August 1994

Articles

• Reefer Madness

  Marijuana has not been de facto legalized, and the war on drugs is not just about cocaine and heroin. In fact, today, when we don’t have enough jail cells for murderers, rapists, and other violent criminals, there may be more people in federal and state prisons for marijuana offenses than at any other time in U.S. history.

  Eric Schlosser

• Word Watch

  A selection of terms that ha ve newly been coined, that have recently acquired new currency, or that have taken on new meanings, compiled by the executive editor of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition.

  Anne H. Soukhanov

• The August Almanac

• Unreasonable Facsimile

  Do we really want computers to be more like us?

  Frederick Allen

• Turabi's Law

  It has been argued that Islamic radicalism may at least bring a form of peace to some of the world’s most troubled nations. But the Islamic regime in Sudan has created a nightmare—one that may portend the real future of the Islamic world

  William Langewiesche

• Notes From the Underground

  Building beneath the earth’s surface makes increasing sense — and could become surprisingly affordable in the years ahead

  Fred Hapgood

• 745 Boylston Street

• Contributors

• Elemental Pleasures

  Who has more fun: the putyevka people or the dikari?

  Robert Cullen

• The Unfrocked Governess

  Peter Davison

• The Sex-Bias Myth in Medicine

  Though it is commonly believed that American health-care delivery and research benefit men at the expense of women, the truth appears to be exactly the opposite

  Andrew G. Kadar

• Rich

  He knew he was a cliché: the groom with cold feet. But everybody has dobts , he told her. Didn’t she have any doubts?

  Erin Mcgraw

• Why America Needs an Immigration Moratorium

  Dan Stein

• Depths

  Guy Billout

• The Virtuous Oil: A Two-Tier Strategy for Employing Nature's Finest Fat

  Corby Kummer

• Pool Sharks: They're Not What They Seem to Be, and for Good Reason

  Peter Griffin

• Cormac McCarthy's Bizarre Genius: A Reclusive Master of Language and the Picaresque, on a Roll

  John W. Aldridge

• Shear

  Phoebe-Lou Adams

• D-Day

  Phoebe-Lou Adams

• The Impossible Country

  Phoebe-Lou Adams

• The Bird Artist

  Phoebe-Lou Adams

• Love and Hatred

  Phoebe-Lou Adams

• The Puzzler

  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

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