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September  1997  Issue
 
 
 
Science and the Origins of Life

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Parental Rights Amendment No Panacea
Computer Apocalypse Exaggerated

 
TAKING THE MYSTERY OUT OF ISLAM
Introduction
Antony T. Sullivan
Islamic Approach to Development
Louis Cantori
Belonging in the West
Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad
What Is Islam?
Abdulaziz Sachedina
Joining the Debate
Jane I. Smith
The Rise of Islam in Central Asia
Graham E. Fuller
Binding Religion and Politics
Fedwa Malti-Douglas

 
SPECIAL REPORT--CAN WASHINGTON BE SAVED?
Introduction
Editor
Impossible Mission?
Vincent S. Morris
Solving the Crisis: How to Improve the District
Marion Barry Jr.
Solving the Crisis: Let's Start With Education
Sen. Sam Brownback
Solving the Crisis: Responding to the Financial Emergency
Thomas M. Davis III
Solving the Crisis: Still Hope for D.C.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
The Making of a Crisis
Vincent Mccraw

ANALYSIS
Canada's 'Civil War'
Mark Wegierski
The Ominous Income Gap
Bruce Bartlett

COMMENTARY
Will a Common Currency Work in Europe?
William C. Freund
The Importance of the Turkish-U.S. Relationship
Nuzhet Kandekir

ECONOMIC WATCH
America on the Block?
Sue Carls

WORLD VIEWS
China Regains Hong Kong

 

 
ADVENTURE
Hawaii: The Body of Kanaloa - Ancient Kaho'olawe
Eric P. Olsen

PROFILE
Mentoring With Dance: Baltimore's Keith Colston
Laura Lee Benson

TRENDS
The Amazing Labyrinth: A Modern Spiritual Tool
Elyn Aviva

 

 
COMMENTARY
Magical Mystery Tour: Commentary on Orhan Pamuk's The New Life
Talat S. Halman

REVIEWS
The Rules of the Game
Lloyd Eby
WHO THE DEVIL MADE IT?
Peter Bogdanovich
SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT
Nicholas Christopher

A Tangled Creole Garden
Edward Hower
TEXACO
Patrick Chamoiseau, translated by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokurov

Isn't It Romantic?
Laurie Morrow
THE BLUE FLOWER
Penelope Fitzgerald

A Good Dying
Stephen G. Post
DENIAL OF THE SOUL
M. Scott Peck, M.D.

Yeats: The Company He Kept
Linda Simon
W.B. YEATS: A LIFE
R.F. Foster

 

 
 
   

 
ART
Full Moon Over Hiroshige
Herb Greer

ARTS WATCH
Ballet on Tour: A Bust Today
Leland Windreich

CRAFT & DESIGN
Arts Appalachian-Style: Craft School Thrives in Tennessee
Stephen Henkin

GALLERY
William Morris: Spirited Forms
Editor

MUSIC
Bryn Terfel: Welsh Mercury
Peter Catalano

TELEVISION
John Romano: Firing Up the Small Screen
Tom O'Brien

 

   
AT THE EDGE
Genes on a Chip
Ryan Andrews
Cocaine in the Brain
Kara Villamil

IMPACTS
Electrons: Sophisticated Simplicity
V. V. Raman

NATURE WALK
Legendary Bearers of the Sea Gods
Jacqueline Lockyear And Thomas Hecht

SCIENCE ESSAY
Origins of Life Reconsidered
Dinshaw K. Dadachanji

 

   
FOLK WISDOM
What Do You Think?: Judgment Tales of the Nkundo of Congo
Jan Knappert

HERITAGE
Pitted Perfection: Northern Michigan's Cherry Harvest
Dan Marshall

PEOPLES
Northern Star: Moscow Celebrates Its 850th Anniversary
Elena Pavlova

 

   
PRIVATIZATION, EDUCATION, PORK
Introduction
Editor
Private Roads and Public Benefits
Joseph M. Giglio Jr.
Creating America's New Public Schools: Not Tomorrow but Today
Bruno V. Manno

 
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