冬季奥运蓄势待发 When the Olympic Flame arrives in Salt Lake City, Utah, to inaugurate the 2002 Winter Games, it will have traveled roughly 22,500 kilometers through more than 40 states. For many people in Salt Lake City, though, the most dif...
La Sagrada Familia:The Unfinished Dream 圣家堂：未完的绮梦 By day, it rises up from Barcelona like an art nouveau dream. By night, it looms over the city like a Gothic nightmare. Whether it is seen by day or by night, visitors are always imp...
Bad Things Come in Small Packages 拆信小心！ While most armies in the world shun their use, and military authorities exclude them from warfare, the technology to produce biological and chemical weapons is widely available. Moreover, these weapon...
AN INTRODUCTION TO FRANCHISING 开间专卖店 Back in 1954, Ray Kroc was already in his 50s when he persuaded the McDonald brothers to let him be responsible for a franchising operation. He expanded their clean, efficient, assembly-line style of mar...
For the Love of Chocolate! 浓情巧克力 Most people know that chocolate is made from cocoa and that the origins of chocolate can be traced back to Central and South America. For centuries, the natives there regarded cocoa as a gift from the gods....
All That Jazz 爵代风华 You may have heard of Kenny G, but what do you really know about jazz? Jazz is a genuinely American art form that has blossomed into a worldwide phenomenon. It is certainly much more than mere background music. Jazz comes i...
The Ups and Downs of Katherine Graham 奋斗与坚持：报业女巨人的一生 It could safely be said of Katherine Graham that few women had a greater influence on 20th-century American history. When she died last year at the age of 84, people fro...
Tradition Facing Forward 国油双峰塔：亚洲出头天！ With pinnacles ascending 452 meters above Kuala Lumpur, the Petronas Twin Towers have a slender elegance reminiscent1 of the graceful spires2 of Muslim temples. The Islamic influence exten...
Gay Youth: The Straight Facts 少年同志：成长荆棘路 For most people, adolescence is a difficult time of life filled with pressure from peers, parents, and school. For gay, lesbian, and bisexual teens, however, the stress of this period multi...
From Hell (I) 地狱追魂帖 In the autumn of 1888, in Londons sordid Whitechapel district, one name evoked terror and trepidation1 more than any other: Jack the Ripper. Never identified, Jack the Ripper was a man who, over a four-month period, was...
