Harper's Magazine: August 1988

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August 1988

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Photo [Cover art] By Elliott Erwitt (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Boots PDF IMAGES
4-8	Letters/Department Letters On The President's script, from May 1988: Letter By Dave Sorrell On I'm black, you're white, who's innocent? Race and power in an era of blame, from June 1988: Letter By Julian Bond Letter By James Cheek Letter By Venia M. Martin Letter By George Purvin Letter By Peter R. Kohn Letter By Stephen Coleman On The toy canon, from June 1988: Letter By Jeff Laite Letter By Christopher Hitchens PDF IMAGES
9-13	Notebook/Article The sage of Saddle River By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: 1999: victory without war (Book); Press coverage; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) PDF IMAGES
17	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
19-21	Readings/Article Love's progress By Michael Ignatieff SEE ALSO: Time perception PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Collection Readings By Jeffrey T. Brouws (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Panda bears By Jeffrey T. Brouws (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Stuffed animals (Toys) PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Down the midway By Jeffrey T. Brouws (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Ferris wheels; Midways PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Camping; Caricatures and cartoons; Bush, George; 1981-1989; Reagan, Ronald; Tents; Vice-Presidents; White House (Washington, D.C.) PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Panama: What the stars foretell By Chicho Donato and Karen Hoffman (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Astrology; Career as leader of Panama; Noriega, Manuel Antonio; 1981-1989; Panama; Psychology; Reagan, Ronald PDF IMAGES
23	Readings/Article Meese: An insider's view By Raymond E. James SEE ALSO: Attorneys general; Packwood, Bob; Brigands and robbers; Meese, Edwin; Ethics—Humor; Oregon; Political ethics; Prisoners; Views on Ed Meese PDF IMAGES Readings/Article And have a wonderful trip SEE ALSO: Crime prevention; Portugal; Safety measures; Tourist trade PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Hot spots SEE ALSO: Safety measures; United States. Dept. of State PDF IMAGES
24-26	Readings/Article Where were you August 8, 1985? By Robert I. Reynolds and Harold T`akushyan SEE ALSO: Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990; Memory; Reagan, Ronald; Testimony in Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990 PDF IMAGES
26-28	Readings/Article Reflections of a gangbanger By Léon Bing SEE ALSO: Crips (Gang); Gangs; Gangsters; Juvenile delinquents; Los Angeles; Membership PDF IMAGES
28-31	Readings/Article A new theology of sex SEE ALSO: Episcopal Church; Sex PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Boris Michailov (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Beaches; Black Sea; Sun-baths PDF IMAGES
31-32	Readings/Article The origins of anorexia nervosa By Joan Jacobs Brumberg PDF IMAGES
32-34	Readings/Article Elvis speaks! By Raymond A. Moody SEE ALSO: Apparitions; Apparitions and miracles; Presley, Elvis; Weaver, Hilda; Psychology PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Jock Sturges (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Beaches PDF IMAGES
35	Readings/Poem Sherbet By Cornelius Eady PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Song and suffering By Seamus Heaney SEE ALSO: Art and society; Political poetry PDF IMAGES
38	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Clinics; Escapes; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. PDF IMAGES
39-42	Readings/Fiction Small-hands Chen By Tseng-ch°I Wang PDF IMAGES
43-52	Article Just like us? By Gary L. Francione, Arthur L. Caplan, Roger L. Goldman, and Ingrid Newkirk SEE ALSO: Animal Rights; Animal welfare PDF IMAGES
54-55	Article Shedding light on stealth: The secret bomber has familiar problems By Nick Kotz SEE ALSO: Procurement; United States. Air Force; Weapons systems PDF IMAGES
56-62	Article Sad tales of la libertad de prensa: Reading the newspapers of Central America By Francisco Goldman SEE ALSO: Central America; Freedom of the press; Press and politics PDF IMAGES
63-65	Fiction The moment before the gun went off By Nadine Gordimer PDF IMAGES
72-76	Article First things first: One more writer's beginnings By Richard Ford SEE ALSO: Career as author; Ford, Richard PDF IMAGES
77	Double acrostic/Department No. 68 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department Superfluities By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES