OCTOBER 1998 | Volume 282 No. 4   Unwanted Sex Three decades of public discussion about all forms of unwanted sex, from rape to sexual harassment, have done little to address the inadequacies of our laws. In some ways the law still gives less protection to a woman's body than it does to her car or purse. (We're sorry, this article will not appear online.) by Stephen Schulhofer The Ships of Port Revel They are scale models, weighing tons, and it is on them that the world's pilots and captains refine their ship-handling skills. (We're sorry, this article will not appear online.) by John McPhee The Next Industrial Revolution "Eco-efficiency" is the current buzzword in industry -- but all it really promises to do is to slow down the rate of environmental destruction. Two prominent designers propose a radical new strategy. by William McDonough and Michael Braungart   Reports Notes & Comment: The Hidden Side of the Clinton Economy The increasingly straitened circumstances of many working Americans don't show up in the official numbers. Here's why. by John E. Schwarz Urban Life: Saturday Night at the Haçienda How Manchester, England, transformed itself from a bleak industrial-age relic into a postindustrial entertainment zone. by Eric Schlosser Politics: Should Election Day Be a Holiday? There is only one practical way to increase voter turnout. by Martin P. Wattenberg Humor, Fiction, & Poetry The Man Into Whose Yard You Should Not Hit Your Ball A poem by Thomas Lux Journalism Today An example by Ian Frazier Before the Flood A poem by W. S. Merwin My Weddings A short story by Erika Krouse The Odds A poem by Teresa Cader Browse and search The Atlantic's online archive. Arts & Leisure Travel: A Mediterranean Mix Pantelleria, Italy's island outpost. by G. Franco Romagnoli Music: Misunderstanding Gershwin George Gershwin's contradictory styles continue to stump most critics of his music. by David Schiff Books The Enemy Within Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America, by Ellen Schrecker; The Soviet World of American Communism, by Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, and Kyrill M. Anderson by James T. Patterson University, Inc. The University in Ruins, by Bill Readings by David Harvey Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams Other Departments 77 North Washington Street Contributors Letters (Send a letter to the editor.) The October Almanac The Puzzler by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon Word Improvisation by J. E. Lighter The seahorse symbol indicates that an article is supplemented with audio, an author interview, or other Web-only sidebar. All material copyright © 1998 by The Atlantic Monthly Company. All rights reserved.