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Michelangelo's Snowman

by R.M. Lamming

The Harpers Monthly, February 1985, pp. 33-34

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    6. Calvin Klein's Obsession by Calvin Klein, p. 24
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    1. Letters by Leonard Bernstein and Edward Teller, pp. 4-9
    2. Notebook by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 10-12
    3. Harper's Index, pp. 13-14
    4. Readings by Shiva Naipaul, pp. 15-17
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    21. Puzzle by E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby Jr., pp. 80-82
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    4. Readings by John Kenneth Galbraith, pp. 17-20
    5. Abusing Human Rights Abuse , pp. 21-23
    6. Smile---or Else , pp. 24-25
    7. Grant Swinging , p. 26
    8. To Marie Osmond by Jack Skelley, p. 27
    9. Revisionist Cowboy by Gretel Ehrlich, pp. 27-29
    10. Men at Sea by Margaret Atwood, p. 30
    11. A Professional Exercise by Howard Brenton and David Hare, p. 31
    12. In Praise of Tuxedos by Stanley Elkin, pp. 32-36
    13. Forum: The Pentagon vs. the Press by James R. Schlesinger and Alexander M. Haig Jr., ..., pp. 37-52
    14. Essay by Walter Karp, pp. 53-68
    15. Criticism by Edward W. Said, pp. 69-75
    16. Annotation by Leon Botstein, pp. 76-80
    17. Acrostic by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 81-83
    18. Puzzle by E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby Jr., pp. 84-86
    19. Cover: Detail of a painting by Richard Mantel
  12. [+]
    December 1985 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters by Florella Orowan and Tim Cooney, pp. 4-8
    2. Notebook by Lewis H. Lapham, pp. 9-12
    3. Harper's Index, pp. 13-14
    4. Readings by Peter Marin, pp. 15-16
    5. Twisted Sister and the Senators by Dee Snider, pp. 17-19
    6. Reflections of a Rivethead by Ben Hamper, pp. 20-26
    7. The Vanishing Nuclear Firebreak by Michael T. Klare, pp. 27-29
    8. The Writer and Unfreedom by Ivan Klima, pp. 30-33
    9. Mobil's Amusement and Concern by Hans Haacke, pp. 34-35
    10. Eighteen Minutes by Alex Schulze, p. 36
    11. One Man's Meat by E.B. White, pp. 37-38
    12. Forum: What Is Our Drug Problem? by Mark A.R. Kleiman, Arnold S. Trebach, and Rudolph W. Giuliani, ..., pp. 39-52
    13. Report by Patrick Marnham, pp. 53-59
    14. Annotation by Lawrence Weschler, pp. 60-62
    15. Short Story by Brock Brower, pp. 63-67
    16. Revision by John Berger, pp. 68-70
    17. Miscellany (I) by Michael D. Aeschliman, pp. 71-72
    18. Miscellany (II) by William D. Jacobson, pp. 73-76
    19. Acrostic by Thomas H. Middleton, pp. 77-79
    20. Puzzle by E.R. Galli and Richard Maltby Jr., pp. 80-82
    21. Cover: On the Edge by Wilma Ervin
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