Harper's Magazine: December 1995

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December 1995

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Photo [Cover art] By Richard Misrach (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Forest fires PDF IMAGES
2-78	Letters/Department Letters On Toxic dreams, from July 1995: Letter By Robert E. Kelly Jr. On Put on a happy face, from September 1995: Letter By Susan Roether Letter By Gaines Harris Letter By J.H. Batten Letter By Erik Whittaker Letter By William E. Johnston Jr. On Laughter, gunfire, and forgetting, from September 1995: Letter By Michael C. Seidel On Never let the locals see your map, from September 1995: Letter By Michael Upchurch Letter By Thomas Swick On Letters, from October 1995: Letter By Robert E. Kelly Jr. PDF IMAGES
4-7	Notebook/Article Christmas carol By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Dickens, Charles; Conservatism; Philanthropists PDF IMAGES
9	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
11-16	Readings/Article Black jurors: Right to acquit? By Paul Butler SEE ALSO: African American jurors; Criminal justice, Administration of; 1975- PDF IMAGES
12	Readings/Article Party unity, Newt's way By Ralph Hellman SEE ALSO: Career as legislator; Gingrich, Newt; The Republican Party PDF IMAGES
13	Readings/Illustration Gegenuberstellung By Gerhard Richter SEE ALSO: Ensslin, Gudrun; Portraits; Terrorists PDF IMAGES
14	Readings/Article Managed care: The doctor is ill By William R. (William Robert) Phillips SEE ALSO: Job stress; Managed care plans (Medical care) PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Camilo J. Vergara (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Graffiti; Inner cities PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Christian faith in the age of Prozac By Andrés T. Tapia SEE ALSO: Antidepressants; Christians; Depression, Mental PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Illustration [Untitled Illustration] By Laura Harling SEE ALSO: Governors; Brown, Jerry; Statues; Brown, Willie L. PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Photo The hunger By Catherine Chalmers (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Caterpillars; Food; Tomatoes PDF IMAGES
19-20	Readings/Article Diet tips from the Barbi twins By Matt Maranian SEE ALSO: Eating disorders; Interviews; Models (Persons); Barbi, Shane; Barbi, Sia; Twins PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Iceberg lettuce: The salad days SEE ALSO: Menus PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article On-line America's true hobbies By Peter Glasser SEE ALSO: Online chat groups PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The internet gets warm and fuzzy SEE ALSO: Hugging; Online chat groups PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Oded Zeldin (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Facial expression; New Yorkers PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Article Casualties of progress By Bruce Sterling and Richard Kadrey SEE ALSO: Communication and technology; Product obsolescence PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Monogamy and its perils By Gerald Lyn Early SEE ALSO: Adultery; Early, Gerald Lyn; Marriage PDF IMAGES
25	Readings/Illustration [Untitled Illustration] By Alexander Kaletski SEE ALSO: Couples; Portrait painting, Spanish PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article Too good for this earth SEE ALSO: Neopaganism; Pets PDF IMAGES Readings/Article A death in the family By Thomas Lynch SEE ALSO: Embalming; Family; Fathers; Lynch, Thomas; Undertakers and undertaking PDF IMAGES
27	Readings/Photo Underwater study 226C By Howard Schatz (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Dancers; Swimming pools PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Cartoon Three wise men and the baby cheeses SEE ALSO: Cheese; Magi PDF IMAGES
31-37	Article The heat is on: The warming of the world's climate sparks a blaze of denial By Ross Gelbspan SEE ALSO: Energy industries; Environmental aspects; Environmentalism; Global Warming PDF IMAGES
40-51	Article Looking for Mr. Yaponchik: The rise and fall of a Russian mobster in America By Scott Anderson SEE ALSO: Career as gangster; Gangsters; Organized crime; Russians; Ivan'kov, Viacheslav Kirillovich PDF IMAGES
52-53	Article Out of the closet, and into Never-Never Land: The new gay magazines gloss over politics to penetrate a market By Daniel Harris PDF IMAGES
54-63	Article What remains: The lure of relics in a faithless age By Kathryn Harrison SEE ALSO: Bereavement; Dead; Relics PDF IMAGES
65-71	Article Déjà vu: The Hapsburg model of the new world order By Nicholas Fraser SEE ALSO: Journeys—Austria—Vienna; Fraser, Nicholas; Vienna (Austria) PDF IMAGES
79	Double acrostic/Department No. 156 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department Fun and games By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES