March 1976
In This Issue
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Articles
Campaigning
Why the Tortoise Is Kind: And Other Tales of Sociobiology
Totaled!
Poetry: All the Young Dudes
The Making of the Modern Family
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
Searching for Caleb
The Children of the Counter-Culture
All Her Children
Spandau
Sun City
The Face of Liberty
Lewis Carroll
The Adams Chronicles
In a Shallow Grave
American Fashion
Bodyguard of Lies
Rand McNally Atlas of the American Revolution
Feathered Serpent and Smoking Mirror
The New York Scene: In the Middle of a Muddle
Rip-Off at the Supermarket
The nation’s supermarkets, Federal Trade Commission figures suggest, steal $2.6 billion each year from their customers. One scandalized customer, also an experienced journalist, describes a few of the tactics that pad everyone’s weekly food bill.
Adrift in J. Alfred Prufrock
The United Nations
The Saturday Night Massacre
“The President, having vainly sought to make it appear that he had no choice but to get [Archibald] Cox fired, left me no choice but to resign. It was not a hard decision.”
The Memory Machine
John O’Hara never forgot a thing, and for five bucks or a shot of Old Overholt, he’d prove it.
What of the Night?
Wading for Godot
You don’t have to be crazy to fish the Smith River for the king salmon, but it helps—especially after the first twenty-five fishermen converge on the same pool.
Who'd Blame Her?
English Charm
