Harper's Magazine: September 1979

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September 1979

CONTENTS
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	Illustration [Cover art] By David Suter SEE ALSO: Bankers; Lance, Bert; Calhoun; Pictorial works PDF IMAGES
4-5	Letters/Department Letters On Hapless Canada, from June 1979: Letter By J.R. Stanford Letter By Peter Brimelow On All the pope's men, from June 1979: Letter By David Scott On Life on the card, from July 1979: Letter By Gertrude V. Martinez On Republican virtues, from July 1979: Letter By Robert J. Chitester Letter By Walter Karp On Living to be old, from July 1979: Letter By W.R. Irwin PDF IMAGES
6-13	The easy chair/Article Blindman's bluff: The lost sight of the imagination By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Authors and publishers; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); 1970- PDF IMAGES
16-22	Article Of two minds about abortion: Bringing mixed motives to bed By Andrew Hacker SEE ALSO: Abortion; Birth control; Sex instruction PDF IMAGES
26-32	Article Rewriting the Constitution: Life, liberty, and a balanced budget By Benjamin Martin SEE ALSO: Appropriations and expenditures; Constitutional amendments; Constitutional conventions; 1977-1981; Rules and practice; Tax and expenditure limitations; United States. Congress PDF IMAGES
33-37	Article A proper education: The trade-off between method and motive By Leon Botstein SEE ALSO: Aims and objectives; Education, Higher; Education, Humanistic; Educational change; General education PDF IMAGES
39-46	Article Advice to a young scientist: Human actions wisely undertaken By P.B. (Peter Brian) Medawar SEE ALSO: Group work in research; Vocational guidance PDF IMAGES
47-66	Article The money vanishes: Certain matters relating to T. Bertram Lance and various financial institutions By L.J. (Lawrence J.) Davis SEE ALSO: Bankers; Banks and banking; Lance, Bert; Calhoun; Career as U.S. president; Corrupt practices; Carter, Jimmy; Lance, LaBelle; Legislative hearings; Malpractice; 1977-1981; Officials and employees; Pictorial works; Political corruption; Staff; Trials, litigation, etc.; United States. Office of Management and Budget PDF IMAGES
67	Lines of sight/Cartoon Energy independence SEE ALSO: Automobile drivers; Energy policy; Fuel consumption PDF IMAGES
68-74	Fiction Rendezvous with Margret or: Happy ending By Heinrich Böll and Leila Vennewitz (Trans.) PDF IMAGES
75	In our time/Article In our time By Tom Wolfe SEE ALSO: Anthropology; Cross-cultural studies; Field work; Sex customs PDF IMAGES
76-81	Article Images of anonymity: World War II in black and white By Paul Fussell SEE ALSO: Photo; War photography PDF IMAGES
82	Poem There are things I tell to no one but to the poem By Galway Kinnell PDF IMAGES
86-92	Movies/Article Gooseflesh: The strange turn toward horror By Ron Rosenbaum SEE ALSO: Horror films; Motion picture audiences; Motion picture remakes; Motion pictures PDF IMAGES
95-98	Books/Review Styron's heavy freight: Sex, guilt, and the Holocaust too By John W. Aldridge SEE ALSO: Sophie's choice (Book); Styron, William PDF IMAGES
99-100	In print/Review Ineffable pleasures: The variety of short stories By Jeffrey Burke SEE ALSO: Black tickets (Book); Fuchs, Daniel; McEwan, Ian; In between the sheets and other stories (Book); Phillips, Jayne Anne; Casey, John; Oates, Joyce Carol; Shannon Ravenel; Short stories; Testimony and demeanor (Book); The apathetic bookie joint (Book); The best American short stories 1979: selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines (Book) PDF IMAGES
101-104	The fourth estate/Article Zahedi's affairs: The shah's receiving line in Washington By Nicholas Burnett SEE ALSO: Zahedi, Ardeshir; Goldwater, Barry; Westling, Birgitta; Career as Iran diplomat to U.S.; Taylor, Elizabeth; Pictorial works PDF IMAGES
105-107	American miscellany/Article Going nowhere fast: The rat race, more or less By Lawrence Shainberg SEE ALSO: New York City Marathon, New York, New York; Running; Sports; Training PDF IMAGES
110	Puzzle/Department Stereo components By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES