Harper's Magazine: December 1997

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December 1997

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Photo [Cover art] By Penny Gentieu (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Executives; Leg; Women executives PDF IMAGES
6-82	Letters/Department Letters On Bird-watching as a blood sport, from July 1997: Letter By Robert Bové On Made in America, from August 1997: Letter By Seymour Ginsberg Letter By A. Nassar On Spinning the poor into gold, from August 1997: Letter By David Mastran Letter By Barbara Ehrenreich On Letters, from October 1997: Letter By Robert Bové Letter By W.R. Marcy On Harper's index, from November 1997: Note/correction On I. As lite entertainment for bored college students, from September 1997: Letter By Brian Seibert Letter By Tetine Sentell Letter By Lisa J. Kijewski Letter By Deborah J. Thompson PDF IMAGES
10-14	Notebook/Article The consolations of vanity By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Billionaires; Career in mass media; Charitable contributions; Fame; Political activity; Turner, Ted; Hearst, William Randolph PDF IMAGES
17	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
19-25	Readings/Article Still living in a cold-war world By Mark Danner SEE ALSO: Military relations; North Atlantic Treaty Organization PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article The dear leader's wild kingdom SEE ALSO: Career as leader of North Korea; Kim, Chong-il; Flowers; Korea (North) PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Moyra Davey (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Lincoln, Abraham; Penny; Portraits PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Article Snail mail SEE ALSO: Dismissal of; Labor productivity; Letter carriers; Postal service PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Poem G.O.P. showgirl By Scott Hogenson PDF IMAGES
25	Readings/Photo Ice stove, Hokkaido By Dave Nash (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Hokkaido; Snow PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Backstage at the NATO summit By Jean Chrétien, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Don Murray (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Foreign public opinion; Chrétien, Jean; Madrid; 1993-; Summit meetings; Views on American politics PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Photo Front porch with cowboys and Indians By Margaret Sartor (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Military miniatures; Play; Porches; Toy guns PDF IMAGES
27-28	Readings/Article Eavesdropping on the White House SEE ALSO: Beepers (Pagers); Communication systems; Data transmission systems; Security measures; Staff PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Illustration Big brother in the bathroom SEE ALSO: Electronic surveillance; Hand washing; Restrooms PDF IMAGES
29-30	Readings/Article The O.S. in twilight By Ellen Ullman SEE ALSO: Programming (Electronic computers) PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Orgasmatron By Joel Snell SEE ALSO: Forecasting; Robotics; Sex customs PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Article A safe haven for Marlboro kids SEE ALSO: Smoking; Teenagers; Tobacco use PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The harrying man By Alec Baldwin SEE ALSO: Baldwin, Alec; Weinraub, Bernard; Career as film critic; Correspondence; Film critics PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Illustration Cola wars: A tale of two sodas By Richard C. Woods SEE ALSO: Brand choice; Cola drinks; Convenience stores; Gangs; North America PDF IMAGES Readings/Article A painter's wisdom By Max Beckmann SEE ALSO: Artists PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Article The importance of being Oscar By Oscar Wilde SEE ALSO: Wilde, Oscar; Psychology; Questionnaires PDF IMAGES Readings/Poem A long illness By Donald Hall PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Photo Tappahannock By Bill Emory (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Ice; Winter PDF IMAGES
35	Readings/Illustration Carolyn on a bed By Paul Fenniak SEE ALSO: Beds; Lying down position PDF IMAGES
37-45	Article Biocapitalism: What price the genetic revolution? By David Shenk SEE ALSO: Bioethics; Diagnosis; Genetic disorders; Human genetics PDF IMAGES
47-58	Article Giving women the business: On winning, losing, and leaving the corporate game By Barbara Ehrenreich, Anita Blair, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Jeanne Lewis, and Elizabeth Perle McKenna SEE ALSO: Businesswomen; Corporate culture; Sex discrimination in employment; Sex role in the work environment; Women executives PDF IMAGES
59-66	Article Hasta la vista, Fidel: In Cuba, death waits (patiently) for the dictator By Patrick Symmes SEE ALSO: Cuba; Dictators; Castro, Fidel; Havana (Cuba); Health; Journeys—Cuba—Havana; Symmes, Patrick; Portraits PDF IMAGES
70-71	Article Sacrebleu! The jazz era is up for sale: Gift merchandisers take license with history By Dennis Cass SEE ALSO: Bars (Drinking establishments); Jazz; Merchandising PDF IMAGES
73-79	Fiction Lady Macbeth, prickly pear queen By Jane Avrich PDF IMAGES
83	Double acrostic/Department No. 179 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
84	Puzzle/Department Key of C By Stephen Schwartz and David Stern PDF IMAGES