1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS

GEORGE S. ROBINSON	EDITORIAL
DOLPH L. HATFIELD	ASSESSING RACIAL SENSITIVITES When ethnic groups object to the use of certain words or stereotypes and those who perpetrate these acts counter the objections by saying that their intentions are not racially motivated, who is right?
EDMUND A BOWLES	THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Innovations in unrelated fields have found applications in everything from kettledrums and trumpets to pianos.
JULIUS KAPLAN	A SHORT HISTORY OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH GLASS Art, culture, popular libations, politics, and even treason are all to be found depicted on English glassware.
WALTER BOYNE	FLYING OUT OF THE COLD WAR US aircraft makers found new ways to survive when it was time to slim down.
MICHAEL MARKELS, JR.	EFFECTS OF CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Mankind has the basic tools to solve problems that seem to defy solution.
LEE LOEVINGER	THE DISTINCTIVE FUNCTIONS OF SCIENCE AND LAW Both shape our modern society, but in very different ways.
NTINOS C. MYRIANTHOPOULOS	THE PHILOSOPHIC ORIGINS OF SCIENCE Two cultures have evolved along different paths, but converge every once in a while.
EDWARD J. BURGER, JR.	HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION The current bleak scenario raises both foreign policy and humanitarian concerns.
JAMES A. ROBINSON	"WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TAIWAN'S DEMOCRACY?" After more than ten years and as many elections, a Taiwan voter's question is answered.
FREDERICK J.O. BLACHLY	GHOST STORIES From the very beginning, American politics has been shaped by the quiet pens of ghostwriters.
BILL GARRETT	A GOLDEN EYE FOR A GOLDEN ERA An interview with photographer Fred J. Maroon.
DABNEY G. HART	WOMEN OF MYSTERY A good mystery offers more than just clues.
FRANCIS J. SYPHER	THE OCCULTATION OF LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Admired in her time, this author fell quickly from view, but her genius is now being rediscovered.
WILTON S. DILLON	MORE THAN CIVILITY Preventing daily hurt is one way to promote a civil society.
JACOB A. STEIN	CIVILITY AS AN ART FORM IN DIPLOMACY AND THE LAW Looking for links among Winston Churchill, Lord Chesterfield, Benjamin Franklin, and the modern lawyer.
WILMA DYKEMAN	RECOVERING A SENSE OF PLACE Our wanderings, both far and near, define us.
DOUGLAS REID WEIMER	A LOOK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD From the Cosmos Club's refurbished Hillyer House, a picture of this vibrant, historic, area emerges.
FREDERICK C. DYER	IN QUEST OF A COSMOS CLUB READERSHIP FOUNDATION Here is a suggestion from one whimsically serious bibliophile.

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EDITOR
George S. Robinson

EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
John R. Apel
Luther J. Carter
Stanley W. Cloud
Barbara J. Culliton
Murray J. Gart
Richard L. Harwood
Chuck Hyman
Lee Loevinger
Marianne Means
Morris W. Rosenberg
Lester Tanzer
Volkmar K. Wentzel
Robert M. White
Henry H. Work

JOURNAL ADVISORY BOARD
Chairman
Bill Garrett

Robert E. Cleary
Chester L. Cooper
Joseph R. Gunn
Stephen J. Huebner
Richard Krause
Judith Martin
Jacob A. Stein

EDITORIAL ASSOCIATES
Vanessa Lide Whitcomb
Ann Kellogg Robinson

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