Harper's Magazine: July 1981

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July 1981

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Illustration [Cover art] By Jeff MacNelly PDF IMAGES
4-7	Letters/Department Letters On Marketing pollution, from May 1981: Letter By James W. Hughes Letter By Michael H. Levin Letter By Lee Hannah Letter By William Tucker On The capital of underdevelopment, from May 1981: Letter By William J. Axelrod Letter By Helen Escobedo Letter By Frank W. Goheen Letter By Matthew Stevenson PDF IMAGES
8-11	Washington/Article The forgotten war: To arm the Afghans By Nicholas Bethell SEE ALSO: Afghanistan; Cold War; 1981-1989; Soviet occupation, 1979-1989 PDF IMAGES
14-19	Letter from abroad/Article The great black hope: Richard II of Tanzania By Kenneth L. Adelman SEE ALSO: Nyerere, Julius K. (Julius Kambarage); 1964; Political and social views; Tanzania PDF IMAGES
22-26	Article The sciences: A patent on knowledge By Wayne Biddle SEE ALSO: Endowment of research; Endowments; Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Research and development contracts; Research grants PDF IMAGES
24	Fiction A fable By David Ignatow SEE ALSO: Fables PDF IMAGES
31-39	Article Gilding the news: The artful press By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Attribution of news; Objectivity; Pulitzer Prizes PDF IMAGES
40-59	Article From Bauhaus to our house By Tom Wolfe SEE ALSO: Architects; Architecture, Modern; Bauhaus; Career in architecture; Stone, Edward Durell; Wright, Frank Lloyd; Influence; Portman, John Calvin; Lapidus, Morris; Eisenman, Peter; Philip Johnson; Public housing; Venturi, Robert PDF IMAGES
60-61	Geography 105/Illustration Oil power By Michael Kidron and Ronald Segal SEE ALSO: Maps; Kidron, Michael; Petroleum industry and trade; Segal, Ronald; The state of the world atlas (Book) PDF IMAGES
62	Ars politica/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Caricatures and cartoons; O'Neill, Tip; United States. Congress. House PDF IMAGES
63-66	Article That's culture: The packaging and staging of art By Robert Asahina SEE ALSO: Amadeus (Book); Hall, Peter Dobkin; Shaffer, Peter; Production and direction; Theater audiences PDF IMAGES
68-71	Article Who's on first? Separating thumbs from fingers By Benjamin DeMott SEE ALSO: Live television programs; Talk shows; Television programs, Public service PDF IMAGES
72-74	In print/Review Mysteries for the misbegotten: The literary corpse By Jeffrey Burke SEE ALSO: Bioy Casares, Adolfo; Cross, Amanda; Snow, C.P. (Charles Percy); Death in a tenured position (Book); Death under sail (Book); Detective and mystery stories; Van de Wetering, Janwillem; Borges, Jorge Luis; Six problems for Don Isidro Parodi (Book); The mind-murders (Book) PDF IMAGES
75-79	Article Emulating man: Thirty-nine immortels, one immortelle By Frederick Brown SEE ALSO: Académie française; Elected to Académie Française, 1980; Gifted women; Yourcenar, Marguerite; Women's rights PDF IMAGES
80	Poem Crab crack By John Updike PDF IMAGES
81-84	American miscellany/Article Country matters: Living in plain form By Richard Ford SEE ALSO: Homes and haunts PDF IMAGES
88	Puzzle/Department Biased opinion By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES