ANALYSIS
The Peoples of Burma Impatiently Wait for Change
Josef Silverstein
The Emerging Russian Consensus
Nicolai N. Petro
The United Nations: After the Cold War
Michael Lind

COMMENTARY
The U.S. Does Not Need Nationalized Health Care
John C. Goodman
Northern Ireland: Turning the Corner?
Stephen Haseler
Colombia: Tackling the Drug Menace
Victor Mosquera Chaux
Bush's Education Prescription: Prudence Over Action
Jeanne Allen

WORLD VIEWS
Aid to the Soviet Union: What Next?
Kate Holder

 

CAREER
One Step Backward, Two Steps Forward
Steven Kaplan

CHILDREN
The Young Americans Bank
Karen Karvonen

CONSUMER
Sensible Investing
Edward H. Raymond

FOOD
Hong Kong's New Cuisine
Alma Lach

PROFILE
Domino's Theories
Connie Marshner

FEATURED BOOK: Jean Said Makdisi's Beirut Fragments
Introduction
Editor

Life Amidst the Ruins
Mary-Jane Deeb

'The Lebanese Have No More Tears'
Daniel Pipes

REVIEWS
Mystery and Tragedy
Clyde Wilson
ENTERED FROM THE SUN
George Garrett

Champion of Reason
William O'Neill
CONVICTIONS
Sidney Hook

More Prophet Than Statesman
Ernest W. Lefever
MISSIONARY FOR FREEDOM
Lee Edwards

Russia's Cruel Muse
Richard Lourie
THE COMPLETE POEMS OF ANNA AKHMATOVA
Edited and introduced by Roberta Reeder, translated by Judith Hemschemeyer

Faith and Forensics
Beryl Lieff Benderly
COYOTE WAITS
Tony Hillerman

Elmore Leonard Goes Hollywood
Charles White
GET SHORTY
Elmore Leonard

The Price That Ireland Asks
Carson Daly
LIES OF SILENCE
Brian Moore

Born Again
Lewis C.A. Rayapen
THE SEA REMAINS
Jean Sulivan

Maybe Football IS Life
Molly Ivins
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
H.G. Bissinger

ART
Mighty Malevich
Alice Thorson

ART IS MONEY
Introduction
Editor
Responsibility for the Eighties
Eric Gibson
Deaccessioning Art
David D'Arcy
The Ultimate in Conspicuous Consumption
Elbrich Fennema
Art Today: Changing Concepts
Jason Edward Kaufman

DANCE
Jerome Robbins: Choreographer of the American Dream
Camille Hardy

DESIGN
Queen of Warp and Woof
Patricia Malarcher

FILM
Die Nibelungen Are Back
David Howard

MUSIC
West Coast Baroque
Philip Kennicott

POETRY
Scandalous Laughter of Cannons
Patrick Hare

THEATER
Illusion and Reality Clash
Herb Greer

CRUCIBLES OF SCIENCE
The Northern Regional Research Center
Matthew J. Bosisio

NATURE WALK
Alerce: The South American Giant
Paul Alaback

SCIENCE ESSAY
Restoration at Walden Pond
William R. Jordan IV

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Charles Stark Draper: The Man Who Set the World Straight
Elizabeth J. Sherman

FOLK WISDOM
The Mountain of Skulls
Lafcadio Hearn
The Dream House
Katharine Briggs
La Llorona: The Tales of the Weeping Women
Martha Oehmke Loustaunau

HERITAGE
Second-line Marching Clubs: Inside New Orleans' Black Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs
William Jankowiak, Helen Regis, and Christina Turner

PEOPLES
Kohui: The Korean Seventieth Birthday Celebration
Cho Hung Youn
Social Norms Among the Bakairi of Brazil
Debra Picchi
Takhrim: Stained Glass in Yemeni Architecture
David H. Ehrlich
Skinhead
Daniel Gabriel