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Monitor articles for December 06, 1989

  • High-Tech Politics
  • Tyne Daly Triumphs in `Gypsy'
  • Don't Let Defense Cuts Lop Off Efficiency
  • China Puts Brakes on Reforms
  • East German Army Drafted to Cope With Labor Shortages
  • US Urged to Help Reformers More
  • US Grapples With How to Respond to New World Scene
  • US AIDS FINNS; ROOSEVELT SENDS SYMPATHY
  • Echoing The Beat of Ancient Drums
  • CORRECTION
  • Are Calamities an Act of God?
  • Acid-Free Paper Alternative
  • Compost Eases Landfill Crisis
  • WORTH NOTING ON TV
  • Will North-South Aid Switch to E. Europe?
  • Czechoslovakia's New Spirit
  • For Every Kind of Cook, A Book
  • Attackers Move More Softly
  • Just Say No to Political Assassination
  • HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT COOKBOOK
  • ``The Truth''
  • Pizazz Photography From Rolling Stone
  • The Sweet Smell of Liberty
  • The Truth
  • Consistency on Rights
  • Firms Create Tax-Break Investment to House Homeless
  • Sweet Ants or Grease Ants
  • Bush Hails NATO's Utility in Unstable Times
  • Malta's Results
  • `Boot-Camp Discipline' and Literacy Skills
  • Gorbachev Debriefs Warsaw Pact
  • The Chase Is On to Halt Paper Deterioration
  • News Currents
  • Winter's White-on-White
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