The Economist (US) back issues from April 1997:
Israel presses on. (includes news of E. Jerusalem Jewish settlements, US visits from King Hussein, Benjamin Netanyahu; abduction and murder of an Iranian writer, and the status of civil war in Zaire)(Politics This Week)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Newt backs Taiwan. (includes news of Newt Gingrich Taiwan visit; Japan may extend US military base lease; Congress Party of India making power bid; Pakistan extends president's powers; grenades explode in Cambodia)(Politics This Week)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Sitting tight. (illegal aliens in US brace for crackdown, Heaven's Gate cult in mass suicide; jury selection begins in Oklahoma City bombing trial; free trade or protectionism in Latin America)(Politics This Week)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
The fat man sings. (news including: Helmut Kohl will run for reelection; Albanian refugees drown off Italy, economic policies in Italy and Ukraine, Bosnia and Serbia form joint customs)(Politics This Week)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Fowl. (US trade dispute with European Union erupts; includes additional international economic news)(Business This Week)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Fair. (United Kingdom's General Electric Company bids for Thomson-CSF; includes additional international business news)(Business This Week)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Feeble. (Japanese government rescues Nippon Credit Bank and Hokkaido Takuskoku insurer; includes additional international business news)(Business This Week)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Whatever happened? (the Republican revolution in Congress)(Cover Story)(Editorial)
Apr 05, 1997
Europe isn't working: time is running out for European governments to reduce unemployment and save their 'social model.'(Editorial)
Apr 05, 1997
India's old man in a hurry: Sitaram Kesri's grab for power does no credit to him or his party.(Editorial)
Apr 05, 1997
Business (cycle) as usual: like all good things, bull markets eventually come to an end.(Editorial)
Apr 05, 1997
Five into NATO won't go: enlarging too far, too fast, could bust the alliance. (Romania's membership should be reconsidered)(Editorial)
Apr 05, 1997
Screening for cancer: the case for routine screening of women in their 40s has been overstated, for political reasons as well as medical ones. (pro-woman is politically correct now)(Editorial)
Apr 05, 1997
Europe hits a brick wall. (labor market reform)(The Politics of Unemployment)
Apr 05, 1997
In defence of Newt. (Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich)(American Survey)
Apr 05, 1997
The fight to be fair: pre-trial proceedings. (trial of accused bomber Timothy McVeigh)(American Survey)
Apr 05, 1997
Answered prayer: education. (public vs. Catholic schools)(American Survey)
Apr 05, 1997
This island race: developing New York. (New York may lose ownership of half of Ellis Island and all of Governors Island)(American Survey)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
The doubts grow: care in the community. (shifting developmentally disabled from regional centers to community care in California)(American Survey)
Apr 05, 1997
From the desk to the ball court. (becoming a professional basketball player right out of high school)(American Survey)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Militias and messiahs. (militia and cult commonalities)(Column)
Apr 05, 1997
South Korea's lame duck: scandal has destroyed the authority of President Kim Young Sam. Big political and economic changes could be in store.
Apr 05, 1997
A state of confusion: India.
Apr 05, 1997
Nawaz the bold: Pakistan.(Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif)
Apr 05, 1997
Demo of death: Cambodia.(political violence)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Perfidious Marianne: China.(France will not back resolution against China at United Nations Human Rights Commission)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Cleansing job: Japan and China.(Japan's need to clean up chemical weapons shells left in China at the end of World War I)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
China's new tipple.(wine sales up in China)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Colombia's ;unreported refugees: little noticed by the outside world, a humanitarian disaster is under way in north-western Colombia.
Apr 05, 1997
Re-enter Perez.(former venezuela president Carlos Andres Perez, who was ousted on corruption charges, forms new party)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Electrorumpus.(Mexico tries to clean up elections for July 1997)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
A new intifada? Not quite: Palestinians.
Apr 05, 1997
Little becomes even yes: Israel and the Arab world.
Apr 05, 1997
New democracy, old men: Morocco.(aged men lead political parties in preparation for 1997 elections)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
The old chief and the new one.(South African President Nelson Mandela leaves most of the executive work to deputy president Thabo Mbeki)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Who is a German?(immigration and citizenship laws in Germany)
Apr 05, 1997
Less separate, more equal.(immigrants in Western Europe)
Apr 05, 1997
Dirt all round: Spain. (official documents implicate several officials of former prime minister Felipe Gonzalez's regime in Spain's secret 'anti-terrorist' campaign against Basque separatists)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Taxing matters: European Union.
Apr 05, 1997
A moving story. (Basques want Picasso's 'Guernica' moved to Bilbao)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Orthodox yes-men: Russia. (Orthodox Church's role in post-communist Russia)
Apr 05, 1997
Hurry up: Poland. (constitutional reform effort)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Slavic symbolism. (Russia's relations with Belarus)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Spot the governor: clue: not John Major. (differences in U.K. party manifestos)
Apr 05, 1997
Campaign clipboard. (anecdotes about the 1997 general election campaign in the U.K.)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Minimum sense: Labour's wage policy. (U.K. Labour Party advocates a minimum wage law)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
With feeling: blood sports.(the Labor Party promises a vote on the possible banning of fox, stag, and hare hunting in the United Kingdom)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
The power of sleaze.(political campaigns)(Bagehot)(Column)
Apr 05, 1997
Boom and gloom in Germany: restructuring in German business is beginning to pay off.
Apr 05, 1997
Linking up.(business computer data networks continue to proliferate worldwide as it is estimated that $72 billion will be spent on such networks by 1999)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Conglomerates on trial: conglomerates have taken a battering from management theorists. But is there something to be said for them after all?(Management Focus)
Apr 05, 1997
Losing the Midas touch: prospecting in Indonesia.
Apr 05, 1997
Undercover: Kroll Associates.(acquisition of Kroll Associates Inc.)
Apr 05, 1997
Splitting the brand: Scotch whisky. (sales of Scotch whiskey are decreasing, and the industry is courting younger drinkers in its marketing campaigns)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Freedom in the air: airlines.(European deregulation)
Apr 05, 1997
The little airport that could.(the Prestwick airport in Scotland is flourishing and may continue to do so as plans are being made for extensive cargo-handling)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
The anti-management guru: Scott Adams has made a business of bashing business. Why does the hand he bites love to feed him?(Face Value)(Column)
Apr 05, 1997
The storm before the storm: financial markets have been reeling from Alan Greenspan's long-awaited interest-rate hike.
Apr 05, 1997
Will Europe catch a cold? (values of European equities fall after the US stock market loses value; fears that the equities market could collapse are examined)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Rot: Japanese banks. (Nippon Credit Bank to close international operations and reassign domestic ones due to financial mismanagement; Hokkaido Bank and Hokkaido Takushoku commercial banks announce pending merger even though both have large outstanding bad debts)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Popular monetarism: Zaire. (value of currency in Zaire is close to nothing due to inflation, yet people with the means are able to trade currency)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Money fit to launder. (use of money made from plastic is advocated by Australia because it is more difficult to forge and is more durable)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
All in the family: South Korean banks. (consideration to allow industrial companies to own banks is examined for its economic merit)(Brief Article)
Apr 05, 1997
Preparing to die: European Monetary Institute. (pending introduction of single currency in Europe)
Apr 05, 1997
Waiting for the call: access to the Internet is in great demand. How should it be priced?(Economics Focus)
Apr 05, 1997