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Readings

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

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The Bob Hope special you can’t turn off

by Sally Fox,

Readings

Drawn by Colin Whittock,

Dialing for the death penalty

by W. Lee Rawls,

A real blast

by Harper’s Staff,

In a coma through the coup

Translated by Timothy Sultan, Chris Alexander,

Dope

by Collin, III Hudson,

Vegetable house

by Harper’s Staff,

Mario

by Philip-Lorca DiCorcia,

Beyond spare change

by Harper’s Staff,

My daily dives in the dumpster

by Lars Eighner,

Higher learning

by Harper’s Staff,

Readings

Drawn by Peter Hannan,

One thousand words on why you should not talk during a fire drill

by Mark Halliday,

Twilight of the idols

by Harper’s Staff,

The objects of childhood

by John Updike,

Heavy-metal theology

by Duff McKagan,

Harvard’s new colors

by Ellen Jennings,

The way we are now

by Alan Wolfe,

Leading pols to the trough

by Harper’s Staff,

D.A. Ikwuwunna, post-colonial con man

by D.A. Ikwuwunna,

Food and drink in Germany

by Joachim Ellerbrock, Gerhard Schafft,

Christening on the "Stauffenberg"

Living it up in Albania

by Genc Ruli,

Reliving the war

Drawn by P.S. Mueller,

L.A. crises

by Harper’s Staff,

Onward Christian educators

by Harper’s Staff,

Inflating Spider Man for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, New York, New York, 1988

by David Graham,

Icons of the computer age

by Don Steinberg,

A word for Ollie

by Pete Stark,

Readings

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

Engine trouble

‘Tis the Season to Be Clumsy

The Bob Hope special you can’t turn off

Readings

Dialing for the death penalty

A real blast

In a coma through the coup

Dope

Vegetable house

Mario

Beyond spare change

My daily dives in the dumpster

Higher learning

Readings

One thousand words on why you should not talk during a fire drill

Twilight of the idols

The objects of childhood

Heavy-metal theology

Harvard’s new colors

The way we are now

Leading pols to the trough

D.A. Ikwuwunna, post-colonial con man

Food and drink in Germany

Living it up in Albania

Reliving the war

L.A. crises

Onward Christian educators

Inflating Spider Man for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, New York, New York, 1988

Icons of the computer age

A word for Ollie

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Readings

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

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Engine trouble

‘Tis the Season to Be Clumsy

The Bob Hope special you can’t turn off

Readings

Dialing for the death penalty

A real blast

In a coma through the coup

Dope

Vegetable house

Mario

Beyond spare change

My daily dives in the dumpster

Higher learning

Readings

One thousand words on why you should not talk during a fire drill

Twilight of the idols

The objects of childhood

Heavy-metal theology

Harvard’s new colors

The way we are now

Leading pols to the trough

D.A. Ikwuwunna, post-colonial con man

Food and drink in Germany

Living it up in Albania

Reliving the war

L.A. crises

Onward Christian educators

Inflating Spider Man for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, New York, New York, 1988

Icons of the computer age

A word for Ollie

December 1991

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