Harper's Magazine: November 1985

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November 1985

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Illustration [Cover art] By Richard Mantel SEE ALSO: White House (Washington, D.C.) PDF IMAGES
6-80	Letters/Department Letters On The storm in the plaza, from July 1985: Letter By Robert R. Coats Letter By Danny Katz Letter By David B. Stoylen On The hammock, from July 1985: Letter By Danny Katz On Letters, from August 1985: Note/correction On Cultivating the American garden, from August 1985: Letter By Phillip Johnson Letter By Jan Beyea Letter By John Able PDF IMAGES
12-13	Notebook/Article The American dialectic By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Economic liberties (U.S. Constitution); Freedom of speech; 1981-1989; Wealth PDF IMAGES
15	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
17-20	Readings/Article How to get the poor off our conscience By John Kenneth Galbraith SEE ALSO: Poor; Public welfare PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Blacks; 1978-1989; South Africa PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article Armageddon by the numbers By Bruce G. Blair SEE ALSO: Formulae; Intercontinental ballistic missiles; Mathematics PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Secular-humanist busters By Gerald B. Leib and Christopher C. Sundseth SEE ALSO: Christianity; Sundseth, Christopher C.; Church and state; Correspondence; Leib, Gerald B.; Political and social views PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Article Bulletin: The rich are happier By Ed Diener, Jeff Horwitz, and Robert A. Emmons SEE ALSO: Happiness; Mental health; Rich people PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Abusing human rights abuse SEE ALSO: Human Rights; Human rights advocacy; 1979-; 1981-1989; Nicaragua PDF IMAGES
23	Readings/Illustration Paris, three moments By Gary Wright SEE ALSO: Paris (France) PDF IMAGES
24-26	Readings/Article Smile—or else By David O., Jr. Belew SEE ALSO: American Airlines; Career as flight attendant; Flight attendants; Cox, Robert W.; Smile; Trials, litigation, etc. PDF IMAGES
26-27	Readings/Article Grant swinging SEE ALSO: Federal aid to research; Research grants PDF IMAGES
27	Readings/Poem To Marie Osmond By Jack Skelley PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Cats; Crime scenes PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Revisionist cowboy By Gretel Ehrlich SEE ALSO: Cowboys; Folklore; Ranch life; Ranchers PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Richard Avedon (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Jordan; Montana; Portraits; Ranchers; Wheatcroft, Richard PDF IMAGES Readings/Fiction Men at sea By Margaret Eleanor Atwood PDF IMAGES
31-32	Readings/Drama A professional exercise By Howard Brenton and David Hare PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Article Two actors By Anthony Haden-Guest SEE ALSO: Acting; Actors PDF IMAGES Readings/Article In praise of tuxedos By Stanley Elkin SEE ALSO: Clothing; Clothing and dress; Elkin, Stanley PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Cartoon It soon became apparent that this was young Lambton's first tournament SEE ALSO: Archers; Archery; Tournaments PDF IMAGES
37-52	Article The Pentagon vs. the press By Antonin Scalia, Daniel Schorr, William Egan Colby, Alexander Meigs Haig, James R. Schlesinger, Charles R. Nesson, Les Daly, Fred Hiatt, Jack Nelson, James D. Squires, Van Gordon Sauter, Floyd Abrams, Thomas B. Ross, Bill Kovach, Jonathan C. Rose, Mark Lynch, Meg Greenfield, William Matthew, Jr. Byrne, Samuel Skinner, and Charles Madigan SEE ALSO: Defense information, Classified; Freedom of the press; Government and the press; Government information; Leaks (Disclosure of information) PDF IMAGES
53-67	Article Liberty under siege: The Reagan Administration's taste for autocracy By Walter Karp SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. president; Executive departments; Executive power; Government and the press; Government information; 1981-1989; Portraits; Reagan, Ronald PDF IMAGES
69-75	Article Remembrances of things played: Presence and memory in the pianist's art By Edward W. Said SEE ALSO: Schiff, András; Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti; Bach: works by Bach, Handel and Gluck transcribed by Wilhelm Kempff (Sound recording); Ax, Emanuel; Gould, Glenn; J.S. Bach: the Goldberg variations (Sound recording); Bach, Johann Sebastian; Ravel, Maurice; Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit (Sound recording); Pollini, Maurizio; Music appreciation; Music audiences; Performance; Performances—New York (State)—New York; Pianists; Piano; Kempff, Wilhelm PDF IMAGES
76-77	Article What has been learned so far: A cheap ticket to a fine college By Leon Botstein SEE ALSO: Admission; Education, Secondary PDF IMAGES
81	Double acrostic/Department No. 35 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
84	Puzzle/Department Boot camp By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES