Harper's Magazine: May 1996

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May 1996

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Illustration [Cover art] By Juan Genovés SEE ALSO: Men; White collar workers PDF IMAGES
4-7	Letters/Department Letters On Fifty years under a cloud, from January 1996: Letter By Martin Schwager Letter By Y.T. Okuyama Letter By David Anthony Letter By Jon A. Dubin On A kiss is still a kiss (even if the sex is postmodern and the romance problematic), from February 1996: Letter By R. William Betcher Letter By Amit Barniv On Surviving Sarajevo, from February 1996: Letter By Jim Burke On Vanishing knowledge, from March 1996: Note/correction On Harper's Magazine 30-second fax survey, from January 1996: Letter By Jason Madlung PDF IMAGES
8-10	Notebook/Article Balzac's garret By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Information society; 1970-; 1993- PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
15-19	Readings/Article Collecting the stuff of life By Barbara Grizzuti Harrison SEE ALSO: Collectors and collecting PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Article Ralph Lauren's shades of pale SEE ALSO: Colors, Words for; Paint PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Illustration Glory By Steven Assael SEE ALSO: African American women; Subways PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Illustration Eagle mask By Lyle Wilson SEE ALSO: Indian masks; Northwest, Canadian PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Tuxw'id (female warrior) By Beau Dick SEE ALSO: Indian masks; Northwest, Canadian PDF IMAGES Readings/Collection Readings PDF IMAGES
19-21	Readings/Article The bull market in inequality SEE ALSO: Investments; 1981-; Wealth PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Bryant Gumbel discusses his nibs SEE ALSO: Gumbel, Bryant; Interviews; Materials and instruments; Television personalities; Writing PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Poem The foreman's wallet By Martin Espada PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Article Global economy: Déjà vu By Paul R. Krugman SEE ALSO: International trade PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Unrequited hate By Vladimir Zhirinovskiæi and Sarah Brown (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Antisemitism; Buchanan, Patrick J.; Relations with Jews; Russia (Federation) PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Poem A mistake was made By Stuart Ross PDF IMAGES Readings/Article An indecent act By Steve Russell SEE ALSO: Censorship; The Internet; Obscenity (Law) PDF IMAGES
25	Readings/Illustration Assassinations By Leroy Almon SEE ALSO: Assassination PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article The new math on K Street By Wright Andrews SEE ALSO: Campaign funds; Finance, Personal; Gifts; Lobbying PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Brain teaser SEE ALSO: Ethics PDF IMAGES
27	Readings/Photo Mother goes to the market By Judy Olausen (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Crosses; Family—Pictorial works; Olausen, Judy; Mothers; Supermarkets PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Article Being and trendiness By Benny Lévy SEE ALSO: Existentialism; Interviews; Sartre, Jean Paul; Philosophers; Philosophy PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Writing the great American weapons guide SEE ALSO: Authors and publishers; Weapons PDF IMAGES
31-32	Readings/Article A helping hand for Joan By Alan Nevins SEE ALSO: Authors and publishers; Authorship; Collins, Joan; Literary agents; Manuscript preparation (Authorship) PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Keep dreaming By Elizabeth Irvin Ross SEE ALSO: Dreams PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Poem Davy Cricket By David K. Hayward PDF IMAGES Readings/Fiction A (very strange) day at the races By Salvador Dalí PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Collection Readings By Peter Garfield (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Uneasy listening By Bernard Cooper SEE ALSO: Sampling (Sound); Sounds PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Mobile home (Arcadia) By Peter Garfield (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Mobile homes; Sky PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Mobile home (split-level) By Peter Garfield (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Mobile homes; Sky PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Mobile home (dusk) By Peter Garfield (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Mobile homes; Sky PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Article My blank pages By Marcel Bénabou and David Kornacker (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Authorship; Bénabou, Marcel; Paper PDF IMAGES
35-47	Collection Does America still work? On the turbulent energies of the new capitalism PDF IMAGES Article Does America still work? On the turbulent energies of the new capitalism By Edward Luttwak, Robert B. Reich, Ronald Blackwell, Albert J. (Albert John) Dunlap, and George F. Gilder SEE ALSO: Capitalism; Industrial relations; 1981-; Social responsibility of business PDF IMAGES
38	Article Employee relations, 1958 SEE ALSO: Industrial relations PDF IMAGES
39	Article Employee relations, 1996 By David M. Noer SEE ALSO: Downsizing of organizations; Industrial relations PDF IMAGES
42	Article The Wall Street effect: A case study By Clara Jeffery SEE ALSO: Banks and banking; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Mergers PDF IMAGES
45	Article Legislating responsibility: A proposal By Jeff Bingaman SEE ALSO: Industrial relations; Social responsibility of business PDF IMAGES
48-58	Article Saddam's inferno: In Baghdad, things go from bad to worse By Paul William Roberts SEE ALSO: Baghdad; Baghdad (Iraq); Economic sanctions, American; Iraq; Journeys—Iraq—Baghdad; Roberts, Paul William PDF IMAGES
59-64	Article Tour de fax: Around the world, faster than ever By Tony Earley SEE ALSO: Concorde (Jet transports); Flights around the world; Journeys; Earley, Tony PDF IMAGES
65-74	Fiction Shortcut By Stephen Dixon PDF IMAGES
79	Double acrostic/Department No. 161 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department What's watt By Patrick D. Berry PDF IMAGES