March 1979
In This Issue
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Articles
The Man Who Made Star Wars
The idea was to make a high adventure film for children. The result was the box-office hit of all time. The man responsible was George Lucas.
Cashing in on Star Wars
A China Portfolio
Time to Barter: How the Dollar Can Fight Back
High interest rates have failed to stabilize our currency. But the United States can heal the ailing dollar if we take a lesson from our hard-bargaining allies.
The Ice Castle
Chats With the Real McCoy
The Rise of the People People
Heller's Gold and a Silver Sax
Dubin's Lives
Secrets and Surprises
Leadership
Young Adolph
Chamber Music
Looking for America
Safire's Political Dictionary
Reversals
Sunflower
Suttree
Recapitulation
Early Man and the Ocean
In Guilt and in Glory
Great Days
Edward Vii: Prince and King
Ss-Gb
Elinor Wylie
Adventures of a Bystander
The Atlantic Puzzler
Party of One: Doing as We Damn Please
Washington: The Assassination Tangle
Surprises were expected by no one as the House Select Committee on Assassinations convened. But surprises occurred, if not enough of them to gratify long-time critics of the Warren Commission.
Jimmy Carter's Strategy for 1980: Leader or Born-Again Broker?
He’s running already, of course, for renomination and re-election, and his plan is to win by being an activist leader in the international arena and a cautious political deal-maker at home. A political scientist here speculates on how, and how well, President Carter might ride two unruly horses back into another four years in the White House.
A Happy Word: Festivals
Europe
Celebrations and anniversaries; music and art festivals; gastronomic and sports events, and much more brighten 1979.
Canada and Mexico
Asia and the Far East
The Pacific
Middle East
Africa
Central America
Ode to the Muse on Behalf of a Young Poet
In China
Feudalism. Agrarian communism. Fascism wrapped in slogans of Marx and Mao. The anarchy of the Cultural Revolution. Now come renewed relations with the United States and, inside China, the unaccustomed sound of many voices, some even talking of democracy, of imitating capitalism, of bringing the Communist party under the rule of law. “China surprised us in a hundred ways,” writes Mr. Miller of his and his photographer wife’s first visit. In this sensitive yet wary report, he tells some of the ways.
