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Fun de siecle

From suggestions submitted by the public to “The Search for the Big Idea: New Year’s Eve 2000 in Times Square,” a contest organized by the Times Square Business Improvement District.…

A new spin

Art by Diego Romero,

Readings

by Louis Jammes,

Ethnic cleansing, the Forbes way

by Steve Forbes,

Ma and Ba

by Thi Diem Thuy Lê,

Harper’s index

by Harper’s Staff,

Capitalist tool

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Letters

by Harper’s Staff,

Untitled

Art by Tullio Pericoli,

Downsizing

by Patrick D. Berry,

No. 159

by Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton,

PU-239

by Ken Kalfus,

Closing the books

by Arthur Krystal,

A once devoted reader arrives at the end of the story

Presidential shrimp

by David Samuels,

Bob Dole caters the political hors d'oeuvres

Mother’s last request

by B.J. Nelson,

A not so fond farewell

Sparrows

by William Kloefkorn,

A wired child

by Brad DeLong,

A western boyhood, in Russia

by Joseph Brodsky,

Field of water

Art by Philemona Williamson,

Louisiana

by Padgett Powell,

For months he lived between the billboards

Art by Michael Ashkin,

How many does it take?

by David Lance Goines,

A Crush Test

by Dorothy Tennov,

Diegahlo

Art by Greg Constantine,

The curse of indecision

by Alexander George,

Readings

Drawn by Mark O’Donnell,

Deconstructing Henry

by Harper’s Staff,

Lost in translation

by Harper’s Staff,

Welcoming the Colonel

by Harper’s Staff,

The new journalism

by Harper’s Staff,

Archive: 1996

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Fun de siecle

A new spin

Readings

Ethnic cleansing, the Forbes way

Ma and Ba

Harper’s index

Capitalist tool

Letters

Untitled

Downsizing

No. 159

PU-239

Closing the books

Presidential shrimp

Mother’s last request

Sparrows

A wired child

A western boyhood, in Russia

Field of water

Louisiana

For months he lived between the billboards

How many does it take?

A Crush Test

Diegahlo

The curse of indecision

Readings

Deconstructing Henry

Lost in translation

Welcoming the Colonel

The new journalism

April 1996

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