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- Mugging As a Way of Life
- By David Freeman
- February 23, 1970
“…When Hector and Louise aren't mugging their neighbors, they live in burnt-out buildings, moving easily from a deserted tenement on Avenue D to one south of Houston, near the Bowery…”
- Bombing on the Mind
- By Gail Sheehy
- April 6, 1970
"'A sodden Sheep Meadow last October—remember? The Vietnam Moratorium?'"
- How Not to Be Humiliated in Snob Restaurants
- By Gael Greene
- April 13, 1970
“…Mere money will not spring you from neglect, glazed ennui, under-age wines, snarled lectures on gastronomic propriety…”
- Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny’s
- By Tom Wolfe
- June 8, 1970
"It’s a tricky business, integrating new politics with tried-and-true social motifs."
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Ice Cream But Were Too Fat to Ask
- By Gael Greene
- August 3, 1970
"As the establishment cracks and institutions crumble, it is no wonder we reach out to ice cream."
- Is Washington Ready for Bella Abzug?
- By Jimmy Breslin
- October 5, 1970
"Here she is, pushing, brawling, striding her way toward the United States Congress."
- The Agony of Panthermania
- By Gail Sheehy
- November 16, 1970
Can these young blacks find an alternative to revolutionary suicide?
- The Consequences of Panthermania
- By Gail Sheehy
- November 23, 1970
A whimpering, tortured, dull-witted black was led into a Connecticut bog last year and there took a bullet in his head.
- What Is Ms. and What Is It Doing in New York?
- By Clay Felker
- December 20, 1971
An editor’s letter introducing Gloria Steinem’s revolutionary new magazine.
- The Housewife’s Moment of Truth
- By Jane O’Reilly
- December 20, 1971
"American women have suddenly and shockingly perceived the basic disorder in what has been believed to be the natural order of things."
- The Birth of 'The New Journalism'
- By Tom Wolfe
- February 14, 1972
Participant reveals main factors leading to demise of the novel, rise of new style covering events.
- East Bronx Story—Return of the Street Gangs
- By Gene Weingarten
- March 27, 1972
"Without much notice, it seems, street gangs have again become a problem in New York City."
- The Sensuous Psychiatrists
- By Dr. Phyllis Chesler
- June 19, 1972
"Most seductive therapists are father figures. Patients may be in search of happiness, but what is the doctor in search of?"
- What Are the Odds on a Newspaper Strike?
- By Sheldon Zalaznick
- March 26, 1973
"There is a possibility—faint but at least visible—that the union leadership is beginning to believe all the bad news."
- A Fan's Notes
- By David Halberstam
- May 14, 1973
There were other obsessions besides Watergate and Biaggi.
- The Evolution of a Pleasant Young Man
- By Sheldon Zalaznick
- May 6, 1974
"'If this had happened with a new guy in charge, it would be a major business story, but it's just Punch, so no one is noticing.'"
- Jerry Ford and His Flying Circus
- By Richard Reeves
- November 25, 1974
"Journalism has its limits. Do you write, 'President Ford had nothing to say and said it badly to a stunned crowd'?"
- How Tall Is Robert Redford Really?
- By Andrew Tobias
- January 27, 1975
“…Is it possible that a movie star can walk among millions of fans and conceal his height? His age, maybe—but his height?...”
- How to Invest Your Last $10,000
- By Andrew Tobias
- February 2, 1975
"I will keep most of my own money in a ridiculously diversified portfolio of unglamorous securities. Now, about you…"
- The Day New York City Defaulted
- By Chris Welles
- June 2, 1975
"Within minutes, the news appeared on the Dow Jones and Reuters wires."
- Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet
- By Mark Jacobson
- September 22, 1975
“…It’s Hooverville, honey, so anyone outside the military-industrial complex is likely to turn up driving for Dover…”
- He's Chevy Chase and You're Not
- By Jeff Greenfield
- December 22, 1975
"You may not have heard of him, but network executives are calling Chevy the first real potential successor to Carson."
- Why People Are Talking About Gossip
- By Alexander Cockburn
- May 3, 1976
"Readers, reporters, and editors are all chasing after gossip but are not yet prepared to call the thing by its proper name."
- Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night
- By Nik Cohn
- June 7, 1976
"The new generation takes few risks; it graduates, looks for a job, endures. And once a week, on Saturday night, it explodes."
- "Swapping" and "Twenty Questions"
- By Judith Viorst
- June 28, 1976
"I like to keep up with the new aberrations
And here's what I recently read:
The latest in lust is the swapping of spouses."
- The “Me” Decade
- By Tom Wolfe
- August 23, 1976
The era of remaking, remodeling, and polishing one’s very self.
- Punks of Bleecker Street
- By Mark Jacobson
- September 20, 1976
The Ramones, four somber crazies in black leather, were Queens greasers a few years ago.
- Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
- By Peter Bodo
- April 11, 1977
“The old Yankees were first of all organization men. The new Yankees are rich, rebellious, egocentric, black, and explosive.”
- What Makes Bella Run?
- By Marie Brenner
- June 20, 1977
"…Bella is trying to prove that New York is ready for a municipal matriarchy…"
- George Steinbrenner, Get Out of Town!
- By Jeff Greenfield
- August 15, 1977
"It is the ultimate irony: a big-league team in a big-league town in the hands of a petty, arrogant bush-league owner."
- Bess Myerson Is One Tough Customer
- By Susan Berman
- November 14, 1977
“…The phone is an extension of Bess’s hand. It was my first contact with her. The conversation was ominous. And one-sided…”
- An Intimidating New Class: The Physical Elite
- By John Van Doorn
- May 29, 1978
"Their emblems—terry toweling, running shoes, skis—signal their existence to one another and their exclusivity to all of us."
- Rendezvous in the Ramble
- By Doug Ireland
- July 24, 1978
Picture Central Park—without a sailor, Picture Mister Lord, minus Mister Taylor.
—Cole Porter's "A Picture of Me Without You," 1935.
- Love and Death on the Upper East Side
- By Anthony Haden-Guest
- September 11, 1978
". . . The first wave of newspaper stories splashed happily over the 'love triangle.' Older-guy-loses-girl-to-younger-guy . . ."
- Ali, Spinks, and the Battle of New Orleans
- By Vic Ziegel
- October 2, 1978
"'I want you to know I'm real serious for this fight,' Ali cautioned. 'Put your money on me. I cannot get no better.'"
