ESQUIRE September 26 1978 Alexander Haig Frank Corsaro Speedboat Stanley Stearns

Description: Esquire "The Magazine for Men" -- Including all the great writers, illustrators, pictorials, vintage advertisements, fashion and more -- Exclusive MORE MAGAZINES detailed content description, below! Issue Date: September 26, 1978; Volume 90 No. 7 IN THIS ISSUE:- This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. Any unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 COVER: Saving the West with General Alexander Haig, New Speedboats; The Sick Dollar; Executive Talent. Cover Photograph by David Hume Kennerly; NATO's General Alexander Haig; Speedboat inset: photograph by Allan Weitz. SAVING THE WEST WITH GENERAL HAIG by Christopher Buckley -- It's tough to keep up with NATO's boss while he busies himself saving Western civilization from the apocalypse. But the author perseveres and finds the General in the mood for a few trenchant phrases. THE PECK'S BAD BOY OF OPERA by John Kobler -- A lot of people think that FRANK CORSARO is one of the few directors who can make opera exciting. A lot of other people think he's guilty of overkill. Corsaro himself sides with the former group. LITTLE EGYPT by Suzanne Slesin -- An advance look at the temple of Dendur, built on the Nile by Augustus and now reassembled in a huge new addition to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. SPEEDBOATS NOW! FASTER, SEXIER by Brock Yates -- The ultimate ego gratification: a superboat that costs a fortune and has no function other than mind-blowing speed, that eats fuel in prodigal gulps and generally tells the rest of the world to go stuff it. If that sounds like fun, these are the boats for you. TOP BLOODHOUND IN THE CHASE FOR EXECUTIVES by Marylin Bender -- Meet Gerard Roche, a headhunter. He's hired by companies to find management talent to fill lucrative jobs. If you're lucky, he might come calling on you. There are a few problems, of course, and Roche is the first to admit to them. HIGH-TECH: STORAGE SOLUTIONS by Joan Kron and Suzanne Slesin -- Esquire's third installment of the book that tells you all about the interior design look of the Eighties. This time: how to get organized by using industrial shelving, files, pick racks, and bins. BURNING ZEE-MAN by Robert Greenfield -- An excerpt from a forthcoming novel. A powerful and brutal story of a drug dealer in New York and what happened to him when he got overconfident. Scenes from Real Life -- The Fire Island Ferry by Stan Mack. The Right Stuff/Fashion -- Cold-Weather Socks by Cora Marcus. The Right Stuff by Suzanne Slesin and Anita Leclerc -- Esquire's guide to gear and gadgets. DUCK-STAMP ART by Geoffrey Norman -- Wildlife artist Stanley Stearns hopes to win this year's contest in which painters vie to place their work on the annual Federal Duck Stamp. Hunters need the stamp to shoot ducks legally. Artists like the stamp because it can make them a million. Books -- Does Harvard Hate Us? by Andrew Tobias -- About the only thing exciting in John LeBoutillier's book Harvard Hates America is the title. Travel -- Doing the Bump by Stephen Birnbaum -- What to do if you get bumped from your flight. Personal Finance -- Tax Relief for Renters? by William Flanagan -- A New York law now being tested has national implications. Anything Goes -- Let Us Now Praise Famous Pitchmen by Edward Sorel. Backstage with Esquire -- The Taciturn General -- Christopher Buckley's notes, on meeting with General Alexander Haig, for his article on page 25. The Sound and the Fury -- Letters from Readers Politics -- Jimmy's "Close" Friends by Richard Reeves -- The President seems to claim just about everyone for a friend. And it makes the author finally understand the Dixie predilection for exaggeration. Full Disclosure -- Ripping Up the Dollar by Dan Dorfman -- A top British currency trader sees new woes ahead for the dollar. Will stock prices follow? Litigating Bad B.O. by Steven Brill -- One of the biggest and most expensive legal lobbying efforts is about to take place around the issue of whether or not local movie theater owners can get a look at a film before they book it. Plus: some glum words about Arthur Schlesinger's remembrances of Bobby Kennedy. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. Any unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Magazine is COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD + condition (see photo), Approx 8 1/2" X 11" Standard magazine Format. Vintage Esquire magazines are more and more sought after as time goes by, and they are getting more scarce on the market!

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