ISSUE DATE:  MARCH 1998; VOL 296, NO. 1774

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COVER: Oil on toned silver print by Teun Hocks. Courtesy Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, and PP.0W. Gallery, New York.

Letters: Corporate Punishment . . . Hillary Smith Ripley, Aileen P. Clare.
Notebook: Coq an Vin . . . Lewis H. Lapham.
Harper's Index.
Readings:.
The Alarming Invasion of Public Space . . . Nelson Smith.
Apartheid Crimes: One Giant Misunderstanding . . . Adriaan VIok.
Moving Beyond Muzak . . . Jaron Lanier.
Imperfect Pitch . . . John S. Karls.
The One Where Jerry Disses the Pool Guy . . . Danny Hoch.
Barbara Walters, the Final Insult . . . Michael M. Thomas.
Single Woman for Long Walks on the Beach . . . Ron Carlson.
And... . . . Helen Kim, Judie Bamber, and Bosnia's soap-opera imbroglio.
Essay: THE DOCTOR IS NOT IN On the managed failure of managed health care . . . Ronald J. Glasser, M.D.
Criticism: VARIATIONS ON A DESCENDING THEME:.
I. Pop music in the shadow of irony . . . Thomas Frank.
II. Classical music in twilight . . . Charles Rosen.
Memoir: SOMEHOW FORM A FAMILY Channeling the remains of an . . . Tony Earley American childhood.
Story: LUCKY DUCKS . . . Lorrie Moore.
Acrostic: Thomas H. Middleton.
Puzzle: Richard E. Maltby Jr.

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