Harper's Magazine: February 1997

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February 1997

CONTENTS
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	Photo [Cover art] By Thomas R., III Rampy (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Clouds; Rising and setting; Sun PDF IMAGES
4-7	Letters/Department Letters On Pennies from hell, from October 1996: Letter By Richard L. Lawson On Malice in Wonderland, from November 1996: Letter By Francis Heaney and Guy Jacobson On Wedded to an illusion, from November 1996: Letter By Richard Crowder Letter By Judith Levine On On earth as it is in heaven, from November 1996: Letter By Andrew Macfarlane Letter By Molleen Matsumura Letter By Jim Costa Letter By Andy Fletcher On Fine dining's biggest threat, from December 1996: Letter By Mimi Sheraton PDF IMAGES
9-11	Notebook/Article Economic correctness By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Conservatism; Economics; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; 1980- PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
15-18	Readings/Article Clinton's bogus earth days By Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair SEE ALSO: Clinton, Bill; Contributions in environmental policy; Environmental policy; Land use, Rural PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Article Caution: School ahead SEE ALSO: Maintenance and repair; Public schools; School buildings PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Andy Goldsworthy (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Ice; Snow; Trees PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article One gangsta's paradise SEE ALSO: Corrupt practices; Wilson, Ernest; Gangsters; Joliet; Personal paraphernalia; Prisons PDF IMAGES Readings/Article When Hollywood gets it right By Spencer Warren SEE ALSO: Conservatism; Motion pictures PDF IMAGES
19	Collection Scenes of the crime By Jonathan Eeles (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Photo Threatening to kill By Jonathan Eeles (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Apartment houses; Crime scenes PDF IMAGES Photo Assault By Jonathan Eeles (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Crime scenes; Parks PDF IMAGES Photo Attempted abduction of a minor By Jonathan Eeles (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Alleys; Crime scenes PDF IMAGES Photo Attempted robbery By Jonathan Eeles (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Crime scenes; Tunnels PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Illustration [Untitled Illustration] By Anatoly Belsky SEE ALSO: Horses; Men PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Farewell, Gary Franks, and good riddance By William Clay SEE ALSO: African American legislators; Career as legislator; Franks, Gary; Republicans PDF IMAGES
21-22	Readings/Article Garden-variety xenophobia By Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn SEE ALSO: Nationalism; Xenophobia PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Article Film studies By Henry F. Adams SEE ALSO: Erotic videos; Homophobia; Sexual excitement PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Making the final rounds By Bert Keizer SEE ALSO: Amsterdam; Assisted suicide; Keizer, Bert; Career as physician; Netherlands; Physician and patient PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article After the thaw By Philip Landon SEE ALSO: Interviews; Sairanen, Petter; Views on Finnish fiction PDF IMAGES
25	Readings/Illustration Waiting By January Knoop SEE ALSO: Bones; Statues PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Philip-Lorca DiCorcia (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Men; Sidewalks PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Article The yearning of the screw By Fabio Morábito SEE ALSO: Nails and spikes PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Twisted By Michael Almereyda SEE ALSO: Motion pictures; Twister (Motion picture : 1996) PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Photo Kückenkoller (Kitchen frenzy) By Anna Blume (Photog.) and Bernhard Johannes Blume (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Kitchens; Potatoes PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Illustration 20 Carols By Caryl Burtner SEE ALSO: School yearbooks; Teenage girls PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Yesterday's boy of today SEE ALSO: Child consumers PDF IMAGES
31-33	Readings/Fiction The ship visitor By Francisco Goldman PDF IMAGES Readings/Article As the world turn-signals SEE ALSO: Literary prizes; Los Angeles PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Eli Reichman (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Kansas City; Toll plazas PDF IMAGES
35-42	Article The joys of global investment: Shipping home the fruits of misery By Ted C. Fishman SEE ALSO: Developing countries; Industrial relations; Investments; Investments, American PDF IMAGES
44-55	Article An army of one's own: In Africa, nations hire a corporation to wage war By Elizabeth Rubin SEE ALSO: Career as owner of Executive Outcomes (South Africa : Mercenary corporation); Barlow, Eeben; Guerrilla warfare; Mercenary troops; Sierra Leone; South Africa PDF IMAGES
56-59	Article Doing the wash: Inside a Colombian cartel's money-laundering machine By Mark Schapiro SEE ALSO: Career in money laundering; Colombia; Drug traffic; Jurado, Franklin; Organized crime PDF IMAGES
61-66	Review The encyclopedia of insanity: A psychiatric handbook lists a madness for everyone By L.J. (Lawrence J.) Davis SEE ALSO: Classification; Mental illness; Psychology, Pathological PDF IMAGES
67-76	Fiction Pantalone By Steven Polansky PDF IMAGES
79	Double acrostic/Department No. 170 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department Sixes and sevens V By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES