The Economist (US) back issues from August 1997:
Saving peace. (Middle East diplomatic activity)(Politics This Week)(includes additional international political news)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Normality beckons. (US budget deficit due to reach zero by 2002)(Politics This Week)(includes additional international political news)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Buying Russia. (Indonesia to buy fighter aircraft and troop-transport helicopters from Russia)(Politics This Week)(includes additional international political news)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Battling over taxes. (Germany's government to seek tax reform)(Politics This Week)(includes additional international political news)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Fighting on the flab. (economic policy in Thailand, recovery of the Russian ruble, level of the dollar versus the Deutschmark, effects of Russia's decisions on prices of palladium and zinc)(Business This Week)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Costly strike. (British Airways suffers potential loss of $200 million due to strike; Airbus Industrie gets contracts from Virgin Atlantic and Air Canada)(Business This Week)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Chinese whispers. (international business news)(Business This Week)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Enough reform. (boardroom standards in England; business language translated from English to French)(Business This Week)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Lovely while it lasts. (spiraling world stockmarkets)(Leaders)(Editorial)(Cover Story)
Aug 09, 1997
The battle of Russia's capitalisms. (crony vs. free-market capitalism)(Leaders)(Editorial)
Aug 09, 1997
On the mend, at last. (economic reform in Thailand)(Leaders)(Editorial)
Aug 09, 1997
Remaking Kenya: the IMF's break with the country can only help. (International Monetary Fund)(Leaders)(Editorial)
Aug 09, 1997
Reforming the firm. (corporate governance)(Leaders)(Editorial)
Aug 09, 1997
A fair honeymoon; but the real tests of Tony Blair's 100-day government are to come. (Labour prime minister)
Aug 09, 1997
The west is best again.(California's economy)
Aug 09, 1997
Do you mean it? Strengthening marriage.(new, stronger marriage vows can be taken in Louisiana)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Paradise dimmed: city planning.(Portland, OR)
Aug 09, 1997
The lady who shamed Marion Barry.(Washington, DC, non-voting delegate to Congress Eleanor Holmes Norton; federal assistance to crime-ridden city angers Mayor Marion Barry, who bemoans loss of control)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Telling it like it, up to a point, was: secrets revealed.(Central Intelligence Agency secretiveness)
Aug 09, 1997
Enter action man. (Chmn of the Joint Chiefs of Staff nominee Gen Henry Shelton)(Lexington)(Column)
Aug 09, 1997
Challenging the Peronists: an opposition get-together brings new trouble for Argentina's Carlos Menem.
Aug 09, 1997
Drug-shocked: Mexico.(reports associating army officials with drug lords have shocked Mexico)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
IMF go home: Venezuela.(a one-day general strike in Venezuela challenges the ruling party's International Monetary Fund-endorsed austerity programs)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
An example in the Andes: Bolivia.(election)
Aug 09, 1997
Thailand gets the bill.(agreement with the International Monetary Fund)
Aug 09, 1997
What the doctor ordered: Thailand's economic package.(agreement with the International Monetary Fund)
Aug 09, 1997
Still growing its own by decree: China.(food production)
Aug 09, 1997
The horrors of North Korea.(floods, drought, and a heat wave have brought famine to North Korea, and an appeal for international assistance has been issued)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Bear hug: Japan.(Japan's relations with Russia are improving under Prime Minster Ryutaro Hashimoto)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Running scared in India. (several incidents recently raise concerns about India's tradition of democracy and freedom of expression)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
What Arafat can and can't do. (Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat)
Aug 09, 1997
The big squeeze: Kenya. (financial aid and corruption)
Aug 09, 1997
Where's our sultan? Oman. (Qaboos bin Said is trying to implement broader human rights in Oman but is stymied by ineffectual government)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Those in peril on the sea. (violent attacks by pirates against merchant ships is increasing worldwide and spurring countermeasures)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Germany's squelchy outlook. (economic and political problems)
Aug 09, 1997
We want our pfennigs back. (growing consensus in Germany calls for repayment of the country's contributions to the budget of the European Union)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Dog-eat-dog days: Russia. (political infighting in the Russian government between Boris Berezovsky and Vladimir Potanin)
Aug 09, 1997
Not hopeless: Bosnia. (peace process)
Aug 09, 1997
Drop your guns: Albania. (efforts to control political violence)
Aug 09, 1997
Plus ca change: France. (goverment's dependence on graduates of the Ecole Nationale d'Administration has made undoing its bureaucracy difficult)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Another Spanish employment problem. (skepticism about Prince Felipe and his succession of the throne from his father King Juan Carlos)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
A tricky transformation. (business persons in politics)
Aug 09, 1997
Crisis? What crisis? (Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey suggests that the re-marriage of Prince Charles would create a crisis for the Church of England)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Hot air? The environment. (the emission of greenhouse gases in Britain went up in 1995-96, threatening to make hitting emission targets by 2000 unlikely)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Hearts of oak: sport. (Britain is recruiting athletes from outside of the nation to come play for their national teams)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Superman versus the hong.(Hong Kong investor Li Kashing challenges real estate owner Hongkong Land)
Aug 09, 1997
Labelling the mutant tomato.(European Community requires labeling of food products made with genetically engineered soybeans, corn or other products)
Aug 09, 1997
Hamburgers and hernias.(hospital management practices; Management Focus)(Column)
Aug 09, 1997
Parcel bomb: employee ownership.(United Parcel Service and United Airlines)
Aug 09, 1997
Pill pushers: advertising drugs.(advertising prescription medicines)
Aug 09, 1997
Bill Gate's puzzling nibble.(Microsoft CEO invests $150M in Apple Computer)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Minor mogul.(Halsey Minor, founder and head of CNET; Face Value)(Column)
Aug 09, 1997
Riding for a fall? (stockmarket)
Aug 09, 1997
Plenty to go round: Russian finance.
Aug 09, 1997
What's in a nought? (Russia plans to revalue the rouble in 1998, but this will have little effect if inflation gets out-of-and again)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Still edgy: Turkish shares.
Aug 09, 1997
Safety in numbers: German insurance.
Aug 09, 1997
Survival tactics: European banks.
Aug 09, 1997
Corporate culture. (ABI reports that Italian banks donate around $110 annually to support cultural events, music and the arts)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Benign conspiracies: economic history suggests that collusion between companies is not always an evil plot to fleece customers. (antitrust laws)(Economics Focus)(Column)
Aug 09, 1997
An aspirin a day keeps the doctor at bay.(aspirin at 100)
Aug 09, 1997
Stomach turning. (sales of anti-peptic-ulcer drugs have declined since the discovery that most ulcers are caused by Helicobacter pylori bacterium)(Brief Article)
Aug 09, 1997
Asking for trouble: social research. (techniques)
Aug 09, 1997
Ultrasexy: bird vision.
Aug 09, 1997
Groovy: reviving LPs. (laser device is able to read music tracks from records)
Aug 09, 1997