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How to be a one-term president

by Charles Peters,

What the Reagan administration can learn from the Carter people's memoirs

Washington

by Harper’s Staff,

The board game

by Timothy F. Bannon,

Why celebrity has-beens love serving as corporate directors, and why management loves having them

Capitalism observed

by Harper’s Staff,

Letters

by Harper’s Staff,

Untitled

Abecedarian jigsaw

by E.R. Galli,

Brief reviews

by D.S. B.,

Brief reviews

by J. S.,

Brief reviews

by H. R.,

Brief reviews

by Harper’s Staff,

Brief reviews

by T. G.,

Fiction

by Harper’s Staff,

Lyricist of the lunch pail

by Frances Taliaferro,

Stanley Elkin's thousand-year epic of the working man

Who was Leslie Fiedler? The battle continues between literature and the man who wants it dead

by Hugh Kenner,

My Harvard, your mama

by James Wolcott,

Misty memoirs by ivy-covered nostalgiacs who should have known better

Palpitations

by Harper’s Staff,

Fellow Travelers

by P. J. O’Rourke,

Up the Volga with the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship

Just rewards

Drawn by Posy Simmonds,

Designs for living

by Harper’s Staff,

Other people’s mail

by Joseph Epstein,

The letters of famous people are most interesting if you read between the lines

My own earth

by Jane Hamilton,

A story

Ed Buzz’s new music writers’ club magazine

by Alex Heard,

The yellow peril and the red-haired devils

by Murray Sayle,

Bureaucrats 2, Presidents 0

by Leonard Reed,

Now that Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan have reformed it, the government is more of a mess that ever

Washington

by Harper’s Staff,

Those who can’t, consult

by David Owen,

Why do experienced executives pay millions for the advice of young punks who've never run anything?

Capitalism observed

by Harper’s Staff,

Letters

by Harper’s Staff,

Untitled

Art by Nancy Stahl,

Archive: 1982

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How to be a one-term president

Washington

The board game

Capitalism observed

Letters

Untitled

Abecedarian jigsaw

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

Brief reviews

Fiction

Lyricist of the lunch pail

Who was Leslie Fiedler? The battle continues between literature and the man who wants it dead

My Harvard, your mama

Palpitations

Fellow Travelers

Just rewards

Designs for living

Other people’s mail

My own earth

Ed Buzz’s new music writers’ club magazine

The yellow peril and the red-haired devils

Bureaucrats 2, Presidents 0

Washington

Those who can’t, consult

Capitalism observed

Letters

Untitled

December 1982

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