The Christian Science Monitor back issues from September 1999:
Boxcars in the begonias; Garden railways are a growing family hobby around the world.(Features)(Homefront)
Sep 01, 1999; ... A sturdy steam engine chugs past a picturesque waterfall, across a suspension bridge, and by rolling farmland populated with black and white cows before disappearing into a tunnel in the side of a hill. Roses blossom beside the church the train passes. Lush green grass covers ...
Train story.(Features)(Homefront)(Neighbor To Neighbor)
Sep 01, 1999 ... I was born too late. I missed the heyday of train travel by about 100 years, and I haven't stopped trying to make up for it. Trains featured prominently in my childhood. My father built an HO-scale model railroad empire in the basement, constructing the trains and buildings from ...
How to care for a flagstone slate floor; and remove latex paint spots from carpet.(Features)(Homefront)(On The Fridge - Resident Expert)
Sep 01, 1999; ... Q. I recently put a flagstone slate floor in my foyer and have no idea how to care for it. Should I wax it? Or should I apply some sort of sealer to protect the surface? Or leave it alone? - A.T.B., S. Berwick, Maine. A Slate is a porous stone material, so should be ...
One couple - two houses; For varied reasons, a growing number of married couples today are notliving together.(Features)(Homefront)
Sep 01, 1999; ... Jake Passa smoked for all 55 years of his married life. His wife, Blanche, a nonsmoker, finally had enough after their children grew up and left home. Mrs. Passa moved out, but not far away, just next door to Jake in a little house on Fourth Avenue in Grand Forks, N.D. ...
Discipline - not just for kids.(Features)(Homefront)(Parenting)(A Mother's View)
Sep 01, 1999 ... "Mom, Ty called me a stupid dumbhead!" "Well, you should have seen what she did to me!" I sighed in mid-bite as my children barged in on my breakfast. They were at it again. How was I going to handle this? Over the years, I had tried every form of ...
The fashion police are on patrol.(Features)(Homefront)(Connections)
Sep 01, 1999 ... Fashion has long been a study in contradictions and ironies. Consider the skirt. Not so many years ago, when pantsuits were still a newcomer in women's wardrobes, few people could have imagined a day when women would have to sue for the right to wear a skirt. But that's the ...
Living the lobster life, and loving it; Meet Monhegan Island's only female 'lobsterman'.(Features)(Homefront)(Food)
Sep 01, 1999; ... With pink-painted toenails and a long blond braid, Zoe Zanidakis doesn't look like someone who spends half of every year hauling lobster traps. But shake her hand, and those calluses give her away. For most of her adult life, Ms. Zanidakis has worked the waters of Monhegan ...
You dip your lobster in butter and what?(Features)(Homefront)(Food)
Sep 01, 1999 ... According to Captain Zoe, the best way to eat lobster is, "Outdoors, you can get messy and let the butter drool down your chin." Before cooking, snip the rubber bands off the lobster claws she says. That way, they won't "taste like old rubber boots." As for cooking, she prefers ...
Intelligence that doesn't deteriorate.(The Home Forum)(Today's Article On Christian Science)
Sep 01, 1999 ... There's an Alzheimer's clinic a few blocks from my house. As I pass it each day on the way to work, I remember how much God loves each one of the people inside. I remember how, over the years, I've had opportunities to pray with such people. I've sung hymns with them, held hands ...
Everything old is news, here.(The Home Forum)(The Plot So Far)
Sep 01, 1999 ... Fiona (of Fiona-and-Jim) said if I hadn't ever seen it, she'd bring a copy down to show me. I hadn't, and she did. "It's only 79 pence a week, and you get a free packet of seeds! It's really good." So my first copy of Garden News was a gift, and the free seeds (the packet glued ...
Moscow's pet capitalists.(The Home Forum)
Sep 01, 1999 ... It was my first trip to Russia in almost 10 years. Back then, Gorbachev was in charge and Russia's economy was opening up. Long lines formed for a McDonald's near Red Square. This summer I found Russian capitalism in full bloom and shops full of goods. Billboard ads brought ...
Europe answers Wal-Mart threat; This week's merger deal of two top French retailers is the latest in astring.(World)
Sep 01, 1999; ... When Wal-Mart stalks the land, even the bravest competitors blanch. Europe is now getting a taste of what many small American businesses have been up against for years. With the discount giant on a European buying spree, two of France's biggest retailers sought safety in size ...
How big disasters change views, launch activism.(World)(Global Report)
Sep 01, 1999 ... For decades, Turks have held sacred the idea of devlet baba, or father state, in which every citizen could rely on the state to provide all basic needs. But after government bungling and delays in handling Turkey's recent earthquake, a tectonic shift appears to be under way in Turkish ...
A push for unity widens gaps; Taiwanese say Hong Kong's loss of freedom gives them little faith inChina's reunification bid.(World)
Sep 01, 1999; ... Since Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui proposed his "two states" formula for ties with the Chinese mainland in July, fissures within "cultural greater China," which includes ethnically linked Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong, have deepened. In the 1980s, Beijing's economic and ...
Today's Story Line.(World)
Sep 01, 1999 ... It happened in Kobe, Japan. In Nicaragua. And it's happening in Turkey: civic activism spawned by a slow government response after a disaster. Will it ripen into longer-term political changes in Turkey? French retailers avoided becoming a part of Wal-Mart's world - just. The ...
Working for a lasting peace in Central Africa; Rebels sign a cease-fire amid reports of renewed fighting over Congodiamonds.(World)
Sep 01, 1999; ... Two rebel factions fighting to topple President Laurent Desire Kabila from power in the Democratic Republic of Congo added their long-awaited signatures to a peace deal yesterday. It had already been endorsed by six other parties to the central African conflict. Emile Ilunga, ...
Cobbling together a credible threat to Milosevic's rule.(Opinion)
Sep 01, 1999 ... The impressive show of "people power" organized on Aug. 19 in Belgrade put Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on notice that his electorate's patience is wearing thin. Having endured three failed wars and endless economic misery, Serbs are expressing their dissatisfaction with Mr ....
As more carry hidden guns, who's safer? A growing list of states are allowing concealed weapons.(USA)
Sep 01, 1999; ... Three million Americans - a record number - are packing hidden heat under laws passed during the past 12 years. Thirty-one states allow citizens to carry concealed firearms if they have a permit, and as many as 15 more states could pass concealed-weapons laws this fall. ...
Techies unite to revive 'silicon spirit'.(USA)(Next Generation)
Sep 01, 1999 ... Mark your calendar and brush off your best pocket pro-tector. The countdown has begun for National Techies Day, the first attempt, as a nation, to give the digital crowd a little respect. To be sure, not everyone is on board. Some might argue this isn't the best year to honor ...
Bitter dispute over an all-natural sweetener.(USA)
Sep 01, 1999 ... Mina Brustman is a health-conscious cook with a sweet tooth. She loves the taste of sugar, but she could do without the calories. She's tried, of course, the usual sugar substitutes, but she remains leery about their chemical makeup. So what's Ms. Brustman to do? ...
Give me a home where the Internet roams; More young Yellowstone workers don't want to rough it anymore.(USA)
Sep 01, 1999; ... When Daniele Tiezzi left his home in Tuscany this summer, he came to the United States with aspirations of finding work in "the wild West." "I wanted to experience something that is authentically American," he says. Young Mr. Tiezzi decided to follow the footsteps of ...
Where states' tobacco money is going; Instead of antismoking efforts, the windfall is being used foreverything from college loans to morgues.(USA)
Sep 01, 1999; ... States that wrestled a $206 billion settlement from tobacco companies last year are now acting as if they've won something else: The lottery. Governors and statehouse legislators are cheerfully earmarking portions of their windfall for specific purposes, though most of it won't ...
Letting Africa Be Africa.(Editorials)(The Monitor's View)
Sep 02, 1999 ... What with all the images of boy soldiers wielding machetes, women warriors firing Kalashnikov rifles, and men in berets carrying mortar launchers, it's difficult to keep track of Africa's wars these days without a score card. Let's see now ... for this week, we find Sierra Leone ...
The Internet @ 30.(Editorials)(The Monitor's View)
Sep 02, 1999 ... Thirty years ago today, the Internet was born. It was one small step for an electron, one giant leap for mankind. The actual moment happened when researchers, supported by a government body known as the Advanced Research Projects Agency, hooked up a computer to a type of switch ...
Online tutoring to the rescue!(Features)(Ideas)(Whatever)
Sep 02, 1999 ... Joe Alemany was tired of fighting with his PC. After buying a new computer last year, he needed to figure out Win-dows '98 and how to send e-mail. "That threw me," says Mr. Alemany, who lives in Columbus, N.C. So after spotting a newspaper ad last spring, he hired "1O1 Online ...
The dark limits of a nation's lock 'em up logic.(Features)(Ideas)(Books)
Sep 02, 1999 ... LOCKDOWN AMERICA By Christian Parenti Verso 290 pp., $25 America has the smallest welfare state and the largest prison population of any Western industrial nation. This relationship is hardly accidental according to the logic outlined by Christian Parenti in ...
Miami never had so much fun.(Features)(Ideas)(Books)(Novelist's Debut)
Sep 02, 1999 ... BIG TROUBLE By Dave Barry G. P. Putnam's Sons 255 pp., $23.95 Dave Barry has been telling ridiculous stories for so long that it seems like a joke to call "Big Trouble" his first foray into fiction. Following that age-old advice to "write what you know," the Pulitzer ...
Williamsburg's tale of two histories.(Features)(Ideas)
Sep 02, 1999 ... Some scenes may be too intense for younger children." No one expects such a warning label at Colonial Williamsburg, the nation's leading living history museum - better known for its fifes and drums, English boxwood hedges, and peanut soup at the King's Arms Tavern. ...
The color line.(Features)(Ideas)(Soundings)
Sep 02, 1999 ... In 1903, the black intellectual W.E.B. du Bois wrote in his book "The Souls of Black Folk," "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." More prescient than he might have wished, the color line is still distinct at the dawn of the 21st century. Yet ...
Rather than 'Hands up!' It's 'Shoes and socks off!'.(Features)(Ideas)
Sep 02, 1999 ... Everyone knows that the United States Marine Corps is always looking for a few good men. This summer, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are looking for thousands and thousands of good men - and women. And they want to get them to take their shoes and socks off. At issue is the ...
Wireless Internet is here and now.(Features)(Ideas)
Sep 02, 1999 ... It's a little past 5 p.m. on Sept. 2, 2004. You're riding home on the subway, and you decide to check your family's Web page to see what's for supper, and what time the kids have to be at soccer practice. You flip open your cell phone (which is also your address book, calendar, memo pad - ...
Electronic books await readers.(Features)(Ideas)
Sep 02, 1999 ... As America propels toward an electronic page, yet another digital gadget is slowly working its way onto bookshelves and desktops. It's called the e-book and it lets travelers, students, and avid readers tote four or five novels in a device the size of a single book. Weighing about three ...
The challenge of pesticides in Nantucket cranberry bog.(Features)(Ideas)(Environment)
Sep 02, 1999 ... Nantucket's beaches may be the island's biggest draw in the summertime, but come autumn, the cranberry bogs are where it's at. In just a few weeks, it will be time to begin harvesting the crimson berries by flooding and corralling them. And camera-toting tourists will once ...
Witnessing Rwanda's plight.(Features)(Ideas)(Books)(A Farm In Africa)
Sep 02, 1999 ... LAND OF A THOUSAND HILLS: MY LIFE IN RWANDA By Rosamond Halsey Carr with Ann Howard Halsey Viking 272 pp., $24.95 Many lone women seem to have a deep affinity for Africa. Thankfully, they continue to record their memoirs and enrich our understanding of this vast ...
I'm not just Hallie's twin!(Features)(Ideas)(Books)(Young Readers)
Sep 02, 1999 ... one-of-a-kind mallie by kimberly brubaker Bradley Delacorte 144 pp., $15.95 Ages 9-12 Young readers today might not feel they have much in common with a young girl living in a small Midwestern town during World War I - and that is ...
Sharing our fields of dreams.(The Home Forum)
Sep 02, 1999 ... I coach my son's Little League all-star baseball team. And so, along with hundreds of thousands of other parents in America, I do some of the most uplifting and satisfying "work" of summer. There may be better ways to spend the summer, but I do not know any of them. Yesterday, ...
Dive in to these phrases.(The Home Forum)(Word Chase)
Sep 02, 1999 ... 'In the swim' This expression, meaning "to be actively engaged or in the thick of things," comes from fishing, where a large group of fish in one location was sometimes called a "swim." Someone "in the swim," therefore, would be in the mainstream. 'In the nick of time' Up until ...
School threats and prayer.(The Home Forum)(Today's Article On Christian Science)
Sep 02, 1999 ... What do you do when you learn that both of your children's schools have received bomb threats - and that classes will be held anyway? For one mother, the choice involved trusting God. I was at work when I learned that bombs might go off the next day - one at the middle school my ...
This puzzle was a Capitol offense.(The Home Forum)
Sep 02, 1999 ... The first problem with jigsaw puzzles is that they come unassembled. But it gets worse. Now they come unassembled and in 3-D. I wonder what lab rats were used to test these architectural nightmares. Prisoners in solitary? Lighthouse keepers? I don't know anyone else who has time ...
Geraldine Ferraro; B. RICKERSON, VIA E-MAIL, ASKS, `WHATEVER HAPPENED TO,.(The Home Forum)
Sep 02, 1999; ... Geraldine ferraro will go down in history as the first woman to run for vice president of the United States on a major party's ticket. Ms. Ferraro, a lawyer, began her political career representing New York's Ninth District in Congress from 1979-85. She championed women's ...
Another Latin strongman emerges; Venezuela's political upheaval reopens issue of whether Latin America.(World)
Sep 02, 1999; ... In La Paz, Bolivia, a well-known television journalist is spicing her electoral campaign for the mayor's seat with praiseworthy references to Venezuela's strong-arm president, Hugo Chavez. In Colombia, people frustrated with their country's worsening guerrilla conflict and ...
China's slower road to reform; The leadership's September meeting may signal desire for social.(World)(Premier Zhu Sidelined)
Sep 02, 1999; ... Four months ago, Premier Zhu Rongji charmed Americans with a vision of a China open to economic reforms. Donning cowboy hats and telling jokes on tour in the US, he was dynamic, assertive, and ready to give American businesses access to his 1.2 billion compatriots. Now, he ...
Today's Story Line.(World)
Sep 02, 1999 ... Democracy schmocracy. After 40 years of elections, the majority of Venezuelans don't mind a little dictatorship lite. It's OK, they say, if it leads to a better quality of life and less theft of national wealth by the societal elite. In fact, a curious mix of historic norms and and current ...
The beef about Whoppers in a West Bank town; Burger King orders a franchise to close after realizing the land it's.(World)
Sep 02, 1999; ... The three most important things in real estate are location, location, location. And Burger King's newest outlet in Israel provides a bitter reminder of the old adage. The Miami-based corporation keeps location in mind when it decides whether to add a new restaurant to its ...
'Bridget' falls to 'Chloe' in more affluent Eire; Ireland's statistics agency has released a list of the country's top.(World)
Sep 02, 1999; ... For parents-to-be the world over, choosing a name for a new child can be a fun but daunting task. Names can tell a lot about a family's past, its cultural heritage, or its aspirations for a newborn. And names can say a lot about television and the economy. Giving ...
Mitchell returns to N. Ireland tinderbox; A review of the peace process begins Sept. 6, amid a 'combustible'.(World)
Sep 02, 1999; ... Former US Sen. George Mitchell returns to Belfast next week in a bid to prevent the Northern Ireland peace process from coming apart at the seams. The softspoken but firm Mr. Mitchell will lead a review of last year's Good Friday peace agreement, which he played a crucial part ...
When stores lose the stuff dreams are made of; A victim of the changing face of retailing, Canada's home-grown store.(World)
Sep 02, 1999; ... If 10 years ago you had told Canadians that Eaton's would disappear before the end of the century, people would have laughed at you. After all, Eaton's was the Canadian department store, a 130-year-old nationwide chain with stores in the biggest cities and outlets in the smallest towns. ...
Teachers vs. 'educators'.(Opinion)
Sep 02, 1999 ... American students bottom-out on international math and science tests and too many need remedial reading and writing classes in college. One important reason is that we easily accept credentialed educators over effective teachers. Too many unprepared graduates are allowed to ...
Losing China?(Opinion)
Sep 02, 1999 ... No country is more important to the United States than China. It has the most people, a huge land area, large numbers of ethnic Chinese abroad including those in the US, nuclear weapons, and a rapidly growing economy providing markets and investment opportunities. With no ...
College football '99: a coach's game; How do you predict success on the field? Look for a team led by.(USA)(Sports)
Sep 02, 1999; ... At a banquet celebrating the creation of the Mountain West Conference, the nation's 12th major college football conference, Brigham Young University coach LaVell Edwards had a smile so big it looks as if his face might crack. Thrilled with the new league - longtime friends and ...
How war has evolved since World War II; The Longer View.(USA)(60 Years Later)
Sep 02, 1999; ... Sixty years ago this week, Germany invaded Poland and set off a trip wire that plunged the world into chaos. World War II involved the largest armies over the most extensive territory mankind has ever seen. Ever since it has served as a touchstone for judging war. So as the ...
Phone wars yield savings . . . confusion.(USA)
Sep 02, 1999 ... If the 1980s had the cola wars, the brand battle of the '90s may be over the phone lines. Nickel nights, seven cents per minute - a handful of change will let you call mom in California or granny in Ireland. Or so the phone companies say. Some even offer perks like ...
