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Monitor articles for December 19, 1996
- The Monitor's Guide to Bestsellers
- I Heard Christmas Bells, The Chinese Heard Otherwise
- Office-Party Shrimp Sales Offer Dipstick On Economy
- Soft-Drink Market Awash in Caffeine
- Female Victims of Violent Crime Often Know Their Assailant
- Mountainous Ex-Soviet Nation Travels a Rocky Road to Peace
- Teen Drivers Must Make Grade
- Clinton and His Peers
- TV highlights for the week of Dec. 22-28. All times are Eastern; check local listings.
- South China Sea: More Than Just Exotic
- David Copperfield's Magic Wows Crowds In the Blink of an Eye
- A Christmas Menu
- How a Woman's Fakery Helps Save Thousands
- 'And God Divided . . .'
- Texaco Unveils Plan to Rectify Racial Bias
- China to Halt Nuclear Deal With Iran, US Officials Say
- A Dickensian Feast
- Out on Video
- Making Ends Meet in a Corner of the Former USSR
- Modern-Day Scrooge: Low on Spending, High on Spirit
- News In Brief
- Ratings Content of TV Programs: View From Hollywood Studio 41
- Hardly Dashing Through the Snow
- Beefier Border Patrol Hasn't Weakened Allure of a US Job
- Castro's Flickering Revolution
- Expanding Freedom
- Satellite Images Show Our 'Round' Sun To Be a Bit Knobby
- In Egypt, Movement to Ban Ancient Practice Expands
- Too Early for Night
- Congress May Give Electricity Market A Liberating Nudge
- Banning Ads For Tobacco Might Slash Culture Funds
- Hire a Vet
- Ways That Warring Neighbors Can Live Together
- Crafts, Community Under One Roof
- Setting the Scene For Your Christmas Fete