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Archive: 1978

Confessions of a talk show host

by Paul Theroux,

Justice in the stadium

by Roger Rosenblatt,

In our time

by Harper’s Staff,

Parents day

by Tom Wolfe,

My father, cont.

by Frederick Busch,

Helmslet

by Jim Hougan,

Engineering and the female mind

by Samuel C. Florman,

Why women will not become engineers

The Arabian ethos

by Peter A. Iseman,

The sorrows of travel

by Edward Abbey,

Women pass by

A handful of dust

by William Bates,

The estate of the late Howard Hughes

Spain’s year of wonders

by John Midgley,

Government by consensus and a chance for democracy

The whodunit shaggy

by Reed Whittemore,

The barbarian within

by Lewis H. Lapham,

On the presumption of modernity

Letters

by Harper’s Staff,

Untitled

Art by Rick Tulka,

New wine in old bottles

by Harper’s Staff,

The Treason of the Clerisy

by Chilton Williamson,

Most American intellectuals adhere to a repressive code

Books in brief

by Frances Taliaferro,

The bad news girls

by Helen Yglesias,

Notes on fame

by John Lahr,

The machinery of celebrity provides the faith Americans seek

Boyhood dreams

by Tom Wolfe,

When I grow up

In our time

by Harper’s Staff,

Washington’s world of style

by Tom Bethell,

Image has become an indispensable component of substance

Rat song

by Lewis Nordan,

A story

Juxtapositions

by Brent C. Brolin,

America’s new strategy of containment

In another country

by J. Laughlin,

Mr. Hayakawa goes to Washington

by S.I. (Samuel Ichiyé) Hayakawa,

On learning the legislative dance

Utopia in trouble

by Björn Kumm,

The problems of Sweden's superdevelopment

Writing on the party’s terms

by Charles Sawyer,

Establishing the boundaries of Czech intellectual life

Archive: 1978

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Confessions of a talk show host

Justice in the stadium

In our time

Parents day

My father, cont.

Helmslet

Engineering and the female mind

The Arabian ethos

The sorrows of travel

A handful of dust

Spain’s year of wonders

The whodunit shaggy

The barbarian within

Letters

Untitled

New wine in old bottles

The Treason of the Clerisy

Books in brief

The bad news girls

Notes on fame

Boyhood dreams

In our time

Washington’s world of style

Rat song

Juxtapositions

America’s new strategy of containment

In another country

Mr. Hayakawa goes to Washington

Utopia in trouble

Writing on the party’s terms

February 1978

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