The Christian Science Monitor back issues from July 2003:
Of Fences, Arms, and Trust.(EDITORIAL)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Heat finally turned to light for the Palestinians and Israelis this week. Well, some light. Enough to lead them out of a mutually imposed darkness and start taking baby steps to rebuild trust. Both sides felt the pressure to act. For one thing, nearly three years of ...
When even Old Glory is made in China.(FEATURES)(WORK & MONEY)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Leita Walker Special to The Christian Science Monitor Thirteen stripes, 50 stars, and a tiny, often unnoticed label: Made in China. Thank heavens Betsy Ross isn't here to see it. More than 200 years ago, the Philadelphia seamstress helped create ...
The Hepburn Story.(EDITORIAL)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Beyond being a prototypical American actress, Katharine Hepburn became the prototypical modern American woman. Born of progressive New England parents, she parlayed Yankee flintiness, determination, and independence into one of the most successful stage and film careers ever - a ...
The story behind dropout rates.(FEATURES)(LEARNING)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Marjorie Coeyman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK -- The commencement speeches are done, the confetti has been swept up, the decorations stored away. But even as graduation 2003 fades into memory, an unanswered question continues to trouble the US ...
Braille version of 'Harry Potter' weighs in at 13 volumes.(FEATURES)(LEARNING)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Elizabeth Armstrong Most days, each reconditioned Heidelberg cylinder press churns out 8,000 pages an hour as National Braille Press workers collate magazines, manuals, and popular children's books by hand. These next few weeks, however, the staff of 49 is ...
Pride and paradox; Black colleges connect students to a past rich with civil rights activism. But their traditional mission has become diluted in an integrated world.(FEATURES)(LEARNING)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Seth Stern Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor ATLANTA -- When the Supreme Court upheld the consideration of race in admissions last week, few campuses welcomed the decision more warmly than a cluster of African-American colleges here. These six ...
The case for single-sex schools; Rosemary Salomone says families of all incomes should at least have the option of one-sex schools.(FEATURES)(LEARNING)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Stacy A. Teicher Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor The 1990s was a crossroads decade for single-sex education. Female cadets marched their way into two previously all-male public colleges - the Virginia Military Institute and the Citadel in South Carolina. At ...
Q&A: Daily life in postwar Baghdad.(WEB)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Scott Peterson is currently in Baghdad. He traveled extensively in Iraq and Iran before the Iraq war. Since the end of hostilities, he has reported on conditions there. When you talk to individual soldiers, what's their state of composure given the recent attacks on US and ...
Putting the 'pow!' in the Fourth of July.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Pamela S. Turner Few things are as tempting as a baseball stadium's perfect grass. The Oakland A's have just defeated the Kansas City Royals, and thousands of happy Oakland fans are flooding the outfield. Parents chat on blankets, kids chase one another, and truly ...
Where are you looking for your reflection? For kids.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Have you seen the movie "Finding Nemo"? If you have, you probably remember one of the friends Nemo makes along the way. She's a fish named Deb, and what's funny about her is that she believes her reflection is actually a twin sister, a fish she calls Flo. Giggling at Deb's ...
Iraqis begin warming to US presence; A recent poll shows nearly two-thirds of Baghdad residents want the US to stay until Iraq is stable.(WORLD)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor DOURA AND FALLUJAH, IRAQ -- Starting at dawn Monday, American soldiers searching for weapons on the southern outskirts of Baghdad knocked on door after door, visiting house after house. On 2,300 separate ...
In Korea, a quiet US weapons buildup; The US is now sending $11 billion in high-tech equipment - part of a redesign of the South's defense.(WORLD)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Robert Marquand Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor TOKYO AND HONOLULU -- As the US prepares to reduce and redeploy troops that have long guarded the DMZ in South Korea, it is also sending a huge array of state-of-the-art military equipment onto a peninsula ...
Russian press freedom hits static; Last week, the Kremlin replaced a popular TV station in what critics say is part of a media crackdown.(WORLD)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Fred Weir Special to The Christian Science Monitor MOSCOW -- Viewers of Russia's popular TVS station got a shock last week when the picture suddenly froze during a late-night movie. Adjusting their TV sets didn't help. It turned out that the "pause" button had been ...
