March 1992
In This Issue
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Articles
Jihad vs. McWorld
The two axial principles of our age—tribalism and globalism—clash at every point except one: they may both be threatening to democracy
Man With a Horn
The indefatigable Dizzy Gillespie symbolizes jazz to audiences and musicians alike
Stairways to Heaven
Since rockets will never be a cheap or efficient way to lift payloads into space, alternative—and highly speculative—technologies are being studied
Smiles of the Summer Light: A Midsummer's Sojourn in Scandinavia
The Vogue of Childhood Misery
The Covenant of the Wild
A Landing on the Sun
Vox
Vox
Gertrude and Alice
The Trial of Madame Caillaux
Stolen Continents
A Rough-Shooting Dog
The Puzzler
Word Histories: Etymologies Derived From the Files of the Dictionary of American Regional English
The March Almanac
Notes: The First Brick
Further word on a line of inquiry that could supplant economics as scholarship’s premier “dismal science”
All the Dance Numbers
Now You See It..
Direct From Stratford-Upon-Burbank
My Own Private Oscars
Brave New Worlds
Some for the Record
Commonwealth of Independent Soloists
Marx and Lennon
Wise Man in Black
Sweet Things
745 Boylston Street
Contributors
Technology: Stairways to Heaven
Since rockets will never be a cheap or efficient way to lift payloads into space, alternative—and highly speculative—technologies are being studied
Watching Americans Watch Tv
A remarkable new technology may soon tell us precisely who watches television, what they watch, and for how long—and thus require a major restructuring of the way television conducts its business
Master, Master, Lord of the Dance
Real Wonder
Spring Fever
Country Pursuits
Fear the Season
White Flowers
Threshold
The Other Widow
The only thing morepainful than grief, she has discovered,is hidden grief
Locker-Room Conversation
