March 1978
In This Issue
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Articles
Writing, Typing, and Economics
Marshall McLuhan once said, or is said to have said, that clarity of expression betrays an absence of thought. Not necessarily so says the author of more than twenty books, innumerable essays and reviews, and the recent television series "The Age of Uncertainty." His advice to would-be writers combines considerable thought with laudable clarity.
Soldiers of Misfortune
A report on the veterans of Vietnam—and on the often disgraceful treatment they have received from their countrymen.
Waiting
Villanelle in March
The Kids Who Won't Leave Home
Where Are They Now?
The Master Singer
Exclusive Interviewer
The Golden Cage
Soldiering
Daylight in the Swamp!
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
Big Bad Wolves
Ethnic Chauvinism
September September
Ferber: A Biography
The Children of Bladensfield
Humankind
The Atlantic Puzzler
Each of the twelve vertical columns in this puzzle contains one light whose clue is indicated by an asterisk. The answers to these twelve clues play musical chairs before being entered in the grid as lights: i.e., their letters rotate sequentially and drop one member. For example, the word “chair” as an answer might be entered as “hare” with the “i” dropped, or “irha” with the “c” dropped, etc. The twelve letters discarded in this manner are to be seated at the tops of their respective columns, where they will compose a word of great importance to music. Answers to normal clues include two proper nouns. Remember that punctuation in the clues may be used deceptively.
Britain: The End of a Long Decline?
Its economy rescued by North Sea Oil, Britain has a chance this time to do more than muddle through.
Party of One: On Being a Pessimist in the Second Degree
An Opening Word: Celebration
Europe
Washington: Jewish and Arab Lobbyists
The voice of the Arabs is heard more clearly in the corridors of power, but their lobby is a distant second to Israel’s when it comes to size , efficiency, and fire power .
Mexico and Canada
The Caribbean
The Pacific
The Middle East
Africa
Central America
South America
March Morning Unlike Others
Mystery Friend Blues
One Way to Reconstruct the Scene
