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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Stylized cross section of the containment structure of a nuclear power plant. At its heart is the reactor, where atomic fission produces heat—and, ultimately, electricity. The layers that surround the core (and the choice of terrain below) are meant to guarantee that no lethal radiation can escape. To some experts, it seems the ideal solution to the energy crisis; to others, there are unanswered questions about its potential dangers. Page 8.
Painting by Walter Hortens
Russell Baker — 4
Sunday Observer
The truth about sex in Washington
Vladimir Voinovich — 6
“Oh, for a room of my own!”
The scene: Moscow; the antagonist: a tenant of a Writers’ Cooperative vs. an apparatchik with links to the K.G.B. The prize: a two-room apartment.
Hedrick Smith — 6
The author: A daring Soviet satirist
Don G. Meighan — 8
How safe is safe enough?
Despite rings of safety, all the risks of nuclear power cannot be eliminated. Are they justified by the nation’s need for energy?
Stephen Birmingham — 10
The public event named Jackie
“Better than any other famous woman in history (including Garbo), she has mastered the art of managing her celebrity.”
Judith Wax — 24
Mission Employable
An Illinois job-finding club teaches its members that joblessness is a state of mind.
Jean Mayer — 26
The bitter truth about sugar
It’s bad for the health, bad for the teeth, and we all eat more of it than we think.
Charles McGrath and Daniel Menaker — 36
Fashion
Time, gentlemen
C. Ray Smith — 38
Design
Light makes right
Craig Claiborne with Pierre Franey — 45
Food
Saucy
48 — Letters
On making poetry, adjusting nature and eating morels.
52 — Puzzles
Last week’s answers, Page 46
Edward Gorey — 63
Endpaper
The grand passion
Picture credits, Page 56