Harper's Magazine: May 2003

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May 2003

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	Illustration [Cover art] By Tullio Pericoli SEE ALSO: International economic relations PDF IMAGES
4-90	Letters/Department Letters On A comet's tale, from February 2003: Letter By Michael Zolensky Letter By Paul Prescod On Light in the window, from March 2003: Letter By Michael Ignatieff Letter By Michael Dorland Letter By Martin Joldersma Letter By Donald Adelman On No more unto the breach, from March 2003: Letter By Chris Ronk Letter By Lorna Salzman On Jesus plus nothing, from March 2003: Letter By Lee Carleton Letter By Keith Duff Letter By Paul Constance On Pity the fool, from April 2003: Note/correction PDF IMAGES
7-9	Notebook/Article Shock and awe By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Career as U.S. president; Bush, George W.; Iraq War, 2003-; 2001-; Religion and politics PDF IMAGES
11	Harper's index/Department Harper's index SEE ALSO: Afghanistan; Africa; Anthrax; Austria; Birds; Great Britain; China; Congo; Death; Education; Energy; Entertainment; Excretion; Finance; Germany; Indonesia; Japan; Labor; Language & Linguistics; The Media; Medicine; Mexico; Nuclear Energy; Oil; Oregon; Parenting; Pollution; Hussein, Saddam; Science; September 11; Suicide Bombing; Taxes; Technology; United States of America PDF TEXT IMAGES
13-17	Readings/Article Nous sommes tous Americains By Régis Debray and John Howe (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Immigrants; 2001-; War on Terrorism, 2001- PDF IMAGES
15	Readings/Photo Field of Boxes By Jan Staller (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Rising and setting; Sun PDF IMAGES
16	Readings/Article The education of Little Tree SEE ALSO: Government relations; Indian children; Multiple-choice examinations PDF TEXT IMAGES
17-20	Readings/Article We decide, you shut up SEE ALSO: O'Reilly, Bill; Broadcast journalism; Career as Fox News commentator; Interviews; Glick, Jeremy; Objectivity; Protest movements; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; War on Terrorism, 2001- PDF IMAGES
20	Readings/Article Die another way SEE ALSO: Classification; Mortality; Terrorism; Violent deaths PDF IMAGES
21	Readings/Illustration Overhead (3) By Elizabeth Magill SEE ALSO: Overhead electric lines PDF IMAGES Readings/Article I told u I was hardcore SEE ALSO: Arizona; Vedas, Brandon; Drug use; Drugs; Online chat groups; Overdosage; Phoenix; Self-destructive behavior PDF IMAGES
22	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Interpreters for the deaf PDF IMAGES
23	Readings/Article Goblet of jam madness SEE ALSO: Marijuana; Narcotics, Control of; Terminology PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Illustration Zurberes, 2000 By Daniel Richter PDF IMAGES
26-28	Readings/Article Paying through the nose SEE ALSO: Drug traffic; Kansas; Revenue stamps; Taxation PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Article The last days of disco SEE ALSO: Credit cards; Officials and employees PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Barely legal SEE ALSO: Love-letters; Women prisoners PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Illustration Partial set of nine pins By Selma Sandler SEE ALSO: Ninepins; Wood-carving PDF IMAGES
30-31	Readings/Article Maidenhead revisited By Valerie Jaffee (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Sexual behavior PDF IMAGES
31	Readings/Article The proclamation of Baghdad By Stanley, Sir Maude SEE ALSO: Baghdad; Baghdad (Iraq); Iraq; Military government; 1910-1936 PDF TEXT IMAGES
32	Readings/Collection Readings By Doug Smithenry PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration cowboy By Doug Smithenry SEE ALSO: Cowboys PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration notthinkingstraightteenager By Doug Smithenry SEE ALSO: Teenage boys PDF IMAGES Readings/Illustration astronaut By Doug Smithenry SEE ALSO: Astronauts PDF IMAGES
33-40	Article Arrow and wound: The art of almost dying By Mark Slouka SEE ALSO: Biography; Dostoyevsky, Fyodor; Seifert, Jaroslav; Slouka, Mark; Near-death experiences PDF IMAGES
41-54	Article The economics of empire: Notes on the Washington Consensus By William Finnegan SEE ALSO: Bolivia; Foreign economic relations; Free trade; Globalization; International economic relations; International Monetary Fund; World Bank; World Trade Organization PDF IMAGES
56-57	Article We happy few: The U.S. soldier's laws of war, in principle and in practice By Hadley Ross and Paul Maliszewski SEE ALSO: International Criminal Court; Protection of civilians; Regulations; War PDF IMAGES
58-67	Article Rolltop mantra of the Outer Banks: Creepy but tranquil in North Carolina By Mark Richard PDF IMAGES
69-75	Fiction Roman Berman, massage therapist By David Bezmozgis PDF IMAGES
77-78	New books/Review New books By John Leonard SEE ALSO: Bay of souls (Book); West, Rebecca, Dame; Grossman, David; Death as a way of life: Israel ten years after Oslo (Book); Invented Eden: the elusive, disputed history of the Tasaday (Book); Stone, Robert; Hemley, Robin; Survivors in Mexico (Book) PDF IMAGES
79-84	Review Our essays, ourselves: In defense of the Big Idea By Cristina Nehring SEE ALSO: American essays; Five shades of shadow (Book); Frazier, Ian; McPhee, John A.; Knopp, Lisa; Local wonders: seasons in the Bohemian Alps (Book); Kooser, Ted; The fish's eye: essays about angling and the outdoors (Book); The founding fish (Book); The nature of home: a lexicon and essays (Book); Tracy Daugherty PDF IMAGES
84-88	Review Man of all qualities: The enigma of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli By Barbara Probst Solomon SEE ALSO: Biography; Feltrinelli, Carlo; Feltrinelli: a story of riches, revolution, and violent death (Book); Feltrinelli, Giangiacomo; Pictorial works PDF IMAGES
91	Puzzle/Department Daffinitions By Richard Maltby PDF IMAGES
92	Quiz/Department I spy PDF IMAGES