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May  1996  Issue
 
 
The Legitimacy of Governing Institutions

 
SPECIAL REPORT--A TURNING POINT FOR KOREA
Keeping the Boom Going
W. Robert Warne
In Pursuit of Democracy
John Kie-chiang Oh
Introduction
Editor
Will North Korea Keep the Peace?
William J. Taylor, Jr.

ANALYSIS
ASEAN's Growing Pains
Thomas J. Reckford
The Liberty Scarcity
Kevin Lynch

COMMENTARY
Rescuing Our Nation's Capital
Jack Kemp
Our National Parks System: It's Time to Privatize
Terry L. Anderson

ECONOMIC WATCH
Prevailing-Wage Laws
A.J. Thieblot

ELECTION '96
Will Scandals Tip the Scales?
Paul Bedard

MEDIA IN REVIEW
The Opinion Pushers
Tim Graham

WORLD VIEWS
The Cuban Shootdown

 

 
ADVENTURE
Montana: The Missouri Breaks
Stephen Gorman

FOOD
Ruby Red Gems
Ellen Gale Fly

TRAVEL
Jewel in the Indian Ocean
Baroness Sheri De Borchgrave

 

 
FEATURED BOOK: Salman Rushdie's The Moor's Last Sigh
Introduction
Editor

Longing for Love
Edward Hower

REVIEWS
The Chronicles of Barrytown
Bruce Allen
THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS
Roddy Doyle

The Quest for Government Legitimacy
Gordon L. Anderson
THE WAR AGAINST AUTHORITY
Nicholas N. Kittrie

Reflections From an Ivory Tower
Eric P. Olsen
ENGLISH PAPERS
William H. Pritchard

Before and After the Wall
Franz M. Oppenheimer
AN UNCOMMON WOMAN
Wilhelm Hannah Pakula
AFTER THE WALL
Marc Fisher
BLOOD AND IRON
Otto Friedrich

A Novel Citizen
Philip Gerard
POETIC JUSTICE
Marsha C. Nussbaum

 

 
 
   

 
ART
Abstraction Abstracted: The Guggenheim's Less-Than-Definitive Show
Eric Gibson

ARTS WATCH
Furniture Follies
Karen S. Chambers

DANCE
Dancing Under Capricorn: Australia's Indomitable Troupe
Leland Windreich

GALLERY
Domingo Batista: True Dominican Colors
Editor

MUSIC
Vengerov, the Siberian Sensation
Barbara Jepson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Riding the Digital Wave: Art Photographer Goes High Tech
Stephen Henkin

POETRY
Surfacing Sadness
Yearn Hong Choi

 

   
AT THE EDGE
Beneath the Feet of Neptune
Glenn Carroll Strait
The Obese Gene
Ryan Andrews

NATURE WALK
Snails Without Shells
Branley Allan Branson

SCIENCE AND VALUES
Infotech: Boon or Curse?
Marcelo Alonso

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Paul Ehrlich: 'He Opened New Doors to the Unknown'
Ken Coleman

 

   
CROSSROADS
Kenya's 'White Tribe': Coexisting in an African Society
Sinikka Kahl

FOLK WISDOM
The Week of Chimes: Reviving an Easter Tradition in Russia
Elena Pavlova

HERITAGE
First Color of Spring: Washington's Cherry Blossom Festival
David Ehrlich
Mountain of Thieves: Legends of the Sierra de los Ladrones
James Burbank

PATTERNS
After Years of Silence: Mongolia Rediscovers Its Buddhist Heritage
Marc Cramer

PEOPLES
Honoring the Alphabet: Bulgaria's Cyril and Methodius Day
Linda Joyce Forristal

 

   
ESSAY
Abraham Lincoln: The First Modern President
Benjamin P. Tyree

THE ENDURING VALUE OF LITERATURE
Introduction
Editor
Literature and the Power of the Imagination
Walter Poznar
Toujours Normandy--and Gustave Flaubert
Isa Kapp
Honest Journalism and Good Literature
Stephen Goode

 
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