yb166003|OC|yb166003.rcv|19961014142255|00000000000000|AFRICA (1965)|HIS|Political crisis and change again characterized the African continent during 1965. Nigeria opened the year deep in the throes of its worst political crisis since independence. In the aftermath of its general elections which were held on Dec. 30, 1964, N...
yb189003|OC|yb189003.rcv|19961014142324|00000000000000|AFRICA (1988)|HIS|The Organization of African Unity (OAU)--an association of 49 African nations--in 1988 celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding. Ironically, the OAU era has been marked less by unity than by civil wars, prolonged armed struggles between nations, ...
yb192022|OC|yb192022.rcv|19961014142405|00000000000000|AFRICA (1991)|HIS|Developments in Africa in 1991 demonstrated that African nations are attempting to solve many of the political and economic problems that have been holding the continent back. Several of Africa's long-standing civil wars ended or were winding down durin...
yb124050|OC|yb124050.rcv|19961014142028|00000000000000|AFRICA: ITALIAN SOMALILAND 1924|HIS|International land adjustments resulting from pledges made among the Allies during the War of the Nations are yet in process of negotiation. One of these settlements, while overshadowed by issues of greater importance, is the peaceful settlement during ...
yb136081|OC|yb136081.rcv|19961014142244|00000000000000|AFRICA: ITALO-ETHIOPIAN WAR (1936)|HIS|At the close of the year 1935, Marshal Badoglio succeeded general de Bono as Commander-in-Chief of the Italian forces in Ethiopia. However, he had but a short time to prepare any offensive before the "little" rains set in. Yet Badoglio, one of Italy's m...
yb125001|OC|yb125001.rcv|19961014142034|00000000000000|AFRICAN WAR (1925)|HIS|Spain dominates the Mediterranean shore of Morocco adjacent to Tangier, the Atlantic coast for some distance southward, the territory inland to the east for an undetermined distance, also a strip near Tunisia, centering about the city of Melilla. French...
yb126002|OC|yb126002.rcv|19961014142044|00000000000000|AFRICAN WAR ENDED (1926)|HIS|For a decade the dusky men of the Riff, a section of Morocco, consistently fought Spain for independence, and for over two years they confronted both Spain and France. Abd-el-Krim, the Riffian leader, became convinced in the spring of 1926 that eventual...
yb132002|OC|yb132002.rcv|19961014142202|00000000000000|AIRCRAFT (1932)|IND|Although 1933 marks the thirtieth anniversary of man's first successful flight in a heavier-than-air machine, the conquest of the air from the standpoint of spectacular "first" flights has been so complete as to leave few new laurels to be won. The year...
yb136003|OC|yb136003.rcv|19961014142235|00000000000000|AIRCRAFT (1936)|IND|Significant aircraft developments during 1936 included the regular use of 40-passenger flying boats and 14-passenger sleeper planes. Aviation took two different trends, however. In the United States the tendency was toward larger, faster, and more luxur...
yb126003|OC|yb126003.rcv|19961014142045|00000000000000|AIRPLANE DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES (1926)|IND|It will be remembered that in 1924 and 1925 Colonel William Mitchell stirred the American nation by charges against the air service and by recommendations which he believed would result in improvement. He contended stoutly for a separate Federal departm...
yb131006|OC|yb131006.rcv|19961014142144|00000000000000|ARABIA (1931)|HIS|Ibn Sa'ud, who was proclaimed King of Hejaz in the great Mosque of Mecca on January 8, 1926, had an anniversary celebration this year. The eulogies were quickly followed by revolts in February and March. Jealousy of Ibn Sa'ud's power and the hanging of ...
yb132005|OC|yb132005.rcv|19961014142202|00000000000000|ARABIA (1932)|HIS|On September 18, King Ibn Saud ordered that the name of his dominion be changed from the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd and their Dependencies to the Saudian Arabian Kingdom. The existing plan of government was continued temporarily, but the King's counc...
yb133007|OC|yb133007.rcv|19961014142220|00000000000000|ARABIA (1933)|HIS|Several times during 1933 rumors came that war had broken out between King Ibn Saud, of the Saudian Arabian Kingdom, and the Imam Yahya of the Yemen, over the district of Asir, which lies between their dominions. Ibn Saud has in recent years controlled ...
yb136008|OC|yb136008.rcv|19961014142236|00000000000000|ARABIA (1936)|HIS|The year 1936 was for the different portions of Arabia a time of peace and of progress toward Arab unity and modernization. The Italian aggression in Abyssinia and the steady pressure of English influence increased the native trend toward cultural, econ...
yb166015|OC|yb166015.rcv|19961014142255|00000000000000|ASIA (1965)|HIS|With its teeming millions, Asia remained the focus of a global struggle. It was primarily a three-way struggle for power and influence involving the anticommunist West led by the United States, the communism of the Soviet Union, and the vigorous expansi...
yb189015|OC|yb189015.rcv|19961014142325|00000000000000|ASIA (1988)|HIS|Asia led the world in economic growth in 1988, and most Asian countries prospered. Farmers saw less prosperity than city dwellers did, but generally good weather and rising commodity prices helped them. A few countries were hit by flooding or severe ear...
yb192035|OC|yb192035.rcv|19961014142406|00000000000000|ASIA (1991)|HIS|Asia suffered from natural disasters in 1991 while groping toward peaceful resolutions to its largest wars. All Asian nations felt the effects of upheavals in the Communist world.
yb131011|OC|yb131011.rcv|19961014142145|00000000000000|AUSTRALIA (1931)|HIS|During the year, Australia faced the necessity of severe economic reform with a great deal of internal and party strife. Australia's position had been impaired by extensive foreign indebtedness, while its chief commodities (wool and wheat) were hard hit...
yb132010|OC|yb132010.rcv|19961014142203|00000000000000|AUSTRALIA (1932)|HIS|At the beginning of 1933, Australia seems definitely on the road to financial recovery after three years of trouble, suffering, political turmoil, and self-sacrifice. The improved position of the Commonwealth is not a matter of guesswork; facts and figu...
yb133012|OC|yb133012.rcv|19961014142221|00000000000000|AUSTRALIA (1933)|HIS|Australia's financial recovery, noted at the beginning of 1933, was steadily maintained throughout the year and now at the beginning of 1934 there is no doubt that the country is well on the way to prosperity.
yb136013|OC|yb136013.rcv|19961014142237|00000000000000|AUSTRALIA (1936)|HIS|Australia's conquest of the depression now is practically complete, following a record of steady, peaceful progress during 1936.
yb166020|OC|yb166020.rcv|19961014142256|00000000000000|AUSTRALIA (1965)|HIS|AUSTRALIA, although visibly prosperous, was worried about its high imports and its falling international reserves. There were also misgivings in midsummer over a budget providing for expenditures that would exceed annual revenue by $286,728,000. Despite...
yb189017|OC|yb189017.rcv|19961014142326|00000000000000|AUSTRALIA (1988)|HIS|In 1988, Australia celebrated the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the British in what is now the city of Sydney. Australians took the Australian Bicentennial Authority's slogan--"Let's Make It Great in 88"--to heart, planning hundreds of events to c...
yb192037|OC|yb192037.rcv|19961014142406|00000000000000|AUSTRALIA (1991)|HIS|On Dec. 19, 1991, Australian Prime Minister Robert Hawke was toppled in a leadership challenge by parliamentary members of his party, the Australian Labor Party. In a 56 to 51 vote, the party elected former treasurer Paul Keating as its head. The leader...
yb127005|OC|yb127005.rcv|19961014142056|00000000000000|AUSTRALIA'S NEW CAPITAL (1927)|HIS|On May 9, 1927, the island continent dedicated its new capital city, carved out of the wilderness in the short space of fifteen years, by fitting ceremonies which assumed international importance. Great Britain sent the second son of the king, the Duke ...
yb122006|OC|yb122006.rcv|19961014141954|00000000000000|AUTOMOBILE (1922)|IND|The year 1922 showed a decided improvement in the automotive industry, over the period of high prices and readjustments of 1919-1921. Motor car manufacturers set themselves vigorously to the task of ree;stablishing prosperity in the trade by effecting n...
yb166023|OC|yb166023.rcv|19961014142257|00000000000000|AUTOMOBILE (1965)|IND|T he U.S. auto industry had its biggest year in 1965, with production, sales, employment, and profits soaring to all-time highs. An estimated 9,000,000 cars rolled off U.S. assembly lines during the year. This, easily shattered the old industry record o...
yb189019|OC|yb189019.rcv|19961014142327|00000000000000|AUTOMOBILE (1988)|IND|United States automakers entered 1988 with dread, fearing that the stock-market crash of Oct. 19, 1987, had signaled the start of a general decline in automotive sales. Instead, car and truck sales quickly regained strength in 1988, helping the industry...
yb192039|OC|yb192039.rcv|19961014142407|00000000000000|AUTOMOBILE (1991)|IND|Few years have been as rich in freshly designed cars and trucks or as poor in sales as 1991. Although there were dozens of attractive new models, sales of new cars and trucks in the United States fell to an estimated 12.5 million, down 11.3 per cent fro...
yb123005|OC|yb123005.rcv|19961014142007|00000000000000|AUTOMOBILES (1923)|IND|Secretary of Agriculture Wallace stated in October that the Federal revenue derived from taxation of motor vehicles and accessories since 1917 has been more than twice as great as the amount expended by the Federal government for road construction.
yb124004|OC|yb124004.rcv|19961014142022|00000000000000|AUTOMOBILES (1924)|IND|The increase in the number of automobiles in daily service in the United States has been so tremendous from year to year that at the end of 1924 the manufacture of motor cars, motor trucks and accessories was recorded as the country's greatest industry....
yb131013|OC|yb131013.rcv|19961014142146|00000000000000|AUTOMOBILES (1931)|IND|From the standpoint of immediate monetary returns, 1931 was not profitable to the entire automobile industry. The industry shared decreased production activity with all other business during this year of depression.
yb132012|OC|yb132012.rcv|19961014142204|00000000000000|AUTOMOBILES (1932)|IND|From the standpoint of product improvement, the year 1932 was noteworthy. Not in the last decade have engineering research and development been carried on with such vigor and enthusiasm. When sales were easy, every effort was made to obtain volume of pr...
yb133014|OC|yb133014.rcv|19961014142221|00000000000000|AUTOMOBILES (1933)|IND|Toward the end of 1933 we find a definite upturn in the trend of the nation's business. The automotive industry, one of the first to feel the effects of the depression, was among the first to show a definite improvement. Those manufacturers who did not ...
yb136015|OC|yb136015.rcv|19961014142237|00000000000000|AUTOMOBILES (1936)|IND|The year 1936 was a good one for the automotive industry. With production below normal during the depression year just past, not only has the number of vehicles in use actually declined, but many vehicles are still in use that normally would have been s...
yb125067|OC|yb125067.rcv|19961014142042|00000000000000|AUTOMOBILES AND MOTOR COACHES (1925)|IND|We live in an age marked by such rapid progress that most persons have difficulty in keeping informed respecting movements which may be really momentous. In their communities they see only local manifestations; they miss the sweeping vision which might ...
yb128006|OC|yb128006.rcv|19961014142109|00000000000000|AVIATION (1928)|IND|Tremendous strides were made in commercial aviation in 1928. The following gives a record of achievement in Canada and the United States.
yb129005|OC|yb129005.rcv|19961014142122|00000000000000|AVIATION (1929)|IND|The triumphant progress of human flight continues to stir the imagination and add new chapters to the record of man's perseverance and ingenuity. The year 1929 was marked by several outstanding developments. Men circumnavigated the globe in a dirigible ...
yb130005|OC|yb130005.rcv|19961014142131|00000000000000|AVIATION (1930)|IND|The current year affords no exception to the general rule that each year sees aviation more advanced than it was in the preceding twelve months. There was no abatement of man's eagerness to conquer the ocean, but there were fewer failures than in many p...
yb166025|OC|yb166025.rcv|19961014142258|00000000000000|AVIATION (1965)|IND|F or the first time in the history of aviation, United States domestic trunk airlines topped $3,000,000,000 in annual revenues. Profits also set a record, reaching an estimated $245,000,000, about $115,000,000 more than the 1964 mark. About 49,000,000,0...
yb189021|OC|yb189021.rcv|19961014142328|00000000000000|AVIATION (1988)|IND|Turmoil between labor and management at Eastern Airlines and a special federal investigation into the airline and its parent company, Texas Air Corporation, dominated aviation news in the United States in 1988. At the heart of the dispute between Easter...
yb192041|OC|yb192041.rcv|19961014142408|00000000000000|AVIATION (1991)|IND|The economic recession in the United States and a sharp drop in air travel because of concerns about possible terrorist activities in connection with the Persian Gulf War pummeled the airline industry in 1991. Analysts predicted that the nation's airlin...
yb122014|OC|yb122014.rcv|19961014141956|00000000000000|CANADA (1922)|HIS|CANADA, DOMINION OF. Measured by the history of most nations, Canada in organized form is but an infant, for slightly more than half way between the census of 1911 and 1921 it passed its fiftieth year since Confederation--since the Dominion was organize...
yb123015|OC|yb123015.rcv|19961014142009|00000000000000|CANADA (1923)|HIS|In March the governments of Canada and the United States concluded a treaty relating to fisheries in waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the Great Lakes, which brings into force a convention regarding closed seasons and other regulations of ad...
yb124010|OC|yb124010.rcv|19961014142022|00000000000000|CANADA (1924)|HIS|While Canada has not excluded Japanese immigration, it is not for lack of a demand from British Columbia, which is both clamorous and insistent. At every session of Parliament complaints are voiced by members from the Pacific coast province that while a...
yb126009|OC|yb126009.rcv|19961014142046|00000000000000|CANADA (1926)|HIS|The Canadian people have passed through an election campaign which proved to be one of the most exciting and most vital of any held in recent years, and it had the effect of clearing the political air. The net result is that there is guaranteed to the p...
yb127009|OC|yb127009.rcv|19961014142057|00000000000000|CANADA (1927)|HIS|The sixtieth year of Confederation was enthusiastically celebrated throughout the Dominion beginning on July 1, 1927. On July 1, 1867, by virtue of royal proclamation of May 22 of that year, the provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were un...
yb128011|OC|yb128011.rcv|19961014142110|00000000000000|CANADA (1928)|HIS|The year 1928 was one of unprecedented prosperity in the history of Canada. Progress was evidenced in almost every field of enterprise. The Dominion's prestige as a nation was increased by the exchange of plenipotentiaries with France and Japan and by t...
yb129015|OC|yb129015.rcv|19961014142123|00000000000000|CANADA (1929)|HIS|In opening the third session of the Canadian Parliament at Ottawa on February 7, 1929, the Governor-General, Viscount Willingdon, took occasion to refer to "the unprecedented prosperity apparent throughout the Dominion" and to the great industrial and c...
yb130017|OC|yb130017.rcv|19961014142133|00000000000000|CANADA (1930)|HIS|The year 1930 found Canada, in common with the rest of the world, in the grip of discouraging problems of industrial and agricultural readjustment, involving serious unemployment and impairment of financial resources. But the country at large, under the...
yb131024|OC|yb131024.rcv|19961014142147|00000000000000|CANADA (1931)|HIS|The year brought to Canada a succession of grave economic problems not dissimilar to those faced by the United States. For the most part, they were a natural reflection of world events and conditions which more than ever, found the public looking to gov...
yb132027|OC|yb132027.rcv|19961014142205|00000000000000|CANADA (1932)|HIS|The outstanding event of the year was the Imperial Economic Conference, held in Ottawa in July and August. That meeting of representatives from all the principal members of the British Commonwealth of Nations was the natural, one might say the inevitabl...
yb133026|OC|yb133026.rcv|19961014142222|00000000000000|CANADA (1933)|HIS|The memorable fact of 1933 was the awakening of the Canadian people to the value of their neglected heritage in the far North. For generations the Northwest Territories--a million and a quarter square miles between the Arctic Ocean and the northern boun...
yb136030|OC|yb136030.rcv|19961014142238|00000000000000|CANADA (1936)|HIS|Domestic events in Canada in 1936 were completely overshadowed by certain outstanding incidents in which the country was concerned as a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations. First of these was the death of King George V in January, and the acce...
yb166061|OC|yb166061.rcv|19961014142258|00000000000000|CANADA (1965)|HIS|W hen Canada's new flag was raised officially on Feb. 15, 1965, the hopes of the nation rose with it--hopes for a deeper unity and a stronger sense of purpose. Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, in saluting the red and white maple leaf flag, called its u...
yb189046|OC|yb189046.rcv|19961014142328|00000000000000|CANADA (1988)|HIS|In a historic national election on Nov. 21, 1988, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative (PC) Party won a decisive victory, taking 169 of the 295 seats in the House of Commons. The victory confirmed Canada's participation in the broad ...
yb166063|OC|yb166063.rcv|19961014142259|00000000000000|CANADIAN LITERATURE (1965)|HUM|With a view toward Canada's world's fair, Expo '67, and the many expected visitors from other parts of the world that may want to learn about their country, Canadian librarians prepared a list of the outstanding books that have been written in recent ye...
yb189047|OC|yb189047.rcv|19961014142329|00000000000000|CANADIAN LITERATURE (1988)|HUM|The largest Canadian publishing venture of 1988 was the second edition of The Canadian Encyclopedia, which was revised and expanded from three to four volumes. The 2,736-page revision included 1,700 new entries and 1,000 new charts, maps, chronologies, ...
yb122018|OC|yb122018.rcv|19961014141956|00000000000000|CHILE-PERU CONTROVERSY (1922)|HIS|A dispute of forty-years' standing between two South American neighbors has been settled by the friendly assistance of officials of the United States. By trusting to the good offices of the American republic there was shown by Chile and Peru a confidenc...
yb122019|OC|yb122019.rcv|19961014141957|00000000000000|CHINA (1922)|HIS|For the first time in history that seething mass of humanity which is China placed itself definitely in the family of modern nations as a power to be reckoned with at the Washington conference from November, 1921, to February, 1922, on Pacific and Far E...
yb123018|OC|yb123018.rcv|19961014142010|00000000000000|CHINA (1923)|HIS|Civil warfare between the north and south--between the Peking government and the districts surrounding Canton, under the sway of Dr. Sun Yat Sen--continued during the year. Although suffering numerous defeats, the rebels under Sun's leadership have not ...
yb124014|OC|yb124014.rcv|19961014142023|00000000000000|CHINA (1924)|HIS|Though China has a greater population than any other country in the world and has one of the oldest continuous governments, the great majority of Westerners know little about its people or its problems and are not greatly concerned about its destiny. A ...
yb126014|OC|yb126014.rcv|19961014142047|00000000000000|CHINA (1926)|HIS|Civil war and banditry continued in this country throughout the year 1926. Conditions are believed to be no worse than at any previous time since the failure of centralized authority to maintain itself in Peking, but no improvement is discernible. When ...
yb127014|OC|yb127014.rcv|19961014142058|00000000000000|CHINA (1927)|HIS|At the beginning of the year 1927 there were only two powerful forces in the nation. Marshal Chang Tso-lin, war lord of Manchuria, had battled his way successfully into the capital city, Peking, and had assumed power which made him a serious contender f...
yb128019|OC|yb128019.rcv|19961014142112|00000000000000|CHINA (1928)|HIS|Momentous events took place in wartorn China during 1928, when all of the country south of the Great Wall, beyond Peking, was brought under Nationalist control.
yb129017|OC|yb129017.rcv|19961014142124|00000000000000|CHINA (1929)|HIS|In spite of indications of stability, peace, and unity, China lapsed into a chaotic condition during the year, and is now beset by disloyalty, famine, brigandage, and confusion in governmental circles. The Nationalist government seemed to be in firm con...
yb130020|OC|yb130020.rcv|19961014142134|00000000000000|CHINA (1930)|HIS|Although the year 1930 opened with some prospects of internal peace and unified government in unhappy China, it was not long before the ambitions of regional war lords in the north again caused chaotic conditions, and these were aggravated during the ye...
yb131029|OC|yb131029.rcv|19961014142148|00000000000000|CHINA (1931)|HIS|Beginning with the year 1931, corresponding to the twentieth year of the Republic of China, the Kuomintang government with the capital at Nanking entered upon the third year of its existence after the unification of the North and South.
yb132033|OC|yb132033.rcv|19961014142206|00000000000000|CHINA (1932)|HIS|If we count from the beginning of Chinese written history, the year 1932 of the West would correspond to the year 4137 in China. China, however, counts its years from the founding of the republic, which reached its twenty-first birthday last October.
yb133032|OC|yb133032.rcv|19961014142223|00000000000000|CHINA (1933)|HIS|Regardless of political and economic disturbances in 1933, the young generation of China made great advances. October 10 in China corresponds to our Fourth of July, for on that day in 1911 young China overthrew a despotic monarchy and established the re...
yb136035|OC|yb136035.rcv|19961014142239|00000000000000|CHINA (1936)|HIS|The Republic of China began its Silver Jubilee year with the following message from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek: "I firmly believe in the salvation of the nation and the regeneration of the Chinese people, and in these I firmly believe there is a way....
yb166075|OC|yb166075.rcv|19961014142300|00000000000000|CHINA (1965)|HIS|The People's Republic of China, in pursuit of its international revolutionary goals, experienced a succession of major reverses. Within the communist orbit, the Chinese leaders who ruled from Peking continued to scorn any compromise with the Soviet Unio...
yb189056|OC|yb189056.rcv|19961014142330|00000000000000|CHINA (1988)|HIS|China struggled with economic problems during 1988. Plagued by inflation and government corruption, China's leaders curtailed an economic reform program that had permitted more free enterprise but led to shortages. Grain production remained inadequate, ...
yb122010|OC|yb122010.rcv|19961014141955|00000000000000|CONGRESS (1922)|HIS|Recently the term "bloc" has come into general use to describe any group of men united to achieve a single purpose in law-making, that purpose being to advance their one interest without regard, for the time being, to other broad and general interests. ...
yb125019|OC|yb125019.rcv|19961014142034|00000000000000|CONGRESS (1925)|HIS|On the first Monday in December, 1925, there began a new Congressional period, with a new President of the Senate, in the person of Vice-President Dawes, and a new Speaker of the House, Honorable Nicholas Longworth of Ohio. There is a safe Republican ma...
yb130023|OC|yb130023.rcv|19961014142135|00000000000000|CONGRESS (1930)|HIS|Under the terms of the Apportionment Act of 1929, President Hoover transmitted to Congress in December the figures, based on the 1930 census, showing how the membership of the House of Representatives will, in all probability, be reapportioned among the...
yb189403|OC|yb189403.rcv|19961014142354|00000000000000|CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES (1988)|HIS|The Democratic-controlled 100th Congress of the United States adjourned on Oct. 22, 1988, after achieving an impressive election-year legislative record. The lawmakers got their work done in spite of partisan frictions between Democrats and Republicans ...
yb125020|OC|yb125020.rcv|19961014142035|00000000000000|COOLIDGE ADMINISTRATION (1925)|HIS|On March 4, 1925, Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office for the second time as President of the United States, in circumstances notably different from those attending the first administration of the Presidential oath to him. He became President shortl...
yb131033|OC|yb131033.rcv|19961014142148|00000000000000|CRIME (1931)|SOC|While the major criminals of the country, classified in the metropolitan cities as "public enemies," continued to operate through the year, with alliances here and there with politics for protection of their most lucrative activities, the movement of co...
yb166090|OC|yb166090.rcv|19961014142301|00000000000000|CRIME (1965)|SOC|President Lyndon B. Johnson established a 19-member national crime commission on July 26 to study the causes and prevention of crime and delinquency. Known as the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice and headed by U.S....
yb189069|OC|yb189069.rcv|19961014142331|00000000000000|CRIME (1988)|SOC|Efforts to stem the flow of illegal drugs into the United States took on global proportions in 1988. In February, federal grand juries in Tampa and Miami, Fla., indicted Panamanian leader General Manuel Antonio Noriega Morena on charges that he particip...
yb166101|OC|yb166101.rcv|19961014142301|00000000000000|DEMOCRATIC PARTY (1965)|HIS|D emocratic party leadership centered on one man and his program--President Lyndon B. Johnson and his call to the "Great Society." With a Democratic majority of 155 seats in the House and 36 seats in the Senate, the President pushed hard and persistentl...
yb189075|OC|yb189075.rcv|19961014142331|00000000000000|DEMOCRATIC PARTY (1988)|HIS|The United States general election of Nov. 8, 1988, resulted in the third straight defeat of a Democratic presidential ticket. But the loss, coming after midsummer polls had indicated a likely Democratic victory, was made less painful by Democratic gain...
yb123073|OC|yb123073.rcv|19961014142019|00000000000000|ELECTIONS (1923)|HIS|Before the close of the year 1923 various men who believe that their public record entitles them to the highest political distinction announced themselves as candidates for nomination to the office of President of the United States.
yb124067|OC|yb124067.rcv|19961014142031|00000000000000|ELECTIONS (1924)|HIS|The political campaign of 1924, preceding the general election in November, particularly in its early phases, was fraught with great uncertainty, and was full of surprises. The choice of President of the United States was the one great issue involved, t...
yb126077|OC|yb126077.rcv|19961014142055|00000000000000|ELECTIONS (1926)|HIS|At the general elections in November, 1926, United States Senators were elected in one-third of the states to take the seats of present incumbents whose terms will expire at noon on March 4, 1927. The contests held great interest for the nation at large...
yb130029|OC|yb130029.rcv|19961014142136|00000000000000|ELECTIONS (1930)|HIS|"As Maine goes, so goes the nation"--thus runs the time-honored proverb of United States politics. But the first of the 1930 fall elections, held in Maine on September 8, failed for once to forecast the general result. Maine went Republican, as usual, e...
yb166116|OC|yb166116.rcv|19961014142302|00000000000000|ELECTIONS (1965)|HIS|Elections for two state governorships, five state legislatures, and many large city mayoralties were held in November, 1965. Local issues overshadowed national politics, and many voters ignored party labels in electing local candidates. The Goldwater co...
yb189090|OC|yb189090.rcv|19961014142332|00000000000000|ELECTIONS (1988)|HIS|Republican George Bush, Vice President of the United States for eight years under President Ronald Reagan, was elected 41st President of the United States on Nov. 8, 1988. Bush scored a convincing victory over Democrat Michael S. Dukakis, the governor o...
yb122035|OC|yb122035.rcv|19961014141958|00000000000000|EUROPE (1922)|HIS|It was declared that if any people reject these elementary conditions of civilized intercourse between nations they cannot be expected to be received into the family of nations. To the surprise of the conference, the Russian delegation capitulated and a...
yb123048|OC|yb123048.rcv|19961014142015|00000000000000|EUROPE (1923)|HIS|A protracted meeting of delegates of the great powers of Europe and interested minor powers, held at Lausanne, Switzerland, to impose on Turkey the will of the allied countries. At the conclusion of negotiations the Turk could be no longer termed "the s...
yb125028|OC|yb125028.rcv|19961014142036|00000000000000|EUROPE (1925)|HIS|The mountainous boundary line between these two nations is in some places difficult to trace; sometimes one may overstep the line a few yards and not be aware of the fact; if the one who thus intrudes is a soldier, the consequences may be serious. On Oc...
yb126026|OC|yb126026.rcv|19961014142048|00000000000000|EUROPE (1926)|HIS|Even though statesmen of the European continent publicly proclaim their faith in the League of Nations as an arbiter of international differences, there were evidences on every hand throughout 1926 that a slight misstep in any one of more than a dozen z...
yb127033|OC|yb127033.rcv|19961014142059|00000000000000|EUROPE (1927)|HIS|In the closing weeks of 1927 two men appeared to be mainly responsible for peace or strife in Europe. Both are dictators in their respective countries--Mussolini, clothed with official authority in Italy, as Premier, but a dictator of the pronounced typ...
yb128072|OC|yb128072.rcv|19961014142117|00000000000000|EUROPE (1928)|HIS|World interest was focused upon Paris, when the treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy was signed there, on August 27, 1928, by representatives of fifteen nations. The French have chosen to call it The Pact of Paris, but by common con...
yb129043|OC|yb129043.rcv|19961014142129|00000000000000|EUROPE (1929)|HIS|The General Treaty for the Renunciation of War, popularly known as the Kellogg Peace Pact, or Pack of Paris, was proclaimed by President Hoover, on July 24, as having been ratified by the fifteen original signatory nations. The phrases of this great tre...
yb130025|OC|yb130025.rcv|19961014142135|00000000000000|EUROPE (1930)|HIS|Six times during the past five years the Preparatory Disarmament Commission of the League of Nations has met and has endeavored to draft a proposed convention for world-wide limitation of armament, to be submitted to an international disarmament confere...
yb166124|OC|yb166124.rcv|19961014142303|00000000000000|EUROPE (1965)|HIS|F or the first six months of 1965, Europe was preoccupied with the problem of "bridge building." Optimism was the key word at the Western European Union (WEU) plenary sessions, held in Rome and Paris, as well as at the Council of Europe meetings in Stra...
yb189096|OC|yb189096.rcv|19961014142333|00000000000000|EUROPE (1988)|HIS|The European Community (EC or Common Market) cleared the way in 1988 for the elimination of all tariffs and other trade barriers between its 12 member nations by 1992. At summit meetings in February and June, EC leaders resolved long-standing crises tha...
yb122038|OC|yb122038.rcv|19961014141959|00000000000000|FLYING MACHINES (1922)|IND|The development of aeroplanes has reached a point, it is claimed by United States army authorities, where it is possible to build machines capable of speed so great that no human being can fly them. Several machines were built during 1922 which have dev...
yb123029|OC|yb123029.rcv|19961014142011|00000000000000|FLYING MACHINES (1923)|IND|Several notable feats marked the progress of aviation during 1923 in the United States. They were not staged for exhibition purposes, and were intended in no sense to be spectacular, but were a part of a studied program to promote government and commerc...
yb124032|OC|yb124032.rcv|19961014142025|00000000000000|FLYING MACHINES (1924)|IND|In the year 1924, almost at its close, the aeroplane "became of age." Twenty-one years ago, on December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers, of Dayton, Ohio, with persistent faith that had overcome a continuous series of disappointments, completed a new airpl...
yb125035|OC|yb125035.rcv|19961014142037|00000000000000|FLYING MACHINES (1925)|IND|The world was not destined to see the extraordinary achievements of 1924 in aeroplane history duplicated in 1925. In the former year one outstanding event commanded the admiration of mankind--the flight around the world; on more prosaic lines, but of im...
yb127035|OC|yb127035.rcv|19961014142100|00000000000000|FLYING MACHINES (1927)|IND|Early in May, 1927, two airships were ready to take flight on non-stop trips from New York to Paris. One, the America, was to be piloted by Commander Byrd, hero of the 1926 flight over the North Pole; the other, the Bellanca 'plane New York, in charge o...
yb122040|OC|yb122040.rcv|19961014141959|00000000000000|FRANCE (1922)|HIS|When the French republic summed up its losses in the area devastated by the German armies in the War of the Nations it found the damage amounted to 102 billions of francs (a little over 20 billions of dollars). A sum equal to two-fifths of this great to...
yb124033|OC|yb124033.rcv|19961014142026|00000000000000|FRANCE (1924)|HIS|At the beginning of the year 1924 Raymond Poincare, former President of the country, was Premier and an outstanding figure in French politics. He lost the Premiership in June, as a result of the regime ushered in by the May election of members to the lo...
yb125036|OC|yb125036.rcv|19961014142038|00000000000000|FRANCE (1925)|HIS|An expensive, protracted war in Morocco, trouble in Syria, for which France holds a mandate from the League of Nations, failure to reach an agreement with the United States on the question of the war debt, strikes and a disturbed political situation len...
yb126030|OC|yb126030.rcv|19961014142048|00000000000000|FRANCE (1926)|HIS|The desperate struggle to balance the budget and stabilize the franc, which routed a succession of French Premiers and their Cabinets in 1925, was carried over into 1926. At the opening of the new year the Cabinet in power was headed by Aristide Briand ...
yb128034|OC|yb128034.rcv|19961014142113|00000000000000|FRANCE (1928)|HIS|For the fifth time France has turned to Raymond Poincare to pilot its ship of state. On November 6, 1928, the Poincare Cabinet fell, when four of its members, who belong to the Radical Socialist party, resigned because of lack of sympathy with current m...
yb129034|OC|yb129034.rcv|19961014142126|00000000000000|FRANCE (1929)|HIS|National politics in France in 1929 revolved for some months around the sturdy and interesting figure of Aristide Briand. On July 29 he became Premier for the eleventh time, in succession to Raymond Poincare, who resigned on account of ill health. Three...
yb130033|OC|yb130033.rcv|19961014142137|00000000000000|FRANCE (1930)|HIS|Premier Andre Tardieu with Foreign Minister Aristide Briand and Georges Leygues, Minister of Marine, represented France at the London Naval Conference during the first weeks of its deliberations, which opened January 21, but their work in London was the...
yb131050|OC|yb131050.rcv|19961014142149|00000000000000|FRANCE (1931)|HIS|Prominent in the events and interests of France in 1931 were the names of such leaders as the late Marshal Joffre, President Doumer, and Premier Laval. These men were representative, not only of the political life of the nation, but of the spirit of Fra...
yb132056|OC|yb132056.rcv|19961014142206|00000000000000|FRANCE (1932)|HIS|Reparations and war debts were of paramount interest to France during 1932 and affected the domestic as well as the foreign policies of the country throughout the year. Four successive Cabinets attempted a solution of these problems.
yb133054|OC|yb133054.rcv|19961014142224|00000000000000|FRANCE (1933)|HIS|Visitors to the famous Latin Quarter of Paris witnessed a most unusual scene on April 6, 1933. The students of the University of Paris were on strike. Professors, interrupted by the clamors of boisterous students, could not give their lectures, and the ...
yb136058|OC|yb136058.rcv|19961014142240|00000000000000|FRANCE (1936)|HIS|The year 1936 marked an important turn in French politics. For the first time in thirty years the power was taken by a Leftist Government, composed only of Socialists, and Radical-Socialists.
yb166140|OC|yb166140.rcv|19961014142304|00000000000000|FRANCE (1965)|HIS|F rance departed from tradition in 1965 and chose a president by popular vote. In previous years, its chief executive had been elected by an electoral college consisting of members of the national assembly and senate. Under an amendment initiated by Pre...
yb189104|OC|yb189104.rcv|19961014142334|00000000000000|FRANCE (1988)|HIS|President Fran ois Mitterrand won a second term of office in general elections in April and May 1988. His leading opponent was Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, with whom Mitterrand had established an unprecedented power-sharing arrangement in 1986. Mitter...
yb122043|OC|yb122043.rcv|19961014142000|00000000000000|GERMANY (1922)|HIS|It is universally recognized that there cannot be stability in Europe until there has been definite understanding reached between Germany and its creditors as to the payment of the indemnities enforced by the treaty which ended the war. The government o...
yb123031|OC|yb123031.rcv|19961014142012|00000000000000|GERMANY (1923)|HIS|When the pages of this ANNUAL were sent to press the German reich was still a republic in name, but a dictatorship in fact, with a threatened return to the old monarchy which the guns of the allies in the late war had battered to pieces.
yb124036|OC|yb124036.rcv|19961014142027|00000000000000|GERMANY (1924)|HIS|Very pessimistic was the outlook for Germany as the year 1923 drew to a close. Much more hopeful were the German people at the end of 1924. The outstanding incident in German history for the year was the reparations plan submitted by a commission of exp...
yb125039|OC|yb125039.rcv|19961014142039|00000000000000|GERMANY (1925)|HIS|On August 11, 1925, all Germany celebrated Constitution Day, the seventh anniversary of the formal adoption of the present Constitution and the birth of the German republic. What have those seven years brought to Germany--a proud nation forced to sign a...
yb126031|OC|yb126031.rcv|19961014142049|00000000000000|GERMANY (1926)|HIS|The outstanding event in European political history for 1926 was the election of Germany to a permanent seat in the Council of the League of Nations. This event had more than local or even European significance; it may be regarded as a momentous episode...
yb127038|OC|yb127038.rcv|19961014142100|00000000000000|GERMANY (1927)|HIS|Possibly the most encouraging indication of a better understanding between former enemies in the great war, and hence a promise of the dawn of lasting peace and fraternity, is the new attitude of France and Germany toward each other. From the past there...
yb129035|OC|yb129035.rcv|19961014142126|00000000000000|GERMANY (1929)|HIS|On August 11, 1929, the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Weimar Constitution, that is, of the formal establishment of the German republic, was celebrated with demonstrations of loyalty to the new democratic government. In many speeches throughou...
yb130034|OC|yb130034.rcv|19961014142138|00000000000000|GERMANY (1930)|HIS|A strange political situation existed in the German republic during the year, with one minority government struggling in vain against economic conditions and parliamentary opposition, and another kept in office only by Kaleidoscopic combinations of the ...
yb131052|OC|yb131052.rcv|19961014142150|00000000000000|GERMANY (1931)|HIS|Towering in importance above all other events in Germany's history for the past year was the financial and economic crisis, precipitated during the summer of 1931. The far-reaching consequences of Germany's threatened collapse and the measures taken to ...
yb132058|OC|yb132058.rcv|19961014142207|00000000000000|GERMANY (1932)|HIS|The year 1932 was one of unusual political and diplomatic activity in Germany. Five elections were held and three different governments were in power. In the field of foreign diplomacy, the Reich achieved its greatest victory since the War, namely, the ...
yb133056|OC|yb133056.rcv|19961014142225|00000000000000|GERMANY (1933)|HIS|On January 30, 1933, fourteen years and two months after Kaiser Wilhelm II had abdicated his imperial throne, Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi party, was appointed Chancellor of the German Reich by President Paul von Hindenburg. By the end of 1933, Hitl...
yb166149|OC|yb166149.rcv|19961014142304|00000000000000|GERMANY (1965)|HIS|G ermany continued to resent bitterly its status as a divided country. Although several authoritative statements were made reaffirming the Federal Republic of West Germany's determination to continue seeking reunification, no real progress was made to a...
yb136060|OC|yb136060.rcv|19961014142241|00000000000000|GERMANY(1936)|HIS|In 1936, the fourth year of Adolf Hitler's dictatorship, Germany continued to concentrate her energies on the re-establishment of her former military might. The whole life of the nation--political, social, economic--was directed toward the goal of makin...
yb189108|OC|yb189108.rcv|19961014142335|00000000000000|GERMANY, (1988)|HIS|Germany, West Chancellor Helmut Kohl's center-right coalition government lost ground in two state elections in early 1988. State elections have a special national significance in West Germany because the Bundesrat, one of the two houses of the national ...
yb122044|OC|yb122044.rcv|19961014142001|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1920)|HIS|The outstanding events of the year in the British Isles are the establishment of the Irish Free State, the downfall of the Lloyd George Ministry, which destroyed the coalition government, and the consequent general elections which returned the Conservat...
yb123013|OC|yb123013.rcv|19961014142008|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1923)|HIS|Premier Stanley Baldwin greatly surprised his countrymen late in November when he declared for a general election in which his party, the Conservative, would go before the country seeking a mandate from the people to establish the principle of protectio...
yb124028|OC|yb124028.rcv|19961014142024|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1924)|HIS|In 1924, for the first time in history, the guiding hand in the government of Great Britain became the hand of labor. In January, on the downfall of the Conservative government under the Premiership of Stanley Baldwin, the king called upon James Ramsay ...
yb126044|OC|yb126044.rcv|19961014142050|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1926)|HIS|The political status of a very considerable part of the world was changed in November, 1926, when the Imperial Conference of member states of the British Empire, or Commonwealth of Nations, decreed that six Dominions henceforth should be in a very real ...
yb127040|OC|yb127040.rcv|19961014142101|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1927)|HIS|Endeavors to steer a clear course through the maze of European politics kept British statesmen busy during 1927. High spots in international relations particularly affected Russia, Japan and the United States--Russia over propaganda and trade relations;...
yb128039|OC|yb128039.rcv|19961014142114|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1928)|HIS|The entire world was deeply stirred when, on November 22, 1928, the serious illness of King George was publicly announced. For a long time his life was despaired of, as his fever was high and his vitality waned to an alarming extent. On December 12 an o...
yb129029|OC|yb129029.rcv|19961014142125|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1929)|HIS|The English electorate on May 30, 1929, decided to try once more the experiment of government by the Labour party, which first held office for ten months in 1924 under the lead of J. Ramsay MacDonald. The election resulted in defeat for the Conservative...
yb130013|OC|yb130013.rcv|19961014142132|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1930)|HIS|Since the World War, which was responsible for the recognition of the leading British dependencies as individual members of the League of Nations, there have been four British Imperial Conferences--in 1921, 1923, 1926, and 1930.
yb131054|OC|yb131054.rcv|19961014142151|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1931)|HIS|It has been said that the economic storm, which began in 1929 and blew with the force of a gale in 1930, assumed the fury of a tempest in 1931. Upon Great Britain these winds drove with converging and disastrous violence. As the commercial banker of the...
yb132060|OC|yb132060.rcv|19961014142208|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1932)|HIS|The hope with which Great Britain faced the year 1932 was not fulfilled in its achievements. The anxieties about India, which were intensified by the failure of the Second Round Table Conference, were not relieved during 1932, though it was hoped that t...
yb133058|OC|yb133058.rcv|19961014142226|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1933)|HIS|England usually has its full share of domestic complications and the year 1933 was not at all exceptional in this respect. The year did not, however, bring forth any highly dramatic events and the attention of the British public was therefore occupied l...
