June 1987
In This Issue
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Articles
Masters of the Tiles
Even to initiates, Scrabble has yet to yield up all its secrets
Behind the Terror
A little-publicized group led by Christians eager for Syria to dominate the Middle East is reponsible for many highly publicized terrorist acts
The June Almanac
The Longest Day
Stonehenge has become a gathering place on the summer solstice. It’s also a place with irrational appeal.
Japanese Yearnings
The Middle East: Behind the Terror
A little-publicized group led by Christians eager for Syria to dominate the Middle East is responsible for many highly publicized terrorist acts
Washington: The Key to Welfare Reform
Recent history shows that getting long-term recipients off the rolls is the only way to reduce public-assistance costs
Where the Bodies Are Buried
At long last, the glamorous and poignant saga of Elsa Maxwell is coming to a bookshop near you. . . . “Party Girl: The Elsa Maxwell Story" by Rosemary Kent. ... “Elsa knew where the bodies were buried,”said Kent.
Contributors
Hedgerows
My Father's Son
These Are for Your Consideration
The Halfway Diner
Moccasin Flowers
Passage
Cookies and Wine: Biscotti Di Prato and Vin Santo Were Made for Each Other
Twin Cinema: The Animated Art of the Brothers Quay
The Pattern of Greatness
A Major Discovery
The "It" Girls
Shades of Gray
How I Grew
The Northern Lights
The Northern Lights
Dreaming Jungles
General A. P. Hill
Old Hundredth
Vanishing Ireland
Acrostic No. 23
The Puzzler
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.
