2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS

DAPHNE VOM BAUR	ON THE COVER Frederick Hart (CC 1983–1999) was an unapologetic classicist
GEORGE S. ROBINSON	EDITORIAL Darwin in the Age of Biotechnology
LAWRENCE M. SMALL	A SMITHSONIAN FOR THE 21ST CENTURY The nation's treasure keeper is retooling, renovating, and renewing its promise to Americans
W. RICHARD WEST	THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN One man's unique collection of native objects is about to become part of the nation's inheritance
RITA R. COLWELL	NEW SCIENTIFIC FRONTIERS, NEW DEBATES Scientists, politicians, and the public all have a role to play in guiding new areas of scientific research
FRANCIS J. SYPHER	THE REDISCOVERED PROPHET: FREDERICK L. HOFFMAN (1865–1946) Prescient and prolific in his writings, F.L. Hoffman is finding new audiences 50 years after his death
HELMUT W. SCHULZ	THE DESTINY OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE MYSTERY OF LIFE A world without beginning or end
WILLIAM CLAIRE	Two Poems
CHARLES F. HUTCHINSON	JOHN WESLEY POWELL AND THE NEW WEST From the Cosmos Club's founding member comes an enduring view of arid land management
E. JULIUS DASCH	THE ODYSSEY OF PLANET EARTH We are moving ever closer to unlocking the secrets of Earth's birth, life processes, and future
RALPH SANDERS	TECHNOLOGY IN A PARADIGM CENTURY There is reason to believe the pace of technological growth will be slower in the decades ahead
ELINOR HARRIS SOLOMON	LIFE ON THE INTERNET FAST TRACK Discovering the wonders and the perils of an e-world
LILLIAN BROWN	VOICE RECOGNITION 2005 Is America ready for the next generation of voice-operated communications?
JANE W. LARSON	IS IT TIME FOR DURABLE RECORDS Computers may not be the best way to preserve today's history, nature, and scientific achievements
LILA OLIVER ASHER AND FREDERICK J.O. BLACHLY	MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II (includes next two articles)
LILA OLIVER ASHER	MEN I HAVE MET IN BED: A WARTIME SKETCHBOOK Countless faces in countless hospital wards tell the real story of war
FREDERICK J.O. BLACHLY	THEY ALSO SERVE Wartime memories of playing music and playing soldier
VOLKMAR WENTZEL	A BALKAN RETROSPECT "The only way out of today's misery is for people to be worthy of each other's trust." —Albert Schweitzer
JOHN SAFER	HAMLET INCONSISTENT Logical or not, Shakespeare's prince has a lasting appeal
M. THOMAS INGE	FAULKNER'S ENDURING "DIXIE LIMITED" Writers from America's South to rural China have been influenced by the work of William Faulkner
TOM VEBLEN	CREATING WEALTH What works in America may also work as a model for global wealth
J. EDWIN DIETEL	AMERICA'S WINE INDUSTRY: A GLOBAL SUCCESS After scarely a generation, the US wine industry is challenging centuries-old Eurpean wineries
FREDERICK MOORE BINDER	SO YOU WANT TO BE A COLLEGE PRESIDENT? Get ready to jump through many hoops!

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EDITOR
George S. Robinson

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

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Chairman
Bill Garrett

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

DEPUTY EDITOR
Vanessa Lide Whitcomb

ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR ART
Daphne von Baur

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Jon Howard, JHDesign

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