In Search of Peace Outgoing Secretary of State Warren Christopher talks to Stanford about the peaks and perils of diplomacy in the post-Cold War era. Taming the New World Disorder A Stanford expert on international policy assesses foreign affairs in the Clinton administration's first term.

A Valley of Earthly Delights Herbert Hoover's niece left 2,000 pristine acres to the people of California. But don't call her an environmentalist.

The Force Behind the Nike Empire Phil Knight started by peddling shoes from the trunk of his Plymouth. He ended up selling dreams to the world.

The Decline and Fall of Footnotes A hallmark of academic writing, footnotes can be witty, urbane or just boring. Now they're also an endangered species.

A Son's Memoir Four years after his mother's death, a writer chronicles the lessons he learned while nursing her through Alzheimer's.

Murder Most Refined
Jane Austen wrote great novels. Now she's solving mysteries.

Behind Prison Walls
A professor of history looks at the controversial life and career of a women's prison reformer.

Book Blurbs
Four new books by Stanford authors:

• Nuclear Rites: A Weapons Laboratory at the End of the Cold War, by Hugh Gusterson
• Animal Hospital, by Stephen Sawicki
• Code 211 Blue, by Joseph McNamara
• Betrayal of Science and Reason: How Anti-Environmental Rhetoric Threatens Our Future, by Paul R. Ehrlich

First Impressions
From Class Notes to cyberspace, we're focusing on some new projects at the magazine.

Letters to the Editor
Comments, congrats and catcalls from you. Zap us a letter while you're here.

Student Voice
A student claims his generation can change the world even though they're not protesting '60s style.

SAA Corner
A record number of Alums arrived for Reunion 1996. Then the lights went out.

Cardinal Numbers

On the Job With Gary Cavalli and Ann Cribbs
A pair of Stanford alums bring back women's professional basketball.

Virtual Stanford
"It's a crazy ride," alums find, as advertising meets the Internet.

Endnotes
A retiring professor suffers the prods, probes and palpations of a fledgling doctor.

Poll
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