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November 2000 | Volume 286 No. 5 | |
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What Global Language? The conventional wisdom holds that English is destined to be the world's lingua franca -- if it isn't already. But experts who make language their business see a far more complicated picture. Don't throw away those Berlitz tapes. by Barbara Wallraff 
Web only: Interviews with David Graddol and Anne Soukhanov, two of the English-language experts featured in the article. Plus, join readers from around the world for a special forum on the globalization of English, in Post & Riposte. |
Where Europe Vanishes The Caucasus region -- bounded by Russia and Iran, by the Black Sea and the Caspian -- is rich in oil and hatred. It is where Stalin was born, and where the Soviet empire died. by Robert D. Kaplan | |
In the Event of Flight There are about 3,000 bounty hunters in America. Their job: tracking down bail-jumpers. Our correspondent stalks the streets with perhaps the most accomplished bounty hunter in New York City -- a surprisingly nice guy. by Jeff Tietz | |
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Reports Notes & Comment: Hybrid Vigor Electric cars turned out to be a bust, but they were a step toward something revolutionary. by Gregg Easterbrook Foreign Affairs: The Crescent and the Tricolor France has become the most Muslim country in Western Europe, and the vaunted idea of "Frenchness" is once again on the line. by Christopher Caldwell
Web only: The Harlem of FranceChristopher Caldwell reports on the city of Roubaix's "ambitious, racially sensitive, and controversial urban renewal." Regulation: Children's Products and Risk There is often little that government can do about the safety hazards posed by many products for children. by E. Marla Felcher Humor, Fiction, & Poetry
After RainA poem by David Baker
RainbowA poem by John Updike Cello A short story by Rémy Rougeau
There Was Earth Inside ThemA poem by Paul Celan translated by John Felstiner Bacchus A drawing by Guy Billout The seahorse symbol indicates that an article is supplemented with audio, an author interview, or other Web-only sidebar.
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Arts & Leisure Travel: From Iron Age to Our Age Napoleon may not have cared for Elba, but modern travelers should consider making it a destination. by Francine Russo Music: Our Lady of Sorrows Billie Holiday, the woman behind the myths. by Francis Davis Design: New Life for Old Cars The art of restoration. by David C. Holzman Books The Fall Into Guns Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture, by Michael A. Bellesiles by Richard Slotkin Mongrel Capitalism The Global Me, by G. Pascal Zachary by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang Short Reviews Other Departments 77 North Washington Street Contributors Letters (Send a letter to the editor.) The November Almanac The Puzzler by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon Word Court by Barbara Wallraff
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