yb136064|OC|yb136064.rcv|19961014142242|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1936)|HIS|On January 20, in his Norfolk residence at Sandringham, George V died after a reign of nearly twenty-six years. The British people looked upon George as a good if not a great king. King George was a modest, well-intentioned man who sought at all times t...
yb166157|OC|yb166157.rcv|19961014142305|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1965)|HIS|G reat Britain spent much of the year on the brink of an economic crisis. Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his Labour party government had repeatedly to assuage international fears that the pound sterling would be devalued from the rate at which it had ...
yb189111|OC|yb189111.rcv|19961014142336|00000000000000|GREAT BRITAIN (1988)|HIS|Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's political agenda dominated 1988. With a comfortable majority in the House of Commons, her Conservative Party government pressed ahead with major reforms. But as the year progressed, economic troubles grew.
yb125041|OC|yb125041.rcv|19961014142039|00000000000000|GREAT BRITIAN (1925)|HIS|Notable achievements in diplomacy and somewhat discouraging symptoms at home marked the year 1925 in the "tight little isle." Every European chancellory possesses statesmen of the first rank, yet somehow the diplomatic genius of England usually overtops...
yb129039|OC|yb129039.rcv|19961014142127|00000000000000|HOOVER ADMINISTRATION (1929)|HIS|The first ten months of the administration of President Hoover ended in December with a remarkable record of achievement. The important things accomplished and the no less important projects started were indeed so numerous as to cause a great New York n...
yb130039|OC|yb130039.rcv|19961014142139|00000000000000|HOOVER ADMINISTRATION (1930)|HIS|The second year of President Hoover's term was one of trial in the midst of adversity. It was an unfortunate year for many peoples, in Europe as well as in North and South America; the Hoover administration was no exception to the general rule that gove...
yb129042|OC|yb129042.rcv|19961014142128|00000000000000|INDIA (1929)|HIS|Recent British rule in India is said by British authorities to have been based on the principle of assisting the people as far as possible on the road to autonomy and self-government. With the advent of the new Labour government in Britain, in 1929, it ...
yb130041|OC|yb130041.rcv|19961014142140|00000000000000|INDIA (1930)|HIS|The Problem of. Events of the year demonstrated that the British government is faced with a serious and urgent problem in India. Early in January the Nationalist Congress, assembled at Lahore and representing indirectly about one-third of the total popu...
yb131061|OC|yb131061.rcv|19961014142151|00000000000000|INDIA (1931)|HIS|The eyes of the world were focused on two Round Table Conferences, which were in session during 1931 to solve the problem of India's status in the British Empire.
yb132070|OC|yb132070.rcv|19961014142209|00000000000000|INDIA (1932)|HIS|The London Round Table Conferences of 1930 and 1931, at which delegates from India sat with delegates from Great Britain, drew up the outline of the new constitution which will give India dominion status like Canada. The sequel of these Conferences--the...
yb133068|OC|yb133068.rcv|19961014142227|00000000000000|INDIA (1933)|HIS|India had an unusually quiet year in 1933. Perhaps the most dramatic incident was the successful flight over Mt. Everest accomplished by British aviators under the leadership of the Marquis of Douglas and Clydesdale. The difficulties of this expedition ...
yb136073|OC|yb136073.rcv|19961014142242|00000000000000|INDIA (1936)|HIS|On the surface, India has had one more quiet year. The new Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, took office in the spring. It is his duty to put into effect the new constitution which is to give India a much larger share in her own government and, internally, virt...
yb166187|OC|yb166187.rcv|19961014142306|00000000000000|INDIA (1965)|HIS|F or a country that has preached and practiced nonviolence, India was beset by violence on almost every front in 1965. It was at war with Pakistan over Kashmir and the Rann of Kutch. Its frontiers were threatened from Ladakh to Sikkim by Communist China...
yb189127|OC|yb189127.rcv|19961014142336|00000000000000|INDIA (1988)|HIS|The monsoon winds that sweep over India from the Arabian Sea brought plentiful rain in 1988, reviving agriculture in the rural areas where most of India's 813 million people live and spurring economic growth in the cities. But Prime Minister Rajiv Gandh...
yb166189|OC|yb166189.rcv|19961014142307|00000000000000|INDONESIA (1965)|HIS|Indonesia entered 1965 to the sound of a rooster crowing over Radio Malaysia. It was an ironic reminder that the nation had yet to "crush" the neighboring Federation of Malaysia, as President Sukarno had threatened to do. Before the year ended, an even ...
yb189129|OC|yb189129.rcv|19961014142337|00000000000000|INDONESIA (1988)|HIS|On March 10, 1988, the People's Consultative Assembly unanimously elected President Suharto to a fifth five-year term. Suharto, who turned 67 in 1988, has held the presidency since 1967.
yb122052|OC|yb122052.rcv|19961014142001|00000000000000|IRELAND (1922)|HIS|At the close of 1921 the new Irish legislative body was debating the Free State treaty which had been negotiated with the Lloyd George government. On the 14th of January, 1922, the treaty was ratified by Dail Eireann, the Irish legislative body, and in ...
yb125055|OC|yb125055.rcv|19961014142040|00000000000000|IRELAND (1925)|HIS|In November, 1925, the vexed question of the division of Ireland between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland was settled to the satisfaction of the two governments most directly concerned and to the great relief of the home government in London.
yb126045|OC|yb126045.rcv|19961014142051|00000000000000|IRELAND (1926)|HIS|Throughout the British Empire a new census is taken every ten years, on the year ending in 1, as 1911, 1921. In 1921 civil strife in Ireland made a count of the people impossible; the enumeration both in the Irish Free State and in Northern Ireland was ...
yb127045|OC|yb127045.rcv|19961014142102|00000000000000|IRELAND (1927)|HIS|Events of 1927 in the Emerald Isle appeared to confirm the belief of its friends that the Free State is gradually surmounting its political difficulties. By wise use of their powers its officials apparently are winning new friends from the ranks of the ...
yb166197|OC|yb166197.rcv|19961014142307|00000000000000|IRELAND (1965)|HIS|IRELAND returned Prime Minister Se n F. Lemass and his Fianna F il (Republican) party to power in a general election held April 7. Lemass, with 72 seats, secured a two-seat majority in the Gail (house of representatives) over all other parties. The lead...
yb189134|OC|yb189134.rcv|19961014142338|00000000000000|IRELAND (1988)|HIS|Ireland enjoyed a period of political stability in 1988. Prime Minister Charles Haughey was popular despite the painful economic measures he backed to help strengthen the country's weak economy. Opinion polls showed that his Fianna F il (Soldiers of Des...
yb123043|OC|yb123043.rcv|19961014142013|00000000000000|IRISH FREE STATE (1923)|HIS|Strife between the Free State government and the element of the population which has followed Eamonn de Valera in his efforts to establish in Ireland a republic entirely free from British domination continued throughout the early months of 1923.
yb124049|OC|yb124049.rcv|19961014142027|00000000000000|IRISH FREE STATE (1924)|HIS|The comparative peace during the early part of 1924 in this long-troubled island was marred by a military mutiny. Following close upon and attempt to arrest two officers, General Tobin and Colonel Dalton, who resisted the demobilization order, came the ...
yb130043|OC|yb130043.rcv|19961014142140|00000000000000|IRISH FREE STATE (1930)|HIS|The Cosgrave government resigned March 29, after a defeat by two votes in the Dail Eireann (legislative body, lower house), on the question of extending old-age pensions, which the government opposed as involving too great a financial burden. On April 2...
yb131066|OC|yb131066.rcv|19961014142152|00000000000000|IRISH FREE STATE (1931)|HIS|Early in the year, the Free State established a surprising precedent by conferring directly with the British Monarch. Patrick McGilligan, Minister of Industry and Commerce and of External Affairs, had an audience with King George at Buckingham Palace. A...
yb132075|OC|yb132075.rcv|19961014142209|00000000000000|IRISH FREE STATE (1932)|HIS|Beginning with the dissolution of the Irish Free State Parliament in January, the year 1932 was a stirring one in Ireland. The general election on February 16 brought the first change of government since the Irish Free State was established in 1922. Wil...
yb133074|OC|yb133074.rcv|19961014142227|00000000000000|IRISH FREE STATE (1933)|HIS|Eamon de Valera was reelected President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State in January with a majority over all parties in the Dail. He entered office pledged to advance the state towards economic and political independence.
yb136080|OC|yb136080.rcv|19961014142243|00000000000000|IRISH FREE STATE (1936)|HIS|The history of Ireland in 1936 is one of marked progress in many lines. Eamon de Valera continued his policy of making the country self-supporting in food, clothing, and shelter. The acreage sown to grain was materially increased. The beet sugar industr...
yb166198|OC|yb166198.rcv|19961014142308|00000000000000|ISRAEL (1965)|HIS|Israel avoided a serious confrontation with its Arab neighbors even though 1965 marked the start of Israel's long-planned diversion of River Jordan waters to irrigate the Negev desert. The Israelis began in January by channeling water from the Sea of Ga...
yb189135|OC|yb189135.rcv|19961014142339|00000000000000|ISRAEL (1988)|HIS|After seven weeks of feverish, often rancorous negotiations following an inconclusive national election, Israel's two major political parties agreed on Dec. 19, 1988, to form another coalition government. The Likud bloc and the Labor Party had formed a ...
yb122053|OC|yb122053.rcv|19961014142002|00000000000000|ITALY (1922)|HIS|Midsummer of 1922 witnessed the climax of a two-year drama enacted in the Italian kingdom which thrust aside established political policies and precedents and substituted a new experiment in government. Italy is dominated to-day by an untried and powerf...
yb123044|OC|yb123044.rcv|19961014142013|00000000000000|ITALY (1923)|HIS|The government of Benito Mussolini was established in 1922 as a dictatorship in effect though not in name, to supplant a regime which was permitting the country to drift towards communism, the "rule of the proletariat." The new Premier's power remains u...
yb124051|OC|yb124051.rcv|19961014142028|00000000000000|ITALY (1924)|HIS|The year 1924 in Italy was like a vivid historic drama, in which action, suspense, play of emotion and outstanding personalities, all had a part. The wave of Fascism which swept Benito Mussolini into the Premiership in October, 1922, had by no means spe...
yb125056|OC|yb125056.rcv|19961014142041|00000000000000|ITALY (1925)|HIS|The year 1925 witnessed an extraordinary development of dictatorial power in Italy. The upoar caused by the murder of the Socialist Deputy, Matteotti, in 1924, seemed to inspire Premier Mussolini with the spirit of moderation, but it was not many months...
yb126046|OC|yb126046.rcv|19961014142052|00000000000000|ITALY (1926)|HIS|Since the revolution of 1922, which brought Mussolini into power in Italy, there has been an unbroken development of the Fascist principles of government. The close of 1926 witnessed the disappearance of the last semblance of democracy in the Mediterran...
yb127046|OC|yb127046.rcv|19961014142103|00000000000000|ITALY (1927)|HIS|In reviewing the history of Italy for 1926 it is apparent that even more than in preceding years the country is dominated by its resourceful dictator, Benito Mussolini. Within the twelve months his power was not shown in greater degree than in the past ...
yb128049|OC|yb128049.rcv|19961014142114|00000000000000|ITALY (1928)|HIS|The sixth anniversary of the Fascist re;gime was celebrated on October 28 in every province throughout Italy. The ceremonies did not involve great expense, in accordance with the orders of Premier Benito Mussolini. The only message for the occasion, pre...
yb130044|OC|yb130044.rcv|19961014142141|00000000000000|ITALY (1930)|HIS|The eleventh anniversary of the birth of Fascism in Milan in 1919 was celebrated throughout Italy in March, and found Premier Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader, apparently more strongly than ever entrenched in power. In September, 1929, he had reorga...
yb131067|OC|yb131067.rcv|19961014142153|00000000000000|ITALY (1931)|HIS|On October 28, 1931, Benito Mussolini and his comrades of the Fascist party entered upon the tenth year of their mastery of Italy. The year 1931 witnessed certain notable modifications of Fascist policy, but none of these changes implied any weakening o...
yb132076|OC|yb132076.rcv|19961014142210|00000000000000|ITALY (1932)|HIS|With characteristic audacity, Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy announced late in December, 1932, the intention of the Italian government to spend more for public works and other governmental activities in 1933 than had been spent in the year just closi...
yb133075|OC|yb133075.rcv|19961014142228|00000000000000|ITALY (1933)|HIS|Transcending all other developments in Italy in 1933 were the bold moves of the Fascist re;gime in the direction of the corporative state. Organization of the state along productive, rather than political, lines and been a goal of Fascism from the begin...
yb136082|OC|yb136082.rcv|19961014142244|00000000000000|ITALY (1936)|HIS|When on May 5, 1936, the news reached Italy that Marshal Badoglio and his troops had marched in triumph into Addis Ababa, Mussolini said, "I announce to the Italian people and to the world, peace has been established. It is not without emotion, without ...
yb166199|OC|yb166199.rcv|19961014142309|00000000000000|ITALY (1965)|HIS|I taly began to emerge slowly from the economic crisis that had begun in 1962. Progress, however, was more marked in some sectors of the economy than in others. The balance of payments gains made in 1964 held steady, and anti-inflationary measures paid ...
yb189136|OC|yb189136.rcv|19961014142339|00000000000000|ITALY (1988)|HIS|Prime Minister Giovanni Goria resigned on March 11, 1988, because of a dispute over a partially built nuclear power plant. This was Goria's third resignation since taking office on July 29, 1987. The most recent had occurred on Feb. 10, 1988, but Presid...
yb122054|OC|yb122054.rcv|19961014142003|00000000000000|JAPAN (1922)|HIS|The island empire of the Pacific finds world opinion at the end of 1922 more decidedly friendly to it than at any time since it became a power of the first class. It has "kept the faith" with its white neighbors in important respects, without attempt at...
yb123045|OC|yb123045.rcv|19961014142014|00000000000000|JAPAN (1923)|HIS|What is declared to be the greatest disaster in historic times pierced the heart of the island Empire during the week beginning Saturday, September 1, 1923. A series of earthquakes of great violence, followed by fires for many hours throughout a large a...
yb126047|OC|yb126047.rcv|19961014142052|00000000000000|JAPAN (1926)|HIS|On Christmas Day, 1926, at 1:30 A. M., though it was December 24 in the Western world, Yoshihito, the mikado of Japan, died after a long illness. His eldest son, Crown Prince Hirohito, who had ruled as regent for the latter months of his father's life, ...
yb128051|OC|yb128051.rcv|19961014142115|00000000000000|JAPAN (1928)|HIS|At the coronation of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako, on November 10, 1928, costumes and customs of ancient Japan were adhered to, but beyond that little of the old Japan remains, at least in its political life.
yb131068|OC|yb131068.rcv|19961014142154|00000000000000|JAPAN (1931)|HIS|When the year opened, Japan was in the grip of economic depression. Official figures placed unemployment at 325,000. Though the actual number was believed to be much larger, the old tradition whereby members of the same family help each other, mitigated...
yb132077|OC|yb132077.rcv|19961014142211|00000000000000|JAPAN (1932)|HIS|Relations with China, the United States, and the League of Nations dominated the politics of Japan, both foreign and domestic, during 1932. Japanese intervention in Manchuria, begun on September 18, 1931, became a large-scale program of conquest. On Jan...
yb133076|OC|yb133076.rcv|19961014142229|00000000000000|JAPAN (1933)|HIS|The year 1933 had a happy ending in the birth, on December 23, of an imperial prince. Upon the death of the reigning sovereign, this prince will become the 125th emperor in what Japanese historians believe to be an unbroken line which has lasted for 2,5...
yb136083|OC|yb136083.rcv|19961014142245|00000000000000|JAPAN (1936)|HIS|The general election on February 20 appeared to offer popular resistance to the control of the militarists over the Government which has existed since the Manchurian expedition began in 1931. In the House of Representatives, the Seiyukai (the party form...
yb166203|OC|yb166203.rcv|19961014142309|00000000000000|JAPAN (1965)|HIS|JAPAN was worried by signs that the unprecedented economic prosperity it had enjoyed since 1955 might be declining. Rising consumer prices, a depressed stock market, and a tightening of the job supply caused part of the concern. But a rising number of f...
yb189137|OC|yb189137.rcv|19961014142340|00000000000000|JAPAN (1988)|HIS|Emperor Hirohito--Japan's emperor since 1926--became critically ill on Sept. 19, 1988, when he suffered an attack of intestinal bleeding. The news media reported that he had cancer, though there was no official confirmation. One year earlier, Hirohito h...
yb166216|OC|yb166216.rcv|19961014142310|00000000000000|KOREA (1966)|HIS|KOREA established normal diplomatic relations with Japan in June, 1965. It marked the end of 14 years of intermittent negotiations during which the two government sought ways to settle issues created by Japan's colonial rule over Korea from August, 1910...
yb189141|OC|yb189141.rcv|19961014142341|00000000000000|KOREA (1989)|HIS|A woman arrested for the 1987 terrorist bombing of a South Korean airliner that killed 115 people confessed on Jan. 15, 1988, that she was a North Korean agent and that she helped plant the bomb. The woman, Kim Hyon Hui, said that the bombing was direct...
yb166220|OC|yb166220.rcv|19961014142311|00000000000000|LATIN AMERICA (1965)|HIS|T hree major issues confronted Latin America in 1965. One of them--subversion by the communists and other extreme leftist groups--directly involved Bolivia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Peru, and Venezuela. The second issue--genuine popu...
yb189144|OC|yb189144.rcv|19961014142342|00000000000000|LATIN AMERICA (1988)|HIS|Latin America quietly whittled away at its foreign debts during 1988. Creative and competent finance ministers tested new approaches to the debt problem. On December 19, United States President-elect George Bush pledged his Administration to helping the...
yb128009|OC|yb128009.rcv|19961014142110|00000000000000|LATIN AMERICAN (1928)|HIS|At the close of 1928, when President Coolidge was making a fervent address before the Pan-American Conference on Arbitration and Conciliation at Washington, D. C., when South America was welcoming President-elect Herbert C. Hoover on his good-will tour,...
yb189157|OC|yb189157.rcv|19961014142343|00000000000000|MALAYSIA (1988)|HIS|Malaysia experienced political turmoil in 1988 even as it became more prosperous due to industrial growth and a rise in world prices for its rubber and palm oil exports. Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamed's narrow 1987 reelection as president of the Un...
yb166234|OC|yb166234.rcv|19961014142311|00000000000000|MALAYSIA, FEDERATION OF (1965)|HIS|MALAYSIA, FEDERATION OF, began the year with guarded optimism regarding its ability to withstand Indonesia's "crush Malaysia" policy. Sorties by Indonesian irregulars operating against Malaya proper were easily blocked. The determination of the British ...
yb123059|OC|yb123059.rcv|19961014142016|00000000000000|MEXICO (1923)|HIS|There was less international ill-will in the world at the end of 1923 than at its beginning, even though the European situation remained full of peril. As a result of conferences extending over a period of several months, cordial relations were establis...
yb126058|OC|yb126058.rcv|19961014142053|00000000000000|MEXICO (1926)|HIS|One crisis after another developed during 1926 to focus the attention of the world upon the Mexican republic.
yb127053|OC|yb127053.rcv|19961014142104|00000000000000|MEXICO (1927)|HIS|Surface indications during 1927 showed Mexico on friendly terms with all powers except the United States. While between the two republics there were protestations of good will, there was on the part of each an undercurrent of suspicion which did not beg...
yb128056|OC|yb128056.rcv|19961014142116|00000000000000|MEXICO (1928)|HIS|After a period of comparative quiet, the limelight again was focused upon Mexico when, on July 17, 1928, President-elect Alvaro Obregon was assassinated by a young Mexican fanatic, Jose; de Leon Toral. On September 25, by a unanimous vote of Congress, E...
yb129047|OC|yb129047.rcv|19961014142129|00000000000000|MEXICO (1929)|HIS|The Revolution, spelled with a capital "R" to distinguish it from innumerable lesser rebellions, is believed to be practically at an end. Begun twenty years ago with the Madero uprising of 1910, the Revolution has been in its larger aspects a reform mov...
yb130047|OC|yb130047.rcv|19961014142142|00000000000000|MEXICO (1930)|HIS|President Ortiz Rubio made a rapid recovery from the wound inflicted in the attempt at assassination which followed his inauguration on February 5, 1930. He transferred the Presidential offices on March 10 from the National Palace in Mexico City to Chap...
yb131078|OC|yb131078.rcv|19961014142154|00000000000000|MEXICO (1931)|HIS|In the general economic disturbance prevalent throughout the world in 1931, Mexico presented a picture of marked financial, industrial, and political unrest. However, decisive measures were taken by President Ortiz Rubio's government to counteract this ...
yb132090|OC|yb132090.rcv|19961014142212|00000000000000|MEXICO (1932)|HIS|Mexican political activity in 1932 was characterized by a change of Presidents and many Cabinet changes. In the national elections held on July 3, candidates of the National Revolutionary (Government) party won sweeping victories throughout the country.
yb133087|OC|yb133087.rcv|19961014142230|00000000000000|MEXICO (1933)|HIS|During 1933 Mexico prepared for the general elections to be held on July 1, 1934. The chief interest centered in the selection of the presidential candidate of the National Revolutionary party, since for the past decade that party has dominated Mexico's...
yb136094|OC|yb136094.rcv|19961014142246|00000000000000|MEXICO (1936)|HIS|The year 1936 was characterized by a series of strikes not devoid of political significance, and by the extensive distribution of lands by the Government in pursuance of the agrarian policy of President Cardenas. The final expulsion, in April, of Calles...
yb166247|OC|yb166247.rcv|19961014142312|00000000000000|MEXICO (1965)|HIS|MEXICO received international recognition of its healthy economy and wise fiscal policies in 1965. Early in the year--for the first time in Mexico's history--its peso was recognized as "hard" by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF qualified t...
yb189162|OC|yb189162.rcv|19961014142343|00000000000000|MEXICO (1988)|HIS|On Dec. 1, 1988, Carlos Salinas de Gortari was sworn in for a six-year term as Mexico's president, but the inaugural ceremony was marked by a walkout by more than 100 opposition lawmakers and by street demonstrations protesting vote fraud.
yb124058|OC|yb124058.rcv|19961014142029|00000000000000|MEXICO(1924)|HIS|A survey of Mexico for the year 1924 shows real progress toward political stability and economic adjustment, notwithstanding there was a revolution against the government and a Presidential election. It has been said that elections in most countries mea...
yb166248|OC|yb166248.rcv|19961014142313|00000000000000|MIDDLE EAST (1965)|HIS|A sequence of diplomatic storms swirled across the Middle East during 1965, resulting in many vocal battles but little military action. In fact, warfare in the region was limited to the Kurdish mountains of Iraq and the highlands of Yemen. The Arabs tal...
yb189163|OC|yb189163.rcv|19961014142344|00000000000000|MIDDLE EAST (1988)|HIS|The various conflicts that have kept tensions in the Middle East at a high level in recent years proved to be more susceptible to arbitration in 1988 than at any time since 1979, when Egypt became the first Arab state to recognize the existence of Israe...
yb128068|OC|yb128068.rcv|19961014142116|00000000000000|OLYMPIAN GAMES (1928)|REC|The Ninth Olympics had their culmination in the period from July 28 to the middle of August, 1928, when several thousand athletes, representing the finest physical types of manhood and womanhood of almost every nation in the Old and New Worlds, met in t...
yb124060|OC|yb124060.rcv|19961014142030|00000000000000|OLYMPIC GAMES (1924)|REC|Every fourth year since 1896, except for the year 1916, when Europe was aflame with war, athletes from over the world have been gathering for the famous Olympic contests. The eighth and greatest of the series was held in France in the summer of 1924. No...
yb132099|OC|yb132099.rcv|19961014142213|00000000000000|OLYMPIC GAMES (1932)|REC|The tenth modern revival of the Olympic Games was held in Los Angeles from July 30 to August 14. The United States ranked first among the thirty-nine nations who competed, while Italy and Japan won second and third places respectively. The Marathon race...
yb136105|OC|yb136105.rcv|19961014142247|00000000000000|OLYMPIC GAMES (1936)|REC|Germany was host to the Olympic Games of 1936. An Olympic Village, built on a 365-acre tract at Doeberity, Berlin, was the focal point of the $40,000,000 show which drew 4,500,000 spectators. A torch lighted at Olympia, Greece, was carried more than a t...
yb189187|OC|yb189187.rcv|19961014142345|00000000000000|OLYMPIC GAMES (1988)|HIS|The Olympic year of 1988 started with the Winter Olympics in February in Calgary, Canada, best remembered for high winds and unseasonably warm weather. The year ended with the games of the XXIV Olympiad, held from September 17 to October 2 in Seoul, Sou...
yb123065|OC|yb123065.rcv|19961014142016|00000000000000|PANAMA CANAL (1923)|HIS|The report of operations of the Panama Canal for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, was made public late in November. The tonnage passing through the waterway during the twelve months was record-breaking, and is declared to be abnormal, though there ...
yb122075|OC|yb122075.rcv|19961014142004|00000000000000|PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (1922)|HIS|During the summer the people of the Philippine archipelago reminded the President and the Congress of the United States of a specific promise made to them over twenty years ago, and suggested, through a commission sent to Washington, that the year 1922 ...
yb123069|OC|yb123069.rcv|19961014142017|00000000000000|PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (1923)|HIS|The government of the archipelago continues actively its campaign for independence, and during the past year has found an issue which serves to add emphasis to the unsatisfactory condition of local affairs. There is in progress a revolt against Governor...
yb124062|OC|yb124062.rcv|19961014142030|00000000000000|PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (1924)|HIS|During 1924 Honorable Eugene Allen Gilmore, Vice-Governor of the Philippine Islands and Director of Education, spent some time in the United States investigating educational conditions and making arrangements for an educational survey of the Philippines...
yb126069|OC|yb126069.rcv|19961014142054|00000000000000|PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (1926)|HIS|The politicians of the island of Luzon, where the government of the archipelago is largely centralized, were even more persistent in 1926 than in any preceding year in their demand for independence for the islands. Their antagonism against Governor-Gene...
yb132111|OC|yb132111.rcv|19961014142214|00000000000000|PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (1932)|HIS|Progress was made during 1932 in the reorganization of the Philippine government with a view to consolidating functions of bureaus and reducing expenditures. Bureaucracy and the duplication of services had caused governmental expenses greatly to exceed ...
yb133111|OC|yb133111.rcv|19961014142230|00000000000000|PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (1933)|HIS|The Hawes-Cutting Philippine Independence Act, passed in January, 1933, provided that the law, in order to become effective, must be accepted by the Philippines within a year. Strenuous opposition to the law was led throughout 1933 by Manuel Quezon, pre...
yb136116|OC|yb136116.rcv|19961014142247|00000000000000|PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (1936)|HIS|On November 15, the Commonwealth rounded out its first year toward becoming an autonomous state. The smoothness with which the change to self-government was accomplished elicited high praise. True to prediction, but with widespread consent and enthusias...
yb131095|OC|yb131095.rcv|19961014142155|00000000000000|PHILIPPINES (1931)|HIS|In 1931, the Filipinos' perennial plea for independence took on unusual political and economic importance. Philippine exports, amounting to $100,000,000 a year, have been entering the United States free of duty. American farming and commercial interests...
yb189196|OC|yb189196.rcv|19961014142346|00000000000000|PHILIPPINES (1988)|HIS|President Corazon Aquino voiced hopes for an end to the 20-year-old Communist guerrilla movement in her state-of-the-nation address on July 25, 1988, saying that 1988 "may be remembered as the year the insurgency was broken." Her claim was partly based ...
yb127067|OC|yb127067.rcv|19961014142104|00000000000000|POLAND (1927)|HIS|In attempting to keep pace with affairs nearer home, most people have failed to note the rise of Poland to the status of one of the most important countries of Europe. It is well on the way to become one of the really great powers.
yb136118|OC|yb136118.rcv|19961014142248|00000000000000|POLAND (1936)|HIS|Throughout the recent history of Poland, domestic and foreign policies have been largely conditioned by the fact that the nation is situated geographically between Germany and Russia.
yb166298|OC|yb166298.rcv|19961014142314|00000000000000|POLAND (1965)|HIS|POLAND set the stage in 1965 for anniversary celebrations to be held in 1966. The communist regime said it would observe the 50th anniversary of the formation of Poland as an independent state. Roman Catholics, who comprise 90 per cent of the population...
yb189199|OC|yb189199.rcv|19961014142346|00000000000000|POLAND (1988) POLAND|HIS|Poland suffered in 1988 from internal disorders that had been common since December 1981, when the government suppressed the independent labor union Solidarity. Strikes, government threats, the use of troops, arrests, and a state of near-total emergency...
yb123072|OC|yb123072.rcv|19961014142018|00000000000000|PORTO RICO (1923)|HIS|The principal political event of the year was the resignation of Governor E. Mont Reily on April 1, and the appointment of Horace M. Towner as Governor on April 6. This change led to a rather thorough reorganization of the government service through the...
yb127068|OC|yb127068.rcv|19961014142105|00000000000000|PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (1927)|HIS|On August 2, 1927, Calvin Coolidge, on vacation in the Black Hills, stood in the high-school room in Rapid City, S. D., his temporary office, and handed a scrap of paper to each of about thirty newspaper correspondents, much as a teacher would hand assi...
yb166304|OC|yb166304.rcv|19961014142316|00000000000000|PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (1966)|HIS|L yndon Baines Johnson began his first full term in office on Jan. 20, 1965, with a sweeping mandate from the American people for the policies that he termed the "Great Society." Despite the almost unbelievable accomplishments of the Congress under the ...
yb122077|OC|yb122077.rcv|19961014142004|00000000000000|PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE (1922)|HIS|President Wilson revived the practice of appearing in person before the Congress to present his annual message, a custom which had not been followed since the days of Thomas Jefferson, when he rode on horseback to the Capitol building, tradition asserts...
yb128076|OC|yb128076.rcv|19961014142118|00000000000000|PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (1928)|HIS|To the people of the United States the most significant event of 1928 was the election of a President to succeed Calvin Coolidge, who "did not choose" to be his party's candidate for another term. [The Coolidge administration ends March 4, 1929.] Before...
yb136122|OC|yb136122.rcv|19961014142249|00000000000000|PUERTO RICO (1936)|HIS|In January, United States Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes visited the island and on his return states that the sugar interests had become too powerful and had violated the 1900 law forbidding corporate ownership of more than 500 acres of land....
yb166311|OC|yb166311.rcv|19961014142317|00000000000000|PUERTO RICO (1965)|HIS|PUERTO RICO saw its economy grow by approximately 10 per cent in the fiscal year ended June 30. The only sector that continued to decline was agriculture. It had been plagued by drought. Investments in machinery and equipment and in new businesses, howe...
yb189209|OC|yb189209.rcv|19961014142347|00000000000000|PUERTO RICO (1988)|HIS|Puerto Ricans reaffirmed their desire to maintain their unique commonwealth status in voting for a new chairman of the dominant Democratic Party on March 20, 1988. (As a commonwealth, Puerto Rico receives assistance and protection from the United States...
yb125076|OC|yb125076.rcv|19961014142042|00000000000000|RADIO (1925)|IND|The science of communication by wireless telephone has developed within five years from being an interesting experiment with a total annual business below $6,000,000 to a giant enterprise totaling in commercial value in 1925 more than $500,000,000, an i...
yb131100|OC|yb131100.rcv|19961014142156|00000000000000|RADIO (1931)|IND|While the year 1931 saw its fair share of improvements in radio art, the developments were of a technical nature which generally escaped public attention. As the radio industry has become more stabilized, the rapid developments and startling improvement...
yb132115|OC|yb132115.rcv|19961014142215|00000000000000|RADIO (1932)|IND|The number of broadcast stations in operation has decreased from 681 in 1927 to 604 in 1932. The total number of assignments licensed for simultaneous operation at night was only 397 as of June 30, 1932.
yb133117|OC|yb133117.rcv|19961014142231|00000000000000|RADIO (1933)|IND|The number of broadcast receiving sets in use throughout the world, according to the Union Internationale de Radiodiffusion (International Broadcasting Union) was 40,000,000 at the beginning of 1933. Estimating an average of four listeners per radio, Ar...
yb166314|OC|yb166314.rcv|19961014142317|00000000000000|RADIO (1965)|IND|It was dramatically demonstrated on Nov. 9, 1965, that radio is the Number 1 communications lifeline for the public in a national emergency.
yb130061|OC|yb130061.rcv|19961014142143|00000000000000|RADIO AND TELEVISION (1930)|IND|Radio broadcasting reached its tenth birthday in 1930, and the event was duly celebrated on November 3 in Pittsburgh by Station KDKA, the first American station to receive a regular broadcasting license. On the night of November 2, 1920, the Westinghous...
yb136124|OC|yb136124.rcv|19961014142249|00000000000000|RADIO AND TELEVISION (1936)|IND|After the steady progress of 1935, all branches of the radio industry enjoyed a boom in 1936. It was the sixteenth year of broadcasting. The passing of that milestone signaled the end of seven lean years caused by the business depression which struck wi...
yb126073|OC|yb126073.rcv|19961014142054|00000000000000|RADIO COMMUNICATION (1926)|IND|Before the end of 1926 the United States possessed three-fifths of all the radio broadcasting stations in the world and five times as many receiving sets as there are in any other country. There are over 600 sending stations in the United States, and ne...
yb127072|OC|yb127072.rcv|19961014142106|00000000000000|RADIO COMMUNICATION (1927)|IND|The chief historical event of 1927 in the field of radio was the passage of a law by the Congress of the United States for strict regulation of the management of broadcasting stations.
yb128079|OC|yb128079.rcv|19961014142119|00000000000000|RADIO COMMUNICATION (1928)|IND|The Davis Amendment to the Radio Act of 1927, reallocating wave-lengths and other radio facilities according to population, was approved by President Coolidge on March 28, 1928. Under the mandate of the amendment, redistribution of stations by the Feder...
yb129057|OC|yb129057.rcv|19961014142130|00000000000000|RADIO IN 1929 (1929)|IND|Many who are now reading this ANNUAL remember the days when explorers who went into the polar regions were lost sight of for months at a time. In 1929 the reading world realized as never before the marvelous progress of radio, for, throughout the year, ...
yb123077|OC|yb123077.rcv|19961014142019|00000000000000|RADIO, OR WIRELESS TELEPHONE (1923)|IND|It is declared by students of the social order that radio broadcasting is the greatest community factor that has entered into the lives of the people since the first settlements were made on the American continent. The invention of the wireless telephon...
yb124070|OC|yb124070.rcv|19961014142032|00000000000000|RADIO, OR WIRELESS TELEPHONE (1924)|IND|The legendary account of the birth of Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom--how she sprang full-grown from the head of Jupiter, clad in shining armor and singing a triumphant song of victory--reminds one irresistibly of the advent of the radio telephone. Th...
yb166318|OC|yb166318.rcv|19961014142318|00000000000000|REPUBLICAN PARTY (1965)|HIS|L eaders of the Republican party struggled to build a facade of unity after the disastrous national elections of 1964. Their first major move was to replace a symbol of the defeat, Dean Burch of Arizona, as chairman of the Republican National Committee,...
yb189214|OC|yb189214.rcv|19961014142348|00000000000000|REPUBLICAN PARTY (1988)|HIS|Winning the presidency for the fifth time in the last six elections, the Republican Party (GOP) nevertheless faced a mixed outcome in the general election of Nov. 8, 1988. The GOP lost one seat in the Senate and surrendered one governorship. The GOP als...
yb122084|OC|yb122084.rcv|19961014142005|00000000000000|RUSSIA (1922)|HIS|Every few months for the past two years the world has been informed that the Russian Soviet government could exist but a brief time longer. The prophets of disaster have been thoughtful men who have made a study of Russian conditions, but their predicti...
yb123078|OC|yb123078.rcv|19961014142020|00000000000000|RUSSIA (1923)|HIS|A vast new republic, more than twice as large as the United States or Canada, was ushered into existence during August, 1923. The organizing genius behind the movement was the leadership of the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic, the legal desi...
yb127077|OC|yb127077.rcv|19961014142106|00000000000000|RUSSIA (1927)|HIS|The tenth anniversary of the colossal experiment in government, "rule by the proletariat," was celebrated in November, for 1927 was Year Ten of the Revolution. The Soviet chiefs theatrically staged a flaming-red birthday in Moscow, the capital city. In ...
yb130066|OC|yb130066.rcv|19961014142143|00000000000000|RUSSIA (1930)|HIS|While the United States continues firm in its refusal to recognize the Soviet administration of Russia, American economists are watching with interest the development of a great economic experiment in the Soviet Union, known as the pyatiletka, or Five-Y...
yb131106|OC|yb131106.rcv|19961014142157|00000000000000|RUSSIA (1931)|HIS|The Communist leaders of Soviet Russia christened 1931 "the third, the decisive year of the Five Year Plan." Events have justified the characterization. Steps taken during the year will have an important influence on the subsequent history of the social...
yb132121|OC|yb132121.rcv|19961014142216|00000000000000|RUSSIA (1932)|HIS|On December 31, 1932, the greatest social, economic, and political experiment in the world's history came to a temporary pause as Soviet Russia celebrated the formal closing of the Five Year Plan--the Piatiletka --the first step in a grandiose scheme to...
yb133123|OC|yb133123.rcv|19961014142232|00000000000000|RUSSIA (1933)|HIS|The year 1933 brought a measure of relief to both the leaders and the people of Soviet Russia. The strain of the drive for the first Five-Year Plan was over. By the middle of the summer there came relief from the food shortage of the preceding years. Fi...
yb166327|OC|yb166327.rcv|19961014142319|00000000000000|RUSSIA (1965)|HIS|W hile Nikita S. Khrushchev spent 1965 in quiet retirement in a country house near Moscow, his successors were running the Soviet Union in a businesslike manner, quite unlike that of their predecessor. As the supreme ruler of the U.S.S.R., Khrushchev ha...
yb124074|OC|yb124074.rcv|19961014142033|00000000000000|RUSSIA, OR USSR (1924)|HIS|The communist government of Russia suffered the loss of its great leader, Lenin, in January, 1924, but the events of the year emphasized in a most striking manner that, though dead, he continued to be the dominating influence throughout Sovietland. Nico...
yb166334|OC|yb166334.rcv|19961014142319|00000000000000|SAUDI ARABIA (1965)|HIS|SAUDI ARABIA formally completed the transfer of power, announced in November, 1964, as former King Saud recognized his half brother Faisal's royal prerogatives and left the country. He went to Vienna for medical treatment, then settled in Athens with si...
yb189221|OC|yb189221.rcv|19961014142349|00000000000000|SAUDI ARABIA (1988)|HIS|Saudi Arabia broke off diplomatic relations with Iran in April 1988, following a dispute over Saudi attempts to restrict the number of Iranians entering Saudi Arabia in 1988 for the annual hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca, Islam's most sacred city. In March, ...
yb189229|OC|yb189229.rcv|19961014142349|00000000000000|SOUTH AFRICA (1989)|HIS|International efforts to isolate South Africa because of its policy of apartheid (racial segregation) lost momentum in 1988. The slowdown was due to several factors, including the difficulty of monitoring violations of economic sanctions (penalties) imp...
yb166348|OC|yb166348.rcv|19961014142320|00000000000000|SOUTH AFRICA, REPUBLIC OF (1966)|HIS|SOUTH AFRICA, REPUBLIC OF, strengthened the Nationalist government's control over the African majority, and continued to resist foreign opposition to its policies of racial segregation.
yb189230|OC|yb189230.rcv|19961014142350|00000000000000|SPACE EXPLORATION (1988)|HIS|United States astronauts returned to space on Sept. 29, 1988, after a 32-month absence. The Discovery space shuttle blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., following a series of test firings to evaluate redesigned booster rockets and seals. Seals of a pr...
yb166350|OC|yb166350.rcv|19961014142321|00000000000000|SPACE TRAVEL (1965)|HIS|I n almost all important aspects of space achievement, U.S. leadership became increasingly evident in 1965, although the Soviet Union still held a slight advantage in booster power.
yb127084|OC|yb127084.rcv|19961014142107|00000000000000|TELEVISION (1927)|IND|A few years ago scientists expressed the hope that ultimately it might be possible for two people talking over the telephone to see each other as in a moving picture, while engaged in conversation. The year 1927 witnessed this extraordinary development,...
yb130361|OC|yb130361.rcv|19961014142144|00000000000000|TELEVISION (1930)|IND|Reversing the order of talking moving pictures, television is bringing pictures to a public long used to receiving sounds through the agency of the radio wave. Television apparatus now is definitely a commercial product, and several broadcasting station...
yb131116|OC|yb131116.rcv|19961014142158|00000000000000|TELEVISION (1931)|IND|As in all new arts, progress during 1931 in television was spasmodic, but it was highly important in several major respects.
yb132130|OC|yb132130.rcv|19961014142216|00000000000000|TELEVISION (1932)|IND|During 1932 many new interests came into the field of television, but practically all developments in that field were confined to the laboratory.
yb166366|OC|yb166366.rcv|19961014142321|00000000000000|TELEVISION (1965)|IND|C olor television, which has been around for more than a decade, finally arrived in 1965. In September, 96 per cent of NBC's programs, 50 per cent of CBS's, and 40 per cent of ABC's were in color.
yb189246|OC|yb189246.rcv|19961014142351|00000000000000|TELEVISION (1988)|IND|Although the United States television audience might not have been fully aware of it, a strike by television writers greatly affected what they saw in 1988. For 22 weeks beginning on March 7, about 2,500 TV scriptwriters--members of the Writers Guild of...
