March 1987
In This Issue
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Articles
The Importance of Play
The way a child wants to play is often very different from the way his parents want him to. The child, however, knows best
Word Watch
Here are a few of the words being tracked by the editors of The American Heritage Dictionary, published by Houghton Mifflin. A new word that exhibits sustained use over time may eventually make its way into the dictionary.
The March Almanac
Notes: The Ids of March
East Asia: Gradgrind's Heirs
Despite what the U.S. Department of Education says, you would not want your kids to go to a Japanese secondary school
Washington: The Zap Gap
The Soviets may be ahead of us in the development of radio-frequency weapons
Development: The Lessons of Bhopal
The lure of foreign capital is stronger than environmental worries
Contributors
The Very First Dream of Morning
The Year of Getting to Know Us
Strawberrying
J. P. Morgan and Kaiser Wilhelm Ii
Smoke
In Praise of the Potato
American Soundings
Twyla Tharp's Return
A Country of the Mind
Present at the Disaster
Elsa Schiaparelli: Empress of Paris Fashion
Between the Woods and the Water
Sunflower
Reindeer Moon
Past Tense
Loving Little Egypt
Loving Little Egypt
Manet
Acrostic No. 20
The Puzzler
