August 1984 Issue, THE HARPERS MONTHLY

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- Letters
  Richard Falk, Amos Perlmutter, and Vicki Hearne
  , pp. 4-7
- Notebook
  Lewis H. Lapham
  , pp. 8-10
  Licensed personality
- Harper's Index, pp. 11-12
- Borders and the Modern Mind
  George Steiner
  , p. 13
- Mirage-Alan P. Lightman , pp. 14-15
- The Perils of Inattention
  Alberto Moravia
  , pp. 16-18
- Modern Justice , pp. 19-21
- In Praise of the Welfare State
  Olof Palme
  , p. 22
- The Myth of Computer Literacy
  Douglas Noble
  , p. 23
- Post-Vietnam Television News
  Michael Arlen
  , pp. 24-26
- Dissent Among the Dissidents
  Andrei Sinyavsky
  , p. 27
- A Meditation on Power
  A. Bartlett Giamatti
  , pp. 28-29
- Richard Nixon: A Soliloquy
  Donald Freed and Arnold M. Stone
  , p. 30
- Handke: October 19
  Peter Handke
  , pp. 31-32
- Fear: Four Examples
  Gordon Lish
  , p. 33
- Gang Slang
  Columbus B. Hopper and Johnny "Big John" Moore, ...
  , p. 34
- Why Manners Matter
  Judith Martin
  , pp. 35-36
- Introduction, p. 37
- Travels in North America
  Weldon Kees
  , p. 38
- Filling Station
  Elizabeth Bishop
  , pp. 39-41
- Enough
  Marianne Moore
  , p. 42
- The Cove
  Amy Clampitt
  , p. 43
- Upstate
  Derek Walcott
  , p. 44
- An Urban Convalescence
  James Merrill
  , p. 45
- A Family of Dolls' House Dolls
  Cynthia Macdonald
  , p. 46
- America Began in Houses
  Douglas Crase
  , p. 46
- Little Millionaire's Pad, Chicago
  Robert Lowell
  , p. 47
- A Song in the Front Yard
  Gwendolyn Brooks
  , p. 47
- The Harbor at Seattle
  Robert Hass
  , p. 47
- The Freedom of the House
  John Ashbery
  , p. 48
- Elizabeth and Eban, 1940
  Gjertrud Schnackenberg
  , p. 48
- Birdwatchers of America
  Anthony Hecht
  , p. 49
- Notes from a Child of Paradise, XII
  Alfred Corn
  , p. 49
- Annotation
  Craig S. Karpel
  , pp. 50-56
  Three Guesses for the Disinformed
- Bleached Truths
  Alice Bloom
  , pp. 57-64
  A Greek beach, in a hard light
- Bwana Vistas
  Alexander Cockburn
  , pp. 65-69
  The lost, lamented world of the imperial travel writer
- Tocqueville' Mistake
  Henry Steele Commager
  , pp. 70-76
  Centralization and a strong national government have extended, not curtailed, our liber...
- Acrostic
  Thomas H. Middleton
  , pp. 77-79
- Puzzle
  E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby, Jr.
  , pp. 80-82
- Cover: La Plage
  Malcolm Morley