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Monitor articles for February 07, 1996

  • Governors Play Role Of Referee in Budget Game in Washington
  • Gascon Chef Touts the Riches of His Region
  • A Surprise Visitor Shakes Up a Sleepy Village
  • Salman Rushdie Steps Out - Feisty and Undaunted
  • Monitor Scribe Named Principia President
  • South Korea Watches A Conglomerate Fold
  • French Haute Cuisine Gets Cooler Public Reception
  • Texas Boll Weevils Beware: A New Parasite Is in Town
  • Stand by Taiwan
  • An Ally Turned Foe Points Finger At Serbia's Milosevic for War Crimes
  • ON STAGE
  • The Power of Prayer, Denied
  • News In Brief
  • Sparrows
  • It's 'Piano' vs. 'Jurassic Park' In Movie Joust
  • The Monirtor's Guide To BESTELLERS
  • Seeds of Doubt
  • Fafaru by Any Other Name Would Smell as Foul
  • Lessons on the Uprooted From Bosnia Peace Accord
  • Psst Sports Fans: Want a Singing Shirt With Optional A/C?
  • Japan's Bank Rescue Stirs Anger
  • WORDS OF NOTE
  • GOP Edges Closer to Turning D.C. Into Test Lab for US Urban Policy
  • Extravagant, Madcap Vision of an Indian Clan
  • Democracy Can't Last In Haiti if We Leave Now
  • 'Peace Is Not Only In Prayers ...'
  • EDITORIAL LETTERS
  • How '96 Elections May Alter World's Geopolitical Map
  • Aristide to Pass Baton and Keep Running
  • Israelis Struggle To Make a Home For Ethiopian Jews
  • Images That Search Out The Poetry of Humanity
  • The Africa Quandary
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