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Articles in April, 2003 issue of World and I

• Happy Anniversary? This year we "celebrate" the ninetieth anniversary of the passage of the Sixteenth Amendment: "Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the s
  by WAGNER, RICHARD E.
• Finding Their Place - Moroccans Celebrate in Israel.
  by Meyers, Nechemia
• A Partial Portrait - Critic Terry Teachout has done an impressive job of bringing together in one unified narrative the many distinct facets of H.L. Mencken's life.(Book Review) (book review)
  by FECHER, CHARLES A.
• The Many Faces of Tax Reform - President George W. Bush has called for acceleration of tax cuts. Democrats, contrary to their popular image, responded not with calls for higher taxes but with tax relief proposals of their own.
  by BARRY, JOHN S.
• A Place Called Home - A volunteer firefighter discovers that helping people in his hometown is the all-important component of both his life and writing.(Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time)(Book Review) (book review)
  by McCOMBIE, BRIAN
• Beyond the Culture Factory.
  by CATALANO, PETER
• Counterbalancing UNITO.(the possible creation of a UN International Tax Organization)(Brief Article)
• Taxes Around the World - The European Union and United Nations are working to make sure that the whole world is sharing the pain of taxation.
  by BURTON, DAVID R.
• Medicine-Man Youth Worker.(Chief Ernie Peters Longwalker)
  by Selle, Robert R.
• Nature in an Armchair Hour - With attentive observation and beautifully crafted prose, Verlyn Klinkenborg invites us to experience, as well as to consider, a relationship to the land and nature.(Book Review) (book review)
  by CHAPPELL, FRED
• What to Do With Billy Bulger.
  by Mittell, David A.
• Oyster Boats Alive - Saving the Chesapeake's Skipjack Fishing Fleet.
  by Holden, Peter
• A Taxing History.(income tax in US)(Brief Article)
• Partners for Life.(lichens)
  by Smith, Dwight G.
• We Couldn't Agree More.
• A Vinegar Barbecue - On the coastal plain of north carolina, whole-hog barbecuing is a community event where vinegar-based sauces are king.
  by forristal, linda joyce
• Reforming the Fourth Estate.(criticism of sensational journalism)
  by Smillie, Dirk
• A Victory for Both Parties.(United States tax policy)(Brief Article)
• The Great Weaver From Reykjav'k - Iceland's treasured independence became both matrix and subject for novelist Halld-r Laxness.
  by ALLEN, BRUCE
• 'UM Schmum' - The UN and the Iraqi Question.
  by Blank, Stephen
• Water Ills: Quenching the World's Thirst.
  by Schmandt, Jurgen
• Warming Bodies and Souls - Pilot Roger Shea braves a frozen frontier to deliver food, compassion, and a message to the people of remote russia.
  by Anderson, Alissa
• Whispering wings - A Personal Meeting With Angels.
  by Potts, Ron
• Hurtling to Life - The Land Divers of Pentecost Island.
  by Ryman, Anders
• FROM THIS MONTH'S MENU.(destructive power of technology)(Editorial)
• Our Perilous Dependence on Groundwater.
  by Defant, Marc J.
• The Columbia tragedy.(international news reaction to accident)(Excerpt)
• Functional Completen - The Art of Pekka Paikkari.
  by STR[macron]MMEN, MARIT
• Cunning Checkmates Force - Folktales From Kenya.(Short Story)
  by Knappert, Jan
• Tax Policy.(Editorial)
  by Kaplan, Morton A.
• Secret Spreading.(wireless data transmissions)
  by Sellers, Ruth
• Newstainment - Cable News Goes for the Oomph.
  by BREYER, RICHARD
• Bonds of Love and Loss - A sensitive portrayal of family relationships set during three fateful summers.(Book Review) (book review)
  by HOWER, EDWARD
• A Matter of Scale.
• Terror Exporter? An experienced journalist's condemnation of the Saudi state and its relation to Wahhabi Islam is powerful and insightful despite its biases.(The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa'ud from Tradition to Terror)(Book Review) (book review)
  by TAKEYH, RAY
• An Unforgiving Past - South African novelist Zakes Mda chronicles how the ghosts of his nation's racist past continue to haunt the present.(The Heart of Redness Ways of Dying)(Book Review) (book review)
  by NDIBE, OKEY
• The Idea of Capitalism - A historian helps clarify the great historical European debate on market capitalism.(The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Modern European Thought)(Book Review) (book review)
  by HARSANYI, DAVID
• A Singing Faith - Composer John Tavener.
  by GREER, HERB
• An Allegory of the Future - Building on Plato's allegory of the cave, Jose Saramago creates a frightening view of the future in which individualism, imagination, and love disappear.(Book Review) (book review)
  by MUJICA, BARBARA
• Neil Paulino - The Beauty of the Everyday.(Editorial)