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December  1994  Issue
 
 
The Future of South Africa

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Will Technology Save Our Schools?

 
SPECIAL REPORT--SOUTH AFRICA: MIRACLE IN THE MAKING?
Introduction
Editor
The Peril and the Promise
Stephen Osmond
Four Problems That Must Be Addressed
Michael Johns
A Model for Africa?
Lewis H. Gann

ANALYSIS
The Baltics and Their Russian 'Problem'
Doug Reardon
An Industrial Debacle
Claude Barfield

COMMENTARY
Human Embryo Research: Put on the Brakes
C. Ward Kischer
Human Embryo Research: Take the High Road
Gary D. Hodgen
Iran Warrants a Fresh Look
W. Scott Harrop
Rewriting 'The Last Act'
A.J. Bacevich

ECONOMIC WATCH
The Economic Joystick
James C. Lawson

MEDIA IN REVIEW
The Art of Leaks
Lou Prato

WORLD VIEWS
A New Beginning in Haiti

 

 
COMMUNITY
Helping Corporations Do the Right Thing
Fred Bonnie

FASHION
Art You Can Wear
Carson Daly

LEISURE
The British Are Coming
Linda Joyce Forristal And Susannah Kemper

LIFE AND IDEALS
Kavavow Kiguktak: Guardian of Canada's Northernmost National Park
Bryan and Cherry Alexander

PROFILE
Moving On: Life Without Rabbi Schneerson
Joe Fox

 

 
BOOKS FROM ABROAD
A Gruesome Charade
Lynne Lawner

FEATURED BOOK: H.R. Haldeman's The Haldeman Diaries
Introduction
Editor

The Stain of Watergate
Bruce Fein

Nixon Up Close and Personal
Barbara Kellerman

Obligations of Office
Robert H. Finch

REVIEWS
A World of Their Own
Edward Hower
SHELTER
Jayne Anne Phillips

Cat Codes
Brian McCombie
THE TRIBE OF TIGER
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

The Roosevelt Dynasty
Paul Gottfried
THE ROOSEVELTS
Peter Collier with David Horowitz

Pale Rider
Eric Olsen
THE CROSSING
Cormac McCarthy

Off the Right Track
Edward S. Shapiro
DEAD RIGHT
David Frum

Sleight of Hand
John C. Tibbetts
JOHN DICKSON CARR
Douglas G. Greene

 

 
 
   

 
ARCHITECTURE
Christian de Portzamparc: 'Highwire' Prize Architect
Cynthia Grenier

ART
Thomas Eakins, America's Spurned Master
Andrew Ferren

CRAFT & DESIGN
Amazing Feats of Clay
Karen S. Chambers

DANCE
Two Too Terrific: The Cleveland San Jose Ballet
Leland Windreich

FILM
Jean Renoir: The Art of Ambivalence
Lloyd Eby

GALLERY
Eduardo Fuss: Pepper and Ice
Editor

MUSIC
Anonymous No More: Anonymous 4 Hits the Big Time
Tom Pniewski

 

   
AT THE EDGE
This Battery Runs Like a Top
Randolph B. Quinn
The Sod That Came in From the Cold
John N. Rogers III

NATURE WALK
The Bird of Peace
Jan Holden

SCIENCE AND VALUES
The Troubling World of Recovered Memory
John Fowler

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Hermann Oberth: The Father of Space Flight
Marsha G. Freeman

 

   
CROSSROADS
Giving Good Listening: Interaction and Identity in Japan's Bicultural Workplace
Laura Miller

FOLK WISDOM
The Prophet's Medicine: Part One: The Medieval Islamic View of Man
Daniel Martin Varisco

HERITAGE
A Message to Lisbon: Fado Music in a Portuguese American Community
Angela Starita

PATTERNS
Voyage of Discovery: Children's Toys in Russia
Elena Pavlova; photographed by Alexander Bochinin, Oleg Ratinov, and Evgeny Rogov

PEOPLES
Descended From Sinai: Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Communities
Nechemia Meyers

 

   
ESSAYS
'You Don't Get a Candle to See the Sun Rise': Emerson and Christianity
Mark Richard Barna
The Intellectual In China Today
Li Honglin

THE ETHICS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Introduction
Editor
Brave New Food
Andrew Kimbrell
Ecological Brinkmanship: The Genetic Engineering of Microbes and Plants
Liebe F. Cavalieri
Biotechnology Applied to Microbes: Taking Agricultural Sustainability a Step Forward
R. James Cook
Prometheus Unbound: The Dangers of Biotechnology
Morton A. Kaplan
The Benefits and Ethics of Creating Transgenic Food Animals
Duane C. Kraemer

 
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