Harper's Magazine: December 1998

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December 1998

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	Photo [Cover art] By Fernando Bueno (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Dollar, American; Fire; Money PDF IMAGES
6-86	Letters/Department Letters On Where the good begins, from July 1998: Letter By Martha M. Houle Letter By Barbara Gordon Letter By Barbara Diamond On Thread, from September 1998: Letter By Tom Bentley On Beyond belief, from September 1998: Letter By Matthew Becker Letter By Kathryn Hatt Letter By Reverend John C. Hall Letter By Joe W. Haldeman Letter By Mitch Wolgamott Letter By Joel R. Kurz Letter By A. Wayne Senzee Letter By Nicole Hubbard Letter By Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey On The soul encoded, from September 1998: Letter By Paul Griffith Letter By Glenn McDonald On Punch and Judy, from September 1998: Letter By Steve Salerno Letter By Alden Thayer On The radioactive boy scout, from November 1998: Note/correction PDF IMAGES
11-14	Notebook/Article Sucking at straws By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Congresses; Economics; Financial crises; International finance PDF IMAGES
17	Harper's index/Department Harper's index SEE ALSO: Afghanistan; Animal; Banking; The Baptist Faith; Clinton, Bill; Yeltsin, Boris; Great Britain; Business; Central Intelligence Agency; California; Canada; Charity; Colorado; United States Congress; Cookery; Crime; Democracy; Disney; Education; Energy; Family; Finance; Florida; Global Warming; Holidays; Homosexuality; Iraq; Japan; Forms of Justice; Law; Massachusetts; Music; New York City; Gingrich, Newt; North America; Norway; Nuclear Energy; bin Laden, Osama; U.S. Department of Defense; Poverty; Prostitutes; Race; Religion; Russia; Santa Claus; Science; Shopping; Texas; United Nations; Vanity; World Bank PDF FREE TEXT IMAGES
19-23	Readings/Article Speculative crimes and global punishment By Edward Luttwak SEE ALSO: Economic assistance; Financial crises; Foreign economic relations; 1991-; Russia (Federation) PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article Fyodor's guide to Russia By Ray Kroll SEE ALSO: Foreign public opinion; Russia (Federation); Tourist trade PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Lise Sarfati (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Factories; Norilsk; Russia (Federation) PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Article D.C.'s copwatch SEE ALSO: Crack (Drug); Drug traffic; Police PDF IMAGES
23-24	Readings/Article An American in Princeton By David Applefield SEE ALSO: Creative writing (Higher education); White, Edmund; Interviews; Princeton; Princeton University; Sexual ethics PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Collection Readings By Spencer Tunick (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Nevada By Spencer Tunick (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Deserts; Nevada; Nudity PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Pennsylvania By Spencer Tunick (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Bridges; Nudity PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Illinois By Spencer Tunick (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Beaches; Mother and infant; Nudity PDF IMAGES
25-26	Readings/Article Find “Gap dress” SEE ALSO: Censorship; Internet pornography PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Campaign promises, 1998 By Gary Mueller SEE ALSO: Ethics; Mueller, Gary; Political candidates; Political ethics PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article Balanced, objective gay-bashing SEE ALSO: Hate speech; Homophobia; Language & Linguistics; Newsweek (American periodical); Time (American periodical) PDF IMAGES Readings/Article American heartworm By Ben Metcalf SEE ALSO: Metcalf, Ben; Family; Middle West; Mississippi River PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Nick Waplington (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Dwellings; Nottingham; Rabbits; Row houses; Working class families PDF IMAGES
30-32	Readings/Article The Homeric Ali By Carlo Rotella SEE ALSO: Boxers (Sports); Greek literature; Homer; In literature; Ali, Muhammad; Quotations; Translations into English PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Article Coming to a Days Inn near you SEE ALSO: Directories; Lecturers PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Photo Ballroom dancing in the townships By Jodi Bieber (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Ballroom dancing; Children, Black; South Africa PDF IMAGES
33-34	Readings/Article A punk rocker's angry Christ By Nick Cave SEE ALSO: Character; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Jesus Christ; Cave, Nick; Religion PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Fiction The playhouse By Max Steele PDF IMAGES
37-46	Article Up in smoke: The suckers bring the money; Wall Street supplies the matches By Ted C. Fishman SEE ALSO: Securities fraud; Stock exchanges; Swindlers and swindling PDF IMAGES
48-53	Article Still life: Notes on Pierre Bonnard and my mother's ninetieth birthday By Mary Gordon SEE ALSO: Appreciation; Appreciation—United States—20th century; Art, French; Family; Gordon, Mary; Bonnard, Pierre PDF IMAGES
54-70	Article Sailing out of Panama: The American empire discards an obsolete canal By Patrick Symmes SEE ALSO: Journeys—Panama—Panama Canal; Panama Canal (Panama); Symmes, Patrick PDF IMAGES
71-85	Fiction Son of the Wolfman By Michael Chabon PDF IMAGES
87	Double acrostic/Department No. 191 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
88	Puzzle/Department 44 across By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES