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Monitor articles for December 15, 1999

• Fresh start or shameful retreat on South Asia?
• To avoid cookies that could pass for hockey pucks, watch the type of
• What a salt bath can do for your turkey
• News In Brief
• Poor Venezuelans sold on change
• ... and Syria wants all the Golan
• Probing lost Mars missions to learn what went wrong
• Four turtledoves, three French hens, and still counting
• Things that remain
• 'Abstinence only' is taught in 1 in 3 schools
• News In Brief
• The Christmas bells we rang were on doors
• News In Brief
• Israel plans to give up land ...
• Today's Story Line:
• A 20th century portrait of US - by the numbers
• The future of French markets
• Of soup, Big Sur, and starting over
• Pen conveys words of the heart
• Going nuts over pralines
• Gifts for gardeners
• Yawns Aside, Voters Do Care
• Walk, before Christmas
• Gentler judgments
• News In Brief
• Sudan may divert from Islamic path after coup
• All shops want for Christmas: workers
• Kids software that delights and educates
• Desertification: forgotten threat
• Mental and Physical Health
• Buckle up Rover in the car
• World 'choke points' are moving from sea to air
• Can lawsuits really trigger gun control?
• The Final Word
• Syria and Israel start historic talks
• How little boy riles Castro
• Commuting - a round trip to nowhere