Harper's Magazine: August 2003

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August 2003

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	Photo [Cover art] By Kevin Foster (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Flags; Lawn mowers PDF IMAGES
6-8	Letters/Department Letters On The difficult poem, from June 2003: Letter By John Paul Davis On The last Americans, from June 2003: Letter By Ethan Fremen Letter By William Feindel On One-act farce, from June 2003: Letter By Iain Murray Letter By Bryant Urstadt On The man who knew too much, from June 2003: Letter By John Davis On Babbling on, from July 2003: Note/correction PDF IMAGES
9-11	Notebook/Article Yankee Doodle Dandy By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. president; Bush, George W.; Imperialism; Politics and war; Politics of war (Book); Karp, Walter; McKinley, William; Wilson, Woodrow PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index SEE ALSO: Afghanistan; Banking; California; Charity; Colorado; Democracy; Diet; Disney; Drugs; Entertainment; Federal Communications Commission; Folly; Guatemala; Department of Homeland Security; Iran; Iraq; Kosovo; Labor; Michigan; Nevada; U.S. Department of Defense; Policing; Race; Religion; San Francisco; Science; Space; Taxes; Transportation; War; Wealth PDF FREE TEXT IMAGES
15-20	Readings/Article The new censorship By Curtis White SEE ALSO: Censorship; 2001-; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Article Director's cuts By Michael Ravnitzky SEE ALSO: Political crimes and offenses; Secret service PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Joshua Lutz (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Deindustrialization PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article The moosepaper of record SEE ALSO: Communication in personnel management; Folklore; Moose; Records and correspondence PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Illustration George W. By Melanie Baker SEE ALSO: Bush, George W.; Pictorial works PDF IMAGES
20-23	Readings/Article This potted meat, this England SEE ALSO: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords; Home accidents; Investigation; Unsolicited electronic mail messages PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Collection Readings By Laurie Hogin PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration The cynic By Laurie Hogin SEE ALSO: Cynicism; Monkeys PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration The ranter By Laurie Hogin SEE ALSO: Monkeys PDF IMAGES
23-26	Readings/Article Don't worry, it's a rental By damali ayo SEE ALSO: Multiculturalism PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article Faux shizzle By M. Seefeld SEE ALSO: Brigands and robbers; Disguise; Nose PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article Happy birthday, Ronnie! SEE ALSO: Ballistic missile defenses; Public Relations; United States. Dept. of Defense PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Faustian algebra By Mark Hutchinson (Trans.) and René Char SEE ALSO: Personal narratives, French; Underground movements PDF IMAGES
27-28	Readings/Article It's always lethal SEE ALSO: Aerial operations; Iraq War, 2003-; Police; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 PDF FREE TEXT IMAGES
28	Readings/Illustration Remake of Shadows Covers Epidemic Plastic By Dmitra Lazaridou SEE ALSO: Public spaces; Shades and shadows; Slums PDF IMAGES
29-30	Readings/Poem The sound of silencers PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Languille! SEE ALSO: A history of the guillotine (Book); Kershaw, Alister; Beheading PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Poem Goldfinch By Andrew McNeillie PDF IMAGES Readings/Fiction The missing man By J. Robert Lennon PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Collection Readings By David Graham (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By David Graham (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Washington, George; Parodies, imitations, etc. PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By David Graham (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Parodies, imitations, etc.; Penn, William PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By David Graham (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Parodies, imitations, etc. PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By David Graham (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Franklin, Benjamin; Parodies, imitations, etc. PDF IMAGES
33-41	Article The American dissident: Individualism as a matter of conscience By Edward Hoagland SEE ALSO: Civil Rights; Dissenters; Individualism PDF IMAGES
43-54	Article Sick on the inside: Correctional HMOs and the coming prison plague By Wil S. Hylton SEE ALSO: Health maintenance organizations; Malpractice; Medical care; Medical personnel; Prison reformers; Prisoners PDF IMAGES
56-59	Article Name withheld: Harsh justice for a September 11 detainee By Elizabeth Amon SEE ALSO: Aliens; Civil Rights; Due process of law; Emigration and immigration law; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; United States. Dept. of Justice; War on Terrorism, 2001- PDF IMAGES
61-71	Article Watching the detectives: The Vidocq Society's tale of ratiocination By Jay Kirk SEE ALSO: Career as forensic sculptor; Career as private investigator; Vidocq, Eugène François; Evidence, Expert; Forensic sciences; Bender, Frank; Private investigators; Societies, etc. PDF IMAGES
73-74	New books/Review New books By John Leonard SEE ALSO: Autobiography; Waugh, Evelyn; Lee, Jennifer; Marianne in chains: everyday life in the French heartland under the German occupation (Book); Manea, Norman; Paris in mind (Book); Pictorial works; Gildea, Robert; The hooligan's return: a memoir (Book); Waugh abroad: collected travel writing (Book) PDF IMAGES
75-80	Review Love in the time of hedonism: Michel Houellebecq's new novel By Cristina Nehring SEE ALSO: Criticism and interpretation; Wynne, Frank; Houellebecq, Michel; Pictorial works; Platform (Book) PDF IMAGES
80-85	Review Art will eat itself: What distinguishes art from everything else? By Mark Kingwell SEE ALSO: Alberro, Alexander; Art criticism; Conceptual art and the politics of publicity (Book); Summers, David; Real spaces (Book) PDF IMAGES
86-90	Fiction Mr. Simmons takes a prisoner By Deb Olin Unferth PDF IMAGES
91	Puzzle/Department Dressed to the nines By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES
92	Quiz/Department Labor pains PDF IMAGES

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