A Short History of Form 1040, by Peter Meyer, THE HARPERS MONTHLY

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A Short History of Form 1040

by Peter Meyer

The Harpers Monthly, April 1977, pp. 22-24

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    1. Letters, pp. 4-15
    2. The Easy Chair by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 16-17
    3. The Coming Crisis in Europe by Richard J. Whalen, pp. 18-25
    4. Afternoon in Purgatory by Joseph P. Kahn, pp. 26-27
    5. Blood Money by Steven Ashley, p. 28
    6. Godiva in the Nursery by Dorothy Schuchman, pp. 29-32
    7. The Myth of an Adversary Press by Tom Bethell, pp. 33-40
    8. The Ridge-Slope Fox and the Knife Thrower by Edward Hoagland, pp. 41-60
    9. The Final Season by George Plimpton, pp. 61-67
    10. Looking for the Lost Mafia by Rufus King, pp. 68-75
    11. The trouble with children's books by John Goldthwaite, pp. 76-86
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      1. Empire Without End by Lidia Storoni Mazzolani
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      1. The Memory of Justice (1976 Film) by Marcel Ophuls
    14. Our Poem by Laura Fortenbaugh, p. 90
    15. Three Poems by Frederick Morgan, p. 90
    16. Architecture by Nathan Silver, pp. 91-94
    17. The Fourth Estate by Kevin Phillips, pp. 95-99
    18. Puzzle by Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 100-102
    19. Cover photograph by Humphrey Sutton
  2. [+]
    February 1977 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-11
    2. The Easy Chair by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 12-15
    3. The Newspeak Generation by Reed Whittemore, pp. 16-25
    4. Old Comrades Meet by Michael Harrington, pp. 26-28
    5. Thoughts from the Dais by Samuel C. Florman, pp. 29-30
    6. Mao's Funeral by Ben J. Wattenberg, pp. 31-34
    7. The Specter of Full Employment by Robert Lekachman, pp. 35-40
    8. Revising the Facts of Life by P.B. Medawar and J.S. Medawar, pp. 41-61
    9. A Talk with Trotsky by Peter Berlinrut, pp. 62-76
    10. The House of Angels by Ella Leffland, pp. 77-86
    11. Books: A Shrivel of Critics by Anthony Burgess, pp. 87-91
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      Overtaken by Events by Evan Connell, pp. 92-93 - 1 Review
      1. A Fringe of Leaves by Patrick White
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      Memories of an Indian Childhood by Edward Abbey, pp. 94-97 - 1 Review
      1. The Names by N. Scott Momaday
    14. Puzzle by Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 98-100
    15. Cover design by Rostislav Eismont
  3. [+]
    March 1977 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 4-7
    2. Last Oasis by Edward Abbey, pp. 8-11
    3. The Self as Sybarite by Roger Rosenblatt, pp. 12-15
    4. Skirmish Over Guernica by Philip Nobile, pp. 16-20
    5. The Edith Project by Jack McClintock, pp. 21-24
    6. Washington: Bureaucrat's Redux by Brock Brower, pp. 25-30
    7. The Capitalist Paradox by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 31-37
    8. Roman Ordinary by John L'Heureux, pp. 38-41
    9. Success by John L'Heureux, pp. 42-78
    10. Part of My Life in Late August 1975 by Tom Lewis, p. 79
    11. Visions of Futures Past by Sally Helgesen, pp. 80-87
    12. Television's Little Dramas by Herbert Gold, pp. 88-93
    13. [+]
      The Compleat New Yorker by Malcolm Muggeridge, pp. 94-98 - 1 Review
      1. Letters of E. B. White by Dorothy Lobrano Guth and E.B. White
    14. Three Poems by Dennis Silk, p. 99
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      Books in Brief by Michael Malone, pp. 100-101 - 3 Reviews
      1. Nixon vs. Nixon by David Abrahamsen
      2. Changing by Liv Ullmann
      3. The Gates of Eden by Morris Dickstein
    16. [+]
      Movies: Humiliation in Hollywood by Stephen Koch, pp. 102-106 - 1 Review
      1. The Last Tycoon (1976 Film) by Elia Kazan
    17. Music: Adrift Among Images by F. Joseph Spieler, pp. 107-111
    18. The Fourth Estate by Peter H. Schuck and Neil MacNeil, pp. 112-120
    19. Puzzle by Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 121-124
    20. Cover photograph by Jerry Sarapochiello
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    April 1977 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. Letters, pp. 6-11
    2. The Easy Chair by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 12-15
    3. Gilmore's Victory by Earl Shorris, pp. 16-19
