1. Face to Face with Hurricane Camille Joseph P.Blank 1
2. Marrakech George Orwell 16
3. Pub Talk and the King s English Henry Fairlie 35
4. Inaugural Address John F.Kennedy 51
5. Love is a Fallacy Max Shulman 67
6. Disappearing Through the Skylight Osborne Bennet Hardison Jr. 91
7. The Libido for the Ugly H.L.Mencken 109
8. The Worker as Creator or Machine Erich Fromm 123
9. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Ursula Le Guin 140
10. The Sad Young Men Rod W.Horton and Herbert W.Edwards 157
11. The Future of the English J.B.Priestley 178
12. The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American James Baldwin 201
13. In Favor of Capital Punishment Jacques Barzun 218
14. Loving and Hating New York Thomas Griffith 248