Word: historyes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WE Americans don't just want to read about something big. We can do that in history books. We want to live through the big event, to experience "history in the making." Two frequently-heard numbers last week were 1906 and 1929. A knowledge of history and of the possibility...
Sancton should know. A native of New Orleans, he grew up in and around the clubs of America's jazz capital, sitting in on gigs with his clarinet from the time he was a teenager. Allen's musical hero, clarinetist George Lewis, was one of Sancton's own mentors, and...
America's retailers have precious little to cheer about these days. Many of the best-known U.S. department-store chains are up for sale. Garment sales have been stagnant, and profits are squeezed. But then there is Donna Karan, a women's-clothing designer whose creations send department-store executives...
Nevada, by disposition, is a freewheeling state where almost anything goes. But lately Nevadans have begun to talk limits. This summer the state legislature passed the first mining-reclamation bill in its history. Already the more progressive companies have embarked on efforts to ameliorate the eyesores their mining operations have...
But are such apocalyptic visions justified? Not at all, argues conservative pundit George Gilder in his new book, Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technology (Simon & Schuster; $19.95), a lively look at the history and prospects of the U.S. microelectronics industry. Gilder, author of the best-selling Wealth and...