    4. Home Thoughts from Abroad by Paul Jonas, pp. 20-21
    5. A Short History of Form 1040 by Peter Meyer, pp. 22-24
    6. Washington by Tom Bethell, pp. 25-30
    7. Daughters of the Middle Class by Diana Trilling, pp. 31-38
    8. Selling of the Old South by Johnny Greene, pp. 39-60
    9. Hidden Presidents by Fawn M. Brodie, pp. 61-76
    10. Scrope's Last Throw by Richard Holmes, pp. 77-85
    11. [+]
      Paths to Redemption by Andre Dubus, pp. 86-87 - 1 Review
      1. Lancelot by Walker Percy
    12. [+]
      Crying in the Wilderness by John Leonard, pp. 88-89 - 1 Review
      1. Falconer by John Cheever
    13. Architecture by Nathan Silver, pp. 90-95
    14. Puzzle by Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 96-98
    15. Cover painting by Richard Mantel
  5. [+]
    May 1977 Issue = 16 Articles
    1. Letters, p. 6
    2. Cartoon by MacNelly, pp. 6-12
    3. The Easy Chair by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 13-17
    4. Britain's Inexhaustible Complacence by T.D. Allman, pp. 18-25
    5. Hired Scapegoats by Samuel C. Florman, pp. 26-29
    6. Washington by John Midgley, pp. 30-34
    7. The Specious Morality of the Law by Sanford Levinson, pp. 35-42
    8. The Public Use of Private Interest by Charles L. Schultze, pp. 43-62
    9. War Stories by Robert Stone, pp. 63-75
    10. There Sporting Poets by George Plimpton, pp. 76-84
    11. The Master of Ganeshpuri by Paul Zweig, pp. 85-91
    12. The New Poetry by E.L. Doctorow, pp. 92-95
    13. [+]
      Clutching at Flaws by John Lahr, p. 96 - 1 Review
      1. The Champions by Peter Fuller
    14. [+]
      Aristocratic Rebel by Edmund White, pp. 97-102 - 1 Review
      1. Matters of Fact and Fiction by Gore Vidal
    15. Puzzle by E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 103-106
    16. Cover photograph by Nicholas Foster
  6. [+]
    June 1977 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Letters, p. 4
    2. Cartoon by MacNelly, pp. 4-11
    3. Verse by Daniel Halpern, pp. 12-14
    4. The Easy Chair by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 15-18
    5. California Still Dreaming by Arthur I. Blaustein, pp. 19-23
    6. The Need for Elite Education by John R. Silber, pp. 24-25
    7. Students of the Subjective by Sally Helgesen, pp. 26-33
    8. Washington by Tom Bethell, pp. 34-40
    9. Inside the Volcano by Gene Lyons, pp. 41-55
    10. Four Poems by Loren Eiseley, pp. 56-57
    11. Zephyr by Patricia Duncan, pp. 58-63
    12. The Arms Zealots by Daniel Yergin, pp. 64-67
    13. Arsenal of Democracy by Tom Gervasi, pp. 68-76
    14. [+]
      Spoiled Children by Andrew Sarris, pp. 77-79 - 1 Review
      1. Haywire by Brooke Hayward
    15. [+]
      Harmonies in Time and Space by Hayden Carruth, pp. 80-81 - 1 Review
      1. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
    16. [+]
      Books in Brief by Michael Malone, pp. 82-84 - 5 Reviews
      1. An Exchange of Eagles by Owen Sela
      2. Charlene Gourguechon's Journey to the End of the World by Charlene Gourguechon
      3. The Camera Never Blinks by Dan Rather and Mickey Herskowitz
      4. Search at Loch Ness by Dennis L. Meredith
      5. Walking Through the Fire: A Hospital Journal by Laurel Lee
    17. Verse by David Bottoms, p. 85
    18. Music: The Most Visonary Modernist by F. Joseph Spieler, pp. 86-88
    19. The Revisionist History Book Club Newsletter by Stephen Darst, p. 89
    20. The Fourth Estate by Eugene McCarthy, pp. 90-95
    21. Puzzle by Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 96-98
    22. Cover photograph of a Mexican wall painting by Harvey Lloyd
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    July 1977 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters, p. 4
    2. Cartoon by MacNelly, pp. 4-6
    3. The Easy Chair by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 7-9
    4. Jamaican Limbo by Frances FitzGerald, pp. 10-14
    5. Against Consensus by Reed Whittemore, pp. 15-17
    6. A Legal House of Cards by Albert M. Rosenblatt and Julia Carlson Rosenblatt, ..., pp. 18-22
    7. Busting the Media Trusts by Kevin Phillips, pp. 23-34
    8. The Persecution and Character Assassination of Howard (Bo) Callaway by Jim Hougan, pp. 35-54
    9. Magifications by David Scharf, pp. 55-59
    10. Rummage and Loss by David Black, pp. 60-69
    11. [+]
      Two Stalwarts Among the Ruins by Evan Connell, pp. 70-71 - 2 Reviews
      1. Memoirs of Heinrich Schliemann by Leo Deuel and Heinrich Schliemann
