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February  1998  Issue
 
 
A Country for Our Time?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
What Is the Washington Kurdish Institute?
A Revisionist Jefferson

 
SPECIAL REPORT--CLINTON AND THE CONGRESS
Introduction
Editor
Quiet Times in the Senate
James P. Lucier
The Baffle for the House Continues
Nancy E. Roman
A President for Our Time?
Lee Edwards

ANALYSIS
Haiti: U.S. Embarrassment?
Tom Carter
How Hong Kong May Vitalize China
Paul Murphy

COMMENTARY
A Policy 1or Freedom in China
Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Caljfornia)
Should the Internet Be Regulated?: Openness Should Be Preserved
Ann Beeson
Should the Internet Be Regulated?: Some Control Is Needed
Shyla Welch

ECONOMIC WATCH
When Trusts Don’t Need Busting
Gene Koprowski

EYE ON THE HIGH COURT
What Is ‘Indian Country’?
David C. Slack

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Going by the 'Book'
Robert Selle

WORLD VIEWS
Troubles With Saddam Again
Iraqi Tests Frayed UN Coalition
James Phillips

 

 
ADVENTURE
Alaska: A Chicken Farmer Goes to Sea - Crossing the Gulf of Alaska
Oakley Cochran

COMMUNITY
Sisterly Hands in Bosnia: Women Take Charge in the Aftermath of War
Andrea Warren

TRAVEL
The Rooftop of Japan: An Un-Olympic Tour of Nagano Prefecture
Stuart Wasserman

 

 
COMMENTARY
A Dangerous Gift: Commentary on Susan Howatch's The Wonder Worker
Jennifer Austa Harris

FEATURED BOOK
Introduction
Editor

REVIEWS
'Our Friend'
Lee Congdon
RASPUTIN
Brian Moynahan

Jackie Robinson: Baseball's Sublime Hero
David Conrads
JACKIE ROBINSON
Arnold Rampersad
THE JACKIE ROBINSON READER
Edited by Jules Tygiel
JACKIE ROBINSON
Rachel Robinson, with Lee Wilkins

Bonds of Love and Hate
Marie-Lise Gazarian-Gautier
CELEBRATION IN THE NORTHWEST
Ana Maria Matute, translated by Phoebe Ann Porter

Hoax of Giants
William O'Rourke

Manhattan Murder Mystery
Linda Simon
THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS
Caleb Carr

Turning Death Into Life
Anthony Waddell
THE WHEEL OF LIFE
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

 

 
 
   

 
ARCHITECTURE
Tuning Up Music City: Earl Swensson Revitalizes Nashville
Stephen Henkin

ART
Diebenkorn--A Different Drummer
Stephen May

GALLERY
Kathleen Atkins Wilson: In the Spirit
Editor

PERSPECTIVES
O.J., Marv--Haven't We Had Enough?
Cynthia Grenier

THEATER
In the Footsteps of the Chakyars: India's Venerable Sanskrit Theater
Shoba S. Rajgopal

 

   
AT THE EDGE
Watching From Inside
Craig Dees
Miracle Plants Withstand Flood and Drought
Don Comis

NATURE WALK
Handsome Visitors From the High Tundra
Dwight G. Smith

SCIENCE ESSAY
The Greening of Mars
Charles Sheffield

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Iraida Pavlova Morozova: Reading the Rocks of Time
John Soennichsen

 

   
CROSSROADS
Slowly It Awakens: Laos Teeters on the Edge of Change
Ben Barber

FOLK WISDOM
Mystery Spirits: The Ghosts and Haunted Places of Prague
Douglas Burton

HERITAGE
Ferment on the Frontier: The Story of the Buffalo Soldiers
Branley Allan Branson And Mary Lou Branson

PATTERNS
Prayers for Peace: India's Tibetan Buddhist Pilgrimage Centers
Cynthia Kanetsuka

PEOPLES
Sharing the Stage: Blacks in Country Music
Michael Perry
Trial and Ardor: Enhancing Marriage Through Courtship
David Murray

 

   
ESSAYS
Yeltsin's Health and the Protestant Ethic in Russia
Dmitry Shlapentokh
The CIA and Crack Cocaine Story: Fact or Fiction?
Abraham H. Miller
Immigration and the Asian-American Experience
Xiao-huang Yin

LITERATURE AND CHARACTER
Introduction
Editor
The Character of Captain Ahab in Melville's Moby-Dick
James W. Tuttleton

 
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