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Monitor articles for December 12, 1986
- Becker moves toward top tennis ranking. Masters winner Lendl still No. 1, but West German teen is on rise
- Women's movement leaves its mark on job and family laws. Progress seen as `evolution not revolution'
- Iran affair and public ethics. Scandal is seen as symptomatic of other national ills
- HOMES BY MAIL. You've seen the magazines, brimming with floor plans, at supermarkets and home improvement centers. For some people, sending away for...
- Dealing with Iran
- A small investment in safety
- Sendak shapes a cinematic fairy tale
- Statesman who asks questions
- US knocks on Japan's doors. Visitors ask for economic, social openness
- Messiah's gift to you
- Language vs. thought
- News In Brief
- Travel tips
- FREEZE FRAMES
- Regional phone companies gird for local toll-call competition. Competition by firms like MCI, Sprint could mean lower phone bills
- Everything but a submarine ride
- A quarter century of giving
- Bellingrath Gardens. Off the beaten track in scruffy woodlands near Alabama's Mobile Bay is one of the world's most beautiful gardens, a showcase fo...
- The Everglades: Where the birds are
- Upgrading college teaching and learning. Schools focus on grad-student instruction. At most major colleges, freshman and sophomores take their cours...
- US considers cutting NATO funds and manpower. British Labour leader's US visit is catalyst for strategy rethinking
- German shipbuilder's bid to South Africa ruffles feathers
- That's no rivulet
- What would Christmas be like without shopping and gifts? For a fresh angle on the `holi-days,' join in the festivities of a Dutch Christmas
- The contras: a sorry sight despite 4 years of US help
- Soviet grain crop up, US exports down
- Packages help families gather at new locales. A `white Christmas' this year could mean basking on the white sandy beaches of the Caribbean
- Close the gate on Iran
- Even beavers rest sometimes
- Rice considers bridging gap between sciences and humanities
- Wall Street comes to Congress. Regulators look at ways to close the window on abuses and restore confidence to investors
- Employers leery about duties under new US immigration law. Some voice concern over possible litigation, others see `nuisance'
- Deck the halls with your own homemade ornaments
- Boston museum unveils its brightly refurbished Evans wing
- The cities that businesses are eyeing
- Savannah. This Southern belle of a city, designed as a Colonial settlement, is now considered a masterpiece of early urban planning.
- China's wealthy face higher taxes
- Gulf foes: battles at home, too. Iran's leaders - every man for himself
- Simple pump makes big splash in Africa
- Bonn should withstand American arm twisting, US economist says
- Foreign-language videos hit US market. `Rambo' Egyptian-style, Spanish version of Stallone's `Cobra': video retailers cash in on growing interest in...
- Midwest utility rising from A-plant mire
- Press curbs target Pretoria activists. Aim is to deny key opponents publicity and support
- A US student's film survey of religion in USSR
- Some journeys without the wise men
- Upgrading college teaching and learning. Research experience enriches undergrads. Educators are tapping the educational potential offered by undergr...
- Exchanging tanks for talk to get Poland on track. Jaruzelski is trying to revive government-Solidarity dialogue
- Richard von Weizs"acker
- Brazil: call for strike tests public reaction to economic reforms
- Central Florida's aqua-entertainers. Each aquatic mega-attraction, Sea World and Disney-Epcot's the Living Seas, offers its own blend of fun and edu...
- Surprise: Massachusetts' fiscal cupboard is bare once again
- Iraqi woes magnified by economic crunch
- NATO proposes talking within a pan-European framework. Ministers agree to forum for new conventional arms cut talks
- Greyfield Inn. Want to get away from it all - in high style? This gracious Victorian home nestled on a wilderness island offers a unique combination...