      2. Sir Aurel Stein: Archaeological Explorer by Jeannette Mirsky
    12. For the Path She Must Follow by Patricia Goedicke, pp. 72-75
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      A Fan's Notes by Edward Hoagland, pp. 76-77 - 1 Review
      1. Five Seasons by Roger Angell
    14. [+]
      Thorn on the Wind by Charles Nicol, pp. 78-79 - 1 Review
      1. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
    15. Music by Ben Martin, pp. 80-81
    16. Bug by Dennis Silk, p. 82
    17. The Fourth World by Don Gordon, p. 82
    18. Fearful Symmetry by John Lahr, pp. 83-86
    19. Puzzle by Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 87-90
    20. Cover: Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David and Richard Mantel
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    August 1977 Issue = 16 Articles
    1. Letters, p. 4
    2. MacNelly, pp. 4-9
    3. Small Is Dubious by Samuel C. Florman, pp. 10-13
    4. Likud's Victory by Ben J. Wattenberg, pp. 14-17
    5. Washington by Tom Bethell, pp. 18-26
    6. Carter's Patchwork Doctrine by Richard J. Barnet, pp. 27-34
    7. The Professor of Desire by Philip Roth, pp. 35-55
    8. Transcending the Machine by William Crutchfield, pp. 56-57
    9. Energy Debacle by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 58-74
    10. Under Palladio's Spell by Garry Wills, pp. 75-76
    11. [+]
      The House That Modernism Built by Nathan Silver, pp. 77-79 - 1 Review
      1. Five Architects by Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, and Charles Gwathmey, ...
    12. Quail; How It Came; The Rib by Larry Woiwode, p. 80
    13. [+]
      Books in Brief by Jeffrey Burke, pp. 81-82 - 6 Reviews
      1. The Broken Heart by James J. Lynch
      2. Inside Las Vegas by Mario Puzo
      3. Dim Memories of a Polish Jew Born in France by Pierre Goldman
      4. Child of the Morning by Pauline Gedge
      5. The Ivankiad by Vladimir Voinovich
      6. Cristina: Portraits of a Princess by Beth Archer Brombert
    14. Vanity Fair by Peter McCabe, pp. 83-87
    15. Puzzle by E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 88-90
    16. Cover photograph by Humphrey Sutton
  9. [+]
    September 1977 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters, p. 4
    2. Cartoon by MacNelly, pp. 4-7
    3. The Easy Chair by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 8-11
    4. Calcutta's Bounty by T.D. Allman, pp. 12-18
    5. The Absent Left by Jeff Greenfield, pp. 19-29
    6. An Alaskan Tragedy by Barry Lopez, pp. 30-33
    7. A Status Quo Economy by Michael Harrington, pp. 34-36
    8. The Traffic (Legal and Illegal) in Guns by Steven Brill, pp. 37-48
    9. [+]
      The Passing of Camelot by T.H. White, pp. 49-64 - 1 Review
      1. The Book of Merlyn by T.H. White
    10. Verse by Wendell Berry, p. 65
    11. Wall Flowers by Deidi von Schaewen, pp. 66-68
    12. Is Dinu Lipatti Beyond Reproach by Joel Agee, pp. 69-75
    13. We Are Norsemen by T. Coraghessan Boyle, pp. 76-79
    14. That's Entertainment! by Richard Condon, pp. 80-87
    15. [+]
      End Game by Stephen Koch, pp. 88-89 - 1 Review
      1. Players by Don DeLillo
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      1. The Consul's File by Paul Theroux
      2. The Dark Lady by Louis Auchincloss
      3. Enemies of Society by Paul Johnson
      4. Sicilian Carousel by Lawrence Durrell
    17. Tom Seaver's Farewell by A.B. Giamatti, pp. 93-98
    18. The Fourth Estate by Michael A. Ledeen, pp. 99-101
    19. Music: Lost Souls by F. Joseph Spieler, pp. 102-112
    20. Puzzle by Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 113-114
    21. Cover photograph of Cadbury Castle by Evelyn Hofer
  10. [+]
    October 1977 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. Letters, p. 4
    2. Cartoon by MacNelly, pp. 4-15
    3. The Easy Chair by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 16-19
    4. Disco by Sally Helgesen, pp. 20-24
    5. The Culture of Appeasement by Norman Podhoretz, pp. 25-32
    6. Memo to the White House by George McGovern, pp. 33-36
    7. Jimmy Carter's Ruling Class by Roger Morris, pp. 37-48
    8. The Desert Empire by George Sibley, pp. 49-68
    9. Mr. and Mrs. Eakins, pp. 69-72
    10. Love is Blind by Julie Hecht, pp. 73-78
    11. In Our Time by Tom Wolfe, p. 79
    12. The Aztec Treasure House by Evan Connell, pp. 80-86
    13. [+]
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      1. The Ice Age by Margaret Drabble
      2. Daniel Martin by John Fowles
