November 1987
In This Issue
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Articles
William Dean Howells and the Brahmins
Sons of Devils
In a turbulent region the stateless Kurds play the role of spoiler
A Damaged Culture
Our Asia correspondent offers a dark view of a nation not only without nationalism but also without much national pride
The Exiles
Fat Pride: Fat Isn't "In" but It's Not So "Out" as It Used to Be
The Risks of Risk Studies: It Is Too Easy to Draw Alarming Conclusions From Epidemiologic Reports
Glorious John
The Songlines
Rossetti and His Circle
Rossetti and His Circle
The Thurteli-Hunt Murder Case
Chaucer
The Medusa Frequency
The View From the Kingdom
The Selected Letters of Louisa
Customs Violation
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.
The November Almanac
Notes: Deliverance
New York: Fake Masks
Whether what they make is “real" is of less concern to African carvers than to Western collectors, who value only the tribal art they deem authentic
Kurdistan: Sons of Devils
In a turbulent region the stateless Kurds play the role of spoiler
My Geophagy Problem--and Yours
Contributors
The Man Who Loves Only Numbers
Paul Erdös is certainly the most prolific— and probably the most eccentric—mathematician in the world
Winter Travel Planner
Untitled
Contents
The Caribbean
The Bahamas & Bermuda
Latin America
Canada
Europe
Asia, Oceania, & Africa
A Glass of Handmade
The industrial brewers continue to prosper, but now they are facing a new challenge from local brewers across the country who are dedicated to turning out brews that have only one thing in common with industrial beer—wetness
Crab House
How the Gold War Might End
Thinking through a question that has suddenly become something more than an escapist fantasy
Trick or Treat
