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Readings

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

Today’s rock-ribbed Republican

by Mark Feeney,

No more Race Politics, Mr. President

by Bill Bradley,

From a speech delivered by New Jersey senator Bill Bradley on the Senate floor on July 10. In 1988, Mr. President, you used the Willie Horton ad to appeal to fear…

The anxiety of influence (cont’d)

by Carole Seborovski,

In the Streets of New York Night

by Lucy Sante,

Camouflaged history

Art by Kate Ericson, Mel Ziegler,

Wisconsin

by Harper’s Staff,

Land of self-promotion

From the “Crisis Management Plan for the Clorox Company,” prepared by Ketchum Communications, a Pittsburgh advertising and public-relations firm under contract to Clorox. The plan lists several “current environmental issues…

Myanmar’s curious SLORC

by Harper’s Staff,

How green is your junk mail?

by Harper’s Staff,

Dear widow-to-be

by Harper’s Staff,

The Securitate (still) wants you

by Radu Tudor,

Readings

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

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Shops with mortals

All the king’s men

Born to be mild

Sleep, where is thy Sting?

The king and I

Today’s rock-ribbed Republican

Readings

In search of Noriega’s peers

Storm

No more Race Politics, Mr. President

Hard ones

Readings

Meat in space

Reruns

The anxiety of influence (cont’d)

In the Streets of New York Night

Shakespeare’s Freud

Vewy, vewy viowent

Camouflaged history

Wisconsin

Madonna’s cat

What the tide brought in

The simulated forest

Wash, Rinse, Spin

Myanmar’s curious SLORC

How green is your junk mail?

Dear widow-to-be

The Securitate (still) wants you

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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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Save the balloons!

Readings

Shops with mortals

All the king’s men

Born to be mild

Sleep, where is thy Sting?

The king and I

Today’s rock-ribbed Republican

Readings

In search of Noriega’s peers

Storm

No more Race Politics, Mr. President

Hard ones

Readings

Meat in space

Reruns

The anxiety of influence (cont’d)

In the Streets of New York Night

Shakespeare’s Freud

Vewy, vewy viowent

Camouflaged history

Wisconsin

Madonna’s cat

What the tide brought in

The simulated forest

Wash, Rinse, Spin

Myanmar’s curious SLORC

How green is your junk mail?

Dear widow-to-be

The Securitate (still) wants you

September 1991

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