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Monitor articles for May 12, 1986
- Talking tough about terrorism at the Tokyo summit
- Soviets work to prevent more fallout damage. Attempt to encase Chernobyl reactor in cement is latest step
- Seattle listens to the voices of its children
- Chernobyl boosts West Europe's antinuclear lobby. Only France's nuclear plans unlikely to be affected
- Spring
- Senate's tax proposal measures up well on several key criteria
- Heel to toe
- The newcomers
- Acquitted of US charges, Gov. Edwards turns to state business
- The art of Navajo weaving
- The aquifer
- Pigs in Haiti: more than bacon-to-be, they're a bank account
- How students planned, built, enjoy an `outdoor classroom'
- Two whites ask: after apartheid, what? Ex-parliamentarians try to act as catalyst for black-white talks
- Realism: alive, well, attracting exceptional talent
- Taxes loom large as Congress weighs revenue reform, budget. Budget battle builds in House over military spending, deficit
- Outlook for science funding is hazy. Uncertainty fuels debate over proportion spent on defense
- In support of the free exercise of religion. The First Amendment requires that the Supreme Court keep its hands off religious institutions and pract...
- Despite legal probes, Jackie Presser seems a cinch for Teamster reelection
- A kids' agenda
- Peace at graduation time
- Exodus of Westerners deepens crisis in Lebanese education. Classes are halted indefinitely at American University
- Navajo rugs
- Israel dismisses reports that it's headed for war with Syria
- America's urban treasures
- S. Korean opposition irked by Shultz's praise of President Chun
- US reports slight progress toward a chemical-arms pact. Soviets agree on some of chemicals affected, hint at regular inspections
- Roots
- Scanning the OTC market for new tulips
- Spring training: a season of hope, a time for talk
- Playing foster mother to Kenya's orphaned wildlife