Harper's Magazine: May 1995

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May 1995

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Photo [Cover art] By Pete Turner (Photog.) PDF IMAGES
4-6	Letters/Department Letters On Radical verse, from February 1995: Letter By Kevin White On Without earth there is no heaven, from February 1995: Letter By Jim Malusa Letter By David Smith Letter By Brian W. Vaszily Letter By Wendy Wu Letter By James A. Krumhansl Letter By Michael Bledsoe On Listening to boredom, from March 1995: Letter By Thomas Peake On For sale, from March 1995: Letter By Forrest Colburn PDF IMAGES
7-9	Notebook/Article Washington rain dance By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Appropriations and expenditures; 1993-; United States. Congress. Senate PDF IMAGES
11	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
13-17	Readings/Article The fatal mistakes of AIDS education By Walt Odets SEE ALSO: AIDS (Disease); Epidemics; Gay men; Health education PDF IMAGES
14	Readings/Article The corridors of cower By Claude Greene SEE ALSO: Public schools; Safety measures; Seattle; Substitute teachers; Teacher-student relationships; Washington (State) PDF IMAGES
15	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Pepper (Spice); Restaurants; Waiters PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Article The drug industry's bogus science By David A. Kessler SEE ALSO: Corrupt practices; Drugs; Pharmaceutical industry; Testing PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Photo Honda brothers in cherry blossom storm, Tokyo By Nan Goldin (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Brothers; Tokyo PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Illustration On the golf course By Naomi Savage SEE ALSO: Golf courses; Golfers PDF IMAGES Readings/Poem L.A. boheme By June Jordan PDF IMAGES
21-22	Readings/Article In defense of the megafilm By David Twohy SEE ALSO: Motion picture industry; Motion pictures; Production and direction PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Article The executioner's docudrama SEE ALSO: Documentary television programs PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Jackie, icon in motion By Wayne Koestenbaum SEE ALSO: Career as celebrity; Celebrities; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy; Presidents' spouses PDF IMAGES
23	Readings/Article Tips for the starstruck SEE ALSO: Astrology PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article High society: A who's who SEE ALSO: Socialites PDF IMAGES
25	Readings/Photo Triptych: Men in the cities By Robert Longo (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Businesspeople; Cities and towns; Men; Violence PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Illustration [Untitled Illustration] By Joan Fontcuberta and Pere Formiguera SEE ALSO: Animals, Mythical; Elephants PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The willies: An investigation By Paul Rozin, Clark R. McCauley, and Jonathan Haidt SEE ALSO: Aversion PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Poem Hand washing By Gary Soto PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Article The curse of the Blue Jays? By Jerry Howarth SEE ALSO: Baseball players; Ontario; Toronto PDF IMAGES Readings/Fiction Stolen child By Paul Cody PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Photo Paul's driveway By Lynn Saville (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Night PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Article Poetry's dirty secret By Adam Zagajewski and Lillian Vallee (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Poetics PDF IMAGES
35	Readings/Photo Manny plays on By Joseph Rodriguez (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Playgrounds PDF IMAGES
37-46	Article In defense of prejudice: Why incendiary speech must be protected By Jonathan Rauch SEE ALSO: Hate speech; Pluralism (Social sciences); Political correctness; Prejudices PDF IMAGES
47-54	Article At play in the fields of oppression: A government-funded agency pretends to export democracy By David Samuels SEE ALSO: Balkan Peninsula; Economic assistance, American PDF IMAGES
55-65	Fiction Nights in white satin By Thom Jones PDF IMAGES
66-67	Article The demands of capital: Amid Mexico's crisis, Chase Manhattan calls for political repression By Ken Silverstein and Alexander Cockburn SEE ALSO: Banks and banking, International; Business and politics; Investments, American PDF IMAGES
69-78	Article Precious dangers: The lessons of the motorcycle By Melissa Holbrook Pierson SEE ALSO: Motorcyclists PDF IMAGES
79	Double acrostic/Department No. 149 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department News clippings—IV By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES