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A Question of Survival

by Walter Laqueur and Leopold Labedz

The Harpers Monthly, July 1975, pp. 20-26

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    6. Twelve Spheres of Influence, Eight Bodily Forces, and Good Old Yin and Yang by Richard Selzer, pp. 40-44
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    8. How Banks Destroy the Economy by Martin Mayer, pp. 49-59
    9. The Best Congressman by George Crile, pp. 60-66
    10. The Worst American City by Arthur M. Louis, pp. 67-71
    11. Going for the Paper by Thomas Powers, pp. 72-76
    12. Costs of Amorality by Robert J. Lieber and Donald Rothchild, p. 77
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    20. Turnabout, pp. 94-95
    21. Tools for Living, pp. 96-97
    22. Game, p. 98
    23. Letters, p. 99
    24. Classified, pp. 100-104
    25. Cover photograph by Jerry Sarapochiello
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    4. Fearful of Science by Horace Freeland Judson, pp. 32-44
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    14. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Kevin Phillips, p. 80
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    20. Tools for Living, pp. 98-99
    21. Game, p. 100
    22. Information, pp. 100-102
    23. Letters, pp. 103-106
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    2. Letters, pp. 16-23
    3. A Problem in Spatial Composition by Robert Penn Warren, pp. 24-30
    4. The American Absence by David K. Shipler, pp. 31-33
    5. Saigon Dreams by Dennis Troute, pp. 34-37
    6. Covering the Waterfront by Helen Lawrenson, pp. 38-50
    7. Command Performance by Benjamin Barber, pp. 51-56
    8. The Painted Word by Tom Wolfe, pp. 57-93
    9. Christians, Why Do You Still Believe in God, In the Promise of the Cross? by William F. Buckley, Jr., p. 94
    10. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Anne Fremantle, p. 95
    11. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Michael Novak, pp. 96-99
    12. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Garry Wills, p. 100
    13. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Robert Coles, p. 100
    14. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Eugene J. McCarthy, p. 101
    15. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by George E. Reedy, p. 102
    16. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by J.M. Cameron, p. 103
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    20. Game, pp. 108-112
    21. Tools for Living, pp. 113-115
    22. Information, pp. 116-120
    23. Cover photograph by Jerry Sarapochiello
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    1. Wraparound, pp. 3-10
    2. Letters, pp. 11-17
    3. The Most Embarrassing List in Washington by Barney Collier, pp. 18-29
    4. The Surgeon's Dilemma by George Crile, jr., pp. 30-40
    5. Cover-Up: Playing War With Numbers by Sam Adams, pp. 41-44
    6. How to Write a Gothic Novel by Helen Rogan, p. 45
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    9. News and Gossip, p. 48
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      1. Facing the Tree by David Ignatow
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      1. Before the Fall by William Safire
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      2. The Mandrake Root by Joy Cowley
      3. Celebration by Harvey Swados
      4. The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby's End by Anthony Burgess
      5. The Wind Chill Factor by Thomas Gifford
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      2. The Vegetable Passion by Janet Barkas
      3. Thurber: A Biography by Burton Bernstein
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    21. Game, p. 97
    22. Tools for Living, pp. 98-99
    23. Classified, pp. 100-102
    24. In Defense of Old Hypocrisy by Carl G. Croyder, p. 103
    25. Hisstory in the Seventies by Dennis Halac, pp. 104-106
    26. Cover photograph by S. Varnedoe
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    1. Wraparound, pp. 3-13
    2. Letters, pp. 14-18
    3. Going Crazy by Otto Friedrich, pp. 19-27
    4. Letter from Ottawa by Mordecai Richler, pp. 28-35
    5. Harmonica Bugs, Cloaks, and Silver Boxes by George O'Toole, pp. 36-40
