Harper's Magazine: December 1994

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December 1994

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	Photo [Cover art] By Penny Gentieu (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Infants; Parent and infant PDF IMAGES
4-7	Letters/Department Letters On Say hello to the class of 1998, from September 1994: Letter By Drusilla Blackman On Moneyball! On the relentless promotion of pro sports, from September 1994: Letter By Burling Lowrey Letter By Michael Pulcinella Letter By Georgiana Uhlyarik PDF IMAGES
9-11	Notebook/Article Art and antiques By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Kennan, George Frost; Political and social views; United States. Dept. of State PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
15-17	Readings/Fiction Videotape By Don DeLillo PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Collection Readings By Andrea Gentl (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Mara floating By Andrea Gentl (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Ponds PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Flying—Porter Pond By Andrea Gentl (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Ponds PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article Guidelines for the gameboys PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Under Kmart's watchful eye SEE ALSO: Investigations; Kmart (Retail chain) PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Photo Mechanized cookie making at a Pepperidge Farm bakery SEE ALSO: Bakers and bakeries PDF IMAGES
23	Readings/Article Cheering up the guilty logger By Carl Jansen SEE ALSO: Environmental aspects; Forest products industry PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article You are what you eat By William S. Burroughs SEE ALSO: Alaska ; Cannibalism; Dreams; Psychology; Restaurants; Burroughs, William S. PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Targeting the stoned cyberpunk SEE ALSO: Youth PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article In defense of the sellout By Chuck Eddy SEE ALSO: Musicians; Popular music PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Poem Cancer families By Philip R. St. Clair PDF IMAGES Readings/Collection Readings By Daniel Lee (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo 1965—year of the snake By Daniel Lee (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Astrology, Chinese; Men PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo 1962—year of the tiger By Daniel Lee (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Astrology, Chinese PDF IMAGES
29-32	Readings/Article In the temple of pain By Paul West SEE ALSO: Cerebrovascular disease; Health; Patients; West, Paul; Physician and patient PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Rx for XL's: Loosen up By Octavio, Jr. Bessa SEE ALSO: Clothing and dress measurements; Indigestion; Trousers PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Men; Santa Claus PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Map Places called Hope, places called hopeless SEE ALSO: Cost and standard of living; Maps PDF IMAGES Readings/Article At the intersection of promise and myth By Andrew Levy SEE ALSO: Assassination; City and town life; Indianapolis; Indianapolis (Ind.); King, Martin Luther, Jr.; Memorials; Oratory; Kennedy, Robert F. PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Article Capital ideas SEE ALSO: Cities and towns; Nicknames; Slogans PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Article The NYPD's hit parade SEE ALSO: New York (New York). Police Dept.; Police shootings PDF IMAGES
36	Readings/Article Beyond the valley of the dolls By Virginia Davis SEE ALSO: Collectors and collecting; Compulsive shopping; Dolls PDF IMAGES
39	Readings/Illustration Local heroes By Tilly Woodward SEE ALSO: Dubuque; Heroes; Iowa; Iowans PDF IMAGES
41-51	Article Life as we know it: A father, a son, and genetic destiny By Michael Bérubé SEE ALSO: Family; Genetics; Bérubé, Michael PDF IMAGES
53-61	Article Our currency in cyberspace: Trading the American dollar against the American government By Ted C. Fishman SEE ALSO: Dollar, American; Floor traders (Finance); Foreign exchange PDF IMAGES
62-66	Fiction The grid By Rick Moody PDF IMAGES
67-76	Capital letter/Article Morality plays: Singing psalms with the White House choir By Richard DeMott SEE ALSO: Congresses; Moral education PDF IMAGES
77-86	Article The closing of the American mine: Oblivion comes to a West Virginia coal town By Andy Yale SEE ALSO: Coal miners; Coal mines and mining; Technological innovations; West Virginia PDF IMAGES
87	Double acrostic/Department No. 144 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
88	Puzzle/Department Short order By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES