Harper's Magazine: May 1999

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May 1999

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	Photo [Cover art] By Joyce Tenneson (Photog.) PDF IMAGES
6-79	Letters/Department Letters On Necessary incivilities, from January 1999: Letter By David Waggoner On God's spies, from February 1999: Letter By A. Kam Napier Letter By Cecilia Kingman Miller On The pilot's tale, from February 1999: Letter By Eugene J. Carroll Jr. Letter By Krister Knapp Letter By Barry Nelson Letter By Donald Conklin On Going to the dogs, from February 1999: Letter By Judy Kody Paulsen Letter By Melani Nardone Letter By Ed Thorn Letter By Annie Game On An action figure for all seasons, from February 1999: Letter By Philip Boncer Letter By Marc S. Lazard Letter By Noah Gregoropoulos Letter By Erik Rye Letter By Phil Freshman PDF IMAGES
13-15	Notebook/Article The spring shows By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: 1993-; 2000; Republicans PDF IMAGES
17	Harper's index/Department Harper's index SEE ALSO: Gore, Al; Animal; Clinton, Bill; Great Britain; Business; California; Cambodia; Cattle; Chile; United States Congress; Crime; Democracy; Drugs; Economics; Energy; Exxon; Feminism; Immigration; The Internet; Iraq; Japan; Il, Kim Jong; Labor; Mexico; Murder; New York City; North Korea; Oil; Parenting; Poverty; Race; Religion; Hussein, Saddam; South Korea; Taxes; Texas; Thailand; Turkey; War Crimes PDF TEXT IMAGES
19-22	Readings/Article Representative government: A correspondence By John Warner and Richard Bausch SEE ALSO: Communication in politics; Correspondence; Form letters; Warner, John; Bausch, Richard PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article The rehabilitation of “that woman” By L. Mandy Stellman SEE ALSO: Discrimination; Lewinsky, Monica S. (Monica Samille); Name PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Photo Pinocchio By Keith Carter (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Marionettes PDF IMAGES
22-26	Readings/Article The BIA's cat-and-mouse game SEE ALSO: Class actions (Civil procedure); Corrupt practices; Trials, litigation, etc. PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Illustration A plea for herbal renewal SEE ALSO: Montana PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Photo N34°11.642'W116°06.663' By John Divola (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Deserts; Dwellings PDF IMAGES Readings/Article A new toy for the war room SEE ALSO: Technological innovations PDF IMAGES
27	Readings/Article Staging bull SEE ALSO: Advertising, Political; Claims vs. Mitch Skandalakis; Ethics; Libel and slander; Taylor, Mark; Skandalakis, Mitch; Political candidates; Television advertising PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Drama No comment: The play By Stuart Wade PDF IMAGES
29-31	Readings/Article Multicultural illiteracy SEE ALSO: Bedford; Examination of witnesses; Multiculturalism; Religion in the public schools; Trials, litigation, etc. PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Let's go meshugge, let's get nuts By Jeff Stiles SEE ALSO: Disc jockeys; Entertaining PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Chris Steele-Perkins (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Shrines; Statues PDF IMAGES
31-33	Readings/Article The archenemy of flavor By Daniel Harris SEE ALSO: Convenience foods; Food PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Article Garlic therapy By Alan R. Hirsch SEE ALSO: Food; Odor PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Collection Readings By Vik Muniz PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Big James By Vik Muniz SEE ALSO: Caribbean Area; Children, Black; Children of plantation workers; Sugar PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Valentine By Vik Muniz SEE ALSO: Caribbean Area; Children, Black; Children of plantation workers; Sugar PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Article T.G.I. mayday's PDF IMAGES Readings/Article A wire story By Michael Martone SEE ALSO: Fort Wayne; Home; Homes and haunts—Indiana—Fort Wayne; Martone, Michael PDF IMAGES
35	Readings/Illustration Slag pots By Hale Allen SEE ALSO: Factories; Metal trade PDF IMAGES
38-52	Article America's altered states: When does legal relief of pain become illegal pursuit of pleasure? By Joshua Wolf Shenk SEE ALSO: Drug abuse; Drug use; Shenk, Joshua Wolf; Marijuana; Narcotics, Control of; Psychotropic drugs PDF IMAGES
53-60	Review The old man and the manuscript: Hemingway, in his last book, writes his own sad epitaph By Tom Jenks SEE ALSO: Autobiographical fiction, American; Hemingway, Ernest; True at first light (Book) PDF IMAGES
61-70	Article Lab notes: Experiments in chemistry and jazz By Don Asher SEE ALSO: Career as chemist—Anecdotes; Chemistry; Chemists; Cornell University; Asher, Don; Jazz musicians PDF IMAGES
71-78	Fiction Twilight By Lynn Freed PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department “A” for effort By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES