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Archive: 1981

Roman Ã clef

Art by David Suter,

The mind’s eye

by Harper’s Staff,

The public record

Edited by Roger Bruns, George Vogt,

The public record

by Harper’s Staff,

The evolution of the species

Drawn by Tom Wolfe,

No. 3

In our time

by Harper’s Staff,

On being courteous when compelled to break the law

by Heinrich Böll,Translated by Leila Vennewitz,

A short story

Rising to rebellion

by T.D. Allman,

Inside El Salvador

Ersatz BBC

by Simon Winchester,

In search of public radio

Washington

by Harper’s Staff,

Two cheers for government regulation

by Kenneth Joseph Arrow,

The inevitable failure of Ronald Reagan

The precarious Eden

by Harper’s Staff,

Sinatra yes, Dylan no

Letters

by Harper’s Staff,

Announcement

Edited by Lewis H. Lapham,

Untitled

by Alon Reininger,

Vicious circles

by E.R. Galli,

Hotel California

by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison,

Time out in Beverly Hills

American miscellany

by Harper’s Staff,

Kill the umpire

by William Tucker,

Adam Smith versus business

Revisions

by Harper’s Staff,

Blood and ink

by Alexander Cockburn,

Keeping score in El Salvador

The forgotten James

by Frances Taliaferro,

The sister of her brothers

In print

by Harper’s Staff,

Monumental trivialist

by Seymour Krim,

A Rutgers Fitzgerald

Colonial lexicon

by Hugh Kenner,

Redefining "Oxford"

Political science

by Tom Wolfe,

In our time

by Harper’s Staff,

Orphans

by Marilynne Robinson,

Ars politica

Drawn by Steve Brodner,

Ars politica

by Harper’s Staff,

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