Harper's Magazine: March 1998

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March 1998

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Illustration [Cover art] By Teun Hocks SEE ALSO: Paperwork (Office practice) PDF IMAGES
4-7	Letters/Department Letters On Letters, from December 1997: Letter By Sarah Cook Letter By Melissa Pugh-McKee On Biocapitalism, from December 1997: Letter By Evan K. Schulz Letter By Peter J. Joyce On Giving women the business, from December 1997: Letter By Hillary Smith Ripley Letter By Aileen P. Clare Letter By Steve Turner Letter By Keith Ammann PDF IMAGES
8-11	Notebook/Article Coq au vin By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Civilization, Classical; Glassman, James K.; Oligarchy; Politics and culture; Views on American politics and culture PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
15-19	Readings/Article The alarming invasion of public space By Nelson Smith PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Article Bosnia's must-see TV By Bertram D. Braun SEE ALSO: Bosnia and Hercegovina; Television broadcasting PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Paul Shambroom (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Nuclear weapons; Safety measures PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article The campaign-finance refund? By James A. Cartrette SEE ALSO: Bribery; Campaign funds; Career as North Carolina governor; Hunt, James B.; Officials and employees; Political corruption; Selection and appointment PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Illustration Untitled (demonstration) By Xavier Veilhan SEE ALSO: Demonstrations PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Apartheid crimes: One giant misunderstanding By Adriaan Vlok SEE ALSO: Vlok, Adriaan; Career as South African minister of law and order; Police brutality; Political persecution; South Africa PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article Nike's poetry slam SEE ALSO: American poetry; Nike, Inc.; Public Relations; Television advertising PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Hiro Yamagata (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Fungi; Photomicrography PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Moving beyond Muzak By Jaron Lanier SEE ALSO: Computer art; Computer music; Computers and civilization; Virtual reality PDF IMAGES
23	Readings/Article The sound and the fury SEE ALSO: Interviews; Music; Crisp, Quentin; Views on music PDF IMAGES
24-26	Readings/Article Imperfect pitch By John S. Karls SEE ALSO: Metropolitan Opera (New York, New York) PDF IMAGES
26-29	Readings/Article The one where Jerry disses the pool guy By Danny Hoch SEE ALSO: Career as television actor; Hoch, Danny PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Article Barbara Walters, the final insult By Michael M. Thomas SEE ALSO: Walters, Barbara; Business entertaining; Ethics; Journalistic ethics PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Photo Kyaikto, Mon, Myanmar (Burma) By Hiroji Kubota (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Burma; Cliffs; Rocks PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Campus radicals SEE ALSO: Conservatism; Republicans PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Article For the honor of all Miss Americas By Venus Ramey SEE ALSO: Beauty contestants; Sex instruction PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Illustration September 1959 By Judie Bamber SEE ALSO: Fathers; Men PDF IMAGES Readings/Fiction Single woman for long walks on the beach By Ron Carlson PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Article Ad absurdum By Al Hoff SEE ALSO: Personals PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Photo Kid gloves By Helen Kim (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Boxers (Sports) PDF IMAGES
35-41	Article The doctor is not in: On the managed failure of managed health care By Ronald J. Glasser SEE ALSO: Health maintenance organizations; Managed care plans (Medical care); Medical care PDF IMAGES
42-51	Article I. Pop music in the shadow of irony By Thomas Frank SEE ALSO: Career as musician; Holmes, Chris; Irony; Popular music; Sound recording industry PDF IMAGES Collection Variations on a descending theme PDF IMAGES
52-58	Article II. Classical music in twilight By Charles Rosen SEE ALSO: Kramer, Hilton; Music; Music appreciation; Lebrecht, Norman; Kimball, Roger; The future of the European past (Book); Who killed classical music? (Book) PDF IMAGES
59-64	Article Somehow form a family: Channeling the remains of an American childhood By Tony Earley SEE ALSO: Childhood and youth; Television and family; Television programs; Television viewers; Earley, Tony PDF IMAGES
65-80	Fiction Lucky ducks By Lorrie Moore PDF IMAGES
83	Double acrostic/Department No. 182 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
84	Puzzle/Department Boggle By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES