Harper's Magazine: April 1992

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April 1992

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	Illustration [Cover art] By Steve Brodner SEE ALSO: Computers; Election forecasting; Political candidates PDF IMAGES
4-78	Letters/Department Letters On L.A. crises, from November 1991: Letter By Linda V. Wagner On The Bob Hope special you can't turn off, from December 1991: Letter By Clifford C. Rohde On Who and what is American? The things we continue to hold in common, from January 1992: Letter By Michael J. Quirk Letter By Marian Henriquez Neudel Letter By Dan Dillingham On The colorings of childhood, from January 1992: Letter By A.D. Powell Letter By Beverley Talbott PDF IMAGES
7-11	Notebook/Article Winter of discontent By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: 1981-; 1981-1993; 1992; Recessions PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
15-18	Readings/Article Can Russia return to Europe? By Michael Ignatieff SEE ALSO: 1989-; Russia (Federation) PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Article Tips for the Russian tourist By Viktor Viktorov SEE ALSO: Russians PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Cartoon Alpha flight SEE ALSO: Gay men; Heroes; Sexual behavior PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article I'm HIV-negative—and I can prove it SEE ALSO: Certification; Identification cards PDF IMAGES Readings/Article My joint business degree By Bruce Perlowin SEE ALSO: Applications for positions; Cover letters PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Billboards; Laziness; Nationalism PDF IMAGES Readings/Article A gentleman's agreement By Douglas Palaschak SEE ALSO: Contracts; Corrupt practices; Law firms; Sexual harassment of women PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article Cheating 101 SEE ALSO: Cheating (Education) PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Disinformation, Saudi-style SEE ALSO: Deceptive advertising; Foreign public opinion; Imprisonment; al-Fassi, Mohammed; Political prisoners; Saudi Arabia PDF IMAGES
21-24	Readings/Article Haiti: The perils of repatriation SEE ALSO: Haiti; Political persecution; Refugees, Political; Repatriation PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Article Travel light—or else SEE ALSO: International travel regulations; Israel; West Bank PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article The oldest deduction SEE ALSO: Finance, Personal; Prostitutes; Taxation PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The hard life of a mutant fruit fly By Dan L. Lindsley and Georgianna G. Zimm SEE ALSO: Genetics; Mutation (Biology) PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Watchdogs PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Portrait of the artist as Mike Brady By Robert Reed SEE ALSO: Television actors and actresses; Television scripts; The Brady bunch (Television program) PDF IMAGES
28-31	Readings/Article The aesthetics of aridity By Wallace Earle Stegner SEE ALSO: Climate; Landscape PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Arthur S. Aubry (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Storage tanks PDF IMAGES
31-32	Readings/Collection Readings By Reginald Gibbons PDF IMAGES Readings/Fiction Five pears or peaches By Reginald Gibbons PDF IMAGES
32-36	Readings/Article My escape from Ujfalu By György Konrad and Imri Goldshtain (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Childhood and youth; Konrad, György; Hungary; Jews; Refugees PDF IMAGES Readings/Fiction Mission By Reginald Gibbons PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Illustration [Untitled Illustration] SEE ALSO: Architecture, Domestic; Designs and plans; Jamaica PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Poem Buenos Aires By Marjorie Agosin PDF IMAGES
37-44	Fiction Roseanda & Schwarzison: Politics and adultery By Fay Weldon PDF IMAGES
45-52	Capital letter/Article Voting in the passive voice: What polling has done to the American democracy By Christopher Hitchens SEE ALSO: Election forecasting; 1989-1993; 1992; Public opinion polls PDF IMAGES
55-60	Fiction Line of credit By Louise Erdrich PDF IMAGES
62-73	Article Bad chemistry: How Reaganomics has fueled Texas plant explosions By Bruce Selcraig SEE ALSO: Accidents; Petroleum industry and trade; Petroleum refineries; Petroleum workers; Safety regulations; Training of PDF IMAGES
79	Double acrostic/Department No. 112 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department RighTangles By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES