September 1994
In This Issue
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Articles
How We Become What We Are
New studies suggest that some aspects of human personality are inborn and resistant to change. Ironically, this makes the role of environment all the more important in shaping individual lives
Marijuana and the Law
The vigorous enforcement of marijuana laws has resulted in four million arrests since the early 1980s. Owing to mandatory-minimum sentences, many of those convicted are receiving stiff prison terms, even as violent criminals are released for lack of space. The second part of a two-part article. [See Part 1.]
The End of the Book
Right now interactive multimedia are, as one executive puts it, "a solution in search of a problem"that is, they do what books do, only more expensively. Is there reason to believe, the author asks, that electronic media will not do to the printed word what the automobile did to the horse?
The Noble Vinegar: Sampling True Balsamic Vinegar Without Paying a King's Ransom
The Great American Studies Novel: The Tragic Story of Ross Lockridge and His One-of-a-Kind Epic Raintree County
Why America Needs an Immigration Moratorium
The Normandy Diary of Marie-Louise Osmont
Love & Sleep
My Son on the Galley
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
A Throw of the Dice
Frank W. Benson: American Impressionist
The Flanders Panel
The Puzzler
Word Histories
The September Almanac
Where the Boys Are
Basically, everywhere in entertainment and infotainment
745 Boylston Street
Contributors
An African Success Story?
Uganda, of all places, is enjoying a period of peace, but the priee of sta bility as been high
Net Gains
Vacations that will help yon become a better tennis player
Vehicles
The Speed of Light
End of a Day
Mayakovsky in New York: A Found Poem
Leaving Home
Shepherd's Purse
Noël Coward and Laurence Olivier
