January 21, 1978 Issue, THE NATION

- Editorials, pp. 34-35
- Reflections on an Assassination
  Irene Gendzier
  , pp. 36-37
- Rebuilding from Within
  Robert Schur
  , pp. 38-41
  Prescription for the South Bronx
- Who Owns the Phosphates?
  Alex Beam
  , pp. 42-43
  Polisario War in the Sahara
- You Can't Hold Back the Dawn
  Bruce L. Welch
  , pp. 44-47
  The Reality of Solar Power
- Lunch with Mr. So-and-CIA
  James Higgins
  , pp. 48-49
  Flunking Out of the Network
- Employment by Mandate
  Dorothy R. Steffens
  , pp. 50-52
  The Promise of Humphrey-Hawkins
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  How to Open a Pigeon (Review)
  William H. Pritchard
  , p. 53
  Gaudete, by Ted Hughes
  1. Gaudete by Ted Hughes
- The Goal
  David Ray
  , p. 54
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  Whatever Is a Going Thing (Review)
  Michael Hamburger
  , p. 55
  The Selected Poems: 1951-1977, by A.R. Ammons
  1. The Selected Poems: 1951-1977 by A.R. Ammons
- The Happy Ending
  Emile Capouya
  , pp. 56-58
- Indigenous Music
  Nat Hentoff
  , p. 59
- Theatre
  Harold Clurman
  , pp. 60-61
- Records
  David Hamilton
  , pp. 62-64