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Just a coincidence?

by Lucy Harvey,

The Unified Theory of Everything

From Cycle Synchronies: The Interrelationships of Physical, Biological, Social, and Economic Cycles, a handbook published by the Foundation for the Study of Cycles in Irvine, California. According to the handbook,…

The mother of all petals

by Harper’s Staff,

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Drawn by Tom Toles,

The new economics of high technology

by Lester C. Thurow,

Readings

by Harper’s Staff,

Sweet things

by William H. Gass,

Black like . . . Shirley Temple?

by Gerald Lyn Early,

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Art by Yvette Helin,

Hook, line, and sinker

by Jeffrey A. Hart,

New Jersey’s Norman Bates?

by Harper’s Staff,

Bubble trouble

by Rocky L. Stewart,

Fear of, well, flying

Time fades away

Art by David Kendrick,

Readings

by Harper’s Staff,

BCCI’s magic kingdom

by Harper’s Staff,

Ronald McBitter

by Harper’s Staff,

Big boss is watching

by Harper’s Staff,

Mind control at the gas pump

by Harper’s Staff,

A tightwad draws the line

by Amy Dacyczyn,

Trust fund victims

by Standish H. Smith,

Warrin’ with Orrin

by Bill Bonds,

Clerestories

Art by Stacy Levy,

Seeing the path of the wind

A fire sale in Oakland

by Bruce Allen,

Inside Rocky Flats

by Jacqueline Brever,

A whistle-blower's journal

My books

by Jorge Luis Borges,

Think we’ll go to plan B now

by Marianne Wiggins,

Mayberry L.S.D.

by Harper’s Staff,

The widower

by Marco Lodoli,

Type-A tykes

by Donna Goldberg,

Readings

Excerpts from the best and most bizarre new books, testimonies, government documents, journals, news reports, speeches, and letters.

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Just a coincidence?

The Unified Theory of Everything

The mother of all petals

Readings

The new economics of high technology

Readings

Sweet things

Black like . . . Shirley Temple?

Readings

Hook, line, and sinker

New Jersey’s Norman Bates?

Bubble trouble

Fear of, well, flying

Time fades away

Readings

BCCI’s magic kingdom

Ronald McBitter

Big boss is watching

Mind control at the gas pump

A tightwad draws the line

Trust fund victims

Warrin’ with Orrin

Clerestories

A fire sale in Oakland

Inside Rocky Flats

My books

Think we’ll go to plan B now

Mayberry L.S.D.

The widower

Type-A tykes

March 1992

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