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February 1987

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	Illustration [Cover art] By Louisa Matthiasdottir SEE ALSO: Animals PDF IMAGES
4-77	Letters/Department Letters On Lost in another Honduras. Of bordelllos and bad scenes, from October 1986: Letter By Elliott Abrams On A new language for the left. Translating the conservative discourse, from November 1986: Letter By Charles R. McGuire Letter By Roger C. Shouse Letter By Michael D. Bush Letter By Wayne C. Johnson On Faint light, dark print. Roy Cohn, AIDS and the question of privacy, from November 1986: Letter By Joan Foley and Joe Foley Letter By Michael Miller Letter By Florence C. Leurs On Black men and public space, from December 1986: Letter By Kevin John Windorf PDF IMAGES
8-11	Notebook/Article Sending in the clowns By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. president; Friends and associates; Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990; 1981-1989; Political corruption; Reagan, Ronald PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
14-17	Readings/Article Reflections on bullshit By Harry G. Frankfurt SEE ALSO: Impostors and imposture; Truthfulness and falsehood PDF IMAGES
15	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Expanding universe; Inventions; Inventors; Patents PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Article Not-Kochisms SEE ALSO: Koch, Ed; Psychology; Quotations PDF IMAGES
17-18	Readings/Article I know you're out there SEE ALSO: Executives; Marriage proposals; Personals PDF IMAGES
18-22	Readings/Article How nit-picking regulations get that way By Robert B. Reich SEE ALSO: Industrial laws and legislation; Industrial policy PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article The fine print SEE ALSO: Prize contests in advertising PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Graphs and Charts The politics of toothpaste SEE ALSO: Social responsibility of business PDF IMAGES
23-24	Readings/Article Management among thieves SEE ALSO: Criminals; Organized crime; Robbery; Thieves PDF IMAGES
24-28	Readings/Fiction The Americas: Enlightenment and enterprise By Eduardo H. Galeano and Cedric Belfrage (Trans.) PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Illustration Maasai By Malcolm Morley PDF IMAGES
27	Readings/Poem Spring-shock By James Dickey PDF IMAGES
28-31	Readings/Article Tourists in hell By Myles F. Harris SEE ALSO: Ethiopia; Famines; Journeys—Ethiopia; Harris, Myles F.; Visitors, Foreign PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Collection Readings By Sally Mann (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Sally Mann (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Sally Mann (Photog.) PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Poem Pinned By August Kleinzahler PDF IMAGES
31-33	Readings/Drama The last mama-on-a-couch play By George C. Wolfe PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Photo Matchless tobacco By Keith V. Wood (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Bioluminescence; Experiments; Tobacco; Transgenic plants PDF IMAGES
35-46	Collection Moving up at last? PDF IMAGES Article [Untitled Article] By Julian Bond, Glenn C. Loury, Juan Williams, Frank Mingo, and Paula Giddings SEE ALSO: Class consciousness; Middle class; 1975-; 1980-; Race identity PDF IMAGES
39	Graphs and Charts Making it: A study in black and white SEE ALSO: Charts, diagrams, etc.; 1975- PDF IMAGES
43	Quotation The Boston four hundred: 1940 By Malcolm SEE ALSO: Class consciousness; To 1964 PDF IMAGES
44	Quotation A world of make-believe: 1955 By Edward Franklin Frazier SEE ALSO: Middle class; Race identity; To 1964 PDF IMAGES
47-53	Article Lost innocents. The myth of missing children By Peter Schneider SEE ALSO: Abduction; Kidnapping; Missing children PDF IMAGES
54-55	Article The real things. A quick read on book collecting By George Sim Johnston SEE ALSO: Book auctions; Book collecting; Book collectors; James, Henry; Gilvarry, James; Library; The golden bowl (Book); Barry, Walter PDF IMAGES
57-66	Article An island between seasons. The task of reimagining Haiti By Bob Shacochis SEE ALSO: Shacochis, Bob; Haiti; Journeys—Haiti; 1971-; 1986- PDF IMAGES
68-74	Fiction State champions By Bobbie Ann Mason PDF IMAGES
75	Double acrostic/Department No. 50 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department Square-rigged By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES