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                | Volume 
                  91, Number 3, February 1999 |  |  
               
                | 
 Behind 
                    every child…: 
                    …should be a teacher like Barbara Bowman, AM’52, president 
                    of the Erikson Institute. --Kimberly Sweet 
                     
                      |  | Living 
                          life at arm’s length : 
                          For children with autism, learning to navigate 
                          a world of grays, Chicago psychiatrist Bennett Leventhal 
                          is an invaluable rudder. -Walton R. Collins |   
                      |  | Breathing 
                          lessons: 
                          In the decade since the Tiananmen uprising, much has 
                          changed in the People’s Republic of China—including 
                          its art. -Mary Ruth Yoe |  
                      |  | Seats 
                        of power:Try 
                        to go a day without sitting in a chair. If you’re a Westerner, 
                        or live in a Western culture, it’s nearly impossible. 
                        Why? --Galen Cranz |  
                     
                      | College 
                        Report: 
                        For alumni and friends of the University of Chicago |   
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                      | Editor's 
                        Notes: 
                        How many words for snow does a Chicagoan have to know? 
                        One is enough. |   
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                      | Letters:When 
                        the Magazine went mainstream, our readers came along. |   
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                      | Investigations: 
                        Classicist Shadi Bartsch on motorcycles and 
                        masterpieces; plus: the lives of buildings and a balding 
                        breakthrough. |   
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                      | Chicago 
                        Journal: 
                        In the warmer climes of Egypt, the OI is preserving Medinet 
                        Habu’s temple of Amun. |   
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                      | Class 
                        News:As 
                        sands through the hourglass, so are the days of your lives. |   
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                      | Chicagophile:Cartoonist 
                        Jessica Abel, AB’91, travels to the University of Malcolm. |  |  |  
               
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