Reporters on the Job.(WORLD)
Jul 01, 2003 ... * LOW HANGING STORIES: The Monitor's Scott Peterson, based in Baghdad, was aware that a large US military operation had been launched on Sunday morning in northern Iraq. But he couldn't get there and back in time to file. Instead, Scott stumbled across a separate US military operation: a ...
Estonia, where being wired is a human right; In a once-crumbling former Soviet republic, even the farmers have broadband Internet access.(WORLD)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Colin Woodard The journalists covering the shipboard meeting on the environmental problems of the Baltic Sea were desperate. They had deadlines to meet, but the ship's Internet system was slow and, at more than $6 a minute, expensive. One correspondent was ...
For Colombia's mayors, it's a year of living dangerously; Many of the country's municipal leaders are living under an ultimatum: Resign or die.(WORLD)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Rachel Van Dongen Special to The Christian Science Monitor PRADO, COLOMBIA -- Sitting around a dusty table in what was once a tourist paradise in Colombia's coffee country, three of this town's public officials ponder what it means to be "military targets." ...
Letters.(OPINION)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Seniors' money crunch: temporary? Regarding your June 26 article "Low interest rates squeeze the budgets of retirees": Manipulation of the interest rates may stimulate investment in the stock market and benefit corporations and the wealthy, but I see it as elder abuse. ...
Don't underestimate Hillary.(OPINION)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Godfrey Sperling WASHINGTON -- For Hillary Clinton, this September could be like September 1991. That's when she accompanied her husband to a Monitor breakfast where they would see how Washington's top political writers would "take" to his idea of running for president ....
Bosnia no model of nation-building.(OPINION)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Sara Terry LOS ANGELES -- I never caught the American congresswoman's name, but I doubt I'll be forgetting her words anytime soon. It was mid-May. I was in an apartment in Sarajevo,getting ready to head out for a day of work, with my ear half-tuned to CNBC ....
It's a good time to buy cars, just don't try trading one in; With used-car prices falling, some people are putting off new-car purchases, despite bargains.(USA)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Ron Scherer Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK -- Five years ago, George Simpson paid $34,000 for a Chrysler Town & Country minivan. When he recently decided to trade in the family car, he researched other similar trade-ins and expected to get about ...
New battle line in 'culture war': gay marriage; High court affirmation of privacy rights and newly legalized homosexual marriage in Canada are energizing the issue.(USA)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Linda Feldmann Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- In the blink of an eye, reaction to last week's Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay sexual conduct has morphed into an impassioned debate over the concept of same-sex marriage - and whether that ...
States' tactic to stem red ink: borrowing; As budget deadlines for 46 states arrive, officials beg, borrow, and repeal to fill gaps.(USA)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Mark Sappenfield Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor OAKLAND, CALIF. -- As 46 states turn the calendar to a new budget year, it is becoming clearer that many have put off until next year what they could not - or would not - handle now. The ...
What a new archbishop faces; Sean Patrick O'Malley, expected to be appointed head of Boston diocese, has dealt with church scandals.(USA)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Jane Lampman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor It isn't the name parishioners in Boston expected to hear. But the Vatican is expected Tuesday to announce that the toughest job in the American Catholic Church - archbishop of Boston - will go to a bishop who is ...
The woman who gave us 'calla lilies' - and more.(USA)
Jul 01, 2003 ... Byline: Roderick Nordell It somehow seemed in character for Katharine Hepburn to say she didn't want a memorial service. In her famous independent spirit, we who've known her all our lives will have to go it alone. After the lights on Broadway dim in her honor Tuesday night, ...
The kids' schedule? See the website.(FEATURES)(HOMEFRONT)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Marilyn Gardner Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Paul Volker, an airline mechanic in Minneapolis, considers himself well organized. But he will never forget the holiday season three years ago when a scheduling mix-up with his former wife threw their extended ...
Reconnecting with my hometown.(FEATURES)(HOMEFRONT)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Ross Atkin Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor The articles spill out of two large ring binders, stories about the present that bring me face-to-face with my past. There's the story about an 80-year-old who mows the grass as part of his civic ...
