Harper's Magazine: October 1984

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October 1984

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Photo Surrounded islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 By Christo and Jeanne-Claude Christo (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Christo PDF IMAGES
4-92	Letters/Department Letters On Reagangates, 1981-1984, from May 1984: Letter By Max Hugel Letter By Emanuel S. Savas Letter By Thomas Riehle On A plea for corporate conscience, from June 1984: Letter By E. Claiborne Robins Jr. On Playing politics, from July 1984: Letter By Mike Lowry On “Indiana Jones”, from August 1984: Letter By Ann Haskins Carnes On Intercontinental ballistic images, from April 1984: Letter By Robert Wright PDF IMAGES
6-8	Notebook/Article Autumn sermons By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Campaign speeches; 1984; Political oratory; Sermons, American PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
15-20	Readings/Article A debate on religious freedom By Ronald Reagan and Norman Lear SEE ALSO: Correspondence; 1981-1989; Lear, Norman; Political and social views; Prayer in the public schools; Religion and state; Reagan, Ronald PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Cartoon Some Argentines discussing their debts with U.S. bankers SEE ALSO: Argentina; Foreign economic relations; 1981-1989; 1983- PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Collection Readings PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Dear IMF By Luís Fernando Veríssimo SEE ALSO: Brazil; Foreign economic relations; International Monetary Fund; 1975-1985; World politics PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Military SEE ALSO: Drill and tactics; Names PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Equestrian SEE ALSO: Names; Race horses PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Cartoon Cocktails at the International Monetary Fund SEE ALSO: Cocktail parties; International Monetary Fund PDF IMAGES
23-24	Readings/Article How Reagan raised Keynes By John Kenneth Galbraith SEE ALSO: Interviews; Galbraith, John Kenneth; Keynesian economics; 1981-1993 PDF IMAGES Readings/Article How to charge $436 for a $7 hammer SEE ALSO: Defense contracts; Hammers; Prices; Procurement; United States. Navy PDF IMAGES
24-28	Readings/Article The domino pusher from the North By James Chace SEE ALSO: Latin America; 1945-1989; Political stability PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Article Ranking crimes SEE ALSO: Crime PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Nuclear legends By Thomas Albert Sebeok SEE ALSO: Folklore; Legends; Radioactive waste sites; Radioactive wastes; Safety measures PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Illustration Nuclear icons SEE ALSO: Radioactive waste sites; Radioactive wastes PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Article The decline of the big-league nickname By James K. Skipper SEE ALSO: Baseball players; Nicknames; -Statistics PDF IMAGES Readings/Article California's feel-good bill SEE ALSO: Appropriations and expenditures; Self-esteem PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Graphs and Charts The computer and the professional By Frederick Hayes-Roth SEE ALSO: Charts, diagrams, etc.; Effect of automation on; Professional education; Professional employees PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The faces of aggression By Andrew Bard Schmookler SEE ALSO: Aggressiveness (Psychology); Nationalism; Power (Social sciences); Social evolution; War and civilization PDF IMAGES
36	Readings/Fiction A field guide to professors By Rebecca Goldstein PDF IMAGES Readings/Fiction The naked lady By Madison Smartt Bell PDF IMAGES
37	Readings/Article Dear John Hinckley SEE ALSO: Assassination attempt, 1981—Humor; Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, 1981—Humor; Correspondence—Parodies, imitations, etc.; Hinckley, John W.; Reagan, Ronald PDF IMAGES
40-41	Readings/Article The import of animals By Marguerite Yourcenar, Matthieu Galey, and Arthur Goldhammer (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Human-animal relationships; Interviews; Yourcenar, Marguerite; Views on animals PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: 1953-1985; Political leadership PDF IMAGES
41	Readings/Article The presence of trees By John Berger SEE ALSO: Symbolic aspects; Trees PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Animal census By Ronald B. Parker SEE ALSO: Canada, Eastern; East (U.S.); Kansas PDF IMAGES
43-58	Collection Lost in the terrorist theater PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Terrorism and mass media; Terrorism in mass media PDF IMAGES
44-45	Article [Untitled Article] By Jeane J. Kirkpatrick SEE ALSO: Political violence; Terrorism PDF IMAGES
45-46	Article [Untitled Article] By Leszek Kolakowski SEE ALSO: Political violence; Terrorism PDF IMAGES
47-58	Article Terrorism and the media: A discussion By Norman Podhoretz, Daniel Schorr, Ted Koppel, John O'Sullivan, Bob Woodward, Charles Krauthammer, Alain Besançon, Alan Chalfont, and George F. Will SEE ALSO: Journalistic ethics; 1975-1985; Political violence; Terrorism and mass media; Terrorism in mass media; World politics PDF IMAGES
51	Article Choosing the target SEE ALSO: Klein, Hans Joachim; Interviews; Conrad, Joseph; Quotations; Terrorists PDF IMAGES
52	Article The Congo, 1960: State terrorism and foreign policy SEE ALSO: Assassination; Civil War, 1960-1965; 1953-1961; 1960; Lumumba, Patrice; State-sponsored terrorism; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Zaire PDF IMAGES
54	Article In the terrorist theater SEE ALSO: Le Carré, John; Quotations; Terrorists PDF IMAGES
61-68	Article The worship of art By Tom Wolfe SEE ALSO: Art and religion; Art collections; Art patronage; Corporations; Public sculpture PDF IMAGES
69-74	Article The children's hour: Sandinista kids fight contras and boredom By Francisco Goldman SEE ALSO: Children and war; Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional; Guerrilla warfare; Guerrillas; Nicaragua; Youth PDF IMAGES
76-77	Article The gun that could not shoot straight: A new low for high-tech weaponry By Michael T. Klare SEE ALSO: Defense contracts PDF IMAGES
79-85	Article The tragedy of tragedy: When will playwrights leave fate to chance? By Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov SEE ALSO: Drama; Playwriting; Technique; Tragedy PDF IMAGES
87-89	Article Mobile souls: The Brothers Karamazov maps a multitude of transfigurations By Benjamin DeMott SEE ALSO: DeMott, Benjamin; Books and reading; Criticism and interpretation; Dostoyevsky, Fyodor; The Brothers Karamazov (Book) PDF IMAGES
93	Double acrostic/Department No. 22 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
96	Puzzle/Department Eight to the bar II By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES