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  2. April 1997
  3. April 28

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Monitor articles for April 28, 1997

  • A Simple Equation: Math for the Love and Utility of It
  • Letters
  • The Doll House
  • India No Bully Under New Premier
  • Why Kids Are Gonzo For Beanie Babies
  • Take the Kids to 'Shiloh' And Expect to Enjoy It, Too
  • Treaty Concerns
  • Last Shards of Its Empire Jab At Modern, Downsized Britain
  • New Breed of Road Race Banks on the Bizarre
  • A Librarian's Adventures With Students and Stacks
  • The Pros and Cons of Public vs. Private Schools
  • After War, Guatemala Sees First Fruits of Peace
  • Victims' Rights Groups Near A Constitutional Showdown
  • Canada's Leader 'Quits' - While Still Ahead in Polls
  • A Touch of Turner Humor
  • Advice Teens Can Count On
  • Rebels Asked to Account for 80,000 Missing Refugees in Zaire
  • 'Titanic' Resurfaces as Stage Spectacle
  • Helping Out America's Youths - Family-Style
  • News In Brief
  • What to Keep, What to Give Up
  • Russia's Far East Bonanza
  • Before They Call ...
  • Ruling Puts Tobacco Under FDA Thumb
  • Service to Others: 'One of Life's Best Habits'
  • When to Invest in Private Schooling
  • Bulls Still Stomping, but Bears Point to Rates
  • Taking Education All the Way to the Bank
  • Stock Market Bounces About As It Awaits Important Data
  • Mamet's 'Old Neighborhood' Rouses Yearnings of a Trip Home
  • Iran May Pose First Test Of Chemical-Arms Ban
  • In 500-Year Flood, Finer Things Surface
  • An Online Comeback?
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