    6. Thoughts on Liberty and Rancor by Edgar Z. Friedenberg, pp. 41-46
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      1. JR by William Gaddis
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    9. Fearful of Science by Horace Freeland Judson, pp. 70-76
    10. The Curse of Commercial Cursive and Other Calligraphic Curiosities by David McClelland, pp. 77-83
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      1. Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger
      2. Judy Garland: A Biography by Anne Edwards
      3. Jayne Mansfield and the American Fifties by Martha Saxton
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      1. The Twenties by Edmund Wilson and Leon Edel
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      1. The Man of Only Yesterday: Frederick Lewis Allen by Darwin Payne
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      1. Arthur Rimbaud: Complete Works by Paul Schmidt and Arthur Rimbaud
    15. The Magnificent Fussbudget by Richard H. Rovere, pp. 97-100
    16. Making Connections, pp. 101-102
    17. Turnabout, p. 103
    18. Tools for Living, pp. 104-105
    19. Game, p. 106
    20. Classified, pp. 106-112
    21. Cover photograph by Terry Stevenson
  7. [+]
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    1. Wraparound, pp. 3-13
    2. Letters, pp. 14-18
    3. Thoughts from behind a Sealed Window by George Bower, p. 19
    4. Destinies by Darryl Pinckney, p. 19
    5. The Yellow Balloon by Anne Sexton, p. 19
    6. A Question of Survival by Walter Laqueur and Leopold Labedz, pp. 20-26
    7. The Dismal Religion by Saul Friedman, pp. 27-37
    8. The Universe as an Ocean of Thought by Timothy Ferris, pp. 38-44
    9. Last Days in Saigon by Dennis Troute, pp. 45-60
    10. Paper Army by Joseph B. Treaster, pp. 61-65
    11. Birds on the Left by Stoyan Christowe, pp. 66-70
    12. Hot-Air Meeting by Benjamin DeMott, pp. 71-84
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      1. The Monastic World, 1000-1300 by Christopher N.L. Brooke
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      1. Samuel Johnson: A Biography by John Wain
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      1. Hanging on in Paradise (1975 Film) by Fred Lawrence Guiles
    16. A Satire for the Unemployed---and for Ayn Rand by Allen B. Borden, p. 91
    17. Zero Historian Growth by David Sarasohn, pp. 92-95
    18. Tools for Living, pp. 96-97
    19. Game, p. 98
    20. Classified, pp. 98-104
    21. Cover photograph by Pete Turner
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    1. Wraparound, pp. 3-13
    2. Letters, pp. 14-19
    3. The Revolt Against Love by Herbert Hendin, pp. 20-27
    4. Polluters of Time by Alan Harrington, pp. 28-48
    5. The Kennedy Vendetta by Taylor Branch and George Crile III, pp. 49-63
    6. Apothegms of Avarice by John Kenneth Galbraith, pp. 64-65
    7. The Garden of Feasibility by Gwyneth Cravens, pp. 66-75
    8. Streets by Stephen Dixon, pp. 76-80
    9. George in the Afternoon by Barry Farrell, pp. 81-82
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      4. Living My Life by Emma Goldman
      5. Daughter of a Revolutionary by Michael Confino
      6. Rebel in Paradise by Richard Drinnon
      7. Nowhere at Home by Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, and Richard Drinnon, ...
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    11. Turnabout, pp. 95-97
    12. Tools for Living, pp. 98-99
    13. Game, p. 100
    14. Classified, pp. 100-102
    15. On Policy and War by Niccolo Machiavelli and Voltaire, pp. 103-106
    16. Cover photograph by Frank Burrell
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    2. Letters, pp. 12-15
    3. Why Regulation Fails by Peter H. Schuck, pp. 16-29
    4. Goodbye, San Francisco by Martin Koughan, pp. 30-37
    5. The Myth of Old Movies by Andrew Sarris, pp. 38-44
    6. Hurrah for Politicians by Garry Wills, pp. 45-54
    7. Three Stories by Kenneth Bernard, pp. 55-57
    8. Good Old-Fashioned American Know-How by Arthur Hoppe, p. 58
    9. The Bright Side of Recession by James Boyd, pp. 58-63
    10. The Old Man Is Snoring by Frederick Busch, pp. 64-67
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    13. The Nashville Sound by Chilton Williamson, Jr., pp. 78-85
