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03/21/01 WED Hoof-and-mouth crisis shows how far we've come

A 31 15 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE 20th century was characterized

by economic and technological change of unprecedented rapidity as shown

by all economic indicators. The non-economic indicators are just as spectacular– life
expectancy, health and increases in per-capita food supply, which more than
accommodated population growth that virtually all "experts" believed could
not be fed. Both the developed and developing worlds added nearly 30 years
in average life expectancy, and strange as it may seem, the longer we live,
the lower percentage of our lives we spend with disabilities. Agriculture
had the additional challenge of putting nutrients into soil to feed plants
so crops could be grown to feed the growing population. Paradoxically,
these gains are largely denied, if only by implication, and the science and
technology that allowed them to happen have been under attack for almost
the entire century. The alleged dangers of modern life have become
conventional wisdom to large segments of the population, and nowhere is
that more true than in agriculture and food supply. This is clearly evident
in a multitude of responses to the hoof-and-mouth disease crisis, as it is
being attributed to some fault of modern agriculture, which could allegedly
be cured by a return to a more benign, eco-friendly organic agriculture.

07/14/00 FRI Former enemies U.S., Vietnam sign trade pact / Clinton says
broader agreement `will speed opening to the world' BUSINESS 1 21 KRISSAH
WILLIAMS The United States and Vietnam signed a historic agreement Thursday
that will give the countries normal trade relations for the first time
since the end of the Vietnam War. The agreement will reduce tariffs on
goods and services and improve trade relations between the former enemies,
government officials said.

09/12/99 SUN Krugman makes sense of dizzying economy ZEST 18 24 THOMAS R.
DeGREGORI ``THE RETURN OF DEPRESSION ECONOMICS.'' By Paul Krugman. Norton,
$23.95. WHEN Paul Krugman speaks, world leaders listen. ``The Return of
Depression Economics'' is another example of why we should, too. Examining
global economics through the prism of the recent Asian crisis, the
respected international-trade theorist again demonstrates his ability to
present the most complex issues concisely, lucidly and without
oversimplification.

08/29/99 SUN Why do we so easily believe the sky is falling? ZEST 25 33
THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE CULTURE OF FEAR: Why Americans Are Afraid of the
Wrong Things. By Barry Glassner. Basic Books, $25. THE safer we get, the
more unsafe we feel, even though the evidence is overwhelming that we live
longer, healthier lives than any humans in history. Once upon a time,
conservatives promoting old-fashioned values were more likely than others
to distrust the latest in technology and science. Sometime in the late
1960s or early '70s, liberals who once welcomed and often championed
technology and change were seduced by the counterculture, environmentalists
and others into a fear of modern technology and its products.

08/22/99 SUN Market speculation and its good, bad effects ZEST 20 25 THOMAS
R. DeGREGORI ``DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST: A History of Financial Speculation.''

05/23/99 SUN The big spreadsheet /New York Times columnist examines
globalization ZEST 20 42 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI ``THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE
TREE: Understanding Globalization'' By Thomas L. Friedman.

04/25/99 SUN Understanding Kosovo /Writers richly detail the Balkans'
torturous history zest 18 46 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI KOSOVO: A Short History.
By Noel Malcolm. New York University Press, $28.98. THE SERBS: History,
Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia. By Tim Judah. Yale University
Press, $16.

02/07/99 SUN A hand up for humankind / What's at arm's length brought
bigger brain, author says zest 21 25 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE HAND: How Its
Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture. By Frank R. Wilson.
Pantheon, $30. WESTERN culture has a long tradition of what American
philosopher John Dewey considered the artificial dualism between mind and
body. To Dewey this dualism was rooted in the social prejudice that favored
"thinkers" over those who worked with their hands. Many of these sentiments
came to us through our classical Greek heritage. Plato and Aristotle would
have denied citizenship to peasants, artisans and mechanics. Plato thought
thinkers would not wish their daughters to marry a worker's sons. Xenophon
said those who tended the fires carried "a social stigma" and were "rightly
dishonored" in the Greek cities.

01/24/99 SUN Uptown, downtown / Dazzlingly erudite analysis tells why
cities rise, decline ZEST 17 43 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI CITIES IN CIVILIZATION.
By Sir Peter Hall. Pantheon, $40.

07/26/98 SUN Western myth of Tibet gets a going-over ZEST 21 19 THOMAS R.
DeGREGORI IT'S official. Crystals are out, Tibetan Buddhism is in." Thus
reads the ad copy for a $175 "Tibetan Shaman's Jacket" in a J. Peterman
clothing catalog. This tidbit is part of Donald S. Lopez Jr.'s litany of
examples of the way the myth of Tibet has saturated our culture recently.

06/21/98 SUN An updated Adam Smith / David S. Landes studies economic
inequity among nations ZEST 21 34 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE WEALTH AND
POVERTY OF NATIONS: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor. By David S.
Landes. Norton, $30.

05/10/98 SUN A continent contemplated / Africa's sweeping story told
beautifully for novice, expert ZEST 22 23 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI AFRICA: A
Biography of the Continent. By John Reader.

04/12/98 SUN An Arab looks to past, future ZEST 23 29 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI
THE DREAM PALACE OF THE ARABS: A Generation's Odyssey. By Fouad Ajami.
Pantheon, $26.

02/22/98 SUN Science writer pinpoints where imagination meets industry ZEST
23 12 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI REMAKING THE WORLD: Adventures in Engineering. By
Henry Petroski. Knopf, $24.

01/04/98 SUN Fascinating `Frozen Desire' promises to please, infuriate ZEST
16 24 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI FROZEN DESIRE: The Meaning of Money. By James
Buchan. Farrar Straus & Giroux, $25.

12/14/97 SUN At Christmas dinner, let us be thankful for pesticides and
safe food OUTLOOK 4 29 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE holiday season is a time
when we count our blessings. It is also a time when many are nostalgic
about a lost past when we were eating purer food, drinking cleaner water
and living longer, happier lives. Under a few Christmas trees will be books
like Spoiled: The Dangerous Truth About a Food Chain Gone Haywire, which
tries to convince us that our food is contaminated and threatening us with
pathogens that are getting more lethal. Others would have us worry about
carcinogenic "chemicals" in our diet or in the air we breathe. And who of
us has not seen on TV or heard on the radio or read in the newspaper about
those who have taken up "organic" farming and are producing clean,
wholesome, nutritious and delicious food at a "reasonable price"? In sum,
modern life is dangerous and technology is killing us and we have to turn
to a more "natural" path for salvation.

12/07/97 SUN History vital to understand Tibet conflict ZEST 25 29 THOMAS
R. DEGREGORI TIBETAN NATION: A History of Tibetan Nationalism and
Sino-Tibetan Relations. By Warren W. Smith Jr. Westview Press, $29.95
paperback. IN the 1950s "Afghanistanism" was a journalistic pejorative for
the practice of covering events in distant lands as a way of avoiding more
controversial issues closer to home. But in 1978 Afghanistan became part of
the Cold War and a hot topic. It still remains in the news.

11/30/97 SUN Global language brings us together, yet keeps us apart ZEST 25
16 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI ENGLISH AS A GLOBAL LANGUAGE. By David Crystal.
Cambridge University Press, $19.95.

10/05/97 SUN Complexities define future of China area ZEST 23 28 THOMAS R.
DEGREGORI CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN, INC.: The Dynamics of New Empire. By
Willem van Kemenade. Translated by Diane Webb.

06/29/97 SUN Want to live longer? Try economics ZEST 27 16 THOMAS R.
DeGREGORI "GROWTH TRIUMPHANT: The Twenty-First Century

05/18/97 SUN History of money fascinates ZEST 25 16 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE
HISTORY OF MONEY: From Sandstone to Cyberspace. By Jack Weatherford.

04/13/97 SUN Cultural reference expertly takes on the world ZEST 21 32
THOMAS R. DeGREGORI "THE DICTIONARY OF GLOBAL CULTURE." By Kwame Anthony
Appiah

03/09/97 SUN What price a global economy? ZEST 19 36 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI
ONE WORLD, READY OR NOT: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism. By William
Greider.

12/29/96 SUN The new world disorder/Flaws undermine controversial thesis
about conflicts ZEST 22 34 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI "THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS
AND THE REMAKING OF WORLD ORDER. "" By Samuel P. Huntington.

02/01/95 WED A currency event/Blacks will show cash clout/Leaders to track
flow of money BUSINESS 1 16 PAMELA YIP Black community leaders launched an
effort Tuesday to provide a dramatic example of African American purchasing
power. The Houston branch of the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People designated February "Black Dollar Days" and asked blacks
to use Susan B. Anthony dollars and $2 bills when making purchases in order
to demonstrate blacks' purchasing power.

08/14/94 SUN Houstonians better opening their wallets than pantries to
world's needy OUTLOOK 4 16 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI HOUSTONIANS hoping to help
alleviate the suffering in Rwanda and Haiti should open their wallets and
not their pantries if they really want to do some good. Callous as it
sounds, the best way to have a positive impact is to send money through
reputable private voluntary organizations and not send food, clothing or
medicine directly overseas. People are starving in Rwanda but food
collected in Houston probably won't get to them. Airports at Goma, Kigali
and Entebbe are so tight that shipments won't get through unless those in
charge are assured they carry a top priority item and that there is some
mechanism for distribution to those in need.

07/25/93 SUN Humans must challenge nature or perish OUTLOOK 1 26 THOMAS R.
DeGREGORI THE unfolding tragedy of the floods this summer in the river
systems of the upper Midwest of the United States has brought forth the
usual rhetoric about the futility of fighting "nature," or of an
anthropomorphized "nature" taking revenge for our violations of her. While
many of these comments by broadcast and print journalists, conservationists
and even by the president are more harmless rhetoric than reality, there
remains an underlying simplistic technology-bashing theme that many are
quick to exploit. For technology bashers, every disaster is an opportunity
to blame past human technological actions and to put forward an agenda that
would have us return to a past that never existed. A clearer understanding
of the issues involved is necessary before we allow the true believers to
dominate the discussion and thereby set the agenda for action.

04/21/93 WED FOR THE EARTH/Planet's special day needs some cleaning up
HOUSTON 1 18 CYNTHIA THOMAS AFTER the roller coaster rides at AstroWorld,
the puppet shows and the kiddie concerts, do Earth Day celebrants have any
energy left for the contemplation of the planet? Now that the actual day is
Thursday, here's the dirt: Earth Day could use some cleaning up.

01/17/93 SUN Explorers also brought many diseases ZEST 19 18 THOMAS R.
DeGREGORI "SECRET JUDGMENTS OF GOD." "Old World Disease in Colonial Spanish
America."

11/10/91 SUN The clouded crystal ball: Jacques Attali peers into the future
ZEST 15 17 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI "MILLENNIUM/Winners and Losers in the Coming
World Order." By Jacques Attali. Times Books, $17. NOT too many decades
ago, future books tended toward a technological utopianism. Today they tend
to fall in one of several categories: the trend-spotters, the population
and ecological catastrophists and the pickers of winners and losers in the
global economic race between the United States, Japan and other established
or emerging economic powerhouses.

10/13/91 SUN Columbus' achievement: Important thing is he came back ZEST 19
22 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE MYSTERIOUS HISTORY OF COLUMBUS/An Exploration of
the Man, the Myth, the Legacy. By John Noble Wilford. Knopf, $24. FOURTEEN
ninety-two plus 500 is almost upon us. The 500th year begins this month,
and the flood tide of books on Christopher Columbus and the "discovery" of
America is arriving. One could expect that a book on Columbus by John Noble
Wilford would be among the best of the lot, and one is not disappointed by
The Mysterious History of Columbus. Wilford shows how our view of Columbus
has changed through the centuries. In the first 100 years following his
life and work, Columbus was not widely credited with the "discovery" of the
"New World." Later, many not only paid him homage but also tried to claim
him as their own.

09/22/91 SUN A glimpse of the future: books to be read with caution as well
as interest ZEST 15 16 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI UNBOUNDING THE FUTURE./The
Nanotechnology Revolution. By K. Eric Drexler and Chris Peterson, with
Gayle Pergamit. Morrow, $23. FACING TOMORROW./What the Future Has Been,
What the Future Can Be.

05/26/91 SUN Jeremy Rifkin's new age: a writer untroubled by facts ZEST 22
21 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI BIOSPHERE POLITICS./`A New Consciousness for a New
Century. By Jeremy Rifkin. Crown, $20. EVER notice how those who are the
most vociferous about the way technology supposedly alienates us from
nature, from each other and from ourselves, are themselves somehow
miraculously exempted from this degradation of the human spirit?

02/03/91 SUN Naipaul in India: criticism tempered by understanding ZEST 21
13 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI "INDIA./A Million Mutinies Now." By V.S. Naipaul.
Viking, $24.95. NAIPAUL has returned to India, the country of his heritage.

12/30/90 SUN Legacy of Columbus: silly attack on European colonization ZEST
20 22 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI "THE CONQUEST OF PARADISE./Christopher Columbus
and the Columbian Legacy. By Kirkpatrick Sale. Knopf, $24.95. THE 500th
anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to the New World is fast
approaching.

12/09/90 SUN A Christmas miscellany: more books suitable for giving ZEST 24
8 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI ANDY WARHOL. A Retrospective. Edited by Kynaston
McShine.

08/26/90 SUN `Chico' Mendes and the death of the Brazilian rain forest ZEST
24 21 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE BURNING SEASON./The Murder of Chico Mendes
and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest. By Andrew Rivikin. Houghton
Mifflin, $19.95. THE WORLD IS BURNING.

08/19/90 SUN Observations of a longtime Asia-watcher: a summing up from
Elegant ZEST 22 17 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI PACIFIC DESTINY. Inside Asia Today.
By Robert S. Elegant.

07/15/90 SUN See, smell, touch, taste, listen: an enthralling book on the
senses ZEST 23 11 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SENSES. By
Diana Ackerman. Random House.

07/08/90 SUN Ehrlichs and the population `bomb' that didn't explode ZEST 24
22 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE POPULATION EXPLOSION. By Paul R. Ehrlich and
Anne H. Ehrlich. Simon & Schuster, $18.95. "THE battle to feed all of
humanity is over."

05/20/90 SUN An in-depth look at the forces that molded the South African
mind ZEST 23 16 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE MIND OF SOUTH AFRICA. By Allister
Sparks. Knopf, $24.95. ALLISTER Sparks is one of the two or three most
distinguished journalists in South Africa, a country in which being
distinguished has also required being courageous.

04/25/90 WED All environmentalists are not anti-technology B 11 2 CURTIS
CLEMENSON I must disagree with the premise of "Self-indulgent nonsense
clouds over Earth Day" written by Thomas R. DeGregori (Outlook, April 19).
He refers to environmentalists as anti-technology "back to nature
noblemen." I have been involved with the Sierra Club and Rain Forest Action
Network and have not met even one environmentalist who would like to turn
back the clock 100 years. We are all in agreement that the appropriate use
of modern technology and science can benefit mankind.

04/19/90 THU Self-indulgent nonsense clouds over Earth Day A 25 14 THOMAS
R. DeGREGORI ONE hundred years ago, water we drank was likely to be
contaminated. People in weakened condition from malnutrition, or from
breathing air contaminated with coal- and wood-burning pollutants, readily
died of infectious diseases now virtually eliminated. Manure littered city
streets and food spoiled without refrigeration.

03/11/90 SUN The centuries-long evolution of the pencil: It didn't just
happen ZEST 24 9 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE PENCIL. A History of Design and
Circumstance. By Henry Petroski.

03/04/90 SUN Changes technology made in modern culture: an antidote to
pessimism ZEST 21 11 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI DISAPPEARING THROUGH THE
SKYLIGHT./Culture and Technology in the Twentieth Century. By O.B. Hardison
Jr. Viking, $22.95. EVERY few years a scholarly book or article appears
written by a scientist or engineer or historian of those fields with a
title like "Science and Imagination" or "Technology and Vision." What is
astounding is not the content of these works but that there is a case yet
to be proved.

02/25/90 SUN An Afrikaner heritage: how Rian Malan became a `traitor' to
his people ZEST 23 13 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI MY TRAITOR'S HEART./A South
African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe and His Conscience. By
Rian Malan. Atlantic Monthly Press, $19.95. AFRIKANERS frequently describe
themselves as a tribe, a white African tribe.

02/04/90 SUN Pollock/A massive biography draws nonsensical conclusions
ZEST 22 10 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI JACKSON POLLOCK./.An American Saga. By
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. Crown, $29.95. IN speaking of
Jackson Pollock and his place on the stage of American life and art of the
1940s and '50s, one is almost trapped in cliches such as "larger than life."

01/28/90 SUN The Khomeini years: Ayatollah's revolution may not have run
its course ZEST 24 11 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI IN THE NAME OF GOD. The Khomeini
Decade. By Robin Wright.

12/24/89 SUN Pride and dignity in Rajasthan ZEST 24 4 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI
RAJASTHAN. India's Enchanted Land. Introduction and photographs by Raghubir
Singh.

12/10/89 SUN A Christmas selection/Large illustrated books on theater, bird
life, art and more ZEST 24 5 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THOMAS HART BENTON/An
American Original. By Henry Adams. Knopf, $60. THOMAS Hart Benton often is
referred to as an American regionalist, like other great painters of the
American scene such as Charles Burchfield, John Steuart Curry, Edward
Hopper, Peter Hurd, Reginald Marsh and Grant Wood.

12/10/89 SUN A Christmas selection/Large illustrated books on theater, bird
life, art and more ZEST 24 4 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI JACKSON POLLOCK. By Ellen
G. Landau. Abrams, $70. CRITICS of modern abstract art have accused its
practitioners of throwing paint on canvas.

12/03/89 SUN Faraway places/Easter Island mystery and other tales of exotic
climes ZEST 21 5 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI COUSTEAU'S PAPUA-NEW GUINEA JOURNEY.
By Jean-Michel Cousteau and Mose Richards. Abrams, $39.95. THE name
Cousteau on a book, even if it is the son, Jean-Michel, immediately raises
expectations of maritime adventures, underwater oceanic photography and a
narrative that is intelligent and informative.

11/12/89 SUN Goodbye to nature? A compendium of naive New Age nonsense!
ZEST 25 25 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE END OF NATURE. By Bill McKibbon.

10/22/89 SUN Life on a farm: Richard Rhodes reports a dangerous occupation
ZEST 23 13 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI FARM. A Year in the Life of an American Farmer.

09/24/89 SUN John McPhee looks at humanity's struggle with nature ZEST 23
22 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE CONTROL OF NATURE. By John McPhee.

09/03/89 SUN Israel's Sharon: the fulsome autobiography of Arik the Great
ZEST 22 16 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI WARRIOR. An Autobiography.

09/03/89 SUN Authors focus on poverty in South Africa ZEST 25 12 THOMAS R.
DeGREGORI UPROOTING POVERTY. The South African Challenge.

07/21/89 FRI The crash of United Flight 232/Airline industry may have
lost innovative edge A 16 13 REBECCA TROUNSON It seemed a sad irony
Thursday that even as the nation celebrated the anniversary of one of its
most spectacular technological triumphs, it was forced to confront the
failure of a much simpler technology, the jet airplane. The hoopla
surrounding the 20th anniversary of the moon landing, including the
presidential announcement that America will return to the moon for the
first time since 1972, brought Wednesday's crash of United Flight 232 into
high relief.

05/07/89 SUN The Philippine revolution put in perspective by a reporter who
was there ZEST 28 9 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI IMPOSSIBLE DREAM. The Marcoses, the
Aquinos,

04/23/89 SUN Ali Bhutto's daughter Benazir/ The autobiography of the woman
who leads Pakistan is important for what it leaves out ZEST 22 20 THOMAS R.
DeGREGORI DAUGHTER OF DESTINY. An Autobiography.

01/15/89 SUN A history-rich capital/Flesh-and-blood characters give
portrait of Mexico City plenty of life ZEST 22 19 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI LA
CAPITAL. The Biography of Mexico City.

01/08/89 SUN How everything works ZEST 22 5 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE WAY
THINGS WORK. From Levers to Lasers to Computers.

12/18/88 SUN The Marcoses and the Philippines, with plenty of seamy detail
ZEST 23 17 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE MARCOS DYNASTY. By Sterling Seagrave.

12/18/88 SUN A Christmas selection/Additional notes on books suitable for
giving in this yule tide season ZEST 26 4 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE WORLD
ATLAS OF WARFARE. Military Innovations that Changed

12/11/88 SUN A Christmas selection/More notes on books which may be greeted
with pleasure this yuletide season ZEST 21 5 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI VERVE. The
Ultimate Review of Art

12/04/88 SUN On Greek civilization ZEST 28 3 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE GREEK
WORLD. By Roger Ling.

12/04/88 SUN Christmas selection/Books to cause glee when discovered 'neath
the Christmas tree ZEST 24 3 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
SCIENCE FICTION.

11/20/88 SUN Haiti and the Duvaliers: a history written in blood and
intrigue ZEST 24 11 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI HAITI. Duvaliers and Their Legacy.

11/13/88 SUN The Shah of Iran in exile: An oft-told tale well told again
ZEST 21 12 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI THE SHAH'S LAST RIDE. The Fate of an Ally.

09/25/88 SUN America's war against terrorism: A hound with more bark than
bite ZEST 27 36 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI BEST LAID PLANS. The Inside Story of
America's

09/04/88 SUN The Arab Americans/Gregory Orfalea considers a productive, yet
little known ethnic group ZEST 25 17 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI BEFORE THE FLAMES.
A Quest for the History of Arab Americans

07/10/88 SUN Our tortured relationship with Iran/A new book considers
tangled U. S. policy and those who made it ZEST 20 21 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI
THE EAGLE AND THE LION. The Tragedy of American Iranian Relations

03/06/88 SUN Lost tribes ZEST 17 4 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE FORGOTTEN TRIBES
OF CHINA. By Kevin Sinclair.

01/03/88 SUN The face of terrorism/It isn't just Islamic: Many Muslims are
as chagrined as we are ZEST 15 24 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI HOLY TERROR. Inside
the World of Islamic Terrorism.

12/20/87 SUN Behind the Philippine revolution, an enormous amount of
suffering ZEST 26 13 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI "REVOLUTION FROM THE HEART." By
Niall O'Brien.

12/06/87 SUN A Christmas selection/Here are some books you may be delighted
to find beneath the tree ZEST 23 15 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI VANISHING TRIBES.
Primitive Man on Earth.

11/01/87 SUN Light on a distant war: Comprehending the Iran-Iraq conflict
ZEST 17 27 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR AND WESTERN SECURITY
1984-1987.

10/25/87 SUN Yale and American spying ZEST 21 7 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI CLOAK
AND GOWN. Scholars in the Secret War, 1939-1961.

10/11/87 SUN Hunger in U.S./It's a `disease' that America can cure, this
book asserts ZEST 22 8 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI LIVING HUNGRY IN AMERICA. By Dr.
J. Larry Brown and H.F. Pizer.

10/04/87 SUN The other Philippine revolution/A reporter looks inside the
communist guerrilla movement facing Corazon Aquino ZEST 23 15 THOMAS R.
DeGREGORI INSIDE THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION. By William Chapman.

