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November 2003

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	Illustration [Cover art] By Tullio Pericoli SEE ALSO: Television and politics PDF IMAGES
4-7	Letters/Department Letters On Sick on the inside, from August 2003: Letter By Lily Huang Letter By Wil S. Hylton Letter By Jamie Fellner Letter By Donna J. Kapa Letter By Jeff Hoover Letter By James J. Herkenham On Hotel on Baltic, hourly rates, from September 2003: Letter By Joseph Ruffner On A masterpiece of loathing, from September 2003: Letter By Angus Trumble Letter By Evan S. Connell On A mind so fine, from September 2003: Letter By John Romano On Hearts and minds, from October 2003: Note/correction PDF IMAGES
9-11	Notebook/Article Reading the mail By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Letters to the editor; 2001-; Press and politics PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index SEE ALSO: Afghanistan; Africa; Agriculture; Animal; The Baptist Faith; California; Democracy; The Democratic Party; Diet; Environmental Protection Agency; Education; Energy; Entertainment; The Environment; Finland; Florida; Global Warming; The Gulf War; Holidays; The Internet; Israel; Kennedy, John F.; Judaism; Language & Linguistics; Louisiana; McDonalds; Medicine; Military Industrial Complex; Money; Nevada; Oil; Palestine; Race; Religion; Technology; Transportation; WorldWildlifeFund PDF TEXT IMAGES
15-20	Readings/Article Conditional state By Ari Shavit SEE ALSO: Oz, Amos; Arab-Israeli conflict; Grossman, David; Israel; National characteristics, Israeli; Views on Israel-Arab conflict PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Photo Log and Plane, Boca Raton, Florida By Michael Kenna (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Night; Ocean PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article Yes, I can SEE ALSO: Robbins, Daniel; Great Falls; Montana; New Year; Psychology PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Article Don't scare the shrimp SEE ALSO: Errors of usage; Parks; Public use; Shanghai; Signs and signboards PDF IMAGES
20-22	Readings/Article I feel the need SEE ALSO: United States Air Force Academy PDF TEXT IMAGES
22-24	Readings/Article Stayin' alive SEE ALSO: Clearwater; Doctrines; Scientology PDF IMAGES
23	Readings/Illustration Lower Merion High School, 1981 By Jon Rubin SEE ALSO: Alumni and alumnae; High schools PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article Frontiers of science SEE ALSO: Human biology; Oregon; Portland; Questions and answers PDF TEXT IMAGES
25-26	Readings/Article Riding shotgun SEE ALSO: Career as correctional officer; Career as gang-crimes specialist; Miedzianowski, Joseph; Police corruption; Jarding, William PDF TEXT IMAGES Readings/Article Spanking the sushi By Ryann Connell (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Pornography; Sex in television PDF IMAGES
26-29	Readings/Article Bighousekeeping By Angelo SEE ALSO: Inventions; Prisoners; Recreation PDF TEXT IMAGES
28	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Thomas Dworzak (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Afghanistan; Kandahar; The Taliban PDF IMAGES
30-32	Readings/Fiction Amor perdida By Tennessee Williams PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Illustration T.S. in her bath By Alex Kanevsky SEE ALSO: Baths PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Illustration [Untitled Illustration] By Fausto Melotti PDF IMAGES
35-43	Article Junk politics: A voter's guide to the post-literate election By Benjamin DeMott SEE ALSO: 2001-; Politics, Practical PDF IMAGES
44-52	Article Turn on, tune in: Toward a progressive talk show By Thomas de Zengotita SEE ALSO: Press and politics; Progressivism (United States politics); Talk shows; Television in politics PDF IMAGES
53-58	Article The war business: Squeezing a profit from the wreckage in Iraq By Chalmers A. Johnson SEE ALSO: Contracting out; Equipment and supplies; Iraq War, 2003-; Military Industrial Complex; Military policy; Privatization PDF IMAGES
61-65	Fiction The two of them By Annie Dillard PDF IMAGES
67-76	Article A northern front: Seeking refuge in oil and in wilderness By John Hildebrand SEE ALSO: Alaska ; Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska); Energy policy; Environmental policy PDF IMAGES
77-78	New books/Review New books By John Leonard SEE ALSO: Biography; Seay, Elizabeth; Thomson, Ian; Love (Book); Levi, Primo; Primo Levi (Book); Searching for lost city: on the trail of America's native languages (Book); Morrison, Toni PDF IMAGES
79-84	Review Sons and monsters: John O'Hara gains a defender By Jonathan Dee SEE ALSO: Biography; Wolff, Geoffrey; O'Hara, John; Pictorial works; The art of burning bridges: a life of John O'Hara (Book) PDF IMAGES
84-90	Review Revisiting the icons: The intimate photography of Diane Arbus By Francine Prose SEE ALSO: Arbus, Diane; Revelations (Book); Women photographers PDF IMAGES
91	Puzzle/Department It was a dark and stormy knight By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES
92	Quiz/Department Running wild PDF IMAGES

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