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April  2007  Issue
 
 

 
SPECIAL REPORT--COMIC LIT
Introduction
The Editor
On the Strange Relationship Between Religion and Comics
Menachem Wecker
To Be or Not to Be in This Pair of Tights: Superhero Comics as Literature
Peter Bebergal
How Comic Books Can Change the Way Our Students See Literature: One Teacher's Perspective
Rocco Versaci
The Next Generation of Superheroes
Piney Kesting
Don't Judge a (Comic) Book by Its Cover
Rachel Gatwood

ANALYSIS--Sibling Rivalry
The Iberian Case of Sibling Rivalry: Spain vs. Portugal
Norman Berdichevsky
The Scandinavian Case of Sibling Rivalry: Sweden vs. Denmark
Norman Berdichevsky

COMMENTARY
America's China Worries--Part I
Joan Johnson-Freese

ECONOMIC SPECIAL REPORT--Baby Bust
Europe's 'Baby Bust' Signals Major Change
David R. Sands
India's Hidden Genocide
Martin Walker

FEATURE
Interim Law to Give Nepal New Era of Control
Chitra Tiwari

MIDDLE EAST IN FOCUS
Turkey's Petrol Bill Not a 'Gift' to Foreigners
Ercan Baysal and Huseyin Sumer

PEACE PERSPECTIVE
U.N. Refocuses Haiti Mission
William M. Reilly

SECURITY SCENE
Fallon to Recruit Arab Nations for Help
Richard Halloran

 

 
FAMILY
Vacation Crowd Control
Karen Goldberg Goff

HOBBY
Keys Clack, Vinyl Spins, but It's Not All Nostalgia
Jennifer Harper

HUMOR
Automobile Oddities--Inventions That Didn't Quite Make It
Richard Bauman

PATHWAYS
In Praise of Girls' Weekend
Helen Mondloch

SPORTS
Homeschooled Athletes Often Barred From Team Play
Karen Goldberg Goff

TRAVEL
Easter Island: The Eyes that Speak to the Sky
Doris Hamilton

YOUTH
When Young Adult's Away, Poor Health Comes Into Play
Joyce Howard Price

 

 
REVIEWS
Hard Lessons for Global Power
Immanuel Wallerstein
EMPIRE: THE RISE AND DEMISE OF THE BRITISH WORLD ORDER AND THE LESSONS FOR GLOBAL POWER
Niall Ferguson

America, 'Getting It Right'
Peter Hannaford
HOW AMERICA GOT IT RIGHT: THE U.S. MARCH TO MILITARY AND POLITICAL SUPREMACY
Bevin Alexander

Al Jazeera
Brendan Conway
AL-JAZEERA: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE ARAB NEWS CHANNEL THAT IS CHALLENGING THE WEST
Hugh Miles

How George Washington Really Won the Revolution
James Srodes
GEORGE WASHINGTON, SPYMASTER
Thomas B. Allen

William F. Buckley Jr., Living at Full Sail
James E. Person Jr.
MILES GONE BY: A LITERARY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
William F. Buckley Jr.

Total War
Clive Davis
ARMAGEDDON: THE BATTLE FOR GERMANY, 1944-1945
Max Hastings

Eight Top Art Books
Debra Pincus

 

 
 
   

 
ARCHITECTURE
Exploring Medieval Art in New York
Margaret Montet

ART
The Easter Story in Paintings
Audrey Albright

FILM
White Countess a Family Affair
Gary Arnold

TELEVISION
TV Series 24 Promotes Torture?
Sherwood Ross

THEATER
Darfur Stories: Tell Them
Leslie Barnard

 

   
IMPACTS
Beach Bums
Ted Williams

NATURE WALK
Deepu and His Charming Snakes
Ramesh Avadhani

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
Hospitals' Hidden Danger
Joyce Howard Price

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Life on Other Planets? A Conversation With Dr. Wesley Traub
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory / NASA

SECRETS OF NATURE
Satellites and Sea Lions Working Together
Rosemary Sullivant

 

   
CULTURE CLASH
Solving Conflict on a Smaller Scale in Cote D'Ivoire
Integrated Regional Information Networks

FOLK WISDOM
A Love Story: Sati in Contemporary Rajasthan
Ann Newton Holmes

HERITAGE
Mont Saint Michel: France's 'Marvelous Pyramid'
Nancy Parode

HISTORY
Patterns of Moon, Patterns of Sun: Gregorian and Hijri Calendars
Paul Lunde

PEOPLES
No Room for Shangri-la in China
William M. Reilly

 

   
FEATURE
Zinov'ev, Lost Russian Philosopher
Dmitry Shlapentokh

WORLD PERSPECTIVES: Zimbabwe and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Introduction
Jonathan Kelly
Child Health Dilemma
Zachary A. Goldfarb
The Mugabe Problem
Paul Moorcraft
A Different Look at AIDS
Jayne Blanchard
The Muddy Equation that Fuels AIDS
Ed Susman

 
   

Introduction
Jonathan Kelly

Book Reviews
Why the Civil War Was Not Inevitable
James Srodes

Remembering History
Jackson's 'Colored Sunday School' Class
Richard G. Williams Jr.

Tales of Fire and Strife
Grant Fooled, but Lee Misses 'Masterstroke'
Jack Trammell

Voices from the War
Savacool: Union Superscout
Steve French

 

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