August 1990
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Articles
Army Women
A look at the life, the sentiments, and the aspirations—including, for some, combat—of women in the U.S. Army, the vanguard service insofar as the role of women in the military is concerned.
The August Almanac
Notes: Rudolph Redux
Europe: Better Green Than Red?
In some ways the collapse of communism is even harder on the Party faithful in the West than it is on their comrades in Eastern Europe
Mississippi: Literate at Last
A much-praised campaign to teach adults to read is showing other states new ways to attack illiteracy
Why We Will Soon Miss the Gold War
The conditions that have made for decades of peace in the West are fast disappearing, as Europe prepares to return to the multipolar system that, between 1648 and 1945, bred one destructive conflict after another
745 Boylston Street
Contributors
Robert Wilson
Second Thoughts About a Gene for Alcoholism
Claims of a genetic basis for alcoholism, a leading theorist argues are not scientifically supportable and ignore the crucial link between personal values and self-destructive or antisocial behavior
In Answer to Amy's Question What's a Pickerel
Moscow Nights
Since his parents’ divorce Jonathan ‘s mother had begun to confide in him—things he did not particularly want to hear
Japanese and American Cars
Decoration
Zum Wohl! Santé! Two Cuisines Toast Each Other Across the Imaginary Line of Switzerland's Rösti Grenze
Two cuisines toast each other across the imaginary line of Switzerland’s Rosti Grenze
The Real Stuff in Life: Tony Bennett Brings Urgency, Not Nostalgia, to the Standards He Sings
Who Really Killed Jesus?
Cutting Hill
Night and Fog
Secret Lives
D. H. Lawrence: A Biography
Thomas Hart Benton
The Nile
A Fine Disregard
Outcats: Jazz Composers, Instrumentalists, and Singers
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.
