June 1979
In This Issue
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Articles
The Nuclear Age
"Nobody wanted to pray, but each of us blessed the bomb without guilt, and Sarah chanted, 'Fission, fusion, critical mass'"
The Atlantic Puzzler
Korea: The Boom
President Park has led Korea to spectacular economic growth, but under his regime the country remains a police state.
Dangerous to Your Health: Saccharin, Cancer, and the Delaney Clause
Smart People, Smart Money
A stockbroker introduces his financial advisers, such sages as Billy the Shooter and Father Abraham and the wise Whispering Saul, who reminds us, “If you sit in on a poker game and don’t see a sucker, get up. You’re the sucker.”
A Matter of Pride
Literary Hype
When the greatest novel of the decade appears every six months . . . when major literary events happen every other week . . . when critics sound like publicists . . . what’s going on here, anyway?
The Visitor
On the Jury
Had the young black been caught with a loaded revolver? Or was the gun planted by the white policeman who made the arrest? The judge asked jurors to reason from the evidence; no one counted on the implacable weight of racial hostility.
On the Disadvantages of Central Heating
The Passionless Presidency Ii: More From Inside Jimmy Carter's White House
Kenya: Without Kenyatta
Following the death last year of its patriarchal leader ,Kenya seems to he reaching out to a new, more activist role in Africa.
Bears
Eustace
Contempt of Court
From Rags to Ruin
The Great Predicament of Poetry
The Habit of Being
Sleepless Nights
The Year of the French
Stealing Home
See No Evil: The Backstage Battle Over Sex and Violence on Television
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Ghost Story
Septic Tank Practices
Merlin
Territorial Rights
Christopher Isherwood: A Critical Biography
A Bend in the River
Iberian Art
The Byrons and Trevanions
Poison Penmanship
