Issue Date: January 30, 1979; Volume 91 No.2, FORTNIGHTLY EDITION
IN THIS ISSUE:-
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COVER: The last Unpublished Short Story, An American Romance. The F. SCOTT FITZGERALD lovers in the story "On Your Own" (page 56). The ship pictured throughout is the luxury liner S.S. Rotterdam, courtesy of Holland America Cruises. Photograph by Dan Weaks.

ON YOUR OWN: Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald -- His last remaining unpublished short story.

BLESSED ARE THE WOMEN OF AMERICA, FOR DONAHUE IS THEIR SHEPHERD by William Brashler -- PHIL DONAHUE, that is, host of the hottest daytime TV talk show. It comes from WGN-TV in Chicago and invades four and a half million homes in the morning, when the women watch with rapt attention.

IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Bob Aurthur by Merle Miller -- Some parting words for the Esquire columnist and television writer, director, producer par excellence.

THE RIDDLE OF SADAT: by Gail Sheehy -- The man is the key to what has happened and what will happen in the Middle East. He stands at the pivot of our history. How come? Curiously, after his youthful revolutionary zeal subsided, Sadat spent twenty years as a barely noticeable, hardly distinguished functionary. He was able to refashion himself during this period and emerged as a true leader, one willing to take daring risks. There are few -- but potent -- precedents in history: Bismarck, De Gaulle. Sadat, though, will need all his newfound energy to bring about his visionary economic plans for Egypt.

BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE: Pictures and Presidents -- Introducing Dan Weaks, the photographer whose pictures appear on the cover and pages 56 -- 65. Plus: Gail Sheehy reports on her interview with President Anwar Sadat of Egypt.

MEDIA: China Beams Aboard by Richard Reeves -- The age of television is dawning in China, which virtually means the beginning of the Americanization of China.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Dungaree Dupe by Dan Dorfman -- The hottest jeans in America are the Sasson jeans. The jeans are not by Vidal Sassoon, although maybe it is meant that you think they are. Plus: Ring around the collar for Leonard Stern of Hartz Mountain Industries, one of the richest men in the country.

THE LAW: This Year's Bonus Babies by Steven Brill -- A report on the Christmas bonuses paid to the lucky young lawyers at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Plus: The flap over John Jay Osborn Jr.'s new novel about lawyers.

HIGH LIFE: Panting for Paley by Taki -- The water seethes as the fish pursue America's most eligible widower.

BOOKS: Legends of the Holocaust, Legions of the Unfaithful Geoffrey Wolff reviews Leslie Epstein's King of the Jews. Joy Williams reviews Lewis Yablonsky's The Extra-Sex Factor.

HAUT SPORT: ENGLISH PHEASANT FOR THE AMERICAN SQUIRE: by Alistair Home -- There are strict rules of behavior for shooting birds on the moors of Great Britain. The first lesson: Book at least a year in advance.

DELICIOUS PUDDING TAKES A MEETING: by David Freeman -- An uproarious account of what happens when movie people and pop music people try to get together on a deal -- particularly one involving a certain voluptuous superstar who shall be nameless.

EPILOGUE: A WOMAN, A GIFT, AND A STILL UNANSWERED QUESTION. Bert Barr. [Photo with President Warren Gameliel Harding.]

THE $350 BOWL OF SOUP: by George Lang -- It's a venerable Chinese recipe. It serves twelve, contains deer tendon and shark's bladder (among other things), and takes five days to make. Very tasty, too.

A DAY IN THE LIFE: Russell Baker, Interview by Harry Stein -- Beginning a new series on how other folks live -- moment by moment.

THE LANGUAGE: The Waning of O'Neil by John Simon -- A dissertation upon the linguistic wrongheadedness of Professor Wayne O'Neil of MIT.

PERSONAL FINANCE: How Uncle Screws Us All by William Flanagan -- Some glum facts about Social Security. To wit: You'll never get out of it what they're making you put into it.

THE RETURN OF CINEMA VERY VERITE: by Edward Sorel -- Three movie posters for our time.

THE RIGHT STUFF: by Suzanne Slesin and Anita Leclerc -- Esquire's guide to gear and gadgets.

DUBIOUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS FOR JANUARY: Everybody duck once a month. We're no longer content to wait until the end of the year.
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