09/27/87 SUN Tiger with a fever: Romanticizing the bushmen ZEST 15 17
THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE MANUFACTURE OF EVIL. Ethics, Evolution and

09/06/87 SUN Overthrowing Marcos/Lewis Simons tells the dramatic story of
the Philippine dictator's downfall ZEST 21 14 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI WORTH
DYING FOR By Lewis M. Simons

06/28/87 SUN Prisoners of those we support: Marcos and U.S. Philippine
policy ZEST 21 12 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI WALTZING WITH A DICTATOR. The
Marcoses and the Making

06/14/87 SUN The logic of warfare/Armed conflict is full of paradoxes,
argues `the modern Clausewitz'%3B doing the right thing may result in
disaster, as it did for Egypt ZEST 20 15 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI STRATEGY. The
Logic of War and Peace.

05/31/87 SUN Understanding the Cambodian holocaust: two perspectives ZEST
39 12 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER. The Voices of Cambodia's
Revolution.

03/08/87 SUN The general and Iran: a naive mission ZEST 17 7 THOMAS R.
DEGREGORI MISSION TO TEHRAN. By Gen. Robert E. Huyser.

03/08/87 SUN Angola microcosm: what it was like to be there ZEST 15 14
THOMAS R. DEGREGORI ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE. By Ryszard Kapuschinski.

01/25/87 SUN The war after the war: Understanding the situation in
Indochina ZEST 21 21 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI BROTHER ENEMY. The War After the War.

01/04/87 SUN `Primitive Arab, alien Jew'/In a perceptive book, David
Shipler shows the distortions that poison Arab-Jewish relations ZEST 23 13
THOMAS R. DEGREGORI ARAB AND JEW. Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land.

12/28/86 SUN Terror and Arab radicalism/Two books help shatter the myths
about terrorism and militance ZEST 14 19 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE FINANCING
OF TERROR. By James Adams. Simon & Schuster, $18. 95.

12/21/86 SUN All about dolls ZEST 22 4 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE COLLECTOR'S
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DOLLS.

12/09/86 TUE Free South Africa's 100 million hostages 4 7 25 THOMAS R.
DEGREGORI THERE IS A HOSTAGE CRISIS in southern Africa: 100 million
hostages - a number so large, so overpowering that they have been
unnoticed. This crisis has had the most effective disguise possible%3B

12/07/86 SUN A Christmas selection/Books that may very well bring delight
when found underneath the tree ZEST 18 5 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI

12/07/86 SUN A Christmas selection/Books that may very well being delight
when found underneath the tree ZEST 16 12 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI BEATON IN
VOGUE. By Josephine Ross. Potter, $40.

12/07/86 SUN The Christmas selection/Books that may very well bring delight
when found underneath the tree ZEST 15 9 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI CEZANNE. A
Biography.

12/07/86 SUN A Christmas Selection/Books that may very well bring delight
when found underneath the tree ZEST 17 11 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE AFRICANS.
A Triple Heritage. By Ali A. Mazrui.

12/07/86 SUN A Christmas selection/Books that may very well bring delight
when found underneath the tree ZEST 19 11 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI JEWISH FOLK
ART. From Biblical Days to Modern Times.

11/30/86 SUN The Sistine Chapel ceiling: Is restoration a good idea? ZEST
25 28 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE SISTINE CHAPEL. The Art, the History, and the
Restoration. Text by Carlo Pietrangeli, Andre Chastel,

11/16/86 SUN Anatomy of a terrorist/Here's what's known about Abu Nidal,
the man behind the most outrageous terrorist acts ZEST 15 22 THOMAS R.
DEGREGORI THE MASTER TERRORIST. The True Story Behind Abu Nidal.

10/19/86 SUN There goes Lamm again/Despite the governor's alarm, the
immigration `bomb' is not even a firecracker ZEST 23 24 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI
THE IMMIGRATION TIME BOMB. The Fragmenting of America. By Gov. Richard D.
Lamm 09/07/86 SUN A century of Texas ZEST 25 7 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI HISTORIC
TEXAS A Photographic Portrait.

08/03/86 SUN U.S. power/A perceptive book on the military and midguided
punditry on world strategy ZEST 16 21 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE STRAW GIANT.
Triumph and Failure:

08/03/86 SUN Engineer's view ZEST 18 3 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI BEYOND
ENGINEERING. By Henry Petrowski.

08/03/86 SUN Ending apartheid is a matter of life and death OUTLOOK 4 28
THOMAS R. DEGREGORI IN THE BATTLE over sanctions against South Africa,
Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has already declared a moral and
intellectual victory. Added to the standard argument that sanctions against
South Africa would hurt blacks is the further refinement by the prime
minister that sanctions would take their toll in increasing numbers of
black children who would die as a consequence of them. This thesis is
frequently joined together with the statement that sanctions "won't work."

