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: JANUARY, 1978; VOLUME 89 No. 1, WHOLE No. 530 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: Why is this man laughing? JASON ROBARDS: After a personal disaster, his career is going up and up. PLUS: Dubious Achievement awards of 1977! Cover photograph by John Bryson. SPECIAL: SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL WORST YEAR YET: Esquire's Dubious Achievement Awards for 1977. ARTICLES: The Resurrection of Jason Robards ... John Bryson. Abortion Men ... Linda Bird Francke. This Man Was Made Possible by a Grant from Mobil Oil ... Michael Gerrard. (Profile of HERB SCHMERTZ, Will full page painting by Saint-Singe.) The Dirty Little Secret of Lie Detectors ... Jonathan Kwitny. THE INSIDE TRACK: Time Inc.'s Internal War over Vietnam ... David Halberstam. FEATURES: What Your Eyes Tell You About Your health ... Jessica Maxwell. Racquetball: The Hottest New Game ... Philip Singerman. Tools of the Trade: Weather Instruments. TRAVEL: Farewell to Flesh: Rio Goes Hollywood ... Albert Goldman. A Guide to Carnival Time in Rio ... Stephen Birnbaum. FICTION: Kramer Son ... Avery Corman. FASHION: What To Wear in the Winter Sun. DEPARTMENTS: The Sound and the Fury -- Letters from our readers. Backstage with Esquire -- The view from within. Money: Andrew Tobias -- Now aren't you glad you didn't go into a tax shelter?. Outdoors: Geoffrey Norman -- Bluetick hounds: Bawling and treeing. Books: Alfred Kazin -- Robert Lowell and John Ashbery: The difference between poets. Getting Away: Stephen Birnbaum -- Hungarian holiday. Hollywood: Peter Bogdanovich -- An afternoon at the New Yorker. Media: Richard Reeves -- Savage fire: The importance of Bill Safire. 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!