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Biografie

Chicago : Encyclopaedia Britannica, c1995

928 s.

ISBN 0-85229-611-8

000011030

COMMENTARY // 7 Toward the Age of Common Sense by Sir Peter Ustinov // THE YEAR IN REVIEW // 11 Chronology of 1994 // 32 Disasters People of 1994 // 36 Nobel Prizes // 39 Biographies // 60 Obituaries Events of 1994 // 90 Agriculture and Food Supplies // 100 Anthropology // 101 Archaeology // 104 Architecture // 107 • Preserving the World’s Historical and Cultural Legacy by Arlene K. Fleming // 107 Art Exhibitions // 112 Astronomy // 113 • Comet Shoe maker-Levy 9? // A Spectacular Good-bye by Kenneth Brecher // 114 Auctions and Collections // 117 • Sotheby’s Birthday by Geraldine Norman // 118 Botanical Gardens and Zoos // 119 Business and Industry Review // 135 • Digitally Altered Photography: The New Image-Makers by Arthur Goldsmith // 139 • Last PulF Postponed by Michael F. Barford // 142 Chemistry // 143 Consumer Affairs // 145 Crime, Law Enforcement, and Penology // 149 Dance // 152 Earth Sciences // 154 • Mapmaking: Redrawing the Boundaries by John D. Bossier // 157 Economic Affairs // 172 special report: Emerging Equity Markets by John Midlin // 174 Education // 178 Energy 301 // 180 Engineering Projects // 185 Environment // 186 • Save the Tiger by Badtara Whitney // 191 Fashion and Dress // 192 Gardening // 193 • Tulip Mania by Shepherd Ogden // 194 Health and Disease // 198 SPECIAL REPORT // Repressed Memories by Michael D. Yapko // 201 Information Processing and Information Systems // 203 Labour-Management Relations // 204 Law // 208 Libraries // 209 Life Sciences // 215 SPECIAL report: Prozac by Richard M. Restak // 218 Literature // 230 Mathematics // 230 Military Affaiis // 239 Mining // 242 Motion Pictures // 245 SPECIAL report: The Hollywood Conquest by David Robinson // 247 Museums // 249 Music // 252 • In Our Lives: 30th Anniversary of the Beaties’ First U.S. Visit by Jeff Wallenfeldt // Physics // 255 Populations and Population Movements //

257 • The Cairo Conference by Carl V. Haub // 259 Publishing // 263 Race and Ethnic Relations // 265 • Rwanda’s Complex Ethnic History by Learlhen Dorsey // 266 Religion // 276 Social Protection // 277 • Human Rights: The Status of Women by Suzanne Roach // 278 special report: Street Children by Marilyn E. Rocky // 280 Space Exploration // 283 Sports and Games // 285 • Baseball Strikes Out by Robert Wiliam Verdi // by Jack Rollili SPECIAL report: The X Olympic Winter Games by Melinda C. Shepherd // Third City by H J. Kirchhoff // History in the English Channel by Nigel Calder // Forum // by Barrie MacDonald // spotlight: Latin America’s New Economic Strategy by John Sheahan // spotlight: East Asia and the Transition in North Korea by Donald Morrison // spotlight: Perils of Postcommunism in Eastern Europe by George Schöpflin // 453 spotlight Africa’s Second Liberation by Colin Legum // 468 SPOTLIGHT: Asian Values by Beton Woodward // 474 • White Settlement in South Africa by Matin Legassick // 486 spotlight: The New Middle East by Robet D. Kaplan // 495 • The 1994 Midterm Eleciions // by Melanie Anne Cooper 497 spotlight The New Caribbean Basin Identity by David Renwick // BRITANNICA UPDATE // 507 Major Revisions from The 1995 Macropicdia // 507 American Literature // 514 Eastern Africa: Eritrea // 518 Marketing and Merchandising (in part) // 521 South America: Amazon River Basin // 527 Bibliography: Recent Books // 532 Book of the Year Contributors // 537 WORLD DATA // 897 INDEX