August 1995
In This Issue
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Articles
The Road to a Third Party
Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian 1809-1922
The Chimera
Rebel Private Front and Rear
Christina Rossetti
Where Bigfoot Walks
Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
The Puzzler
Word Court
The August Almanac
What If?
Paris Is Finished
It has finished building this century’s public monuments, that is — and it goes out of the millennium gloriously
Our Interests in Europe
For all the talk of a “Pacific centuryf Americas natural partners lie across a different ocean
Making "Movies" in New York
They say they re blocking my street for important business, but just what business clo they mean?
A Nice Place to Visit
But there’s at least one person in America who couldn’t live in Santa Barbara
745 Boylston Street
Contributors
The Trouble With Dams
Some 100,000 dams regulate America’s rivers and creeks, often at the expense of ecosystems—and of taxpayers, who are subsidizing handouts to a large number of farmers, floodplain occupants, hydro-electricity users, and river-transportation interests
The Compositor
The Call-Waiting Connection
Salvage
Moving the Hive
Cosmic Chants
Roaring like some titanic flywheel, Carmina Burana has drowned out the rest of Carl Orff’s creations
Gale-Force Kayaking
Into the “vast acreage" with a storm-sea skier
Camus the African
“For me honor in the world is found among the oppressed, not those who hold power“—ALBERT CAMUS