yb122098|OC|yb122098.rcv|19961014142006|00000000000000|TURKEY (1922)|HIS|At the close of the War of the Nations it was the announced intention of the victorious allied nations to drive Turkey from Europe. Constantinople was to be left nominally Turkish territory, because it was the center of the Mohammedan religion and the t...
yb123083|OC|yb123083.rcv|19961014142021|00000000000000|TURKEY (1923)|HIS|Which since June, 1922, has been known officially as the NATIONAL STATE OF TURKEY and accounted at the time a weak, despised power, achieved during the ensuing twelve months the distinction of winning one of the greatest victories in the history of mode...
yb125097|OC|yb125097.rcv|19961014142043|00000000000000|TURKEY (1925)|HIS|The National State of Turkey which succeeded the Empire in 1922 by banishing the Sultan and establishing a President as a republican executive, commanded a large share of the world's interest during 1925. Though events were not as vital as in the years ...
yb127085|OC|yb127085.rcv|19961014142108|00000000000000|TURKEY (1927)|HIS|The history of Turkey, now officially the NATIONAL STATE OF TURKEY, since the great war has been fashioned by the powerful personality of Mustapha Kemal. The country is to-day what Kemal, its first President, but actually its dictator, has made it.
yb128099|OC|yb128099.rcv|19961014142120|00000000000000|TURKEY (1928)|HIS|One of the most important of all the changes brought about by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, under the leadership of President Mustapha Kemal Pasha, Ismet Pasha (the latter, president of the Council), and their associates, is the resolution to p...
yb131118|OC|yb131118.rcv|19961014142158|00000000000000|TURKEY (1931)|HIS|Economy and frugality ruled Turkey in 1931. Out of the towering Moslem minarets came exhortations to thrift as well as calls to prayer. Turkey failed to make satisfactory arrangements with its creditors, and could not obtain loans from abroad. Finally, ...
yb132133|OC|yb132133.rcv|19961014142217|00000000000000|TURKEY (1932)|HIS|The leadership of President Mustapha Kemal Pasha was maintained throughout 1932. The outstanding event of the year internationally was the entrance of Turkey into the League of Nations on July 6. Of more immediate practical importance were the visits to...
yb133137|OC|yb133137.rcv|19961014142233|00000000000000|TURKEY (1933)|HIS|The outstanding event of the year in Turkey was the celebration, on October 29, 30, and 31, of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the republic. Preparations had been going on for months in every city and village. Committees of the Republican Peopl...
yb136145|OC|yb136145.rcv|19961014142250|00000000000000|TURKEY (1936)|HIS|For Turkey the year 1936 was remarkably quiet, with good crops at increasing prices, and substantial progress in industry, railroads, buildings, and trade. Two important episodes marked foreign relations: a new settlement of the Straits question, and an...
yb166379|OC|yb166379.rcv|19961014142322|00000000000000|TURKEY (1965)|HIS|TURKEY held an election in October, 1965, that reversed the results of a coup five years earlier. The conservative Justice party, successor to the defunct Democratic party of Adnan Mend res that was ousted by the army in 1960, won over 55.5 per cent of ...
yb189256|OC|yb189256.rcv|19961014142352|00000000000000|TURKEY (1988)|HIS|Prime Minister Turgut Ozal was wounded slightly in an assassination attempt on June 18, 1988, while addressing a convention of the ruling Motherland Party (ANAP) in Ankara. The gunman, an escaped convict, was member of the outlawed Gray Wolves, a far-ri...
yb131119|OC|yb131119.rcv|19961014142159|00000000000000|UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (1931)|HIS|The Earl of Clarendon, who owns the historic ruins of Kenilworth Castle, in England, went out to South Africa in January as that Dominion's new Governor-General.
yb132134|OC|yb132134.rcv|19961014142218|00000000000000|UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (1932)|HIS|After fifteen months of effort on the part of Minister of Finance Havenga, the Union ended the year by going off the gold standard. During the latter days of December withdrawals of between (L)2,000,000 and (L)3,000,000 in gold caused the Treasury, acti...
yb136146|OC|yb136146.rcv|19961014142251|00000000000000|UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (1936)|HIS|The city of Johannesburg which in 1886 was not even a townsite is now a bustling municipality of 400,000 inhabitants. Its golden anniversary was celebrated in October with a great imperial fair, the greatest since that held at Wembley a dozen years ago....
yb136147|OC|yb136147.rcv|19961014142252|00000000000000|UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (1936)|HIS|During 1936 the Soviet Union maintained the upward curve of economic development which had characterized the previous year. According to Soviet statistics, industrial output--with a few conspicuous exceptions, notably coal--showed a rise of 30 per cent ...
yb189258|OC|yb189258.rcv|19961014142352|00000000000000|UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (U.S.S.R.) (1988)|HIS|When Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev set out in 1988 to implement perestroika, the economic and social restructuring of all branches of Soviet life, a tremendous problem emerged in an unexpected and unprecedented flare-up of ethnic conflict. The prob...
yb131120|OC|yb131120.rcv|19961014142200|00000000000000|UNITED STATES (1931)|HIS|If the paradoxical year of 1931 in the United States can be classified in any one particular, it must be as twelve months in which almost anything could happen--and usually did.
yb132135|OC|yb132135.rcv|19961014142219|00000000000000|UNITED STATES (1932)|HIS|The United States, last among the war-affected nations, came inevitably to the point of explosion in 1932, when all the discontents and miseries which temporarily depress the American people swept the "things that are" out of office and determined a new...
yb133138|OC|yb133138.rcv|19961014142234|00000000000000|UNITED STATES (1933)|HIS|In 1932 the United States came to the point of economic explosion; the country reached the rock bottom of the depression. On March 4, 1933, the nation welcomed Franklin D. Roosevelt as the thirty-second President of the United States, with John Nance Ga...
yb136148|OC|yb136148.rcv|19961014142253|00000000000000|UNITED STATES (1936)|HIS|In the most thoroughly contested election campaign ever held in the United States, in which the issues were carried to the voters by every means of communication known to modern propaganda, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal were given an indors...
yb125099|OC|yb125099.rcv|19961014142044|00000000000000|USSR (1925)|HIS|So far as known, there was little change during 1925 in the internal condition of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, shortened to Ussr, by using the initials of the longer name. The latter is now the legal designation of the former empire of the c...
yb166388|OC|yb166388.rcv|19961014142323|00000000000000|VIETNAM (1965)|HIS|V ietnam, the strategic "Balcony of the Pacific," became the scene of a stepped-up war that not only increasingly involved the armed forces of the United States, but also the diplomats of nearly every large nation, East and West.
yb189264|OC|yb189264.rcv|19961014142353|00000000000000|VIETNAM (1988)|HIS|Vietnam suffered grave economic problems throughout 1988 that lowered the nation's already depressed living standards. Vietnam's leaders seemed unable to cope with the country's problems, which included runaway inflation, declining industrial production...
yb122102|OC|yb122102.rcv|19961014142007|00000000000000|WIRELESS TELEPHONE (1922)|IND|A device by which the human voice or sounds from any vibrating instrument can be transmitted hundreds--even thousands--of miles without any material medium of transmission. To be told that a person may sit at home and hear a speaker, or a soloist, or an...
yb189271|OC|yb189271.rcv|19961014142354|00000000000000|YUGOSLAVIA|HIS|Yugoslavia in 1988 became more deeply mired in economic recession, with the strains of a huge foreign debt, an inflation rate that exceeded 100 per cent, and seemingly endless strikes amid widespread unemployment aggravating ethnic conflict. In fact, et...
yb128102|OC|yb128102.rcv|19961014142121|00000000000000|YUGOSLAVIA (1928)|HIS|Ancient differences in the kingdom of the Serbs, the Croats, and the Slovenes, which were set aside temporarily in the enthusiasm of forming a new European state under the Treaty of Versailles (1919), have been revived again and again since that time. Y...
yb131124|OC|yb131124.rcv|19961014142201|00000000000000|YUGOSLAVIA (1931)|HIS|Suddenly and dramatically, King Alexander of Yugoslavia made the startling announcement of the end of his dictatorship, on September 3. This unexpected action was thought to be due to the influence of France, which refused to extend credit to a country ...
yb132139|OC|yb132139.rcv|19961014142219|00000000000000|YUGOSLAVIA (1932)|HIS|In his address to Parliament on January 19, 1932, King Alexander ended the first state of the dictatorship which had been in effect since the suspension of the Constitution in 1929. The new regulations gave to Parliament and the Cabinet, rather than to ...
yb133144|OC|yb133144.rcv|19961014142234|00000000000000|YUGOSLAVIA (1933)|HIS|Various moves were made to cement friendly relations with neighboring countries, including a new pact with the Little Entente. A gathering of 130,000 celebrated the formation of a new party, advocating Yugoslav unity. Both religion and politics were sou...
yb136153|OC|yb136153.rcv|19961014142254|00000000000000|YUGOSLAVIA (1936)|HIS|Internal political strife was widespread and continuous. General unrest was prefaced by an attempt to kill Premier Stoyadinovitch while he was addressing the Chamber of Deputies, on March 6. A cabinet shakeup followed. Recurrent nationalist demonstratio...
yb166401|OC|yb166401.rcv|19961014142324|00000000000000|YUGOSLAVIA (1965)|HIS|YUGOSLAVIA embarked on what President Tito labeled its "third revolution" by closing all shops, without warning, on Saturday, July 24. (The first revolution was the overthrow of the Nazis and Fascists in 1941; the second, the 1948 break with Stalin.) On...
sy197016|OL|sy197016.rcv|19961014141951|00000000000000|ADVANCES IN COMPUTER HARDWARE|LIF|Before long, according to electronics experts, it will be possible for us to carry wallet-sized computers.
sy197017|OL|sy197017.rcv|19961014141952|00000000000000|ADVANCES IN SOFTWARE|LIF|Imagine a computer equipped with a staff of electronic helpers to assist you with your daily tasks.
sy197006|OL|sy197006.rcv|19961014141943|00000000000000|AGE OF THE UNIVERSE|PHY|Recent research suggests that the universe may be much younger than astronomers had thought. But investigators predict that further studies will resolve the controversy.
sy193014|OL|sy193014.rcv|19961014141840|00000000000000|AIRBAGS: SPLIT-SECOND PROTECTION|PHY|Airbags improve your odds of escaping serious injury or death in certain types of collisions. Using airbags with seat belts greatly improves the odds.
ma192012|OL|ma192012.rcv|19961014141707|00000000000000|APOCALYPSE THEN: A HISTORY OF PLAGUE|HIS|During the 1300's, a mysterious and deadly disease wiped out a third of Europe--roughly 20 million people.
ma196014|OL|ma196014.rcv|19961014141822|00000000000000|ARE WE WINNING THE WAR ON CANCER?|LIF|The battle waged on so many fronts has not been won, but there have been gains and the arsenal of weapons is expanding.
ma193010|OL|ma193010.rcv|19961014141718|00000000000000|ASPIRIN: FROM HEADACHES TO HEART ATTACKS|LIF|People have been taking aspirin for generations to relieve pain and reduce fever. Yet scientists continue to find new uses for this remarkable drug.
ma195012|OL|ma195012.rcv|19961014141800|00000000000000|BAGGING THE ULCER BUG|LIF|Medical researchers have found evidence that bacteria cause most ulcers and that antibiotics can cure these ulcers for good.
ma193004|OL|ma193004.rcv|19961014141712|00000000000000|BATTLING MALARIA IN THE TROPICS|LIF|This disease, transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito, remains a major health problem in the tropics despite decades of eradication efforts.
ma194013|OL|ma194013.rcv|19961014141740|00000000000000|BERNADINE HEALY TALKS ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH|LIF|Shortly before the director of the National Institutes of Health stepped down in June 1993, she spoke with the editors of the Health & Medical Annual.
sy194006|OL|sy194006.rcv|19961014141852|00000000000000|BEWARE THE EXOTIC INVADERS|LIF|By JAMES A. DRAKE, JEFFREY R. DUNCAN, AND K. JILL McAFEE Introduced species--plants and animals purposefully or accidentally transported to new habitats--can cause ecological disasters.
sy195013|OL|sy195013.rcv|19961014141917|00000000000000|BIOMASS ENERGY|PHY|Biomass fuel, or fuel derived from living plants, offers ecological benefits and may provide farmers with a useful cash crop.
ma195023|OL|ma195023.rcv|19961014141810|00000000000000|CAN VITAMINS HELP PREVENT CANCER?|LIF|Researchers are looking at the disease-fighting powers of vitamins and other nutrients in such everyday foods as broccoli and carrots.
yb192004|OL|yb192004.rcv|19961014142357|00000000000000|CANADA AND QUEBEC AT A CROSSROADS|SOC|Long-standing cultural and political tensions between the English-speaking majority of Canada and French-speaking Quebec have led this province to the brink of secession from Canada.
ma192016|OL|ma192016.rcv|19961014141708|00000000000000|CARING FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL|HUM|Rather than subject people with incurable diseases to often futile treatment, hospices help make their final days as comfortable as possible.
sy196018|OL|sy196018.rcv|19961014141936|00000000000000|CD-ROM'S: MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING ON A SILVER PLATTER|IND|What are CD-ROM's and how do they work? How do I join the CD-ROM revolution?
yb192001|OL|yb192001.rcv|19961014142355|00000000000000|A CHAMPION OF CIVIL RIGHTS|HIS|Thurgood Marshall retired from the Supreme Court in 1991 and died in 1993. He had been a tireless advocate for civil rights and the poor--and a dissenting voice on an increasingly conservative high court.
ma196023|OL|ma196023.rcv|19961014141828|00000000000000|CHANGING LIFETIME DIET NEEDS|LIF|From the first days of life to the last, the food we eat influences our health. Although human beings all require the same basic nutrients, the amounts and proportions of those nutrients change with age.
sy194003|OL|sy194003.rcv|19961014141850|00000000000000|CHEMISTRY IN A TUBE OF TOOTHPASTE|PHY|No description available
ma194015|OL|ma194015.rcv|19961014141741|00000000000000|CHOOSING A HEARING AID|LIF|At the turn of the century, hearing aids were large, unwieldy contraptions that provided little help to people with severe hearing loss. Today, the situation is quite different.
sy194005|OL|sy194005.rcv|19961014141851|00000000000000|CHOOSING THE RIGHT LIGHT|PHY|No description available
ma194005|OL|ma194005.rcv|19961014141733|00000000000000|CLEARING CLOGGED ARTERIES|LIF|Fatty deposits in arteries can cut off blood supply to the heart, brain, and other tissues. But a wide variety of techniques allows physicians to locate and clear blockages in arteries.
sy194002|OL|sy194002.rcv|19961014141849|00000000000000|CLEARING THE AIR ABOUT ELECTRONIC AIR CLEANERS|PHY|No description available
sy193004|OL|sy193004.rcv|19961014141834|00000000000000|CLEARING THE AIR WITH CLEANER CARS|PHY|To meet increasingly strict pollution-control regulations, scientists and engineers are continuing decades of refinements in the design of automobile engines and fuels.
ma192007|OL|ma192007.rcv|19961014141701|00000000000000|CLOSING IN ON PARKINSON'S DISEASE|LIF|Scientists believe they are close to finding the cause--or causes--of Parkinson's disease, a brain disorder that results in a gradual loss of muscle control.
ma196004|OL|ma196004.rcv|19961014141814|00000000000000|COCHLEAR IMPLANTS: DELIVERING SOUND TO THE DEAF|LIF|Cochlear implants can help some profoundly deaf people hear. But experts stress that the implant is not for everyone.
ma192009|OL|ma192009.rcv|19961014141703|00000000000000|COMBATING PROSTATE CANCER|LIF|Prostate cancer kills about 32,000 men each year in the United States. With early detection, many of those lives could be saved.
sy196003|OL|sy196003.rcv|19961014141927|00000000000000|COMETS AND COLLISIONS|PHY|The spectacular comet strikes on Jupiter in 1994 showed that the solar system can be a very dangerous place.
yb196003|OL|yb196003.rcv|19961014142442|00000000000000|COMIC STRIP AT 100|HUM|No description available
sy197018|OL|sy197018.rcv|19961014141953|00000000000000|COMPUTER NETWORKS|LIF|While personal computers (PC's) dramatically increase the amounts of work that individuals can accomplish independently, much of our work--whether for school or business--depends upon interaction with others.
ma194024|OL|ma194024.rcv|19961014141747|00000000000000|CONFIDENTIALITY VERSUS DISCLOSURE|SOC|Issues involving the privacy and the confidentiality of medical information are of central concern to physicians and patients alike.
ma195021|OL|ma195021.rcv|19961014141808|00000000000000|COPING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE|LIF|Alzheimer's disease robs a person of the very things that constitute the self--memory, reasoning ability, and judgment--and it can devastate families. But help is available.
ma193019|OL|ma193019.rcv|19961014141726|00000000000000|CREATING A FAMILY HEALTH HISTORY|LIF|Everyday, scientists are learning more about the location and structure of all of our genes (the hereditary material that dictates all of our cells' functions and defines our physical characteristics). Armed with this knowledge, scientists will be bette...
yb193004|OL|yb193004.rcv|19961014142412|00000000000000|CREATING NUNAVUT|SOC|Canada has agreed to carve out a large section of the Northwest Territories as a homeland for its native Inuit people.
ma194019|OL|ma194019.rcv|19961014141744|00000000000000|CUTTING COSTS WITH GENERIC DRUGS|LIF|One of the most common choices American consumers face is that between brand-name products and their lower-priced generic counterparts.
ma196022|OL|ma196022.rcv|19961014141828|00000000000000|DECIPHERING FOOD LABELS|SOC|Redesigned food labels make it easier to judge whether a particular processed food is a nutritious choice.
ma192001|OL|ma192001.rcv|19961014141656|00000000000000|DEFEATING DRUG DEPENDENCY|LIF|Breaking the devastating habit of drug abuse can be a daunting--and sometimes deadly--challenge. But for many people, the right drug treatment program can make the difference.
sy194009|OL|sy194009.rcv|19961014141855|00000000000000|DESIGNING "SMART" STRUCTURES|PHY|Engineers are beginning to make buildings and other structures that monitor themselves and their surroundings and alter their shape to deal with changes--all without human intervention.
yb196001|OL|yb196001.rcv|19961014142440|00000000000000|DESIGNING FOR DISASTERS|IND|The destruction caused by earthquakes and hurricanes can be minimized with good design and solid construction.
ma193009|OL|ma193009.rcv|19961014141717|00000000000000|DOWN-AND-OUT WITH THE FLU|LIF|Influenza leaves millions of people feeling miserable each winter--and for some, the disease and its complications can prove fatal. The good news is that most cases of flu can be prevented.
yb192011|OL|yb192011.rcv|19961014142402|00000000000000|DR. SEUSS: OH, THE PLACES HE TOOK US!|HUM|No description available
ma195020|OL|ma195020.rcv|19961014141806|00000000000000|DR. SPOCK TALKS ABOUT RAISING CHILDREN TODAY|LIF|America's foremost baby doctor talks about how the problems that parents face have changed since the first edition of his best-selling Baby and Child Care appeared in 1946.
ma196005|OL|ma196005.rcv|19961014141815|00000000000000|DRAWING FROM YOUR OWN BLOOD BANK|LIF|The public blood supply has never been safer, but donating your own blood before surgery can eliminate the slight chance of disease transmission.
sy193021|OL|sy193021.rcv|19961014141845|00000000000000|EARTH'S THREATENED OZONE LAYER|PHY|One of the most disturbing aspects of the changes in Earth is the rate at which chemical pollutants produced by human activity are destroying the protective layer of ozone in Earth's upper atmosphere.
yb196011|OL|yb196011.rcv|19961014142450|00000000000000|EMERGING DISEASES|LIF|Deadly new infections and old diseases once thought to have been conquered are breaking out in many places around the world.
sy193018|OL|sy193018.rcv|19961014141842|00000000000000|ENERGYGUIDE LABELS: HELP FOR THE APPLIANCE SHOPPER|IND|Operating home appliances costs consumers in the United States about $100 billion a year in gas, fuel oil, and electricity bills--more than $1,000 for the average household. The U.S. government has lent a helping hand to consumers trying to lower their ...
yb193013|OL|yb193013.rcv|19961014142419|00000000000000|ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN GOES GLOBAL|IND|Despite the differences between industrialized nations and developing nations, the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992 may have ushered in a new era in forging international environmental agreements.
sy196020|OL|sy196020.rcv|19961014141938|00000000000000|ENVIRONMENTALLY KINDER COOLANTS|IND|Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's), which have been blamed for ozone depletion, will no longer be used in cooling and refrigeration devices.
ma195005|OL|ma195005.rcv|19961014141754|00000000000000|ETHICAL ISSUES ABOUT GENETICS|LIF|From the time genetic engineering techniques were developed in the 1970's, people have worried about the consequences of this new technology. At first,
ma195014|OL|ma195014.rcv|19961014141802|00000000000000|EXERCISE: THE GAIN MADE PLAIN|LIF|We've all heard that exercise is good for us, but just how does it benefit the body and how can you make the most of these benefits?
ma194009|OL|ma194009.rcv|19961014141737|00000000000000|EXPLORING THE FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID|LIF|To help people eat healthful diets, the United States Department of Agriculture has designed a new food program that incorporates the latest nutritional wisdom.
yb195004|OL|yb195004.rcv|19961014142433|00000000000000|FIGHTING CRIME IN AMERICA|SOC|New approaches to fighting crime were part of federal crime legislation enacted in 1994, but will the new law be effective in deterring crime?
sy194015|OL|sy194015.rcv|19961014141900|00000000000000|FIXING HUBBLE'S TROUBLES|PHY|After it was first launched, astronomers had to compensate for flaws in the Hubble Space Telescope--and plan for a daring repair
sy196011|OL|sy196011.rcv|19961014141932|00000000000000|FOUND--THE TOP QUARK|PHY|Physicists have finally confirmed the existence of a subatomic particle that may be the last remaining fundamental building block of the universe.
ma195009|OL|ma195009.rcv|19961014141757|00000000000000|FRIENDS INDEED: PETS AND YOUR HEALTH|REC|We tend to think of dogs and cats as enriching the lives of children. But many adults without children also own pets.
sy194024|OL|sy194024.rcv|19961014141905|00000000000000|FUTURE CHALLENGES IN COSMOLOGY|PHY|No description available
sy195010|OL|sy195010.rcv|19961014141914|00000000000000|GEARING UP FOR THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY|IND|A vast communications network, now being developed, may someday link every telephone, television, and computer in the world.
ma195003|OL|ma195003.rcv|19961014141753|00000000000000|GENETIC MEDICINE:THE NEXT REVOLUTION|LIF|The practice of medicine has undergone several revolutionary changes in the past 150 years.
sy195014|OL|sy195014.rcv|19961014141917|00000000000000|GEOTHERMAL ENERGY|PHY|Geothermal energy, an important renewable energy resource, is most readily available in regions near the intersection of tectonic plates.
ma196009|OL|ma196009.rcv|19961014141819|00000000000000|GERM WARFARE: BATTLING THE STREP A "BUG"|LIF|Although group A strep infections have made headlines in recent years, most of the time, they're just strep throats.
ma195025|OL|ma195025.rcv|19961014141812|00000000000000|GETTING A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP|LIF|Studies indicate that most Americans are not getting the sleep they need. Some simple steps can help improve both the quantity and the quality of your sleep.
sy193009|OL|sy193009.rcv|19961014141838|00000000000000|GETTING THE FAT (AND SUGAR) OUT|LIF|Chemists and food technologists are creating low-calorie substitutes for fat and sugar. But designing a tasty, safe, and practical product isn't easy.
ma195006|OL|ma195006.rcv|19961014141755|00000000000000|A GUIDE TO DRY SKIN AND MOISTURIZERS|LIF|Dry skin, known medically as xerosis, is one of the most common skin disorders and one that I and my colleagues in the field of dermatology often see.
yb195003|OL|yb195003.rcv|19961014142432|00000000000000|GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY BY A HAIR?|LIF|The widely publicized murder trial of O.J. Simpson focused the public's attention on the use of DNA testing in criminal investigations.
sy197013|OL|sy197013.rcv|19961014141949|00000000000000|HAIR CHEMISTRY|LIF|If you think chemistry has nothing to do with your everyday life, take a look in the mirror and think again. Specifically, look at your hair.
ma196010|OL|ma196010.rcv|19961014141820|00000000000000|HEADACHE: COMPLEX PAIN WITH ORIGINS IN THE BRAIN|LIF|Recent research points to biochemical changes in the brain as the root of most headache pain. It's also yielding new treatments.
ma192006|OL|ma192006.rcv|19961014141700|00000000000000|HEALTHY MOTHERS, HEALTHY BABIES|LIF|By taking care of their own health and seeking prenatal care, women today have far greater opportunities than ever before to have a healthy baby.
ma193014|OL|ma193014.rcv|19961014141722|00000000000000|HEALTHY TRAVELING|LIF|There are few experiences quite as exciting as heading off, suitcase in hand, to a far-off destination. And there are few experiences quite as miserable as becoming sick after you get there.
sy196014|OL|sy196014.rcv|19961014141935|00000000000000|HISTORY OF ATTEMPTS TO SAVE SPECIES|LIF|Species preservation is not a new concern, though the movement has gained momentum in recent years. Many challenges lie ahead, however.
ma195017|OL|ma195017.rcv|19961014141804|00000000000000|HOME, SAFE HOME|SOC|Each year, thousands of Americans die in accidents that occur in and around their own homes. With planning and vigilance, most home accidents and injuries can be prevented.
ma196006|OL|ma196006.rcv|19961014141816|00000000000000|HOW CHILDREN LEARN TO TALK|HUM|It takes only a few years for children to understand and use language effectively. Researchers are beginning to learn just how they do it.
sy194001|OL|sy194001.rcv|19961014141848|00000000000000|HOW ELECTRONIC LOCKS WORK|PHY|No description available
ma195002|OL|ma195002.rcv|19961014141752|00000000000000|HOW GENES CAUSE DISEASE|LIF|The genetic variations that make each person unique are a mixed blessing. On the one hand, they are a source of our individuality, influencing everything from our eye color to our temperament. On the other hand, they can be a source of debility and dise...
ma196008|OL|ma196008.rcv|19961014141818|00000000000000|HOW MUCH EXERCISE IS ENOUGH?|LIF|Exercise doesn't have to wear you out to yield health benefits, but it should be fairly vigorous.
ma193005|OL|ma193005.rcv|19961014141713|00000000000000|HOW SAFE IS OUR DRINKING WATER|LIF|Most drinking water in the United States is clear and free of disease-causing microorganisms. But other contaminants that may be present are raising concerns.
sy196005|OL|sy196005.rcv|19961014141929|00000000000000|HUNTING FOR CANCER GENES|LIF|By the mid-1990's, scientists had uncovered many of the genetic flaws responsible for the devastating disease called cancer. But much more remains to be discovered.
ma196012|OL|ma196012.rcv|19961014141821|00000000000000|HYPERTENSION: A TICKING TIME BOMB|LIF|High blood pressure can cause serious harm while producing fewsymptoms. But it can be controlled.
ma196024|OL|ma196024.rcv|19961014141829|00000000000000|IDEAL WEIGHT: SCIENCE OR FASHION?|LIF|How have guidelines on recommended weights changed, and how much science stands behind the changes?
yb194003|OL|yb194003.rcv|19961014142423|00000000000000|ITALY CONFRONTS THE MAFIA|HIS|How did a secret criminal organization that originated in Sicily in the 1860's infiltrate the top levels of the Italian government?
ma194021|OL|ma194021.rcv|19961014141745|00000000000000|JET LAG AND OUR BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS|LIF|Every international traveler is familiar with the problems caused by flying across multiple time zones.
ma192010|OL|ma192010.rcv|19961014141704|00000000000000|LEARNING TO TREAT SCHIZOPHRENIA|LIF|Schizophrenia's symptoms--delusions, hallucinations, and profoundly disorganized thoughts--bring anguish to patients and their families. But there is hope for recovery.
sy197008|OL|sy197008.rcv|19961014141945|00000000000000|LESSONS FROM LAKE ERIE|LIF|For years, people equated Lake Erie with pollution. But vigorous cleanup efforts have restored much of the lake's ecology.
ma193013|OL|ma193013.rcv|19961014141721|00000000000000|LIVING LONG, GOING STRONG|LIF|As America's "baby boomers" move into middle age and more people live well beyond their 60's, researchers are exploring why the body ages and how we might fend off aging's effects.
sy197015|OL|sy197015.rcv|19961014141950|00000000000000|A LOOK BACK AT COMPUTERS|LIF|The computer has changed our lives so rapidly and so dramatically that it is hard to remember a time without computers.
sy197010|OL|sy197010.rcv|19961014141946|00000000000000|LOUD MUSIC'S ASSAULT ON YOUR HEARING|LIF|While many people feel that the music of such rock-and-roll legends as Rod Stewart and The Who's Pete Townshend has held up fairly well over the years, the performers themselves admit that they--or at least their ears--are somewhat the worse for wear.
ma193007|OL|ma193007.rcv|19961014141715|00000000000000|LUNG CANCER: AN EASY CANCER TO PREVENT|LIF|Lung cancer, the deadliest cancer in the United States, is among the easiest to prevent, largely by avoiding such factors as cigarette smoke, radioactive radon gas in the soil, and certain industrial substances.
ma195004|OL|ma195004.rcv|19961014141753|00000000000000|MAPPING OUR GENES|LIF|Genetic researchers in the mid-1980's conceived a bold vision: a "map" of the human genome.
sy194016|OL|sy194016.rcv|19961014141901|00000000000000|MAPPING THE HUMAN BRAIN|LIF|BY YVONNE BASKIN Techniques that can track brain activity are helping to expand our understanding of the body's most mysterious organ.
yb194002|OL|yb194002.rcv|19961014142422|00000000000000|MARIAN ANDERSON: A VOICE HEARD ONCE IN 100 YEARS|PHY|A singer known for her great range and for her unique part in a landmark civil rights protest dies at the age of 96. By Ellen Pfeifer
yb193010|OL|yb193010.rcv|19961014142415|00000000000000|MARLENE DIETRICH: A LEGEND PASSES|HUM|Marlene Dietrich, who died in 1992, transcended her remarkable film and cabaret careers to become a cultural icon.
ma192004|OL|ma192004.rcv|19961014141658|00000000000000|MEASLES ON THE RISE|LIF|Although a vaccine had almost eliminated measles in the United States by 1983, the disease is again on the rise. Here's a look at who is at risk--and why.
ma193016|OL|ma193016.rcv|19961014141723|00000000000000|MEDICAL TALES FROM THE CRYPT|LIF|By studying ancient human remains, researchers are gaining new insights into diseases that have afflicted humanity throughout the centuries.
ma195024|OL|ma195024.rcv|19961014141811|00000000000000|MEDICINES FOR THE MIND|LIF|An arsenal of psychiatric drugs, which includes the widely prescribed antidepressant Prozac, can treat a range of mental disorders--disorders that affect millions of Americans.
yb195009|OL|yb195009.rcv|19961014142437|00000000000000|NEW ERA FOR SOUTH AFRICA|SOC|South Africa's first free multiracial elections in April 1994 finally ended the system of apartheid (racial segregation), but the new government faced the difficult task of raising the living standards of the largely impoverished black majority.
yb194001|OL|yb194001.rcv|19961014142421|00000000000000|NEW FEARS ABOUT URBAN GANGS|SOC|Social scientists are working to understand why street gangs are a growing presence in America's urban centers.
sy195003|OL|sy195003.rcv|19961014141909|00000000000000|A NEW LOOK AT THE ENDANGERED CHEETAH|LIF|For years, scientists thought genetic problems in the cheetah were helping doom the swift cat to extinction. But new research is casting doubt on that view.
ma192003|OL|ma192003.rcv|19961014141657|00000000000000|NEW OPTIONS FOR TREATING GALLSTONES|LIF|New treatments can relieve the painful symptoms of gallstones without the discomfort and lengthy recuperation time of traditional surgery.
sy196004|OL|sy196004.rcv|19961014141928|00000000000000|NEW TOOLS OF THE FORENSIC SCIENTIST|PHY|Seeking obscure traces of evidence and linking them to criminal suspects is the work of the forensic scientist. As technology has advanced, so have the tools of forensics.
sy197019|OL|sy197019.rcv|19961014141954|00000000000000|ON COMPUTING'S FAR FRONTIER|LIF|The computer revolution has grown mainly through continuous improvements to electronic integrated circuits.
ma194025|OL|ma194025.rcv|19961014141748|00000000000000|ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION ISSUES|LIF|Since the first skin grafts were performed in the 1800's, organ transplantation has progressed from an experimental and risky procedure to a standard operation.
yb192013|OL|yb192013.rcv|19961014142403|00000000000000|OUR PRECIOUS GROUND WATER|IND|Natural underground reservoirs of water, which provide drinking water for millions of people and irrigation for many farms, are threatened by overuse and by pollution from many sources.
yb196004|OL|yb196004.rcv|19961014142443|00000000000000|OVERFISHING|HIS|Overfishing has severely depleted the world's fish stocks and created painful choices in the effort to rebuild an essential natural resource.
sy195023|OL|sy195023.rcv|19961014141923|00000000000000|PAPER OR PLASTIC: WHICH BAG IS BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT?|IND|Which kind of grocery bag is more environment-friendly--paper or plastic? The choice is not a simple one.
ma192008|OL|ma192008.rcv|19961014141702|00000000000000|PNEUMONIA STILL CAN BE A KILLER|LIF|Most people no longer think of pneumonia as a life-threatening illness. But the ailment, which strikes about 2 million Americans each year, ranks as the sixth leading cause of death.
ma192011|OL|ma192011.rcv|19961014141706|00000000000000|POISON ON A PLATE|LIF|What caused Canada's largest outbreak of botulism, a deadly form of food poisoning? A team of disease detectives turned up an unlikely suspect.
ma196003|OL|ma196003.rcv|19961014141813|00000000000000|POISON ON THE MENU|SOC|A few precautions can help protect us from the microbes and toxins that sometimes contaminate food.
sy193020|OL|sy193020.rcv|19961014141845|00000000000000|POLLUTING THE EARTH|IND|As the human population grows, pollution from human activity also increases. Many activities--such as driving automobiles, farming, manufacturing, and power generation--release pollutants into the air, water, or soil. Common results of such pollution ar...
ma196015|OL|ma196015.rcv|19961014141823|00000000000000|PREGNANCY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY|LIF|Advances in reproductive technology have made it possible for many couples who were unable to conceive to realize their dreams of parenthood.
ma193015|OL|ma193015.rcv|19961014141722|00000000000000|PREPARING A LIVING WILL|SOC|No matter what your age or health, a sudden illness or accident could leave you unable to communicate decisions about your health care.
sy195020|OL|sy195020.rcv|19961014141922|00000000000000|PRESERVING YOUR FAMILY'S KEEPSAKES|IND|Factors in the atmosphere, such as heat and humidity, steadily degrade photographs, film, audio and video media, and paper documents.
ma193012|OL|ma193012.rcv|19961014141720|00000000000000|PROBING THE MYSTERIES OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS|LIF|Although there is no cure for multiple sclerosis, scientists are making great strides in understanding this mysterious disease of the brain and spinal cord.
ma194027|OL|ma194027.rcv|19961014141750|00000000000000|RATIONING HEALTH CARE|SOC|By the 1990's, the United States health-care system was in crisis. Costs had soared, but even so, about 37 million Americans were uninsured, and researchers estimated that perhaps another 50 million were underinsured.
sy197014|OL|sy197014.rcv|19961014141950|00000000000000|RECYCLING USED MOTOR OIL|LIF|Someone changes the oil in his or her car. Instead of taking the old oil to a filling station to be recycled, he or she lets it drain onto the ground or pours it down a storm drain. Is it convenient? Yes. Is it harmless? Definitely not.
yb195010|OL|yb195010.rcv|19961014142438|00000000000000|REGULATING THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY|IND|A new era in telecommunications raises questions about who will have access to the coming information highway.
ma194026|OL|ma194026.rcv|19961014141749|00000000000000|RESEARCH ON HUMAN BEINGS|LIF|Concern about standards for protecting human beings involved in medical research arose in the period immediately following World War II (1939-1945).
ma196025|OL|ma196025.rcv|19961014141830|00000000000000|RESTORING FAMILY MEALTIME|LIF|Overflowing schedules threaten the family meal, a ritual that serves psychological and nutritional needs.
yb195005|OL|yb195005.rcv|19961014142434|00000000000000|RICHARD NIXON: HOW WILL HISTORY JUDGE HIS LEGACY?|HIS|Richard M. Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, died in April 1994, but controversies about his political career live on and probably will be revisited by historians for years to come.
yb194005|OL|yb194005.rcv|19961014142425|00000000000000|RUDOLF NUREYEV: A BALLET LEGEND PASSES|HUM|Dancer and choreographer Rudolf Nureyev brought a special grace, power, and charisma to the world of ballet.
ma196001|OL|ma196001.rcv|19961014141813|00000000000000|SAFE HIKING|REC|Having the right skills, knowledge and equipment is the best way to ensure that a hike ends without mishap.
ma193011|OL|ma193011.rcv|19961014141719|00000000000000|SAVING LIVES: THE PROMISE OF CANCER THERAPY|LIF|New ways of delivering cancer treatments, along with techniques that enable patients to cope better, are making the experience less unpleasant while increasing the cure rates for many cancers.
sy194011|OL|sy194011.rcv|19961014141856|00000000000000|SCIENCE GOES TO THE MOVIES|PHY|Science-fiction movies treat us to imaginative visions of different worlds and altered people. But could onscreen events happen in real life?
sy193005|OL|sy193005.rcv|19961014141835|00000000000000|SCIENCE STALKS THE DOMESTIC CAT|LIF|Research on the domestic cat spotlights the animal's unusual physical characteristics--and the conflict between cats' natural behaviors and the human world.
sy195019|OL|sy195019.rcv|19961014141921|00000000000000|A SCIENTIFIC LOOK AT SPORTS DRINKS|LIF|A "sports drink" can replace fluids and nutrients lost during exercise.
sy196019|OL|sy196019.rcv|19961014141937|00000000000000|SELECTING ATHLETIC SHOES, SCIENTIFICALLY|REC|Selecting the right pair of shoes for a sports activity is serious business. Here are some guidelines.
ma194017|OL|ma194017.rcv|19961014141742|00000000000000|SELECTING QUALITY DAY CARE|SOC|The need for quality day care is at a high.
ma193003|OL|ma193003.rcv|19961014141711|00000000000000|SNEEZING SEASON|LIF|Many allergy sufferers don't need a calendar to tell the seasons apart--bouts of sneezing, a runny nose, and itchy eyes announce what time of year it is. But there is relief from the torment.
sy195022|OL|sy195022.rcv|19961014141922|00000000000000|SNUFFING OUT THE SNIFFLES|LIF|No one escapes the misery of colds, yet scientists have failed to find a cure. Many medications alleviate symptoms, however.
sy195015|OL|sy195015.rcv|19961014141918|00000000000000|SOLAR ENERGY|PHY|Technology offers two methods for generating electricity from solar energy. In one method, the sun's heat is concentrated to produce steam; in the other, photovoltaic cells directly convert sunlight to electricity.
ma195013|OL|ma195013.rcv|19961014141801|00000000000000|STANDING TALL: WHY POSTURE MATTERS|LIF|Parents have probably always admonished children, especially adolescents, to stand up straight.
sy193002|OL|sy193002.rcv|19961014141832|00000000000000|STONES FROM SPACE|PHY|Meteorite collisions with Earth may have helped shape the history of life on this planet. The rocks themselves hold clues to the formation of the solar system billions of years ago.
ma194001|OL|ma194001.rcv|19961014141729|00000000000000|STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT MENOPAUSE|LIF|Some 40 million United States baby boomers have begun to approach menopause. They will expect straightforward information about a transition long shrouded in myth.
sy194021|OL|sy194021.rcv|19961014141904|00000000000000|A SUBATOMIC VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE|PHY|No description available
ma193021|OL|ma193021.rcv|19961014141727|00000000000000|TAKING A LOOK AT CONTACT LENSES|LIF|When contact lenses were first developed about 100 years ago, only the bravest and most determined people could tolerate wearing them, and then only for a few hours at most. That was because these large, early lenses were made of glass shaped by being p...
ma194008|OL|ma194008.rcv|19961014141736|00000000000000|TALKING TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT DRUGS|LIF|Parents cannot count on keeping drugs away from their children, but they can help keep their children away from drugs.
yb192006|OL|yb192006.rcv|19961014142358|00000000000000|THE 1990 CENSUS: AN AMERICAN SELF-PORTRAIT|SOC|The latest figures from the United States Bureau of the Census reveal a changing picture of who Americans are and where and how they live.
yb193012|OL|yb193012.rcv|19961014142418|00000000000000|THE 1992 OLYMPICS|REC|National borders may have changed, but the Olympic spirit endured as the world's best athletes performed in France and Spain.
yb193003|OL|yb193003.rcv|19961014142411|00000000000000|THE AILING CITIES, THE ANGRY POOR|SOC|The Los Angeles riots focused attention on the unpleasant fact that many large U.S. cities are plagued with violence, poverty, and decay--problems that can no longer be safely ignored.
yb192007|OL|yb192007.rcv|19961014142359|00000000000000|THE ANCIENT TREASURES OF IRAQ|SOC|Some of Iraq's ancient archaeological sites and treasures were among the victims of the Persian Gulf War and the civil uprisings that followed.
yb193011|OL|yb193011.rcv|19961014142416|00000000000000|THE BALLOONING PRISON POPULATION|SOC|The "war on drugs" has led to rampant prison overcrowding, forcing officials to explore alternative punishments.
ma195001|OL|ma195001.rcv|19961014141751|00000000000000|THE BASIS OF GENETICS: GENES AND CHROMOSOMES|LIF|Genes are the basic units of heredity. They determine the characteristics that are passed from one generation to the next.
ma194010|OL|ma194010.rcv|19961014141738|00000000000000|THE BATTLE AGAINST LEUKEMIA|LIF|As medical science develops better treatments, survival rates continue to rise for those afflicted with this cancer of the blood-forming tissues.
sy195006|OL|sy195006.rcv|19961014141911|00000000000000|THE BIGGEST ERUPTIONS ON EARTH|PHY|Volcanic eruptions of almost unimaginable size shook the Earth in prehistoric times. Geologists say we may live to see another big one.
sy194014|OL|sy194014.rcv|19961014141859|00000000000000|THE CASE OF THE MISSING SONGBIRDS|LIF|American songbird populations are mysteriously declining, and scientists want to find out why.
yb195001|OL|yb195001.rcv|19961014142430|00000000000000|THE CHANGING FACE OF AIDS|LIF|Formerly seen mainly in Africa and among homosexual men in the West, the AIDS epidemic has spread to parts of Asia and among women and intravenous drug users.
sy193016|OL|sy193016.rcv|19961014141841|00000000000000|THE CHEMISTRY OF CLEANING CLOTHES|PHY|Have you ever wondered how a cup of detergent cleans soiled jeans, towels, socks, and other articles in your wash, or how cleaning fluid at the dry cleaner whisks away that grease stain from your suit?
sy196021|OL|sy196021.rcv|19961014141939|00000000000000|THE CHEMISTRY OF COSMETICS|SOC|Cosmetics consist of chemicals that are potentially irritating, or even toxic, to the skin. Become an informed consumer.
ma194004|OL|ma194004.rcv|19961014141732|00000000000000|THE COMPUTER WILL SEE YOU NOW|PHY|By helping doctors diagnose ailments, plan surgeries, and monitor patients, computers may become as common a tool in medicine as the stethoscope and scalpel.
sy195016|OL|sy195016.rcv|19961014141919|00000000000000|THE COST OF TAMING A RIVER|GEO|The severe floods of 1993 and 1994 highlighted the potential drawbacks of altering rivers--increased flood damage and disrupted ecosystems.
yb194009|OL|yb194009.rcv|19961014142427|00000000000000|THE DANGERS OF PASSIVE SMOKING|LIF|The health risks of cigarette smoking are not confined to smokers but extend to illnesses such as lung cancer and asthma in nonsmokers, said the United States Environmental Protection Agency. By John Grossmann
yb194006|OL|yb194006.rcv|19961014142425|00000000000000|THE DEBATE OVER NAFTA|HIS|Supporters said the North American Free Trade Agreement would spur an economic boom, but critics said it would cost jobs and create more pollution.
yb193014|OL|yb193014.rcv|19961014142420|00000000000000|THE FIGHT FOR AMERICA'S PUBLIC LANDS|SOC|America's national forests and other federal public lands have become a bitter battleground on which private industry and conservationists are contending for very different interests.
yb192014|OL|yb192014.rcv|19961014142404|00000000000000|THE FLAP OVER RAP|HUM|While debates about the controversial and uncensored lyrics of some rappers continue to flare up, the music is becoming more popular than ever.
sy194023|OL|sy194023.rcv|19961014141904|00000000000000|THE FORMATION OF GALAXIES AND OTHER STRUCTURES|PHY|No description available
ma194022|OL|ma194022.rcv|19961014141746|00000000000000|THE FOUNDATIONS OF MEDICAL ETHICS|HUM|In a solemn ceremony carried out each year at medical schools around the United States, new ngraduates swear to uphold a 2,500-year-old code of ethics--the Hippocratic oath.
sy196002|OL|sy196002.rcv|19961014141926|00000000000000|THE FRAGILE WILDERNESS OF CAVES|PHY|Sightless creatures and fantastic formations exist in a dark universe below ground, where even the breath of human visitors can alter the delicate ecological balance.
sy193022|OL|sy193022.rcv|19961014141846|00000000000000|THE GLOBAL WARMING ISSUE|PHY|Since the early 1970's, Earth's average surface air temperature has increased rapidly--more rapidly than at any time in recorded history.
ma196018|OL|ma196018.rcv|19961014141825|00000000000000|THE HAZARDS OF CARBON MONOXIDE|PHY|This colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas kills hundreds of Americans in their homes each year and poisons thousands more.
sy194019|OL|sy194019.rcv|19961014141902|00000000000000|THE HISTORY OF COSMOLOGY|PHY|No description available
ma193006|OL|ma193006.rcv|19961014141714|00000000000000|THE LENGTHENING SHADOW OF TUBERCULOSIS|LIF|Doctors thought that tuberculosis was nearly eliminated in the United States in the early 1980's. But the disease is staging an alarming comeback. TB cases-- including some that are resistant to all drugs-- are on the rise.
yb193009|OL|yb193009.rcv|19961014142414|00000000000000|THE LITERARY LEGACY OF ISAAC ASIMOV|HUM|Isaac Asimov died in 1992. He left a profound literary legacy in the fields of science fiction, popular science, and children's nonfiction--among others.
yb194010|OL|yb194010.rcv|19961014142428|00000000000000|THE LURE AND LORE OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS|HIS|After almost 50 years under the control of a small group of editors, fragments of ancient religious scrolls are at last available to all scholars eager to discover their significance for the history of Judaism and Christianity.
ma194003|OL|ma194003.rcv|19961014141731|00000000000000|THE LURE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE|LIF|Increasing numbers of people in the United States are turning to unconventional forms of health care, seeking relief from ailments for which mainstream medicine has not found cures.
ma195011|OL|ma195011.rcv|19961014141759|00000000000000|THE MANAGED CARE PRESCRIPTION|SOC|Even as politicians in the mid-1990's debate proposals to reform a health care system plagued by runaway costs and inadequate medical coverage, sweeping changes were already coming about in the ways medical care is financed and delivered in the United S...
ma193001|OL|ma193001.rcv|19961014141709|00000000000000|THE MANY FACES OF HEPATITIS|LIF|Hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver that sometimes results in serious damage, can be caused by any of five viruses. Here's the latest information on this group of infections.
ma196020|OL|ma196020.rcv|19961014141827|00000000000000|THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET|LIF|The Mediterranean diet rich in grains, fruits, and vegetables; offers a treat for the palate as well as the heart.
yb195012|OL|yb195012.rcv|19961014142439|00000000000000|THE NEW AQUARIUMS|PHY|Innovative technologies have allowed aquariums in the United States and around the world to provide more realistic views of the underwater world.
yb193002|OL|yb193002.rcv|19961014142410|00000000000000|THE NUCLEAR THREAT IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER|SOC|As the United States and the former Soviet Union reduce their nuclear arsenals, smaller countries strive to acquire the means of nuclear destruction.
ma195022|OL|ma195022.rcv|19961014141809|00000000000000|THE ORIGIN OF NEW DISEASES|LIF|Although many infectious diseases have been conquered, many new ones are emerging--the result of crowding, the widespread destruction of natural habitats, and other human activities.
ma193022|OL|ma193022.rcv|19961014141728|00000000000000|THE PASSAGE THROUGH PUBERTY|LIF|Puberty brings a multitudeof physical, emotional, andbehavioral changes and setsa child on the road to adulthood.
yb193005|OL|yb193005.rcv|19961014142413|00000000000000|THE PRIVATE EDUCATION BUSINESS|SOC|Educators, parents, and politicians are debating whether market forces such as competition can help improve America's schools.
ma192005|OL|ma192005.rcv|19961014141659|00000000000000|THE PUZZLE OF PMS|LIF|Although researchers have not yet identified the cause of premenstrual syndrome--nor a cure--many women have found effective ways to cope with this frustrating condition.
ma194023|OL|ma194023.rcv|19961014141747|00000000000000|THE RIGHT TO DIE|LIF|Physicians in earlier times lacked our scientific knowledge, but they did have one advantage over modern doctors. They knew for certain when someone was dead.
sy193003|OL|sy193003.rcv|19961014141833|00000000000000|THE RISE OF ANDEAN CIVILIZATION|HIS|The Incas claimed to have invented their civilization from nothing. But archaeologists are finding evidence of rich and varied Andean cultures as early as the time of the great pyramids in Egypt.
ma194002|OL|ma194002.rcv|19961014141730|00000000000000|THE RISE OF RABIES|LIF|As a rabies epidemic spreads in the Eastern United States--chiefly among wild raccoons--health authorities stress the need for public awareness of this rare but fatal disease.
sy193008|OL|sy193008.rcv|19961014141837|00000000000000|THE SAHARA'S BLEAK "SHORE"|GEO|No description available
yb194011|OL|yb194011.rcv|19961014142429|00000000000000|THE STATES BET ON LEGALIZED GAMBLING|SOC|Seeking new sources of revenue, state governments are turning increasingly to lotteries, casino gaming, and other forms of legalized gambling, but critics warn that the social costs can be high. By William N. Thompson
sy194020|OL|sy194020.rcv|19961014141903|00000000000000|THE UNIVERSE ON THE GRAND SCALE|PHY|The nighttime sky is ablaze with light from objects near and far.
yb195002|OL|yb195002.rcv|19961014142431|00000000000000|THE WORLD REMEMBERS D-DAY|HIS|Fifty years after the historic World War II invasion that liberated France from the Germans, the Allies gather once again on the beaches of Normandy.
ma193002|OL|ma193002.rcv|19961014141710|00000000000000|THERAPY FOR THYROIDS|LIF|Disorders of the thyroid-- a small gland that affects how we feel and function-- can wreak havoc within the body. Proper treatment can help.
sy196013|OL|sy196013.rcv|19961014141934|00000000000000|THREATENED SPECIES AROUND THE WORLD|LIF|According to scientific estimates, one percent of all species have been lost to extinction in the last century. And the pace is apparently accelerating.
ma195008|OL|ma195008.rcv|19961014141757|00000000000000|TREATING BURNS|LIF|It takes only a fraction of a second. Searing flame or scalding liquid meets skin, resulting in a burn that, in most cases, requires some type of treatment.
ma196016|OL|ma196016.rcv|19961014141824|00000000000000|TREATING HEMORRHOIDS|LIF|Hemorrhoids are among the most common ailments of Americans, but there's no need to suffer from them.
ma194011|OL|ma194011.rcv|19961014141739|00000000000000|TREATING INSECT BITES|LIF|They are the uninvited guests during picnics or walks in the woods: ants, mosquitoes, flies, bees, and fleas.
yb192003|OL|yb192003.rcv|19961014142356|00000000000000|A TROUBLED PAST; A CLOUDY FUTURE FOR THE BALKANS|HIS|Bitter conflicts that led to civil war in what had been Yugoslavia are rooted deep in that troubled region's past.
yb192010|OL|yb192010.rcv|19961014142401|00000000000000|TWO LEGENDS OF DANCE|HUM|The lives and artistic achievements of Martha Graham and Dame Margot Fonteyn ended the "war" between ballet and modern dance.
sy194013|OL|sy194013.rcv|19961014141858|00000000000000|UNCOVERING AFRICAN AMERICANS' BURIED PAST|SOC|Excavations at early African-American cemeteries are yielding insights about people whose lives remain little known to many Americans.
ma194014|OL|ma194014.rcv|19961014141741|00000000000000|UNDERSTANDING THE NEW FOOD LABELS|LIF|Thanks to new regulations issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in January 1993, food labels became more uniform, more complete, and more useful.
ma195019|OL|ma195019.rcv|19961014141805|00000000000000|UNDERSTANDING TYPE II DIABETES|LIF|If not carefully treated, Type II diabetes can cause devastating complications. The key to preventing these complications is the close control of blood sugar levels.
yb195007|OL|yb195007.rcv|19961014142435|00000000000000|UNIONS IN DECLINE|SOC|Recent legislative defeats for the labor movement underscore a long-term slide in union membership and influence.
ma193018|OL|ma193018.rcv|19961014141725|00000000000000|VACCINATION UPDATE|LIF|One of the greatest triumphs of medical science has been the development of vaccines that provide immunity against many infectious diseases.
yb194004|OL|yb194004.rcv|19961014142424|00000000000000|VIETNAM: EMERGING FROM A WAR-TORN PAST|HIS|Twenty years after the last U.S. troops pulled out of Vietnam in 1973, this poor Southeast Asian nation was trying to awake from a long nightmare of decline.
ma194018|OL|ma194018.rcv|19961014141743|00000000000000|VIOLENCE: A MATTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH|SOC|Millions of Americans are killed or injured in violent assaults each year. Public health professionals are working to quell this "violence epidemic."
yb192008|OL|yb192008.rcv|19961014142359|00000000000000|WAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF|HIS|Using massive air strikes and surprise movements by troops on the ground, an international military force spearheaded by the United States drove Iraqi invaders from the oil-rich nation of Kuwait.
sy197011|OL|sy197011.rcv|19961014141947|00000000000000|WATER IN A BOTTLE VS. TAP|LIF|Americans have a growing thirst for bottled water. In the mid-1990's, they were drinking more than 10 billion liters (2.6 billion gallons) of bottled water a year, about five times as much as they consumed in 1980.
sy195002|OL|sy195002.rcv|19961014141908|00000000000000|WELCOME TO THE VIRTUAL WORLD|PHY|Virtual reality technology will allow computer users to experience sights, sounds, and sensations that mimic those of the real world.
sy193001|OL|sy193001.rcv|19961014141831|00000000000000|WETLANDS: MIRED IN CONTROVERSY|LIF|As citizens debate wetlands policy, scientists are learning more about how these ecosystems purify water, control flooding, and support plants and animals.
yb193008|OL|yb193008.rcv|19961014142413|00000000000000|WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE U.S. JOB MARKET?|SOC|Global competition, technological change, and layoffs are fueling anxiety about the loss of American jobs.
ma194007|OL|ma194007.rcv|19961014141735|00000000000000|WHAT PARENTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DYSLEXIA|LIF|People with dyslexia have trouble with written or spoken communication, but therapy--especially if begun at an early age--can help many dyslexic children overcome their difficulties.
ma195007|OL|ma195007.rcv|19961014141756|00000000000000|WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CATARACTS|LIF|The most common surgical procedure performed in the United States in 1994 was the removal of cataracts--the nation's leading cause of vision loss. Approximately 1.5 million cataract operations are performed annually to restore sight.
ma195015|OL|ma195015.rcv|19961014141803|00000000000000|WHEN THE WORLD TURNS: DIZZINESS AND ITS CAUSES|LIF|Whether we feel just a little off-balance or as if we are spinning in space, dizziness is an unsettling sensation that can be brought on by many different causes.
ma193017|OL|ma193017.rcv|19961014141725|00000000000000|WHEN TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM|LIF|When should you go to an emergency department? Simple, say medical experts: when you think you have to.
ma196017|OL|ma196017.rcv|19961014141824|00000000000000|WHICH TO APPLY: HEAT OR COLD?|LIF|Knowing what happens when muscles and skin are injured helps in deciding whether to apply heat or cold to a minor injury.
yb193001|OL|yb193001.rcv|19961014142409|00000000000000|WHO SHOULD PAY FOR ART?|HUM|Government funding of the arts in America has been a flash point for controversy since the nation's founding.
sy193007|OL|sy193007.rcv|19961014141836|00000000000000|WHO WERE THE NEANDERTHALS?|LIF|For more than 150 years, scientists have debated whether these "other" human beings were direct ancestors of modern people or a side branch on the family tree.
yb192009|OL|yb192009.rcv|19961014142400|00000000000000|WHY COMMUNISM FAILED IN THE U.S.S.R.|SOC|After ruling the Soviet Union for 74 years, the Communist party proved to be beyond reform and, despite a last-ditch coup attempt by party stalwarts, lost power.
ma193008|OL|ma193008.rcv|19961014141716|00000000000000|WHY KIDS GET EAR INFECTIONS-- AND WHAT TO DO|LIF|Otitis media, a highly common type of ear infection, strikes almost all children and is a leading cause of doctor visits.
yb195006|OL|yb195006.rcv|19961014142434|00000000000000|WHY SPY?|SOC|The Soviet Union no longer exists. The Cold War is over. Yet the United States still spies on other countries and maintains a vast espionage network.
sy197007|OL|sy197007.rcv|19961014141944|00000000000000|WILDLIFE IN THE CITY|LIF|Abundant food, water, and habitation sitesmake American cities and suburbs irresistible to many wild animals.
sy195024|OL|sy195024.rcv|19961014141924|00000000000000|WIND POWER|PHY|Wind is a free, renewable, and clean source of energy, though an inconsistent one.
sy196022|OL|sy196022.rcv|19961014141940|00000000000000|WINDOWS TO KEEP COMFORT HIGH, ENERGY USE LOW|IND|Major strides in window technologies mean that today's new windows are thermally far more efficient than those of a generation ago.
yb196012|OL|yb196012.rcv|19961014142452|00000000000000|WORLD WAR II'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY|HIS|Looking back 50 years to 1945, the United States and its Allies celebrate a great victory.
ws960141|WS|http://www.pavilion.co.uk/HealthServices/BrightonHealthCare/mummy.ht|19961108204359|00000000000000|3-D RECONSTRUCTION OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMY USINGX-RAY COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY|HIS|A look at ancient Egypt
ws960147|WS|http://home.ust.hk/~bolupin/china/|19961108204359|00000000000000|ACADEMIC WWW SITES IN CHINA|SOC|Links to universities throughout China
ws960085|WS|http://www.acmepet.com/|19961108204359|00000000000000|ACME PET - YOUR GUIDE TO PETS ON THE INTERNET!|REC|Links to pet-related Websites
ws960092|WS|http://www.acmepet.com/exotic/|19961108204359|00000000000000|ACME PET'S EXOTIC PET DIRECTORY -YOUR GUIDE TO PETS ON THE INTERNET!|REC|Information about exotic pets such as ferrets and gerbils
ws960068|WS|http://www.akc.org/breeds.htm|19961108204359|00000000000000|AKC BREEDS|REC|How to buy a dog
ws960143|WS|http://pharos.bu.edu/Egypt/Alexandria/|19961108204359|00000000000000|ALEXANDRIA|GEO|Guide to Alexandria
ws960094|WS|http://www.umass.edu/umext/snake/|19961108204359|00000000000000|AN INTERACTIVE GUIDE TO MASSACHUSETTS SNAKES|LIF|Myths and facts about snakes
ws960071|WS|http://webzone1.co.uk/www/apbc/#index|19961108204359|00000000000000|APBC INDEX|REC|Directory to the Association of Pet Behavior Counselors
ws960088|WS|http://www.acmepet.com/fish/|19961108204359|00000000000000|AQUARIA DIRECTORY @ ACME PET - YOUR GUIDE TO FISH ON THE INTERNET!|LIF|Links to fish-related Websites
ws960090|WS|http://www.acmepet.com/bird/|19961108204359|00000000000000|AVIAN DIRECTORY @ ACME PET - YOUR GUIDE TO BIRDS ON THE INTERNET!|LIF|Links to bird-related Websites
ws960062|WS|http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/abis/|19961108204359|00000000000000|A B I S HOME PAGE|LIF|Information on plants of Andean South America
ws960114|WS|http://www.bev.net/education/SeaWorld/baleen_whales/baleen_whales.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|BALEEN WHALES|LIF|Detailed scientific information on life and conservation of Baleen whales
ws960115|WS|http://www.bev.net/education/SeaWorld/beluga_whales/befirst.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|BELUGA WHALES|LIF|Detailed scientific information on life and conservation of Beluga whales
ws960156|WS|http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/berlin.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|BERLIN|GEO|Guide to Berlin
ws960072|WS|http://www.csn.net/~pshaffer/bmdcr.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG CLUB OF THE ROCKIES|REC|A Bernese mountain dog club
ws960103|WS|http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/|19961108204359|00000000000000|BIG CATS ONLINE|LIF|Links to information about big cats in the wild
ws960002|WS|http://www.birdsrus.com/|19961108204359|00000000000000|BIRDS R US|LIF|Directory to information about pet birds
ws960099|WS|http://www.umass.edu/umext/snake/bracer.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|BLACK RACER SNAKE|LIF|Information about the black racer snake
ws960044|WS|http://www.feminist.org/other/bc/bchome.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|BREAST CANCER HOME PAGE|LIF|Links to information about breast cancer prevention and treatment
ws960069|WS|http://www.akc.org/bredclub.htm|19961108204359|00000000000000|BREED CLUBS|REC|A listing of all AKC breed clubs and how to contact them
ws960139|WS|http://www-ceg.ceg.uiuc.edu/~haggag/cairo.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CAIRO|GEO|Guide to Cairo
ws960078|WS|http://www.rahul.net/hredlus/canada.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CANADA.HTML|REC|Golden retriever clubs in Canada
ws960040|WS|http://www.women.ca/|19961108204359|00000000000000|CANADIAN WOMEN'S INTERNET ASSOCIATION HOME PAGE|SOC|Internet resource page for Canadian women
ws960086|WS|http://www.acmepet.com/canine/|19961108204359|00000000000000|CANINE DIRECTORY @ ACME PET - YOUR GUIDE TO DOGS ON THE INTERNET!|LIF|Links to dog-related Websites
ws960074|WS|http://starsouth.com/clubs/cfrc.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CAPE FEAR RETRIEVER CLUB|REC|Information about the club
ws960093|WS|http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/slg/kingcare.htm|19961108204359|00000000000000|CAPTIVE CARE OF THE COMMON KINGSNAKE|LIF|A young woman shares her knowledge about snakes
ws960075|WS|http://starsouth.com/clubs/cprc.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CAROLINA PIEDMONT RETRIEVER CLUB|REC|Information about the club
ws960107|WS|http://www.users.cts.com/sd/l/lgil/cats/breed-desc.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CAT BREED DESCRIPTIONS|LIF|Descriptions of 67 breeds with pictures
ws960109|WS|http://www.fanciers.com/general.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CAT FANCIERS|LIF|Cat shows, list of breeders, description of breeds, and vet care
ws960111|WS|http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/cats-faq/top.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CATS FAQ|LIF|Numerous articles on caring for cats
ws960153|WS|http://www.dae.com/cny/|19961108204359|00000000000000|CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR ON THE INTERNET|HUM|All about the Chinese New Year
ws960118|WS|http://www.cs.tcd.ie/www/cnnnghmp/spinfin/clonakilty/Cetaceans.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CETACEANS|LIF|Varied information on all kinds of whales
ws960055|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/cher.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CHERNOBYL|PHY|Information about flaws in the nuclear reactor
ws960041|WS|http://cfc.cymbiont.ca/|19961108204359|00000000000000|CHILD AND FAMILY CANADA|SOC|Information for parents and child-care professionals in English and French
ws960150|WS|http://www.cnd.org/|19961108204359|00000000000000|CHINA NEWS DIGEST|GEO|News and Information about China
ws960144|WS|http://www.ChinaPage.com|19961108204359|00000000000000|CHINA THE BEAUTIFUL|HUM|5,000 years of Chinese cultural heritage
ws960151|WS|http://desires.com/1.4/Food/Docs/tea.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CHINESE TEA CEREMONY|HUM|An explanation of this tradition
ws960052|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/columbus.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS--MAN AND MYTH|HIS|Text and graphics related to Columbus's voyage to the New World
ws960032|WS|http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dreschro.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CHRONOLOGY|HIS|Important dates in the history of Dresden and Saxony
ws960097|WS|http://www.umass.edu/umext/snake/cgarter.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|COMMON GARTER SNAKE|LIF|Information about the common garter snake
ws960148|WS|http://www.hk.super.net/~paulf/china.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CONDENSED CHINA|HIS|Chinese history for beginners
ws960129|WS|http://www.ntt.jp/japan/constitution/english-Constitution.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN|SOC|Constitution of Japan
ws960095|WS|http://www.umass.edu/umext/snake/copper.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|COPPERHEAD|LIF|Information about Copperheads
ws960036|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/bnf/bnf0001.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CREATING FRENCH CULTURE|SOC|Explores the relationship between French culture and history
ws960011|WS|http://www.bvis.uic.edu/museum/exhibits/dino/Cretaceous.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|CRETACEOUS|LIF|See Cretaceous dinosaurs exhibit at Chicago's Field Museum
ws960037|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|DECLARING INDEPENDENCE: DRAFTING THE DOCUMENTS|HIS|Chronology of events, brief history, and images of the Declaration of Independence
ws960007|WS|http://www.comet.net/dinosaur/docs/reference.htm|19961108204359|00000000000000|DINOSAUR REFERENCES|LIF|Dino refence materials through Illinois State Geological Survey
ws960001|WS|http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/geoscience/dinosaur/|19961108204359|00000000000000|DINOSAURS|LIF|University of Texas research on dinosaurs
ws960081|WS|http://www.umdc.umu.se/~mmn/north/northern.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|DOGS (MALAMUTE, SIBERIAN, SAMOYED, CHINOOK) AND DOG SLEDDING|LIF|Information about dog sledding and dogs that pull sleds
ws960065|WS|http://www.dogs-intl.com/|19961108204359|00000000000000|DOGS INTERNATIONAL MARKET PLACE|REC|Links to breeders and suppliers of dog-related services
ws960066|WS|http://www.dogs-intl.com/dogs/anmal1a1.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|DOGS INTERNATIONAL MARKET PLACE - BREEDER HOME PAGES|REC|Breeders of various types of dogs
ws960061|WS|http://www.bvis.uic.edu/museum/science/brazil.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|EARLY AMAZON CULTURE|SOC|Archaeologist finds evidence of early humans in an Amazon cave
ws960142|WS|http://www.idsc.gov.eg/|19961108204359|00000000000000|EGYPT'S INFORMATION HIGHWAY|GEO|Exhaustive information on Egypt from the Egyptian Cabinet INformation and Decision Support Center
ws960138|WS|http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/artifact.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|EGYPTIAN ARTIFACTS EXHIBIT|HUM|Ancient Egyptian Art
ws960077|WS|http://www.tezcat.com/~rescue/spaniel/english.shtml|19961108204359|00000000000000|ENGLISH COCKER SPANIEL RESCUE|REC|How to adopt a needy English cocker spaniel
ws960089|WS|http://www.acmepet.com/horse/|19961108204359|00000000000000|EQUINE DIRECTORY @ ACME PET - YOUR GUIDE TO HORSE ON THE INTERNET!|LIF|Links to horse-related Websites
ws960140|WS|http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~eclectic/o/misc/egy|19961108204359|00000000000000|FAQ ABOUT EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY|HUM|Egyptian Mythology Q & A
ws960087|WS|http://www.acmepet.com/feline/index.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|FELINE DIRECTORY @ ACME PET - YOUR GUIDE TO CATS ON THE INTERNET!|LIF|Links to cat-related Websites
ws960110|WS|http://www.best.com/~sirlou/cat.shtml|19961108204359|00000000000000|FELINE INFORMATION PAGE|LIF|Articles on history, evolution, feeding, and genetics of cats
ws960106|WS|http://www.tezcat.com/~ermiller/FeLV2.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|FELINE LEUKEMIA FAQ|LIF|Questions and answers about the disease
ws960043|WS|http://www.feminist.org/911/911jobs.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|FEMINIST CAREER CENTER|SOC|Career information and job postings
ws960042|WS|http://www.feminist.org/|19961108204359|00000000000000|FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION|SOC|Links to news, upcoming events, and resources of interest to women
ws960058|WS|http://www.bvis.uic.edu/museum/Home.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY|LIF|Exhibits and collections at the Field Museum
ws960108|WS|http://www.Zmall.Com/pet_talk/cat-faqs/general-care.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|GENERAL CAT CARE|LIF|Tips on general cat care
ws960157|WS|http://www.dhm.de/|19961108204359|00000000000000|GERMAN HISTORICAL MUSEUM, BERLIN|HUM|German history and German art
ws960117|WS|http://www.bev.net/education/SeaWorld/killer_whale/habdiskw.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|HABITAT AND DISTRIBUTION, KILLER WHALE|LIF|Info on habitat and distribution of killer whales
ws960091|WS|http://www.acmepet.com/reptile/|19961108204359|00000000000000|HERP DIRECTORY @ ACME PET - YOUR GUIDE TO REPTILES ON THE INTERNET!|LIF|Links to reptile-related Websites
ws960031|WS|http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dreshist.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|HISTORY OF DRESDEN, GERMANY|HIS|Very brief history of Dresden and Saxony
ws960120|WS|http://www.thehorse.com/|19961108204359|00000000000000|HORSE INTERACTIVE|LIF|Horse health issues for all breeds
ws960020|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/romechin.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|HOW ROME WENT TO CHINA (ROME REBORN:THE VATICAN LIBRARY & RENAISSANCE CULTURE|HIS|Early Vatican studies of China
ws960019|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/orient.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|HOW THE ORIENT CAME TO ROME (ROME REBORN:THE VATICAN LIBRARY & RENAISSANCE CULTURE)|HIS|Early Vatican studies of the Middle East
ws960024|WS|http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dres2.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|INCUNABULA: EXAMPLES OF EARLY PRINTING|HUM|Pictures and descriptions of the first printed books
ws960021|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/intro.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|INTRODUCTION (ROME REBORN: THE VATICAN LIBRARY AND RENAISSANCE CULTURE)|HIS|History of the Vatican Library
ws960051|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/intro.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|INTRODUCTION TO 1492: AN ONGOING VOYAGE|HIS|The story of how America was discovered by Europeans
ws960134|WS|http://www.zzz.or.jp/Asataka/art.htm|19961108204359|00000000000000|JAPAN ART|HUM|Traditional Japanese art
ws960060|WS|http://www.bvis.uic.edu/museum/exhibits/javamask/Javamask.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|JAVANESE MASK COLLECTION|SOC|Text and graphics describing carved masks
ws960010|WS|http://www.bvis.uic.edu/museum/exhibits/dino/Jurassic.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|JURASSIC|LIF|Jurassic dinosaurs exhibit at Chicago's Field Museum
ws960137|WS|http://www.fix.co.jp/kabuki/kabuki.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|KABUKI FOR EVERYONE|HUM|Traditional Japanese theater
ws960130|WS|http://www.meika.com/lanex/index.htm|19961108204359|00000000000000|LANEX INFO CENTER|HUM|Japanese language and cultural exchange
ws960015|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/math.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|MATHEMATICS (ROME REBORN: THE VATICAN LIBRARY & RENAISSANCE CULTURE)|PHY|History of mathematics
ws960017|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/medicine.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|MEDICINE (ROME REBORN:THE VATICAN LIBRARY & RENAISSANCE CULTURE|LIF|Ancient medicine and biology
ws960023|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dres1.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS|HIS|Pictures and descriptions of manuscripts in the Saxon State Library
ws960096|WS|http://www.umass.edu/umext/snake/milk.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|MILK SNAKE|LIF|Information about milk snakes
ws960039|WS|http://www.weq.gov.bc.ca/|19961108204359|00000000000000|MINISTRY OF WOMEN'S EQUALITY|SOC|Services and information for women of British Columbia, Canada
ws960154|WS|http://www.baynet.com/oktoberfest/|19961108204359|00000000000000|MUNCHEN & OKTOBERFEST|HUM|Oktoberfest in Munich
ws960016|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/music.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|MUSIC (ROME REBORN:THE VATICAN LIBRARY & RENAISSANCE CULTURE|HUM|History of papal music
ws960135|WS|http://www.cjn.or.jp/nagoyaodori/index.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|NAGOYA ODORI|HUM|Traditional Japanese dance
ws960124|WS|http://www.blm.gov/whb/|19961108204359|00000000000000|NATIONAL WILD HORSE AND BURRO PROGRAM|LIF|How to adopt a wild horse or burro
ws960018|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/nature.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|NATURE (ROME REBORN:THE VATICAN LIBRARY & RENAISSANCE CULTURE)|LIF|Ancient views of nature and natural history
ws960080|WS|http://www.navhda.org/|19961108204359|00000000000000|NAVHDA HOME PAGE|REC|Information about the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association
ws960123|WS|http://netvet.wustl.edu/horses.htm|19961108204359|00000000000000|NETVET-HORSES|LIF|List of dozens of web sites relating to horse health, racing and breeding
ws960063|WS|http://www.pets4you.com/|19961108204359|00000000000000|PETS 4 YOU HOME|REC|Classified ads for dogs, cats, birds, and other pets
ws960034|WS|http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dresphot.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|PHOTGRAPHIC VIEWS OF DRESDEN, GERMANY|HIS|Pictures of the city before it was firebombed in World War II
ws960006|WS|http://www.englib.cornell.edu/pri/pri1.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|PRI HOMEPAGE|LIF|Dinosaur research at The Paleontological Research Institution
ws960033|WS|http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dresremb.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|REMARKS AT THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION|HIS|Extensive history of Saxony and its electors
ws960028|WS|http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dres6.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|RENAISSANCE FINE BINDINGS|HUM|Examples of early beautifully bound books
ws960054|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/reps.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|REPRESSION AND TERROR: STALIN IN CONTROL|HIS|Stalin, Russia's Communist dictator
ws960053|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/intro.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|REVELATIONS FROM THE RUSSIAN ARCHIVES|HIS|Links to information about repressive measures in the former Soviet Union
ws960013|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/toc.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|ROME REBORN: THE VATICAN LIBRARY AND RENAISSANCE CULTURE|HIS|Exhibits of historic documents in the Vatican
ws960113|WS|http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/smilodon.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|SABER-TOOTHED CATS|LIF|Information on Saber-toothed cats
ws960116|WS|http://www.bev.net/education/SeaWorld/killer_whale/sciclasskw.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION, KILLER WHALE|LIF|Scientific classification and a picture of a killer whale compared with other whales
ws960146|WS|http://www.shanghai.iserv.net/|19961108204359|00000000000000|SHANGHAI PANORAMA|GEO|"Chopstickful of the best flavor and taste of Shanghai"
ws960064|WS|http://www.sherlock.com/home/sherlock/|19961108204359|00000000000000|SHERLOCK BONES "TRACER OF MISSING PETS"|REC|Information on how to find lost pets
ws960126|WS|http://www.zetnet.co.uk/sigs/ponies/ponies.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|SHETLAND PONY HOME PAGE|LIF|All about Shetland ponies
ws960059|WS|http://www.bvis.uic.edu/museum/exhibits/ttt/TTT1.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|TEETH, TUSKS, AND TAR PITS|LIF|Prehistoric animals and evolution
ws960038|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/us.capitol/s0.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|TEMPLE OF LIBERTY: BUILDING THE CAPITOL FOR A NEW NATION|HIS|History of the U.S. Capitol building
ws960012|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOSAIC|HIS|African-American culture and history
ws960125|WS|http://www.iea.com/~adlinkex/HP/395articles/amqh.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE|LIF|Magazine dedicated to preserving and promoting the American quarter horse
ws960145|WS|http://www.freepress.com/yz/beijing/|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE BEJING PAGE|GEO|Everything you could ever want to know about Beijing
ws960026|WS|http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dres4.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE BIBLE|HUM|Exhibit of early Bibles published in Germany
ws960121|WS|http://www.bloodhorse.com/|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE BLOOD-HORSE|REC|Thoroughbred racing and trading
ws960073|WS|http://www.rtmol.stt.it/users/gpierov/bull_terrier/index.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE BULL TERRIER CLUB|REC|Information about bull terriers and shows
ws960105|WS|http://www.cfainc.org/cfa/|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE CAT FANCIERS' ASSOCIATION|LIF|Shows and info on breeds
ws960112|WS|http://www.primenet.com/~brendel/|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE CYBER ZOOMOBILE|LIF|Many articles on big cats with photos
ws960008|WS|http://denr1.igis.uiuc.edu:/isgsroot/dinos/dinos_home.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE EARTHNET INFO SERVER--HOME PAGE|LIF|Visit Dino Russ's Lair for all kinds of cool dino Web links
ws960029|WS|http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dres7.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE ELECTORAL HOFKAPELLE|HUM|Music collection of the Dresden Court ensemble from the sixteenth century
ws960027|WS|http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dres5.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE ELECTORAL LIBRARY|HIS|Exhibit of books owned by electors of Saxony
ws960030|WS|http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dres10.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE FRAUENKIRKE|HIS|Major church in Dresden, destroyed during World War II
ws960049|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/G.Address/ga.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS|HIS|How Lincoln drafted and delivered this famous speech
ws960102|WS|http://www.ecs.earlham.edu/htmldocs/departments/biology/HL/HLmainpage.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE HERPETOLOGISTS' LEAGUE|LIF|Newsletter and information about the society
ws960122|WS|http://www.horseworld.com/imh/imh_info.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE HORSE|LIF|Tells the story of the horse and its relationship to humans
ws960104|WS|http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/jaguar.htm|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE JAGUAR|LIF|Facts about jaguars and where they live
ws960127|WS|http://www.horseworld.com/nchf/chfrodeo.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE NATIONAL COWBOY HALL OF FAME RODEO PAGE|REC|All about rodeos
ws960045|WS|http://www.now.org/|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN ( NOW ) HOME PAGE|SOC|Infomation about NOW and issues in which NOW is involved
ws960079|WS|http://starsouth.com/nahra/|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE NORTH AMERICAN HUNTING RETREIVER ASSOCIATION|REC|Information about hunting retrievers
ws960070|WS|http://www.netrus.net/users/abc/|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE OFFICIAL AFGHAN HOUND CLUB OF AMERICA HOME PAGE|REC|Information about owning Afghans
ws960100|WS|http://www.stetson.edu/~biology/pigpage.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE PIGMY RATTLESNAKE (SISTRURUS MILIARIUS) HOMEPAGE|LIF|Information about the pigmy rattlesnake
ws960128|WS|http://www.shore.net/~kwillcox/polo.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE POLO PAGE|REC|All about polo
ws960025|WS|http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dres3.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY|HUM|Text and illustrations of books important in Saxony's reformation
ws960050|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/russian/russch0.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE RUSSIAN CHURCH AND NATIVE ALASKAN CULTURES|SOC|How the Russian church affected Native Americans in pioneer Alaska
ws960082|WS|http://www.alaska.net/~iceworm/sbca/sbca.hp.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE SAINT BERNARD CLUB OF AMERICA (SBCA) HOME PAGE|REC|Information about St. Bernard clubs and shows
ws960057|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/sovi.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE SOVIET UNION AND THE UNITED STATES|SOC|Explores relationship between the superpowers from before World War II through the Cold War
ws960009|WS|http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|THE WHITE HOUSE HOME PAGE|HIS|Information from the office of the U.S. president
ws960098|WS|http://www.umass.edu/umext/snake/timber.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|TIMBER RATTLESNAKE|LIF|Information about the timber rattlesnake
ws960132|WS|http://www.twics.com/~robbs/tokyofood.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|TOKYO FOOD PAGE|HUM|Guide to Japanese cuisine
ws960133|WS|http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~by3s-fet/english.htm|19961108204359|00000000000000|TOKYO JOURNEY|GEO|Guide to Tokyo
ws960022|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/dres/dresintr.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|TREASURES FROM THE SAXON STATE LIBRARY|HIS|Links to contents of the Saxon State Library
ws960005|WS|http://www.bvis.uic.edu/museum/exhibits/dino/Triassic.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|TRIASSIC|LIF|Triassic dinosaurs exhibit at Chicago's Field Museum
ws960056|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/ukra.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|UKRAINIAN FAMINE|HIS|Story of the famine that gripped the Urkaine in the 1930's.
ws960083|WS|http://www.ozemail.com.au/~canine/udc.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|UNITED DOBERMAN CLUB HOME PAGE|REC|Doberman clubs in Australia, Canada, and the United States
ws960131|WS|http://www.tangle.com/_wajima/|19961108204359|00000000000000|WAJIMA-NURI ON-LINE|HUM|Traditional Japanese lacquerware; its history, production, galleries, etc
ws960084|WS|http://www.eskimo.com/~chipper/weim.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|WEIMARANER CLUB OF AMERICA|REC|Information about the breed, shows, and clubs
ws960067|WS|http://www.akc.org/|19961108204359|00000000000000|WELCOME TO THE AKC|REC|Home Page of the American Kennel Club
ws960119|WS|http://whales.magna.com.au/home.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|WELCOME TO THE WATERY WORLD OF WHALES |LIF|Current world news about whales, whale FAQ's, history of whaling
ws960035|WS|http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html|19961108204359|00000000000000|WOMEN COME TO THE FRONT|SOC|Stories of Women journalists and photographers in World War II
ws960046|WS|http://www.niagara.com/~merrwill/|19961108204359|00000000000000|WOMEN IN CANADIAN HISTORY|HIS|Facts, quotes, and biographies of famous Canadian women
ws960047|WS|http://www.wowwomen.com/|19961108204359|00000000000000|WOMEN ONLINE WORLDWIDE|SOC|Information and hosted chat areas related to women's interests and issues
ws960048|WS|http://www.inform.umd.edu:8080/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/|19961108204359|00000000000000|WOMEN'S STUDIES RESOURCES|SOC|Links to document, conferences, and information for those interested in women's studies
ws960158|WS|http://www.leo.org/demap/|19961108204359|00000000000000|WWW REGISTER SERVICE FOR GERMANY|GEO|WWW links to areas in Germany
