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

Why Star Wars software won’t work

by David Lorge Parnas,

Have you ever owed a bar bill?

by Harper’s Staff,

Waitress Stories

Edited by Leon Elder, Lin Rolens,

Where “dis” and “dat” came from

by Cleanth Brooks,

Derrida

by Jacques Derrida,Translated by Peggy Kamuf,

Racism's last word

From Soviet Acquisition of Militarily Significant Western Technology, a study released by the Defense Department in September. The study ranks U. S. defense contractors according to the priority the Soviet…

AIDS outlaws

by Courand Rothe,

Readings

by Harper’s Staff,

Finding New York’s finest

by Harper’s Staff,

Quien vas a llamar?

by Harper’s Staff,

Hostage tips

by Harper’s Staff,

TV and the ethics of victimhood

by Michael Ignatieff,

The symbol

Ode to an orange

by Larry Woiwode,

Readings

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

Play money

Why Star Wars software won’t work

An exercise in tact

Star dances

Readings

Have you ever owed a bar bill?

In the name of the good

Return to sender

It had wings

Cupid’s disease

The tumbling of worms

A country soundscape

Reading and rolling

Victorian blooms

A rape

Captioned mirrors

Waitress Stories

Where “dis” and “dat” came from

Derrida

Niagara power project

Aunt Dan defends Dr. K.

The KGB’s Top Fifteen

AIDS outlaws

Readings

Finding New York’s finest

Quien vas a llamar?

Hostage tips

TV and the ethics of victimhood

The symbol

Ode to an orange

Debug

Readings

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

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Play money

Why Star Wars software won’t work

An exercise in tact

Star dances

Readings

Have you ever owed a bar bill?

In the name of the good

Return to sender

It had wings

Cupid’s disease

The tumbling of worms

A country soundscape

Reading and rolling

Victorian blooms

A rape

Captioned mirrors

Waitress Stories

Where “dis” and “dat” came from

Derrida

Niagara power project

Aunt Dan defends Dr. K.

The KGB’s Top Fifteen

AIDS outlaws

Readings

Finding New York’s finest

Quien vas a llamar?

Hostage tips

TV and the ethics of victimhood

The symbol

Ode to an orange

March 1986

Debug