    14. Tools for Living, pp. 86-87
    15. Game, p. 88
    16. Classified, pp. 89-90
    17. On the Character of Politicians by Walter Bagehot, pp. 91-94
    18. Cover photograph by Terry Stevenson
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    1. Wraparound, pp. 3-11
    2. Letters, pp. 12-17
    3. The Easy Chair by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 18-21
    4. On a Hill Far Away by Annie Dillard, pp. 22-24
    5. Land of the Great PX by Liston Pope, Jr., pp. 25-27
    6. The Art of Surgery by Richard Selzer, pp. 28-35
    7. The Ben Bradlee Tapes by Taylor Branch, pp. 36-44
    8. The New Narcissism by Peter Marin, pp. 45-56
    9. In the Presence of Mine Enemies by Fred B. Morris, pp. 57-71
    10. The Short, Happy Life of Margaux Hemingway by Alan Coren, pp. 72-75
    11. Python by William Braden, pp. 76-81
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      1. Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
    13. Recipe for a Cookbook: Scissors and Paste by Karen Hess, pp. 85-90
    14. Cracking Open a Riot of Ripe by Gigi Lord, p. 91
    15. Arete by A.R. Ammons, pp. 91-92
    16. Spin-off, pp. 93-95
    17. Tools for Living, pp. 96-97
    18. Game, p. 98
    19. Classified, pp. 98-100
    20. Commentary by William Bolitho, p. 101
    21. On Folly by Desiderius Erasmus, pp. 102-106
    22. Cover by Robert Ehlers
  11. [+]
    November 1975 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-15
    2. The Assassin as Celebrity by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 16-17
    3. Verse, pp. 18-21
    4. Political Sophistry by Calvin Trillin, pp. 22-24
    5. God's Garage by Dennis Troute, p. 25
    6. Failure in Britain by John Fischer, pp. 26-33
    7. A Universe of Hospital Patients by Peregrine Worsthorne, pp. 34-39
    8. Nocturne in B-Flat Minor by Don Asher, pp. 40-44
    9. Single Life in a Double Bed by Sonya O'Sullivan, pp. 45-52
    10. In Praise of Technology by Samuel C. Florman, pp. 53-72
    11. A Conversation With Dayan by Joan Peters, pp. 73-78
    12. Losing Big by John P. Sisk, pp. 79-85
    13. The Angry Fan by Randall Poe, pp. 86-95
    14. [+]
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      1. Sociobiology: The New Synthesis by Edward O. Wilson
    15. [+]
      Ideas and Things by Paul Auster, pp. 106-109 - 2 Reviews
      1. Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery
      2. Tales Told of the Fathers by John Hollander
    16. Life Without Latin by Frederick Platt, pp. 110-113
    17. Tools for Living, pp. 114-116
    18. Classified, pp. 117-122
    19. Game, pp. 123-124
    20. Cover photograph by Jerry Sarapochiello
  12. [+]
    December 1975 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Wraparound, pp. 3-11
    2. Letters, pp. 12-19
    3. The Easy Chair, pp. 20-24
    4. How to Run a Railroad by Michael Harrington, pp. 25-27
    5. How to See Deer by Philip Booth, pp. 28-29
    6. Owing to Circumstances Beyond Our Control 1984 has Been Unavoidably Detained by Alan Coren, pp. 30-33
    7. The Fourth Estate: Six O'Clock Prayers by Jack Richardson, pp. 34-37
    8. Life in the Imaginary City by Stephanie Harrington, pp. 38-45
    9. Test-Driving the New Shows by David McClelland, pp. 46-50
    10. American Needs an Establishment by Peter Schrag, pp. 51-59
    11. Lighter-Than-Air Craft by William Cole, pp. 60-66
    12. The Double Agent by Ward Just, pp. 67-77
    13. A Primer for Sycophants by Vic Gold, pp. 78-88
    14. A Ticket to Lisbon by Robert Moss, pp. 89-95
    15. [+]
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      1. George IV: Regent and King, 1811-1830 by Christopher Hibbert
      2. Cardigan by Donald Thomas
      3. Shaftesbury: The Great Reformer, 1801-1885 by Georgina Battiscombe
      4. Robert Louis Stevenson by James Pope-Hennessy
    16. The Sporting Scene: An Afternoon at the Garden by Anthony Tuttle, pp. 101-107
    17. Celebrity Market by Barry Farrell, pp. 108-113
    18. Classified, pp. 114-121
    19. Tools for Living, pp. 122-124
    20. On Natural Aristocracy by Thomas Jefferson, pp. 125-132
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  Issues of 2005 = 12 Issues, 218 Articles
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