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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover
Sunday in Central Park. For city dwellers it’s an Edenic release.
Photographs by Elliott Erwitt
4 Sunday Observer
New good ole boy
By Russell Baker
9 The pill turns twenty
Over the past two decades, 30 million women have found the oral contraceptive effective, convenient and aesthetically satisfying. But can they be sure it’s safe?
By Paul Vaughn
10 Why they love Earl Butz
Prosperous farmers see him as the greatest Secretary of Agriculture ever. But critics charge that his grain deal will ignore the world’s hungry and hurt the American consumer.
By James Risser and George Anthan
12 Alive and together in the park
For a few weekend hours, New Yorkers manage to enjoy themselves in their diverse ways and shake off the city’s paranoia.
By Theodore Solotaroff
14 Mexico elects a symbol
José López Portillo is going through the ritual of campaigning for the presidency. He has no public opponents, but serious concern over his intentions is circulating in private.
By Alan Riding
24 Letters
On atheism, puzzle solving and artificial insemination.
30 Crazy Angelo meets the Preacher
There are two million illegal guns floating around New York City—and there’d be more if it weren’t for the undercover agents of the little-known A.T.F.
By Allan J. Mayer
56 Fashion
Paul Poiret: Couturier extraordinaire
By Waverley Root
59 Yesterday’s fashion fits today
By Phyllis Feldkamp
62 Food
Curiosités culinaires
By Jacques Pepin
64 Design
Country auctions
By Rita Reif
74 Puzzles
Last week’s answers, Page 77
79 Endpaper
101 things to love about New York City
By Glenn Collins
Picture credits, Page 78



