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Monitor articles for December 15, 1988
- Anglo-Irish relations plunge to a new low over extradition issue. Irish attorney general defends decision not to release priest
- Charmed Christmases of donkeys, mice, ferrets, and their friends
- Correction
- US plans boost in grain production. Drought, US-EC subsidy wars spur desire for change in policy
- Prospects brighten for negotiations in Chile. Chile's political opposition has long demanded reform of the regime's Constitution before next year's...
- Panel urges delayed restart of Savannah River weapons reactor
- US tired of Arab and Israeli `unwillingness'
- Metaphor for the sublime
- The enigmatic gaps in Gorbachev's UN speech
- Genetic weapon: is it on the horizon?
- ARTS SCENE
- News In Brief
- Perspectives on Israel
- Hollywood plays defense attorney
- `What happened next?' Reading aloud on those long car trips can make all the difference for you and the kids
- 'Cane-raising in Florida; many proposed variations for extra-point rules
- Poortvliet's nostalgic look at Dutch farm heritage
- In Paraguay, a smuggler's paradise brings a thriving economy. This landlocked country depends on officially-approved corruption
- WORTH NOTING ON TV
- Grappling with rights abuses in S. Korea. Activists say reforms have not reached repressive security system
- American Jews join Israel's `Who's a Jew?' debate
- Religious holidays should be lived, not litigated
- US debates whether to keep waiting for Arafat
- `Smokeless' cigarette hasn't caught on. Tests in Arizona, Missouri reveal smoker resistance to new product
- Foreign rescuers break through rubble ... and Russian reserve
- The little parrot learned to say `Mazel tov!'
- Don't give up on GATT
- Justy's new automatic transmits more pep
- Pressure or prayer?
- Has media distorted issues in N.Y. child-murder trial?
- High-risk biological warfare research
- Arafat inches toward peace
- PLO must yield more, security adviser Powell says
- End of an era?
- Tomie de Paola: illustrator in touch with the child within
- Disease as an agent of war. Most people abhor the idea of biological warfare, but new technologies may soon make it easier
- A chicken-or-the-egg debate pits US economic theorists. `First cousin' to monetarism proves highly accurate
- Angry Arabs say no new concessions from spurned PLO
- `Anthrax' Island: where life imitates fiction
- Trade gap narrowing - but not as quickly as anticipated. Americans keep buying foreign goods, while export boom slows
- Arafat's visa: Shultz has better tools for fighting terrorism
- Meat and potatoes, with dignity on the side. At Cafe 458, the homeless have it their way
- Architectural literalism - or a macabre metaphor in concrete?
- Musical tribute to a betrayed hero. `Estrella,' new Peter Child cantata, tells story of a Nicaraguan martyr
- The Indian-Chinese summit. Symbolic of a changing relationship
- Despite new funds, Rio is unprepared for annual summer floods. Overcrowding, poor drainage, and piles of garbage complicate flood-proofing
- FBI rustles up a posse of TV-generated leads. Law enforcement officers are lining up to get their `dead-end' cases reenacted on a new set of TV seri...