Issue Date: JANUARY, 1970; VOLUME LXXIII, NO. 1. WHOLE NO. 434
IN THIS ISSUE:-
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COVER: Duck, Everybody! It's dubious achievement time.

[SEE PHOTOS FROM INSIDE THIS ISSUE, BELOW!]

THE OUTSIDE TRACK: ESQUIRE'S NINTH ANNUAL DUBIOUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS FOR 1970 ... What kept 1969 from being a bummer.

PICTURED ESSAY: POOR LITTLE PALM BEACH... All at sea in white wine and lousy parties ... Stephen Birmingham. MANY Paintings by Pascalini.

PERSONALITIES:
CLASS IN OUR TIME... A castle in Bel-Air and at least one Princess in every room ... John Riley. "That's JACK RYAN at left, on one of his 140 telephones. Come on over and have some corn on the cob. Full page photo by Bud Lee. More photos.
EVEL KNIEVEL'S CUP OF ANGUISH... At 90 mph. it runneth over ... David Lyle. Under the White Leather, a body broken many times not so much for you as for the hell of it." Full page photo by Mike Salisbury. MORE.
HOLDING TO SCHEDULE WITH W. H. AUDEN... Everything's fine according to the O.E.D. ... Jon Bradshaw. "Tea at four, drinks at half-past six, dinner one hour later, bed at ten, seven poems a year." Full page painting by Jean-Paul Goude.

ARTICLES:
THE HAPPY JACK FISH HATCHERY PAPERS... From now on, being specific is a no-no.
A QUIET TALK WITH MYSELF... Debate as introspection? Right on! ... Charles Gordone. Full page photo by Carl Fischer.
THE AESTHETICS OF BASKETBALL ... An evaluation by the novelist as fan ... Jonathan Baumbach.

FICTION:
THE WIDOW, BEREFT... Doug & Ronnie & Artie & Billy. Consider the probabilities ... James Blake.
THE TRAINEE... When Jeelings are just a trembling little ache inside ... Theodore Weesner.
PRINTOUT... The computer speaks its mind ... Ron Green.

HOLIDAY DINING: ALEXANDRE DUMAS (PARE) INVITES YOU TO THE FEAST OF NOEL ... Yum Roy Andries de Groot.

FEATURES:
THROWING COLD WATER ON MARMES MAN... This is a landmark precedent ... Martin P. Works.
AT PLAY WITH THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX... Free booze and an XM-175 ... Paul Dickson and Robert Skole.

WEARABLES:
IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN -- RESORT WEAR... Geometrics and a Norfolk pop up in Great Harbour Cay.
DESIGNED FOR DIPS AND DALLIANCE... Bravo the bikini!.
EL SALON MEXICO BLANCO... Crisp cottons from south of the border.
HOW TO BE STYLISH WITHOUT SWELTERING... Shirt suits for when the heat is on.
THE SHIRTS AND SLACKS OF SUN SEASON '70... Vivid prints -- candles in the sun.
GIFTS:
THE REWARDS OF PROCRASTINATION... Gold, silver, diamonds, and solid lucite.
DEPARTMENTS:
Publisher's Page: SOME PROGRESS TO REPORT.
THE SOUND AND THE FURY.
BACKSTAGE WITH ESQUIRE.
EDITOR'S NOTES.
RECORDINGS ... Martin Mayer.
FILMS ... Jacob Brackman.
BOOKS ... Malcolm Muggeridge.
HOW IT LOOKS FROM THE COLONIES ... Denis Brogan.
TRAVEL NOTES ... Richard Joseph.

FULL PAGE Vintage ads include:
Marolboro; Arpege; SCHLITZ; No 5 CHANEL; AL HIRT for MILLER high life; CHEVROLET; MARANTZ; Brunswick; BUDWEISER; BUICK; HANES; MORE
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