koestler PDF IMAGES
68	Poem That one could say By Hilda Morley PDF IMAGES Poem Scorched earth By Hilda Morley PDF IMAGES Collection [untitled] By Hilda Morley PDF IMAGES
70-73	Article Espyonage: What's in a name? By Willard R. Espy SEE ALSO: Definition (Logic); Etymology PDF IMAGES
74	Other things being equal/Article Heavy Santa By David Suter SEE ALSO: Santa Claus PDF IMAGES
76-79	Theater/Article Musical chairs: You can't go out humming the scenery By Martin B. Duberman SEE ALSO: Theater and society; Theater audiences PDF IMAGES
80-81	Books/Review Too many cooks By Paul Zweig SEE ALSO: Grass, Günter; The flounder (Book) PDF IMAGES
81-83	Books in brief/Review Books in brief By Matthew Mills Stevenson, Frances Taliaferro Thomas, Jeffrey Burke, and Barry Holstun Lopez SEE ALSO: Friedman, B.H. (Bernard Harper); Martin, Calvin; Simmons, Charles; Irving, Flora Miller; Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (Book); Keepers of the game (Book); My Moby Dick (Book); Humphrey, William; Wrinkles (Book) PDF IMAGES
84	In our time/Article The joggers' prayer By Tom Wolfe SEE ALSO: Jogging; Prayers PDF IMAGES
85-90	The fourth estate/Article On trial in Moscow: Propaganda dressed in the robes of the law By Craig R. Whitney SEE ALSO: Foreign correspondents; Freedom of the press; Legal status, laws, etc.; 1970-1991; 1975-1985; 1977-1981; Trials (Libel) PDF IMAGES
92	Review For further reading SEE ALSO: Wilson, Edward Osborne; Ever since Darwin (Book); Crick, Francis; Popper, Karl Raimund; Graham, Loren R.; Eldredge, Niles; On human nature (Book); Feyerabend, Paul K.; Vorzimmer, Peter J.; Lewontin, Richard C.; Dawkins, Richard; Levins, Richard; Schweber, S.S.(Silvan S.); Science in a free society (Book); Gould, Stephen Jay; The new synthesis (Book); The selfish gene (Book) PDF IMAGES
93	American miscellany/Article All you need to know: The Keats proof By Jeffrey Burke SEE ALSO: English poetry; Explication; Keats, John; Literature and science; Parodies, imitations, etc. PDF IMAGES
96	Puzzle/Department And one to grow on By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES