ISSUE DATE:  OCTOBER 2004; VOL. 309, NO, 1853

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Letters: Back to the Future . . . Matthew Ostrowski, Lewis H. Lap ham.
Notebook: Crowd Control . . . Lewis H. Lapham.
Harper's Index.

Readings:.
Our Present Disillusionment . . . Jacqueline Rose .
The Body Politic . . . the importance of being beautiful.
Who's Uu . . . clans of Mongolia.
Bluebirds over Baghdad . . . a short guide to Iraq.
Look for the Union Label . . . keeping Wal-Mart union-free.
Block the Vote . . . a Republican conspiracy.
The Reefs of Love . . . Robert Desnos.
And... Dasha Shishkin, Noelle Tan, Kojo Griffin, George Shaw, and little conservatives squeezing lemons.

Essay . . . WHITEWASH AS PUBLIC SERVICE . . . Benjamin DeMott . . . How The 9/11 Commission Report defrauds the nation.
Folio . . . THEY CAME OUT LIKE ANTS . . . William T. Vollmann . . . Searching for the Chinese tunnels of Mexicali.
Letter from Las Vegas . . . DYING FOR DOLLARS . . . Bryan Mealer . . . Are you ready for the Iraqi gold rush?.
Story . . . THE ACCELERATING EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE . . . John Updike.
Miscellany . . . NO JOY IN SORRENTO . . . Pat Jordan . . . A baseball myth strikes out.
Briefings . . . AT ISSUE IN THE 2004 ELECTION . . . Bryant Ljrstadt, Jason Vest, Luke Mitchell . . . Expatriation for dummies; unintelligent reform; thinking through Osama's choice for president.
Reviews:.
NEW BOOKS . . . John Leonard.
LA VIE TRESHORRIFICQUE . . . William H. Gass . . . Rabelais revisited.
Puzzle . . . Richard E. Maltby Jr.
Findings.

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