Harper's Magazine: June 1998

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June 1998

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	Photo [Cover art] SEE ALSO: Coins; Money PDF IMAGES
6-9	Letters/Department Letters On Nike's poetry slam, from March 1998: Letter By Martín Espada On The one where Jerry disses the pool guy, from March 1998: Letter By Marie Mundaca On The doctor is not in, from March 1998: Letter By Karen Ignagni Letter By Michael R. McGarvey Letter By Geoffrey Wittig Letter By Jr. and James N. McClure Letter By LaDonna Breidfjord Backmeyer On I. Pop music in the shadow of irony, from March 1998: Letter By Paul Foley Letter By Glenn McDonald Letter By J.D. Kay On II. Classical music in twilight, from March 1998: Letter By Peter L. Steiner Letter By Max Raimi PDF IMAGES
10-15	Notebook/Article Swiss pastry By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Free trade; International economic relations; Journeys—Switzerland—Davos; Lapham, Lewis H.; World Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland : 1998) PDF IMAGES
17	Harper's index/Department Harper's index SEE ALSO: Africa; Gore, Al; Alaska ; Bears; Clinton, Bill; Yeltsin, Boris; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Business; California; China; United States Congress; Crime; Death; Democracy; Education; Europe; Family; Folly; Japan; Marriage; Morality; NATO; New Jersey; Oil; Piracy; Pollution; Poverty; Race; Religion; The Republican Party; Russia; Rwanda; Science; Sex; Space; Sport; Technology; Texas; Transportation; War; War Crimes; Wealth; World Bank PDF TEXT IMAGES
19-23	Readings/Article Our prudent, incoherent China policy By Edward Luttwak SEE ALSO: 1976-; 1993- PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article Stabilizing foreign markets By Megawati Soekarnoputri SEE ALSO: Indonesia; Military assistance, American; Political persecution PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Alex Webb (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Amazon River; Brazil; Initiation rites; Sales personnel PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Illustration Country drinkers By Chia-nan Wang SEE ALSO: Rural men PDF IMAGES
23-26	Readings/Article Uncle Sam, loose cannon SEE ALSO: Deterrence (Strategy); First strike (Nuclear strategy); Military policy PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Article The HMS Fluffy SEE ALSO: Great Britain. Navy; Names; Ships PDF IMAGES Readings/Article The sham of saving social security first By Robert B. Reich SEE ALSO: Appropriations and expenditures; Debts, Public; 1993-; Social Security PDF IMAGES
27	Readings/Illustration City of rhythm By David W. FeBland SEE ALSO: Cities and towns; Construction workers PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Article The bull-market bug By Thomas J. Penn PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Article Halfway house By Peter DeFazio SEE ALSO: Drug testing PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Victor Balaban (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Signs and signboards; Visions PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Tolstoy takes on tobacco By Leo, graf Tolstoy SEE ALSO: Smoking PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Fiction Aesop, uncensored By Aesop, Olivia Temple (Trans.), and Robert Temple (Trans.) PDF IMAGES
32-33	Readings/Article The Spielberg formula SEE ALSO: Motion picture industry; Spielberg, Steven; Trials, litigation, etc.; Twister (Motion picture : 1996) PDF IMAGES
33	Readings/Article The Tao wave By Michael Laskey SEE ALSO: Surfing; Waves PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Thanks from the man in black SEE ALSO: Country music; Country musicians; Cash, Johnny; Portraits PDF IMAGES
36	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Patrick Cariou (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Hawaii; Polynesians; Surfers PDF IMAGES Readings/Article My life and the beautiful game By Eduardo H. Galeano SEE ALSO: Soccer; Soccer fans; Uruguay PDF IMAGES
37	Readings/Article If there's a God By Gregory Orr SEE ALSO: Drug use; Family; Fathers; Orr, Gregory PDF IMAGES
39-50	Article Global roulette: In a volatile world economy, can everyone lose? By Jeffrey E. Garten and William Greider SEE ALSO: Asia; Financial crises; Foreign economic relations; International finance; 1981- PDF IMAGES
51-60	Article A hundred rivers run through it: California floats its future on a market for water By Wade Graham SEE ALSO: Water; Water-supply PDF IMAGES
61-70	Article Scent of a woman's ink: Are women writers really inferior? By Francine Prose SEE ALSO: Women authors, American PDF IMAGES
71-76	Article Nice couple boys: A sentimental education in stand-up comedy By Tony Hendra SEE ALSO: Career as comedian; Comedians; Stand-up comedy; Hendra, Tony PDF IMAGES
77-86	Fiction A tortoise for the queen of Tonga By Julia Whitty PDF IMAGES
87	Double acrostic/Department No. 185 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
88	Puzzle/Department See ya 'round the quad By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES