Harper's Magazine: October 1996

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October 1996

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	Photo [Cover art] By Penny Gentieu (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Hand-holding; Mother and infant PDF IMAGES
6-90	Letters/Department Letters On To make a cow laugh, from July 1996: Letter By James B. Stewart Letter By Gene Lyons PDF IMAGES
9-11	Notebook/Article Oklahoma lobster By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Criminal justice, Administration of; 1993-; Xenophobia PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
17-18	Readings/Article Taking stock of what we have left By Barry Holstun Lopez SEE ALSO: Land use, Rural; Nature conservation; Public lands PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article Revenge of the loyalists SEE ALSO: Legal status, laws, etc.; 1993-; Restitution; United Empire loyalists PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The new gold rush By John S. Lewis SEE ALSO: Mines and mineral resources PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Photo Killing ground By John Huddleston (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Athletic fields; Battlefields; Gettysburg; Kmart (Retail chain); Petersburg PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The Olympic spirit on parade By Bernard Derome, Marie-Josée Turcotte, and Anne Paskal (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Developing countries; Press coverage; Radio broadcasting of sports PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Illustration The final click SEE ALSO: Assisted suicide; Australia PDF IMAGES
21-24	Readings/Article The book-banning racket By Marc Herman SEE ALSO: Censorship; Public Relations PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Lending Big Brother a hand By George Orwell SEE ALSO: Communists; Correspondence; Orwell, George; Informers PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article Keeping in touch with the folks back home By Steve Buyer SEE ALSO: Career as legislator; Form letters; Recall; Buyer, Steve PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Bob Dole, plugged By Daniel Drennan SEE ALSO: Interviews; Dole, Robert J.; Talk shows PDF IMAGES
25	Readings/Illustration The banquet By Ana Maria Pacheco SEE ALSO: Cannibalism; Statues PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article The fourth candidate? SEE ALSO: Perot, H. Ross; Name; Washington (State) PDF IMAGES Readings/Fiction A representative sublimates his anger By Neil Abercrombie PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Photo Schoolyard By Larry Towell (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Playgrounds PDF IMAGES
29-30	Readings/Article Deliver us from lingo By Randall VanderMey SEE ALSO: Evangelicalism; Jargon; Language & Linguistics; Protestants PDF IMAGES Readings/Article They bombed in Chicago By Mike Sula SEE ALSO: Airports; Bombings; Security measures PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Photo Smashing pumpkin By Adam Licht (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Biodegradation; Pumpkin PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Eloquence found By Umberto Eco SEE ALSO: Computers and civilization; Eloquence PDF IMAGES
32-37	Readings/Fiction 1913 By Albert Goldbarth PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Illustration Handstand By John Winship PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Article Networking with Gertrude Stein By Gertrude Stein SEE ALSO: Correspondence; Stein, Gertrude; Los Angeles; Motion picture authorship PDF IMAGES
36	Readings/Collection Readings By Ferdie Pacheco PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Winner By Ferdie Pacheco SEE ALSO: Boxers (Sports) PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Loser By Ferdie Pacheco SEE ALSO: Boxers (Sports) PDF IMAGES
39-54	Article Pennies from hell: In Montana, the bill for America's copper comes due By Edwin Dobb SEE ALSO: Copper mines and mining; Environmental aspects; Hazardous wastes; Montana; Pollution; Water PDF IMAGES
55-63	Article Missing children: One couple's anguished attempt to conceive By Bob Shacochis SEE ALSO: Shacochis, Bob; Childlessness; Family; Infertility; Married people PDF IMAGES
65-78	Article Back to the future: Disney reinvents the company town By Russ Rymer SEE ALSO: Architecture, Domestic; Celebration; City planning; Planned communities; Walt Disney Company PDF IMAGES
79-85	Fiction Heads By Frederick Busch PDF IMAGES
91	Double acrostic/Department No. 166 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
92	Puzzle/Department Diametricode III By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES