June 1989
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Articles
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 may eventually make its way into the dictionary. The information below represents the first stage of research, not the final product.
The June Almanac
Notes: The Big Question
Spain: Thriving Without a State
After years of repression Catalans have revived their language and economy, and are winning significant autonomy from Spain
"Washington: Gung Ho on O'b"
New proof from the Nixon archives of Nixon’s personal involvement in the “dirty tricks" campaign against the Democrats
Japan: Land of Plenty
Even the garbage on the sidewalks is worth having
Indefensible
“The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.”
A Bankrupt Military Strategy
Our military assets can no longer cover our foreign-policy liabilities
Contributors
The Exorbitant Anachronism
A conceptual guide to the major EastWest issue for the rest of the century— how to cut the price of a military standoff that costs the two sides $600 billion a year to sustain
The Birds and Columbus
The Journal shows that the birds of North America deserve the credit. —Samuel Eliot Morison
How to Save $50 Billion a Year
The perversities of the procurement system seem to defy reform. Still, we can— we must—do better
The Build-Down
Political gravity has overtaken the Pentagon budget: what went up is coming down. Now we have no choice but to make choices in defense
Stone Cowboy on the High Plains
Comb and Rake
Vertigo
A Piece of Yourself in the World
Increased use of cryopreservation, a technique for freezing human embryos for later implantation, has generated a host of new ethical and legal problems
A House Divided
Over the Coals
Grilling meat, fish, and vegetables requires more than intuition
The Eighth Continent
Creative Spirits
Hokusai
Waves and Plagues: The Art of Masami Teraoka
Show Your Tongue
Brother to the Sun King
The Most Beautiful House in the World
Roxa
Digging Dinosaurs
Thy Hand, Great Anarch!
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