    14. [+]
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      1. The Prodigious Builders by Bernard Rudofsky
      2. Children with Emerald Eyes by Mira Rothenberg
      3. Joan of Arc by Edward Lucie-Smith
      4. The Last Best Hope by Peter Tauber
      5. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
    15. Movies: A Kind Word for Critics by Francois Truffaut, pp. 95-101
    16. The Fourth Estate by Earl Shorris, pp. 102-114
    17. Puzzle by E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 115-118
    18. Cover painting by Dickran Palulian
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    November 1977 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters, p. 4
    2. Cartoon by MacNelly, pp. 4-7
    3. The Easy Chair by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 8-15
    4. Changing Criminal Sentences by James Q. Wilson, pp. 16-21
    5. The Discus Thrower by Richard Selzer, pp. 22-25
    6. Mexican Transfer by Peter Meyer, pp. 26-33
    7. Washington by Tom Bethell, pp. 34-42
    8. Giving Yale to Connecticut by William F. Buckley, Jr., pp. 43-56
    9. America's Innocence Abroad by T.D. Allman, pp. 57-69
    10. The Hammer and the Sickle by David Suter, pp. 70-72
    11. Land of Cotton by Gilbert Sorrentino, pp. 73-76
    12. A Conspiracy of Silence by Joseph Epstein, pp. 77-92
    13. In Our Time by Tom Wolfe, pp. 93-94
    14. [+]
      The Reinvented World by Charles Nicol, pp. 95-102 - 1 Review
      1. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien
    15. [+]
      The Fall Poetry by Hayden Carruth, pp. 103-105 - 5 Reviews
      1. A Blessing Outside Us by Hilda Morley
      2. The Gold of the Tigers by Jorge Luis Borges
      3. The Fourth Dimension by Yannis Ritsos
      4. Another Kind of Autumn by Loren C. Eiseley
      5. Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters by Linda Gray Sexton, Lois Ames, and Anne Sexton
    16. [+]
      Sins of Commission by Judith Rascoe, pp. 106-107 - 1 Review
      1. True Confessions by John Gregory Dunne
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      Books in Brief by Jeffrey Burke, pp. 108-113 - 5 Reviews
      1. Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris
      2. Samuel Johnson by W. Jackson Bate
      3. Whiskey Man by Howell Raines
      4. Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar by Ira Berkow
      5. Refiner's Fire by Mark Helprin
    18. The Faded Laurel Crown by Christopher Hitchens, pp. 114-117
    19. Meditations on the Letter Z by William Saroyan, pp. 118-122
    20. Puzzle by Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 123-126
    21. Cover photograph by Jerry Sarapochiello
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    1. Letters, p. 4
    2. Cartoon by MacNelly, pp. 4-10
    3. The Easy Chair by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 11-15
    4. River: Still Shot by Theodore Enslin, p. 16
    5. My One by Peter Mandel, p. 16
    6. A Commonwealth's Choice by John Bartlow Martin, pp. 17-20
    7. The Road Less Traveled by Erazim Kohak, pp. 21-27
    8. The Official Avant-Garde by Sally Helgesen, pp. 28-32
    9. The Politician's Art by Henry Fairlie, pp. 33-48
    10. Environmentalism and the Leisure Class by William Tucker, pp. 49-56
    11. Posters by Edward Penfield, pp. 57-82
    12. On the 32nd Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Denise Levertov, p. 83
    13. Mirages by Annie Dillard, pp. 84-85
    14. In Our Time by Tom Wolfe, pp. 86-87
    15. Succurrere Vitae by Joel Agee, pp. 88-94
    16. Flirting With Guilt and Tyranny by Eric Larsen, pp. 95-101
    17. [+]
      Images at Random by Hugh Kenner, pp. 102-106 - 1 Review
      1. The Random House Encyclopedia by James Mitchell and Jess Stein
    18. [+]
      Books in Brief by Michael Malone, pp. 107-109 - 5 Reviews
      1. Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph by Edgar Johnson
      2. The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman by J.P. Donleavy
      3. Bliss by Elizabeth Gundy
      4. An Autobiography by Agatha Christie
      5. Dispatches by Michael Herr
    19. An Appreciation of Robert Lowell by Hayden Carruth, pp. 110-113
    20. The Fourth Estate by Claud Cockburn, pp. 114-116
    21. Hyperbole's Child by A.B. Giamatti, pp. 117-127
    22. Puzzle by E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby, Jr., pp. 128-130
    23. Cover photograph by Terry Stevenson
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