06/01/86 SUN Mandela and South Africa/As blacks become increasingly
radical, he may be the last opportunity for peace ZEST 15 19 THOMAS R.
DEGREGORI NELSON MANDELA. The Man and the Movement.

05/25/86 SUN Terrorism: It's a far more complex matter than this book
suggests ZEST 21 36 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI TERRORISM. How the West Can Win.

05/18/86 SUN Sidelights on the unraveling of the Shah of Iran ZEST 20 13
THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE SPIRIT OF ALLAH. Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution.

05/11/86 SUN `Science' in the kitchen: Women and cooking ZEST 22 16 THOMAS
R. DEGREGORI PERFECTION SALAD. Women and Cooking at the

05/04/86 SUN A reporter with the Contras/In Christopher Dickey's account of
what's happening in Nicaragua, nobody looks good ZEST 26 21 THOMAS R.
DEGREGORI WITH THE CONTRAS. A Reporter in the Wilds of Nicaragua.

04/27/86 SUN The Arabs and Zionism/In the 19th century two cultures
clashed. They're still clashing. And the Arabs were not the first to make
use of terrorism ZEST 19 35 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI THE SIEGE. The Saga of
Israel and Zionism.

04/16/86 WED Texas professors say attack was ill-advised 1 19 13 NANCY
STANCILL Middle East experts at four Texas universities took a dim view of
President Reagan's decision to bomb Libyan targets, saying it increases the
danger to Americans without solving the problem of terrorism. "The
president's actions were very ill-advised and I think the American people
should speak out against it," Dr. Donald Quataert, a Middle East history
professor at University of Houston-University Park, said Tuesday. "The
bombing creates - at a higher level than ever before - a violent discourse
between the United States and Libya with consequences that simply can't be
foreseen," said Quataert.

04/16/86 WED OPEC oil embargo against U.S. called unlikely BUSINESS 1 14
JUDITH CROWN An OPEC oil embargo against the United States isn't likely and
would be a minor disruption even if the cartel's Arab members agreed to
Libya's request for economic sanctions, energy industry specialists say.
Libyan Oil Minister Fawzi Shakshuki said in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday
that his nation had asked other OPEC members to join in an embargo
following the U.S. raid on Libya. However, OPEC President Arturo Hernandez
Grisanti said the ministers "didn't consider an embargo" as they resumed
the summit that broke down March 24.

03/25/86 TUE UH professors see trouble for U.S. 1 8 13 STEPHANIE A.
MCGRATH, BARBARA SHOOK, BRIAN LEVINSON Dr. G. Hossein Razi, an associate
professor of political science at the University of Houston, says he has
been watching the U.S. maneuvers in the Gulf of Sidra off Libya for several
months with increasing trepidation, and he now foresees the killing of
innocent Americans. "The administration's position is that they are out
there to make sure that international waters are used in connection with
international law," said Razi, an Iranian. "We go there again and again and
again%3B they apparently want to do something.

03/09/86 SUN What's really happening in southern Africa: a contribution to
good sense ZEST 26 18 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI FREEDOM RISING. By James North.

02/23/86 SUN Indian art ZEST 19 5 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI FESTIVAL OF INDIA IN
THE UNITED STATES, 1985-1986. Foreword by Papul Jayakar.

02/23/86 SUN Videophobia/An elitest attack on the TV tube ZEST 14 13 THOMAS
R. DeGREGORI AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH. Public Discourse in the Age of
Show Business

02/16/86 SUN The turbulent career of Ariel Sharon ZEST 17 27 THOMAS R.
DEGREGORI SHARON. An Israeli Caesar.

02/09/86 SUN From disaster, ultimate success?/Failure has always been the
price of progress. Challenger's disastrous end may be shocking because such
events are rare ZEST 21 19 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI TO ENGINEER IS HUMAN. By
Henry Petroski.

02/02/86 SUN Doomsday always lies ahead/Jack Doyle takes a catastrophist
view of the Green Revolution. The facts don't agree. ZEST 25 24 THOMAS R.
DEGREGORI ALTERED HARVEST. Agriculture, Genetics and the Fate

01/12/86 SUN Good eats dept.: an anthropologist considers how everybody
dines and why ZEST 22 13 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI GOOD TO EAT. Riddles of Food
and Culture. By Marvin Harris.

01/05/86 SUN The gathering of intelligence/Are we getting more than we need
to know? Walter Laqueur suggests that we're overwhelmed with information
ZEST 24 12 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI A WORLD OF SECRETS. The Uses and Limits of
Intelligence.

12/29/85 SUN The books of 85/Here's how Chronicle reviewers responded to
the memorable books published this year ZEST 16 39 IN PUBLISHING 1985 was a
good year if not a great year, as the oenophiles are wont say. There were
new novels from E. L. Doctorow, Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving, Larry McMurtry,
Italo Calvino, Gail Godwin, Joyce Carol Oates and John Fowles, among
others, and there was admirable reportage on places ranging from South
Africa to Boston.

