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August 1995

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Photo [Cover art] By Laszlo Stern (Photog.) PDF IMAGES
4-76	Letters/Department Letters On Harper's index, from May 1995: Letter By David Morrison On In defense of prejudice, from May 1995: Letter By Abraham H. Foxman Letter By Lee Gruenfeld Letter By Barbara McNulty On At play in the fields of oppression, from May 1995: Letter By Paula Gutlove Letter By John Brademas Letter By David Samuels On Precious dangers, from May 1995: Letter By Gary Harlan PDF IMAGES
9-11	Notebook/Article Adagio, ma non troppo By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Death and burial; Editors; Obituaries; Friedrich, Otto PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
15-16	Readings/Article Lacking all conviction By Christopher Hitchens SEE ALSO: Clinton, Bill; Messages; Oratory; Political oratory; Quotations; Yeats, W.B. (William Butler) PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By David Graham (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Firearms owners PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Marta and Helena By Timothy Ash Garton SEE ALSO: Career as rock musician; Concerts; Czech Republic; Czechoslovakia; Vondrackova, Helena; Kubisová, Marta; Women rock musicians PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Article Talk radio's blame index SEE ALSO: Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995; Talk shows PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article Drawing conclusions SEE ALSO: Smith, B. Redd; Coalbin wall (Painting); Conspiracies; Mural painting and decoration, American PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The trial of the century By Charles Sherman Haight SEE ALSO: Actions and defenses; Conspiracies; Delusions PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Gregg Segal (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Los Angeles; Simpson, O.J.; Signs and signboards; Trials, litigation, etc.—Public opinion—Pictorial works; Trials (Murder) PDF IMAGES
20-23	Readings/Article The hidden power of envy By Robert E. Coles SEE ALSO: Competition (Psychology); Envy PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Illustration The cell of envy By Aaron Cullars SEE ALSO: Dolls; Envy PDF IMAGES
23-26	Readings/Article The eighties: A reminiscence By Ted Rall SEE ALSO: Real estate investment; World records PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The new me By Bushwick Bill SEE ALSO: Bill, Bushwick; Name; Rap musicians PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By James Hamilton (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Amusement rides; Coney Island (New York, New York) PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Another Norman Rockwell moment By Walter Clar McBride SEE ALSO: Dental care; Discipline of children PDF IMAGES
27	Readings/Article It's 1995. Do you know where your children are? By Peter S. Tippett SEE ALSO: Computers and children PDF IMAGES
28-31	Readings/Article Theory's battle against the poets By Mark Edmundson SEE ALSO: Criticism PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Photo Florida, Missouri—population: 2 By Dennis Kitchen (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Birthplace; Twain, Mark PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Article Leave us off-line SEE ALSO: The Internet PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Collection Readings PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Those who must jump By M.F.K. (Mary Frances Kennedy) Fisher SEE ALSO: Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.); Jumping; Suicidal behavior PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Nine of diamonds By Sue Pierce SEE ALSO: Apartment houses; Playing cards; Quilts PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration King of clubs By Joyce Marquess Carey SEE ALSO: Playing cards; Portraits; Quilts; Lenin, Vladimir Ily`ich PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Ten of hearts By Barbara Mortenson SEE ALSO: Heart; Playing cards; Quilts PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Poem Signals at sea By Annie Dillard PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Illustration Water fall By Hiroshi Senju SEE ALSO: Waterfalls PDF IMAGES
35-46	Article What are we doing on-line? By Mark Slouka, Sven Birkerts, John P. (John Perry) Barlow, and Kevin Kelly SEE ALSO: Information society; The Internet PDF IMAGES
50-57	Article Where worlds collide: In Los Angeles International Airport, the future touches down By Pico Iyer SEE ALSO: Airports; Immigrants; Los Angeles PDF IMAGES
58-59	Article Flacking for despots: A Washington lobbyist agrees to buff the image of another repressive regime By Ken Silverstein SEE ALSO: Career as lobbyist; Van Kloberg, Edward; Foreign agents; Guatemala; Lobbyists; 1993- PDF IMAGES
60-66	Fiction The lost girl By Tova Reich PDF IMAGES
67-72	Article Seeing red: In a Spanish tomato war, catharsis By Louis De Bernières SEE ALSO: Journeys—Spain—Buñol; De Bernières, Louis; Tomatoes PDF IMAGES
79	Double acrostic/Department No. 152 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department Hard act to follow By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES