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Monitor articles for December 24, 1987
- The year of the perfect Christmas
- Emphasis now on passing at USC thanks to star QB Rodney Peete
- Reporting Afghanistan's brutal war. Relief workers and diplomats find coverage too scant
- Met's Slavic connection: a parade of strong guests
- WORTH NOTING ON TV
- States find alternatives to jail for kids in trouble with the law
- Holy Land dig identifies biblical city of Bethsaida. Archaeologists find shards that date site to Jesus' era
- Christmas truce, but peace outlook dims in Nicaragua
- Strangers on a train in Germany
- The many shades of Christmas. On Christmas Eve there are Santa Clauses on Tokyo's streets and masses in Moscow. Violence still overshadows Belfast a...
- Universal peace
- FREEZE FRAMES
- Reagan's gains give GOP rosy 1988 outlook. Republicans - especially Vice-President Bush - have visions of electoral sugarplums dancing in their head...
- OF PIETY AND PITCHFORKS. Two artful books honor disappearing Shakers and their practical practice of a religion of simplicity
- Polaroid photographs as art: timeless visions, not instant images
- Christmas in Vietnam
- Mainline churches open the door - cautiously
- Father Time goes digital
- We have a right to be well
- High rent, health costs leaving many elderly hungry
- News In Brief
- Can partnerships bail out Broadway? Controversial alliances with regional theaters pare costs for producers
- Ta-ta Hollywood, hello Vancouver. `MacGyver' among shows finding Canada cheaper, more scenic
- Moscow on the Charles? A Soviet views Boston
- Religion and politics: a delicate duo
- Looking back over the year 1987
- Kings and shepherds
- Zimbabwe political merger strengthens leader's hand. Mugabe gains long-time goal of one party, and opportunity to reshape government
- Christmas in S. Africa: a time of glitz, pride, and protest. The contrast between white and black S. Africa comes into sharp relief during the holid...
- Both caribou and oil
- Rural Canadians may lose post offices
- Endgame for the Afghan war
- Hand-rung carols from the Bells of Boston. The trick is grabbing the right bell at the right time
- Brattle Street florist
- Will Security Council vote give UN greater role in Mideast peace?
- Europeans jawbone the dollar. White House, meanwhile, lowers its economic forecast for '88
- Budget paring is likely to affect health-care plans. SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND DEFICIT
- Taiwan opposition struggles for unity to challenge government. But with new freedom to operate, party faces growing factionalism
- Israel violence: What solution? Unrest highlights urgency of achieving a Mideast settlement
- Airlines closing door on two-tier pay. Flight attendants at American ask for one pay scale - and get it
- Double jeopardy