Harper's Magazine: December 2001

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December 2001

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	Illustration Fix By Mark Tansey SEE ALSO: Repairing; Repairing trades PDF IMAGES
4-86	Letters/Department Letters On Harper's index, from August 2001: Letter By Henry Kaminer On School on a hill, from September 2001: Letter By Perry Glasser Letter By Chris Senkowski On The higher yearning, from September 2001: Letter By Daphne Patai Letter By Noah Chasin Letter By William J. Scheick On The Adams tyranny, from September 2001: Letter By Daniel Levine Letter By Stephen R. Graubard Letter By Stephanie Muntone PDF IMAGES
8-11	Notebook/Article Res publica By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: 2001-; September 11 terrorist attacks, United States, 2001 PDF IMAGES
13	Harper's index/Department Harper's index SEE ALSO: Anger; Anthrax; Asia; Great Britain; Business; Central Intelligence Agency; Canada; Cats; Chicago; Colombia; Death; Democracy; Environmental Protection Agency; Education; Energy; Entertainment; Family; Florida; Folly; Food; Guatemala; The Internet; Ireland; Japan; Labor; The Media; New York City; Nuclear Energy; Ohio; Oil; Policing; Pollution; Poverty; Puerto Rico; Religion; Science; September 11; Taxes; Terrorism; United States of America; War PDF TEXT IMAGES
15-19	Readings/Article Where there is no common power By John Gray SEE ALSO: International economic relations; September 11 terrorist attacks, United States, 2001; Terrorism; World politics PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Article You better watch out By Jennifer Szalai (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Christmas decorations; Montréal; Québec (Province); Vandalism PDF IMAGES
17	Readings/Illustration Edge city By Olive Ayhens SEE ALSO: Cities and towns PDF IMAGES
18	Readings/Article McStakes were made By Tristan Kading SEE ALSO: Apologizing; High school students; McDonald's Corporation; Stonington PDF IMAGES
19-20	Readings/Article And now a word from our sponsor SEE ALSO: Indonesia; Torture; Trials, litigation, etc. PDF IMAGES
20-22	Readings/Article Planning Croatia's final solution SEE ALSO: Career as Croatian president; Croatia; Ethnic relations; Tudman, Franjo; Genocide; Yugoslav War, 1991 PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Marco Lanza (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Crypts; Mummies; Palermo PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Poem What the general said By Jan Wagner and Nicholas Kulish (Trans.) PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Illustration Untitled (Runway) By Dirk Skreber SEE ALSO: Airports PDF IMAGES Readings/Article I see red people SEE ALSO: United States. Central Intelligence Agency PDF IMAGES
25	Readings/Article Hey yew By Mark Heath SEE ALSO: Southampton; Trees PDF IMAGES
26	Readings/Fiction Prayer against the experts and their ways By Paul Maliszewski PDF IMAGES
27	Readings/Collection Readings By Eva Sköld Westerlind PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Video killed the radio star SEE ALSO: Censorship; Popular music; Radio; September 11 terrorist attacks, United States, 2001 PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Tightrope By Eva Sköld Westerlind SEE ALSO: Dolls; Tightrope walking PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Pear By Eva Sköld Westerlind SEE ALSO: Dolls; Pear PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration Bucket By Eva Sköld Westerlind SEE ALSO: Dolls PDF IMAGES
28-29	Readings/Article Ecce homo By Gale A. Norton SEE ALSO: Endangered species; Northwest, Pacific; Records and correspondence PDF TEXT IMAGES Readings/Article Ex libris SEE ALSO: Franny and Zooey (Book); Inscriptions; Salinger, J.D. (Jerome David) PDF IMAGES
29-31	Readings/Fiction The founding of Rome By Salvador Elizondo and Zoë Anglesey (Trans.) PDF IMAGES
30	Readings/Collection Readings By Mark Abrahamson (Photog.) PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Sweet tea By Mark Abrahamson (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Aerial photographs; Landscape PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Cheesesteak By Mark Abrahamson (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Aerial photographs; Landscape PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Cook County A By Mark Abrahamson (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Aerial photographs; Landscape PDF IMAGES Readings/Photo Footprint By Mark Abrahamson (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Aerial photographs; Landscape PDF IMAGES
33-40	Article In the ruins of the future: Reflections on terror and loss in the shadow of September By Don DeLillo SEE ALSO: September 11 terrorist attacks, United States, 2001; Terrorism PDF IMAGES
41-51	Article This is only a test: Missile defense makes its mark in the Marshall Islands By JoAnn Wypijewski SEE ALSO: Ballistic missile defenses; Marshall Islands; Military bases, American; Ordnance testing PDF IMAGES
52-53	Article American Lucifer: The tormenting face of Osama bin Laden By Bill Wasik SEE ALSO: The Middle East; bin Laden, Osama; Portraits; Terrorists PDF IMAGES
55-62	Article Temple Stream: Of sumac, sewage, tires, and time By Bill Roorbach SEE ALSO: Canoes and canoeing; Rivers PDF IMAGES
63-68	Fiction Love and hydrogen By Jim Shepard PDF IMAGES
69-72	Article The frequency: Solving the riddle of the Dan Rather beating By Paul Limbert Allman SEE ALSO: Assault and battery; Assault on, 1986—Humor; Coincidence; Rather, Dan; Barthelme, Donald; Involvement in assault on Dan Rather—Humor; Television journalists PDF TEXT IMAGES
73-74	New books/Review New books By Guy Davenport SEE ALSO: Autobiography; Biography—Book reviews; Down the great unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 journey of discovery and tragedy through the Grand Canyon (Book); Dolnick, Edward; Sereny, Gitta; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Powell, John Wesley; Sacks, Oliver; The healing wound (Book); Uncle Tungsten: memories of a chemical boyhood (Book) PDF IMAGES
74-78	Review Remembering Iris: A new biography gets it half right By Jay Parini SEE ALSO: Biography—Book reviews; Murdoch, Iris; Iris Murdoch: a life (Book); Conradi, Peter J.; Portraits; Women authors, English PDF IMAGES
79-83	Review Anatomy lessons: Evan S. Connell and the documentary school By Donovan Hohn SEE ALSO: American essays; Connell, Evan S.; The Aztec treasure house: new and selected essays (Book) PDF IMAGES
87	Puzzle/Department Send a letter By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES
88	Article Losing ground By Seth Ackerman SEE ALSO: Israel; Maps; Palestine PDF IMAGES

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