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2004: An Election for the Ages? James W. Hilty
Category: National Affairs Published: March 2004
In the upcoming race, "Bush and his advisors clearly have their eyes on a larer political objective: nothing less than an electoral realignment and virtual one-party control of government. . . ."
 
Attack of the Four-Wheeled Giants Peter J. Cooper
Category: Life in America Published: March 2004
"The sport utility vehicle has been called the modern muscle car. What SUVs lack in acceleration, tire-burning ability, handling, and gracefulness, they compensate for in size, weight, and machismo."
 
Diamonds (and Greed) Are Forever Janine Roberts
Category: Worldview Published: March 2004
"Documents reveal highly secretive price-fixing operations that run rings around the Justice Department, Congress, and the White House. [The gems are moved] along clandestine routes used by drug barons and arms merchants."
 
Environmentalism as Religion Run Amok Michael Crichton
Category: Ecology Published: March 2004
". . . The tenets of environmentalism are all about belief. It is about whether you are going to be a sinner or saved, one of the people on the side of salvation or on the side of doom, one of us or one of them."
 
From Fleet Street to the Beatles Beat Wayne M. Barrett
Category: USA Yesterday Published: March 2004
Harry Benson's photographs celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Fab Four's British invasion of America.
 
Getting Away with Murder: Vincent Gigante and Exculpatory Psychiatry Richard E. Vatz , Lee S. Weinberg
Category: Law & Justice Published: March 2004
"Gigante's guilty plea should send a message to psychiatrists who too easily take up the cudgel provided by their psychiatric ethos to become hired guns for those trying to escape criminal responsibility."
 
James McNeill Whistler: Breaking All the Rules
Category: Museums Today Published: March 2004
This American expatriate excelled as a painter, printmaker, etcher, lithographer, and gallery designer--all the while doing it his way.
 
NATO Expands Its Boundaries Chuck Hagel
Category: Worldview Published: March 2004
"Five specific areas where [the North Atlantic Treaty Organization] can play a greater role in bringing security and stability to the Middle East are Turkey, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Mediterranean, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
 
Rembrandt: A Master Across Three Media
Category: Museums Today Published: March 2004
He radically redefined the technique of etching by bringing to it the freedom of spontaneity of painting and drawing--a rarity of his time, he drew primarily to capture life and stimulate his imagination, not just to make sketches preparatory to painting.
 
Screwballs of the Silver Screen: A Treasured Comedy Genre Turns 70 Wes Gehring
Category: Entertainment Published: March 2004
The 1934 releases of "It Happened One Night" and "Twentieth Century" launched Hollywood into an era of madcap zaniness that endures to this day.
 
Should Creed or Constitution Guide the Judiciary? H. Jefferson Powell
Category: Religion Published: March 2004
"The First Amendment asks of us that we find a way, perhaps along a winding and rocky path, to allow both individual freedom and public openness in matters of religion, and to do so without allowing either concern to swallow up the other."
 
Take Me Out to the Portraits Wayne M. Barrett
Category: Athletic Arena Published: March 2004
Hope--and baseball--springs eternal in "Game Faces," which brings to life the National Pastime's men in uniform.
 
The Recovery Finally Has Arrived--For Real John A. Challenger
Category: Economics Published: March 2004
The American economy sports a sleek new look as it shakes off the shackles of recession.
 
Will Schools Ever Be Free from the Chains of State Control? Marie Gryphon , Emily A. Meyer
Category: Education Published: March 2004
"If parents are empowered with options and schools are equipped with autonomy, the day may come when all families can enjoy the benefits of educational freedom."