Harper's Magazine: July 1987

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July 1987

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	Illustration Parson Weems' fable By Grant Wood SEE ALSO: Washington, George; Legends—Pictorial works PDF IMAGES
4-76	Letters/Department Letters On Kitchen Spanish, from March 1987: Letter By Eduardo González On The erotic stripped bare. Romanians are prisoners of sexlessness, from March 1987: Letter By Craig Bridgman Letter By Nick Montana On Amnesia in litteris. The books I have read (I think), from March 1987: Letter By Robert D. Lundy Letter By Jack Carter Letter By Leslie Bender On Blabscam. TV's rigged political talk shows, from March 1987: Letter By John W. Kizler Letter By William E. Cooper Letter By Edgar E. Willis Letter By Jonathan Schultz On Harper's index, from April 1987: Note/correction On Calling all soldiers, from April 1987: Letter By James A. Bornn On A yield against the odds. Harvest time on a Missouri farm, from April 1987: Letter By Richard Rhodes Letter By Charles M. Lewis Letter By Rosamond Kay Letter By Eleanor H. Zurn PDF IMAGES
10-12	Notebook/Article The Red Queen By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Arms control; Cold War; 1945-1989; 1945-1991 PDF IMAGES
15	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
17-19	Readings/Article Celebrating the constitution: A dissent By Thurgood Marshall SEE ALSO: Constitutional history; Social change; United States Constitution Bicentennial, 1987-1991 PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Graphs and Charts Parse one for the Gipper SEE ALSO: Charts, diagrams, etc.; Grammar; Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990; Language & Linguistics; Quotations; Reagan, Ronald PDF IMAGES Readings/Article A Shekel from Senator Bob By Bob Packwood SEE ALSO: Foreign economic relations; Inflation (Finance); Israel; 1981-1989 PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Map From high above Amarillo SEE ALSO: Aerial views; Maps PDF IMAGES Readings/Collection Readings PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Readings By Edward J. Markey SEE ALSO: Correspondence; Defenses; Markey, Edward J.; Nuclear weapons; Crowe, William J. PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Readings By William J. Crowe SEE ALSO: Correspondence; Defenses; Markey, Edward J.; Nuclear weapons; Crowe, William J. PDF IMAGES
21-24	Readings/Article The future is yours (still) By Abbie Hoffman SEE ALSO: Hoffman, Abbie; Freedom of speech; Hampshire County; Political participation; Recruiting; Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Trespass); United States. Central Intelligence Agency PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article Terror-proof tourism By Andy Lightbody SEE ALSO: Safety measures; Terrorism; Tourist trade PDF IMAGES
26-27	Readings/Article Gorbachev: The view from Warsaw By Helena Luczywo and Jacek Kuron SEE ALSO: Interviews; Kuron, Jacek; Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich; 1980-1989; 1981-; 1985-1991; 1986-1991; Perestroika; Poland; Political and social views PDF IMAGES
27-30	Readings/Article The Parthenon at dusk By Le Corbusier, Ivan Zacnic (Trans.), and Nicola Pertuiset (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Diaries; Journeys—Greece—Athens; Le Corbusier; Parthenon (Athens, Greece) PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Accidents; Geese; Nuclear power plants PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Illustration A field guide to road kills By Roger M. Knutson SEE ALSO: Cottontails; Identification; Woodchuck PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Article Feeding the animals SEE ALSO: Table etiquette PDF IMAGES Readings/Fiction Pretty pictures By Leon Rooke PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Truth in barbeque SEE ALSO: Barbecue cookery; Cookery (Pork); South Carolina PDF IMAGES
34-35	Readings/Article The third parent By George W.S. Trow SEE ALSO: Metaphysics PDF IMAGES Readings/Poem The summer before the moon By Susan Stewart PDF IMAGES
35	Readings/Photo Taking the long view By J. Anthony Tyson (Photog.) and Patrick Osborne Seitzer (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Chile; Cosmography; Sky PDF IMAGES
36-40	Readings/Article Addressing Gettysburg By Arthur Coleman Danto SEE ALSO: Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.); Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863 PDF IMAGES
39	Readings/Photo “Waiting, E.A.F.B.” By Richard Misrach (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Camping PDF IMAGES
41-46	Article A republic of souls. Puritanism and the American presidency By Richard Sennett SEE ALSO: Political ethics; Political leadership; Puritans; Self-disclosure PDF IMAGES
48-49	Article On the outside, cashing in. Michael Deaver and all the president's salesmen By Eric Alterman SEE ALSO: Ethics; Foreign agents; Friends and associates; Legal status, laws, etc.; Lobbying; Deaver, Michael K.; Political corruption; Political ethics; Reagan, Ronald; Trials, litigation, etc. PDF IMAGES
51-58	Article Landscapes open and closed. A journey through southern Africa By Barry Holstun Lopez SEE ALSO: Africa, Southern; Lopez, Barry Holstun; Journeys—Africa, Southern; Landscape; 1961-; South Africa; Zoology PDF IMAGES
59-69	Fiction The dying year By Margaret Drabble PDF IMAGES
70-71	Article A new and awful silence. Serious music is losing its measure By Bernard Holland SEE ALSO: Collectors and collecting; Memorizing; Music; Music appreciation PDF IMAGES
72-74	Article Games people play. Power, ideology, and other Beltway hobbies By Fred Reed SEE ALSO: Cocktail parties; 1981-1989; Republicans PDF IMAGES
77	Double acrostic/Department No. 55 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department Aaabcdeeinr By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES