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Issue Date: May 22, 1979; Volume 91, No. 10
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[THIS is a rare issue from a very SHORT period in which Esquire became a fortnighly publication].

COVER: Hollywood VS Harrisburg: The stort behind the race to finish the China Syndrome before the inevitable real time accident. Cover -- A comparison of the fictional and the real nuclear accidents. Photograph by Matthew Klein (insets from Columbia and Black Star).

THE REIGN IN SPAIN by Christopher Buckley -- Juan Carlos I is King of Spain, an unlikely fact in a country not particularly fond of kings. He's doing a good job keeping an unruly political situation in order. But how long can he last?

THE AMERICANIZATION OF RUPERT MURDOCH by Chris Welles -- Australian publisher Rupert Murdoch came to the United States and bought newspapers and magazines. His tactics and his brand of journalism upset the publishing establishment, which has declared war on him. But the fact is that Murdoch has already become Americanized; he is joining the club.

THE GLITTERATI'S WEEK-LONG PARTY -- by Taki -- The race of Formula One cars this May 27 in Monte Carlo opens the European social season with a week of frenzied chic. Meet the jet-setters, the drivers, and the groupies in photographs by Ken Regan.

VERONICA AND BETTY -- Fiction by Nora Ephron -- A cautionary tale about what happens to innocence when it grows up to the mores and the styles of the late Seventies.

AMERICAN EXPRESS FLIGHT INSURANCE -- by Andrew Tobias -- Amex has a new plan for you. It offers automatic flight insurance. It doesn't make very much sense.

HOLLYWOOD VS. HARRISBURG -- by Aaron Latham -- You'll recall that when the nuclear accident happened at the Three Mile Island plant, cynics said it was a publicity stunt for the movie The China Syndrome. What you don't know is the amazing web of similarity of detail between the planning of the movie and the real-life near disaster.

THE RIGHT STUFF -- by Nancy Klein and Anita Leclerc -- Esquire's guide to gear and gadgets.

BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE -- Esquire's Guide to the High Life -- A few words about Taki, our authority on the jet set.

POLITICS: UNDERGROUND ECONOMICS -- by Richard Reeves -- How many Americans would deny the IRS its portion by working strictly for unreported cash? Plenty.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Menopause for Ma Bell? by Dan Dorfman -- Massive costs and the onslaught of new rivals could take the wind out of AT&T for the next five years.

THE LAW: THE RIGHT KIND OF BILLS -- by Steven Brill -- How should a law firm bill for its services? Houston's Baker & Botts, for one, refuses to itemize. Are they in the wrong?

THE LANGUAGE: FILM FLUFFS -- by John Simon -- At the Academy Awards, the envelopes revealed the winners. The mouths of the presenters released some losers, at least as far as grammar is concerned.

BOOKS: Hip to the Beats, Down on Fraud, Up to Old Age -- Geoffrey Wolff reviews Aram Saroyan's Genesis Angels; Katha Pollitt reviews Jessica Mitford's Poison Penmanship; Josephine Hendin reviews Elizabeth Hardwick's Sleepless Nights.

EASY AND ELEGANT: New Clothes Men Like -- Fashion by Rita Hamilton -- The fine Italian hand of Giorgio Armani, a designer of revolutionary men's wear. A look at his clothes and why men like them. An exclusive glimpse of his new designs for fall and winter. Plus: The designer himself seen close up by David Pryce-Jones.

PERSONAL FINANCE: Writing Off a $350 Meal by William Flanagan -- The ins and outs of coping with deductions for business entertainment on your taxes. The key to it all: The right kind of records.

A DAY IN THE LIFE: Seattle Slew by Drew Jubera -- Moment to moment with the $ 12-million stud.

DUBIOUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS FOR MAY -- Our monthly booby prizes.
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