Ice cream to fete the Fourth; With either a hand-cranked tub or a sleek new machine, patience is key when making America's favorite dessert.(FEATURES)(HOMEFRONT)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Amanda Paulson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Ice cream making, for me, has always been associated with memories of sore arm muscles. When I was growing up, my family used to make ice cream two or three times a summer, including on the Fourth ...
Medicare's Shifting Sands; In drafting a drug benefit, Congress shouldn't rush.(EDITORIAL)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Both houses of Congress passed Medicare-reform bills last week. But lawmakers and the White House face a daunting task reconciling the competing proposals. And it's not clear that the prescription-drug plan they are fashioning will work as hoped. That Medicare needs changing is ...
What workers really hunger for.(FEATURES)(HOMEFRONT)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Marilyn Gardner Enjoying a leisurely picnic in the middle of a busy workday is a summertime pleasure few people can even dream of. But that's exactly what a group of workers in London did one day last week. The setting was casual, but their purpose was ...
Gratitude and the quail's song; Bringing a spiritual perspective to daily life.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jul 02, 2003 ... I pause to listen to the soft three-note call of a quail before I read the note on the table. It's a thank-you from someone who, several months before, had written me a harsh, accusing letter. Hoping for sympathy, I'd told a friend some of the unfair things in the letter. But my ...
Bridget Riley throws some curves.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Christopher Andreae "Surprise" is a word British artist Bridget Riley has used when talking about her paintings. The word might itself seem a surprise for an artist whose work is so evidently calculated. Her paintings are composed of systematic progressions ...
Singing fills my life with harmony.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Betsy Ramelkamp I was never shy about singing. All five of us Ramelkamp kids could carry a tune, and had strong, clear voices. Mama had a sweet voice. I recall her singing "My Old Kentucky Home" - breaking down at the end with tears rolling down her cheeks. Mama was born ...
A luncheon group keeps me present in the past.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Charles Dusenbury A few years ago, I was flattered to be included into a weekly luncheon group of mostly long since retired gentlemen. And I do mean gentlemen. Seating takes a while as each person defers to the other to sit first. It's rather like golf, where ...
Expectations gap rankles Iraq; Acts of sabotage and social insecurity continue to grow, narrowing the window for political and economic rebuilding.(WORLD)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BAGHDAD -- For some Iraqis, the breaking point with the US occupation has already come. The wreck of yet another US Humvee - struck Tuesday with a rocket-propelled grenade, reportedly killing an Iraqi ...
Israelis leave, Gazans pick up the pieces; Israeli forces began pulling out of Gaza on Monday, and from Bethlehem Tuesday.(WORLD)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Cameron W. Barr Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BEIT HANOUN, GAZA STRIP -- Faisal Shawwa, Palestinian olive grower and US citizen, is a man in search of compensation. In late May, Israeli bulldozers plowed under 1,524 of his five-year-old olive ...
Reporters on the Job.(WORLD)
Jul 02, 2003 ... * A SIGN OF GRATITUDE: Monitor correspondent Peter Ford says he was a little apprehensive when he went to eat at the Cafe Signes, a Parisian restaurant run by deaf people. How was he going to make himself understood? Would he make a fool of himself trying to explain things with confusing ...
UN may need US clout to bolster peacekeeping efforts; African leaders are asking for the US to send 2,000 troops to quell unrest in Liberia.(WORLD)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Michael J. Jordan Special to The Christian Science Monitor NEW YORK -- Despite being at odds with the UN over its war with Iraq, the US may still be the best hope to permanently strengthen the UN's peacekeeping mandate around the world, analysts say. Even ...
Curbs on rights roil Hong Kong; Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents protested a new 'antisubversion' law.(WORLD)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Robert Marquand Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor BEIJING -- China's fitful experiment with the rights and openness associated with democracy proved volatile Tuesday. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left Hong Kong hours ahead of the largest opposition protest in ...
At the Cafe Signes, sign language and steack frites; A Paris eatery offers not just good food, but a meeting place between the hearing and nonhearing worlds.(WORLD)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Peter Ford With its chrome sidewalk tables and chairs, mahogany counter, and recessed lighting, the Cafe Signes looks like any other trendy Paris restaurant-bar at first sight. But as soon as you sit at the counter and order a coffee, you realize that sight ...
This July 4, ready to party - at last.(USA)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Kris Axtman and Abraham McLaughlin Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor HOUSTON AND BOSTON -- Three days before the Fourth of July, Vickey Cavitt is still trying to get final approval for her town's fireworks show. She's had her mug shot taken at the sheriff's ...
Finest US export: liberty.(OPINION)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: John Hughes SALT LAKE CITY -- The Fourth of July is an American holiday that goes uncelebrated in much of the rest of the world. At home, the Stars and Stripes flutter. The pleasing aroma from backyard cookouts pervades the air. And as dusk descends, the skies ...
Diversificata.(OPINION)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: David Martin Found on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, circa 2003 Go placidly amid the stocks and bonds, and remember what growth there may be in holding long-term. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all brokers. Declare your ...
Letters.(OPINION)
Jul 02, 2003 ... A right to privacy - or just expectation of it? Regarding your June 27 article "Big boost for privacy rights": The precedent set by the Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texas is long overdue, and despite the hysterical cry of conservative judges and politicians such as Justice ...
The delicate balancing act that remains on Medicare; To get a compromise, the GOP has to placate House conservatives, but that may erode Senate support.(USA)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- In an ideal political world for the Bush reelection team, the president would sit down on July 30 - the 35th anniversary of the Medicare program - and sign the biggest expansion of benefits ...
The subtle campaign to bolster Abbas; Bush tries to solidify Palestinian leader's position without making it look like he's tool of Washington.(USA)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Peter Grier Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON -- The White House is increasing its efforts to try to help a person it considers indispensable to Middle East peace: Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. Of necessity it's a subtle ...
Hispanics line up for driving school; Across the South, immigrants unfamiliar with American ways get crash course in road safety.(USA)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Patrik Jonsson Special to The Christian Science Monitor DURHAM, N.C. -- Victor Garcia never figured that where he'd start to feel like a real American would be inside a gritty police station somewhere in North Carolina. Mr. Garcia, a barrel-chested ...
A woman's journey from streets to a job; Debbie Durgin and other graduates of a course at a Boston homeless shelter find self-worth and a room of their own.(USA)
Jul 02, 2003 ... Byline: Amanda Paulson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor There was the white tent, the big-name speaker, the pomp, the circumstance. Beaming graduates, adorned with white carnation boutonnieres, marched across the stage as friends and family cheered them on. ...
Nation-Building in 1776.(EDITORIAL)
Jul 03, 2003 ... As the United States prepares to celebrate its 227th birthday Friday, it's worth pondering the question: Why did the Founding Fathers succeed in building a nation, when so many others have failed? The 13 original states enjoyed tremendous advantages, as they joined to throw off ...
Picking a New EPA Chief.(EDITORIAL)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Stand back. Washington's eco-politics will soon be in full horn-locking mode. The occasion will be President Bush's coming nomination for a new Environmental Protection Agency administrator to replace Christie Whitman. The Senate's minority Democrats, backed by the ...
The other side of liberty; At the very moment they were in Philadelphia declaring that all men are created equal, many of America's Founding Fathers were slave owners. Activists are now demanding a fuller accounting at democracy's birthplace.(FEATURES)(IDEAS)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: Stacy A. Teicher and Walter H. Robinson PHILADELPHIA -- When visitors alight from their tour buses for Friday's opening of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, they'll be celebrating Independence Day in a place where the story of American freedom is anything ...
What's on TV; SHOWS FOR JULY 4-11.(FEATURES)(ARTS & LEISURE)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: M.S. Mason and L.L. Connors Friday 7/4 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular (CBS, 10 p.m.): From the Charles River Esplanade, fireworks explode as the Boston Pops play the 1812 Overture. LeAnn Rimes and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir also perform. ...
Who'll come a-'Waltzing Matilda' with me?(WEB)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: Jim Regan csmonitor.com HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA -- Not many songs have their own interpretive centers, but "Waltzing Matilda'" is even more deeply ingrained in Australia's culture than the official anthem. "Waltzing Matilda," which has sent Australians to war and welcomed ...
