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September 1997

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Features

A Network with an idealized core–periphery structure

Core-Periphery Relations

Review of 'The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank and the Idea That Is Helping the Poor to Change Their Lives'

Review of 'North Country, A Personal Journey'

Review of 'Célestine: Voices from a French Village'

The Imprint of Latino Photographers

In Praise of Shadows

Artfully balancing them is just one of the tricky tasks faced by designers of museum lighting

Here, Birds Are Unafraid

Galápagos seabirds tolerate human spectators, and crabs in Panama ignore cars (but hide from trucks)

Our New Gem Hall is a Jewel, Indeed

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