Building a better brain? Scientists alter mice genetics to increase intelligence, raising.(USA)
Sep 02, 1999; ... In a breakthrough with important implications for science and ethics, a team of researchers announced yesterday they have produced more intelligent mice by altering the animals' genetics. The mice, named after the precocious TV doctor Doogie Howser, exhibited superior learning ...
Taking term limits to court; Florida's high court decides whether to strike down state law limiting.(USA)
Sep 02, 1999; ... Florida lawmakers are preparing to enter a political whirlwind this summer as the state's highest court decides whether to uphold or strike down a 1992 term-limits law. It is a constitutional confrontation being closely watched across the United States. And it is a battle that ...
To win, GOP plays coy with abortion; Must Republican presidential candidates maintain the party's.(USA)
Sep 02, 1999; ... The debate over abortion, long a deeply divisive matter in American politics, is turning a corner. Gone are the days when major Republican presidential candidates feel serious pressure to make abortion a signature issue in their campaigns. Gone, too, are the days when top ...
A new 'chip' off the old block.(USA)(Furby Mania)
Sep 02, 1999 ... These kids are smarter than their parents. They are more technologically oriented. And they quickly learn what they want. Sound familiar? We're talking about toys. Son of Furby has arrived. Those furry toys that speak their own language, talk among ...
Did I foil hurricane Bret?
Sep 03, 1999 ... My wife and I were watching the late news when hurricane Bret was threatening Corpus Christi, Texas. I had several choices after watching that broadcast. One reasonable option was to head for bed. It was the end of a long day. The second option was to feel helplessly sympathetic ...
The little quiz show that could.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)(Short Takes)
Sep 03, 1999 ... Question: What summer TV show occupied five of the top six spots in the Nielsen ratings last week? Wait: Before you answer, do you want to consult your spouse? Or a TV-loving friend? Are you sure you're ready? The answer: "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?" Got it right? OK, keep ...
Sports 101.(Features)(Arts & Lesiure)(Sports)
Sep 03, 1999 ... Michael Johnson has the golden touch. At the Track and Field World Championships in Seville, Spain, which ended Sunday, the track star known as "Superman" became the first man in history to win nine career golds at the worlds. He also set the world record of 43.18 seconds in the 400-meter ...
From New World to Old.(Editorials)(The Monitor's View)
Sep 03, 1999 ... Rich Americans have a reputation for buying a European look for themselves. Why be wealthy if you don't shop in Paris, own a Picasso, drive a Mercedes, or vacation in Tuscany? It's rare, however, when an American shows gratitude for Old World culture by putting some back. ...
Is Russia a Campaign Issue?(Editorials)(The Monitor's View)
Sep 03, 1999 ... What is to be done with Russia? Allegations of corruption in Moscow are at a peak. A New York bank is caught up in a money-laundering probe involving the Russian mob and perhaps billions of dollars. Federal agents say Russian "moles" in Western banks might be assisting in ...
Apples vs. oranges? Sure. But fullbacks vs. guards?(Features)(Arts & Lesiure)(Sports)(The Sporting Scene)
Sep 03, 1999 ... Finally, the calendar permits itself to be turned to September. It's the happiest time of the year because with aspen preparing to turn yellow and maples contemplating red, we now know it is the appropriate time to focus on football. That sound you hear is not the roar of the ...
From China, a 'rebel rocker' A Cui Jian song became an anthem for change.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)(Music)
Sep 03, 1999; ... The legend of the birth of rock 'n' roll in China, if there were one, would go something like this: In May 1986, a year of great student uprisings, Cui Jian - a young trumpeter for the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra - took the stage in the nation's capital, with guitar in hand, ...
'Buffy' is the very model of a teenage vampire slayer; Interview / Sarah Michelle Gellar.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)(Television)(Hollywood Stories)
Sep 03, 1999; ... Poised as a Parisian model in a diamond pendant, Sarah Michelle Gellar, aka "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer," fields questions with a cool many adults would, well, kill for. A working actress since the age of 4, she says the only way to maintain that calm eye in the center of the Hollywood ...
PBS heads onto cable with KIDS channel.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)(Television)
Sep 03, 1999 ... Without asking the question "Do we really need another cable channel for kids?" PBS has an answer: Yes - because nobody does children's shows like PBS. At least, that's what they hope parents around the country will think in response to the Sept. 6 launch of the PBS KIDS cable ...