12/29/85 SUN The U. S.-Israeli bond ZEST 18 10 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI BETWEEN
WASHINGTON AND JERUSALEM. A Reporter's Notebook.

12/22/85 SUN A Christmas potpourri/Further notes on books suitable for
holiday giving ZEST 18 7 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI SEAS AND OCEANS. By David
Lambert and Anita McConnell.

12/15/85 SUN A Christmas selection/More books which may fit in with your
seasonal needs ZEST 18 11 THOMAS R. DEGREGORI FIJI CELEBRATION. By James
Siers.

12/08/85 SUN A Christmas selection/Further reportage on books which may be
received with glee this Christmas ZEST 38 14 THOMAS R. DeGREGORI ISAK
DINESEN'S AFRICA. Images of the Wild Continent from

11/10/85SUNAnger in Islam: the forces behind Moslem militancyZEST1621
THOMAS R. DEGREGORI
SACRED RAGE. The Wrath of Militant Islam.

11/03/85SUNDon't be afraid of tomorrow/Within broad limits, asserts a
provocative new book, we're free to create the futureZEST2652 RANDAL JOY
THOMPSON
A THEORY OF TECHNOLOGY Continuity and Change in Human Development

10/27/85SUNIndia and the Nehru-Gandhi clan: History may be kindZEST2813
THOMAS R. DE GREGORI

AN INDIAN DYNASTY. The Story of the Nehru-Gandhi Family.
10/20/85SUNAnatomy of Apartheid: an angry book on South Africa by a
knowledeable reporterZEST2216
THOMAS R. DE GREGORI MOVE YOUR SHADOW. South Africa, Black and White.

10/20/85SUNThere's still hunger in the world, but there's no world
crisisZEST2422
THOMAS R. DE GREGORI
ENDING WORLD HUNGER. An Idea Whose Time Has Come
.
09/29/85SUNSouth Africa's military juggernaut: What's it for?ZEST2020
THOMAS R. DE GREGORI
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR MACHINE. By Helmoed-Romer Heitman. Presidio Press, $20.

09/22/85SUNWhen elephants fight: making sense out of AfricaZEST2420
THOMAS R. DE GREGORI
AFRICA. The People and Politics of

09/15/85SUNHow sweet it is/Sugar is a bigger and bigger part of our caloric
intake. It may even have changed our lives.ZEST2414
THOMAS R. DE GREGORI
SWEETNESS AND POWER. The Place of Sugar in Modern History.

08/25/85SUNInteresting tidbits on the fall of the ShahZEST257
THOMAS R. DE GREGORI
THE PRIDE AND THE FALL. Iran 1974-1979.

08/18/85SUNThe upheaval in Nicaragua/Reporter Shirley Christian traces the
course of the Nicaraguan revolution in a book with some strong biasesZEST1427
THOMAS R. DE GREGORI
Sandinistas' patron saint, Augusto Sandino%3B President Daniel Ortega
SaavedraNICARAGUA.
\
07/07/85SUNA U. S. insider's view of our long encounter with IranZEST1923
THOMAS R. DE GREGORI
ALL FALL DOWN. America's Tragic Encounter with Iran.

05/19/85SUNMiddle East memoirsZEST2110
THOMAS R. DE GREGORI
THE ARAB WORLD. Personal Encounters.

04/21/85SUNThe case for preserving the Amazon rain forestZEST2713
THOMAS R. DeGREGORI
DREAMS OF AMAZONIA. By Roger D. Stone. Viking, $17.95.

04/21/85SUNThe downfall of the Shah/A Polish journalist reveals the
elemental forces that toppled Iran's monarchZEST2317
THOMAS DeGREGORI
SHAH OF SHAHS. By Ryszard Kapuscinski. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, $12.95.

04/14/85SUNFrom seatbelts to smoking: the risek we face todayZEST169
THOMAS R. DE GREGORI
THE OPENING page of this book contains what one might call a paradox or
even a contradiction. The first sentence boldly states that "we live in a
dangerous world," while in the second paragraph we learn that "we are
living longer, from an average of 50 years in 1900 to 75 years today."

04/07/85SUNIslamic ferment/Ayatollah Khomeini may be the symbol of Islamic
fundamentalism, but the phenomenon is globalZEST2214
THOMAS R. DEGREGORI
THE REIGN OF THE AYATOLLAHS. By Shaul Bakhas. Basic Books, $18. 95.

03/03/85SUNTerrorist'/South Africa gave Breyten Breytenbach 7 years in
prison for rhetoric aloneZEST2213
THOMAS R. DE GREGORI
THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ALBINO TERRORIST.