In this issue: Love in business, terror-proof architecture,
the Winter Olympics, and more...
---Business---
All you need is love... in business? That's what a Yahoo!
exec says in a Fast Company article.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87160
Tunnel closures and rising traffic in the Alps have tied up
Europe's flow of goods, according to Time Europe.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87342
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87342
---Design---
The new federal building in Oklahoma City provides a look at
how office architecture will change under heightened concern
over terrorism, says a Fast Company article.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87145
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87145
---Education---
According to an Education Week piece, the school environment
is not especially conducive to boys' success.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=86822
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=86822
A New Republic article reports on attempts to racially
integrate the University of Alabama's immensely powerful
all-white fraternities and sororities.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87195
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87195
---Heroes---
Fast Company interviews the author of a new book on courage,
who still finds the subject a bit of a mystery.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87120
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87120
Buy The Mystery of Courage by William Ian Miller:
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0674003071/magportalcom
Outside profiles six of the top wilderness search-and-rescue
squads and the work they do.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=86988
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=86988
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---Finance---
The Enron case is shaping up to be the mother of all
class-action claims, reports Salon.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87186
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87186
---History---
An Atlantic Monthly article revisits a World War II case
where the Third Reich sent two teams of saboteurs to the
U.S. -- operatives that failed miserably in their mission to
cripple U.S. industry.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=86920
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=86920
---Social Issues---
America's "supermaximum-security" prisons may literally be
making their inmates go crazy, according to an article in
The American Prospect.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=86839
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=86839
---Sports---
Outside previews the upcoming 2002 Winter Olympic Games in
Salt Lake City, Utah.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=86982
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=86982
---U.S. Politics---
A New Republic piece argues that campaign-finance reform
will do nothing to stop corporations and wealthy individuals
from continuing to wield enormous political influence.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=86973
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=86973
---World Politics---
Afghanistan needs more than monetary support from the rest
of the world if it is to recover, reports FEER.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=87189
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=87189
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