November 1979
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Articles
The Atlantic Puzzler
California: Lone Raider From the West
Jerry Brown paddles his “canoe politics" into presidential waters. The winds and currents are strongly against him, especially with Edward Kennedy’s move into contention. But the Californian is demonstrating to many that he’s neither fluke nor fake.
Lone Raider Politics
Meet Mr. Sony: How the Japanese Outsmart Us
The story of Akio Morita, who has made Sony a household word in the United States and other parts of the world, is more than a success saga. It tells much about how Japan may already have “passed us as an industrial power” and why a succession of American industries are reeling under the pressure of Japanese competition.
The Editor's Page
Morocco
How It Plays in Waukegan, Illinois
“All the news that’s fit to print” means one thing for the New York Times and something else for the typical small city daily. There are 271 newspapers in America with circulations of 25‚000 to 50,000. Our print, tube, and sound critic here tells how the news “cuts” in one large town.
The Right Madness on Skye
Helpful Talk
To penetrate a particular world, one must understand the language of the natives. Here are some examples of Helpful Talk, the jargon used by those who pursue physical, mental, and spiritual perfection through a gamut of philosophies, some as old as India and others as new as today.
Washington: Capital Punishment
Reports of the President’s political demise are probably not exaggerated. But are the obituaries fair to the man? And is there a successor in view with better policies or ideas?
Gasohol: Solution to the Gas Shortage
By combining agricultural and industrial alcohol with gasoline, the nation’s fuel producers could reduce consumption of crude oil and keep the gas pumps working. An economic analyst here explains how the process works, and wonders why the government, the oil companies, and auto-makers have resisted such an obvious cure to a national problem.
Evangeline
The Present Tense
An Open Memo to Julia Child
The $150 Record Collection
Six Novels in Search of a Novelist
Darkness Visible
Shikasta
Cannibals and Missionaries
The New Girls
Breaking Ranks
Affluence and Discontent: The Anatomy of Consumer Societies
Royal Charles
The Victorian Country House
In Evil Hour
Sojourners
The Last Africans
The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling
The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas
Shadow of the Moon
The Chance to Survive
The Black Ships
Degas
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