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A journey through south China, land of capitalist miracles, where yesterday's rice paddy becomes tomorrow's metropolis, and a thousand factories bloom

[untitled]

Art by William Scarbrough,

Deep Clean

by Ed Zuckerman,

In Los Angeles, car washing gets beneath the surface

The Question Bush Never Got Asked

by Mark Hertsgaard,

Did he, as a Navy pilot, strafe a lifeboat?

A twelfth-century affair

by Peter Abelard,

New rules about sex on campus

by William Kerrigan,Edited by Jack Hitt,

New rules about sex on campus

Edited by Jack Hitt,

Multiculturalism’s silent partner

by David Rieff,

It's the newly globalized consumer economy, stupid

Enclosed. Encyclopedic. Endured.

by David Guterson,

One week at the Mall of America

The next last frontier

by Jonathan Raban,

A newcomer's journey through the Pacific Northwest

[untitled]

by Elizabeth Murray,

The crash of blue sky California

by David Beers,

The aerospace industry is dying, and with it a way of life

Bringing the Truth Commission back home

by Michael Massing,

Raymond Bonner and the news from El Salvador that didn't fit

Behold now behemoth

by Philip Gourevitch,

The Holocaust Memorial Museum

A quiet siege

by Andre Dubus,

The death and life of a gay naval officer

Alighting upon the Daurian steppe

by Peter Matthiessen,

A Mongolian journey in search of the white-naped crane

The importance of opening big

by Harper’s Staff,

Jurassic schlock

by Harper’s Staff,

Dealing a new antidepressant

by Greg Critser,

Little pills get a big push onto the market

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Is there a doctrine in the house?

The book thief

[untitled]

Choice academic pork

Adieu, Big Bird

Can an ape tell a joke? Learning from a Las Vegas orangutan act

Tales from the Cutting-Room Floor

The song-and-dance remains the same

America skips school

Memories Held in Check

Faulty diagnosis

Going to see the dragon

[untitled]

Deep Clean

The Question Bush Never Got Asked

A twelfth-century affair

New rules about sex on campus

New rules about sex on campus

Multiculturalism’s silent partner

Enclosed. Encyclopedic. Endured.

The next last frontier

[untitled]

The crash of blue sky California

Bringing the Truth Commission back home

Behold now behemoth

A quiet siege

Alighting upon the Daurian steppe

The importance of opening big

Jurassic schlock

Dealing a new antidepressant

January 1994

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