Harper's Magazine: October 1991

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October 1991

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	Photo [Cover art] By Chris Steele-Perkins (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Auctions PDF IMAGES
4-9	Letters/Department Letters On Harper's index, from July 1991: Letter By Mark Green On A counter-reality grows in Harlem, from August 1991: Letter By Scott Madison Letter By James Ciment Letter By John C. Stevens On The problem with banks? Bankers, from June 1991: Letter By John Andrews Letter By Peter Kwass Letter By Donald G. Mashburn Letter By Edgar F. Coudal PDF IMAGES
10-13	Notebook/Article Sense and sensibility By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Fanaticism; Political correctness; Social reformers PDF IMAGES
15	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
17-18	Readings/Article Of a conservative (created) caste By Charles A. Murray SEE ALSO: Conservatism; Wealth PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article Trading blows SEE ALSO: Offenses against the person; Rules and practice; Stockbrokers PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Photo Man traveling northwest at 60 mph on Highway 101 in the vicinity of Hollywood, California, on a late Sunday afternoon in March 1991 By Andrew Bush (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Automobile drivers; Express highways; Los Angeles PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Toward a more P.C. Halloween By Louise Derman-Sparks SEE ALSO: Curricula; Elementary schools; Halloween; Political correctness; Witches PDF IMAGES
21-22	Readings/Article Kafka gets the munchies By Brad Sherman SEE ALSO: Snack foods PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Auto aerobics By Sandra (Sandra E.) Fisher SEE ALSO: Aerobic exercises; Audiocassettes; Traffic safety PDF IMAGES
22-30	Readings/Article The new politics of health care By Paul Starr SEE ALSO: National health insurance PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article Gregory, the urban scarecrow SEE ALSO: Mannequins (Figures); Security systems PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Cartoon Men's group visionary, 1953 SEE ALSO: Bowlers; Men; Men's movement PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Article Trimming the story By Paul M. Insel SEE ALSO: Corrupt practices; Journalistic ethics PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Poem The bard of baseball By Hart Seeley and Tom Peyer PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Berlin: If dogs run free By Peter Schneider and Philip Boehm (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Berlin; Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989; Watchdogs PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Article A Byelorussian go-getter SEE ALSO: Applications for positions; Belarus; Résumés (Employment) PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Photo Fish tank sonata By Arthur Tress (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Animal sculpture; Aquariums PDF IMAGES
35-36	Readings/Article Hamlet, prince of co-dependency By Randy Rolfe SEE ALSO: Characters—Hamlet; Codependency; 16th century; Shakespeare, William PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Saying no: The rimshot approach SEE ALSO: Drug abuse; Drug use; Prevention; Teenagers PDF IMAGES
36	Readings/Article America's loneliest home videos By Carole Chouinard and Randall Baer SEE ALSO: Divorce; Remarriage; Stepparents PDF IMAGES
38-46	Readings/Article Bidding for Yoko By Gillon R. Aitken SEE ALSO: Anecdotes; Auctions; Clothing; Collectibles; Friends and associates; Aitken, Gillon R.; Lennon, John; Ono, Yoko PDF IMAGES Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Mimes PDF IMAGES
40	Readings/Article Is that everyone? By G.B. Trudeau SEE ALSO: College orations; Salutations; Yale University PDF IMAGES
44	Readings/Poem Growing up By Richard Afari Baafour PDF IMAGES
49-56	Article Victims, all? Recovery, co-dependency, and the art of blaming somebody else By David Rieff SEE ALSO: Codependency; Inner child; Recovery movement; Self-help techniques PDF IMAGES
59-64	Capital letter/Article Unlawful, unelected, and unchecked: How the CIA subverts the government at home By Christopher Hitchens SEE ALSO: Governmental investigations; 1989-1993; United States. Central Intelligence Agency PDF IMAGES
66-82	Fiction To find the edge By Robert Stone PDF IMAGES
83	Double acrostic/Department No. 106 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
84	Puzzle/Department Hextracts By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES