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Pg… 28 The Dirty Dilemma of Oil Spills: The Slick that Spread Over Tampa Bay Forces the Nation to Consider Whether We Can Save the Environment and Still Satisfy Our Enormous Demands for Fuel Pg… 36 Editorial: The Rhetoric of Ecology Pg… 42 The Vasectomy Alternative: A Report on One Man’s Experience with Sterilization as Scientists Search for a Male Contraceptive Pill Pg… 48 Surfing in the Desert Pg… 50 Through the Muck with Myra: Gore Vidal’s Novel Makes a Chaotic Transition to Film. By Calvin Trillin Pg… 54 The Flake and the Old Man: Two Ski Racers, Veteran Billy Kidd and Young Tyler Palmer, Prove that Winning is a Complex and Difficult Business. An Exploration of Sports Psychology by Richard Meryman Pg… 67 The Games Children Play Pg… 70 Twenty Thousand Feet Under the Sea: A New Wave of Aquatic Gear May Make Possible an Underwater Voyage from Hawaii to California Pg… 4 Departments: The Presidency: Dead Silence on Human Rights. By Hugh Sidey Pg… 8 Departments: Gallery: Alfred Eisenstaedt’s Harborscape Pg… 12 Departments: Comment: Marcia Seligson on Etiquette Pg… 16–17 Departments: Reviews: A Movie Version of D. H. Lawrence’s “Women in Love,” Reviewed by Richard Schickel Pg… 16–17 Departments: Reviews: Neil Simon Explained, by Tom Prideaux Pg… 24A Departments: Letters to the Editors Pg… 24B Departments: Column: An Indigestible Dinner with Professor M. By Barry Farrell : Departments: Guest Privilege: Nutritionist Frederick Stare Tells Why He Favors Food Additives Pg… 75 Departments: Parting Shots