Harper's Magazine: May 1992

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May 1992

CONTENTS
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	Photo [Cover art] By Harold Eugene Edgerton (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Pistols; Shooting PDF IMAGES
4-78	Letters/Department Letters On Talk dirty to me, from February 1992: Letter By Marjorie Weeks Letter By Pat Califia Letter By M. Elizabeth Taggart Letter By Allison Pease Letter By Sid Norinsky Letter By John J. Kearn Letter By Marjorie Heins Letter By Jan Zwicky Letter By Paul Gregory Letter By Carol E. Jackson Letter By Ishneila I. Gubb Letter By Bob Reis Letter By Joyce Carol Oates Letter By Edith Hamilton Letter By Sallie Tisdale PDF IMAGES
8-12	Notebook/Article Apes and butterflies By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Cold War; Europe, Eastern; Military relations; 1989-; 1989-1993 PDF IMAGES
15	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
16-21	Readings/Article For a more banal politics By Richard Rorty SEE ALSO: Intellectuals; Socialism PDF IMAGES
17	Photo Punts, Les Quesnoy, France, 1983 By Cole Weston (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Boats and boating; Rivers PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article Pavlov gets with the program By V.S. (Valentin Sergeevich) Pavlov, Konstantin Borovoy, and Deborah Treisman (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Capitalists and financiers; Financial institutions; Russia (Federation) PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Caricatures and cartoons; Debts, Public; Reagan, Ronald; Supply-side economics PDF IMAGES
21-22	Readings/Article Twain tackles the character issue By Mark Twain SEE ALSO: Political ethics PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Praying for good press By Richard C. Halverson SEE ALSO: Chaplains; Investigative reporting; Prayers; United States. Congress PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Article Family chat, with polygraph SEE ALSO: Drug testing; Drug use; Parenting; Questioning; Teenagers PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Heavenly father, political fixer By Jay Grimstead SEE ALSO: Career in politics; Christians; Political candidates; Republicans; Threats; Allen, W.B. (William Barclay) PDF IMAGES
24-26	Readings/Article The art of the dodge SEE ALSO: Interviews; Management; Fitzwater, Marlin; Officials and employees; Press conferences; Resignation; Resignation from office; Truly, Richard; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article As to my resume, Mr. Frankel By Spike Lee SEE ALSO: Miscellanea; New York times (American newspaper); Lee, Spike PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Let them eat toxics By Lawrence H. Summers SEE ALSO: Developing countries; Economic development; Environmental aspects; Pollution PDF IMAGES
28-32	Readings/Article New computers, new thoughts By James Bailey SEE ALSO: Computer industry; Philosophy; Technological innovations PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Article The digital couch By Joseph Weintraub SEE ALSO: Psychotherapy; Technological innovations PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Article Lost in Nintendoland SEE ALSO: Electronic discussion groups PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] SEE ALSO: Agricultural innovations; Bedford; Swine PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Recovery, one smoothie at a time By Terry Hunt and Karen Paine-Gernée SEE ALSO: Recovery movement; Self-help techniques PDF IMAGES
35-38	Readings/Article Poetry's decay By August Kleinzahler SEE ALSO: American poetry; Poetics; Poetry, Modern PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Chickens of the sea SEE ALSO: Euphemism; Language & Linguistics; Orlando PDF IMAGES
36	Readings/Article Really using your head By Frances Lear SEE ALSO: Lear, Frances; Psychology; Sexual behavior; Sexual intercourse PDF IMAGES
38-42	Readings/Article Notes for a life not my own By Verlyn Klinkenborg SEE ALSO: Family; Fathers; Klinkenborg, Verlyn PDF IMAGES
39	Readings/Photo Long drive By William Wegman (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Chairs; Weimaraners (Dogs) PDF IMAGES
42	Readings/Poem Backyard By John E. Tranter PDF IMAGES
45-51	Article A loaded question: What is it about Americans and guns? By Leonard Kriegel SEE ALSO: Firearms; Shooting PDF IMAGES
53-61	Article The Anfal: Uncovering an Iraqi campaign to exterminate the Kurds By Kanan Makiya SEE ALSO: Genocide; Iraq; Kurds; Persecution PDF IMAGES
62-67	Fiction Rose wept By William Trevor PDF IMAGES
68-71	Article Never share the bill with a chimp: And other thoughts on the musician's trade By Don Asher SEE ALSO: Big bands; Career as musician; Concert tours; Asher, Don; Musicians PDF IMAGES
79	Double acrostic/Department No. 113 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department Printer's devilry By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES