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March-April 1997

Right Now
 Ecopsych 101, fixing the consumer price index, lust and murder in Weimar Germany, the fetus as invader

Departments
  Cambridge 02138
Communications from our readers - with links to the original articles (a great introduction to recent pieces)

Harvard Health
Drug-resistant bugs

The Browser
Science under scrutiny, Beethoven live at Harvard, as well as Chapter and Verse, Off the Shelf, and Open Book: Kabotchnik v. Cabot

New England Regional Edition
Learning in one's third age, The Alsatian Persuasion, the restaurant guide, and a calendar of Harvard events and sports

The College Pump
Naming names: the Union and Vanserg

The Alumni
Ready, set, vote!, illustrated Harvard news, Yesterday's News, and the profiles "Newfangled Diplomat" and "Other People's Autobiographer". Also, a special note regardingCommencement exercises.

Treasure
Halibut hooks





Features
 
Harvard's open-stack libraries are a magnet and treasure for students and scholars -- and thieves
by CHRISTOPHER REED



A lawyer and a doctor examine the problems for patients and physicians
by JAMES VORENBERG and SIDNEY H. WANZER



Studying the coffee trade, a social scientist learns real-world lessons about politics and scholarship
by ROBERT H. BATES



Brief life of an Imagist poet: 1874-1925
by DAVID BEARDSLEY



John Singleton Copley's portraits recall an anxious age
by CAROL TROYEN



The Medical Area Total Energy Plant faces an energy crisis, Crimson Cash, John Loeb, the American Repertory Theatre takes center stage, the Business School reveals big plans for construction and redesign, Harvardians in Washington, retrenchment faces trenchermen at Loker Commons, and a stamina swimmer gets into the pool
Also, check out our current Classifieds

Cover photograph by Doug Mindell

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