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Monitor articles for December 24, 1986
- The night the war came to a halt
- Christmas in Zimbabwe. In village or city, women spend day cooking and men relax in celebration of holiday brought by Europeans
- Seven years after Soviet invasion, Afghanistan's agony goes on. Soviets seem unable to get free of military, political quagmire
- Playoff excitement looms as 10 teams bid for Super Bowl glory
- New Year's goodies. Ladle up a festive punch for your holiday guests
- Cleaning up Chicago's politics. Group announces plan to expunge bigotry and racism from campaigns
- To visit Bethlehem today
- Song of a silent night
- Christmas '86: bird watchers' view of the environment
- Successful Afghan guerrilla leader disputes bleak reports
- WORTH NOTING ON TV
- Christmas memories
- Waite poised to renew effort for US hostages
- At this time of year
- Reagan's '88 budget makes cuts in sensitive areas. Goes after farm aid, medicare, veterans' benefits
- British spirits naturally high at Christmastime. In fact, fewer Britons are imbibing all year round
- `Hansel and Gretel' opera in new TV version
- Home equity loans good for big goals, but not for casual cash
- The image of America's West in fiction, fact, and photos
- The California Dante
- The shared loaf
- Rules of the campaign code
- Sakharov pledges business as usual
- News In Brief
- Goodwill toward men eludes Bethlehem. Conflicting claims to Church of Nativity heighten religious tension
- Reagan and the polls after Iran
- Keep pressure on Mobuto
- `Les Mis'erables' bids for world audience
- New Year's goodies. A duo of savory regional favorites
- College TAs contribute
- `I'd like to make you a chair'
- Mass child-molestation case appears on verge of collapsing
- Pinning a congressional medal on jazz
- Durable goods orders up 5.9%
- US needs diplomatic boost out of scandal
- Voyager: human and technological triumph
- A Shanghai surprise. First major protests in 10 years challenge the rather apolitical image of China's No. 2 city
- Christmas Eve and morning
- At midterm, Argentine leader faces host of problems. Economy key to Alfons'in's political support
- Moscow holiday
- Christmas breakthroughs