'Be always employed in something useful'; The United States was Ben Franklin's most ambitious project.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: Terry W. Hartle Most Americans think of Benjamin Franklin as a Founding Father who was also a printer, a ladies' man, a writer of maxims, and an inventor who was lucky he didn't kill himself when - or if - he flew his kite in a thunderstorm. But, as Walter Isaacson shows ...
The way we were.(WEB)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: Jeremy Dauber csmonitor.com NEW YORK -- The weather in New York has been so dreary over the last few months that I'm actually heading to London to get away from the rain. But at least it's prevented me from wasting my time on things like enjoying natural beauty, or ...
The unlikely creation of July Fourth; A new history of the United States avoids national myths or cynicism.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: Thomas O'Brien John Ferling's study of the early United States, "A Leap into the Dark," is solid history that will refresh anyone's memory of the essential stories and figures in America's founding. And it will enlighten anyone about the origin of some current civic ...
Movie Guide.(FEATURES)(ARTS & LEISURE)
Jul 03, 2003 ... NEW RELEASES La Commune (Not rated) Director: Peter Watkins. With an ensemble cast. (345 min.) Sterritt **** Watkins envisions the historical events surrounding a real-life experiment in radical democracy carried out by Parisian proletarians and their ...
Sunny side up; Cynicism is so 1990. sincerity is back in vogue.(FEATURES)(ARTS & LEISURE)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: Gloria Goodale Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor LOS ANGELES -- If art reflects society, Americans appear to be embracing a new motif that has this as its signature theme: "Sincerely Yours." From popular music and TV to Hollywood movies and fine ...
Advice for divas: stick to the music.(FEATURES)(ARTS & LEISURE)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: Lisa Connors When I recently asked one of my hippest colleagues if she'd write a review of Beyonce Knowles's new album, I got back a puzzled look. "Who?" she asked straight out. You know the one. She played the big-haired Foxxy Cleopatra last year in "Austin Powers in ...
Blonde ambition on Capitol Hill.(FEATURES)(ARTS & LEISURE)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: David Sterritt Reese Witherspoon is pretty in pink. But is she a sturdy enough star to transform her 2001 hit "Legally Blonde" into a long-running franchise? That's the question raised by "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde," and the answers aren't ...
Adventure reloaded; Action is the name of the game this weekend, from the machine-dominated 'T3' to a seafaring journey in 'Sinbad.'.(FEATURES)(ARTS & LEISURE)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: David Sterritt Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Fourth of July celebrations are about fireworks, loud noises, and rockets' red glare, so it's fitting that adventure is the main movie theme of this holiday weekend. Sounding off loudest is ...
Amid Canada's rolling hills, a world-class theater.(FEATURES)(ARTS & LEISURE)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: Tony Vellela Special to The Christian Science Monitor STRATFORD, ONTARIO -- When Shakespeare's "Richard III," starring Alec Guinness, launched the Stratford Festival on June 13, 1953, the place looked more like a circus than a theater. "Originally, it was just ...
Where everybody knows your name; Bringing a spiritual perspective to daily life.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jul 03, 2003 ... The TV sitcom "Cheers," which ran weekly in the US for many years, will always be remembered for the catchphrase that described its setting, a popular Boston watering hole, as a place "where everybody knows your name." The phrase acknowledged how much it means to people to be called by ...
A 19th-century man of stature receives his statue.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: John Gould Uncle Pliny wrote several weeks ago that he would rather men would ask why his statue was not up than to have them ask why it is. To the many who have asked in the past century why there has not been a statue for Joshua L. Chamberlain, the answer is ...
An American-American.(THE HOME FORUM)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: Fariss Samarrai When I was a kid, I didn't know my father had an accent. I knew that he had come to America from Baghdad before I was born, that he was an Arab, that he had grown up speaking Arabic before he learned English. But to me, he was as American as my American ...
The 'Palestinian Napoleon' behind Mideast cease-fire; In jail and on trial for terrorism, Marwan Barghouti brokered a deal with militants.(WORLD)
Jul 03, 2003 ... Byline: Nicole Gaouette Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JERUSALEM -- When the Israeli and Palestinian Authority prime ministers met Tuesday, they did so with an unprecedented display of bonhomie and some trusted ministers. But one man was missing - a man widely ...