1996 - 1997 Contents WHITE BREAD SPELLS HAPPINESS Christine Borucki SHEAR COMMUNICATION Joseph Ceglio THE 1989 WORLD CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Kevin Couch AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY CLICKS Chris Fletcher CONNECTING WITH THE GREAT APES: DIAN FOSSEY AS FEMININE SCIENTIST Sally Frantzreb AMBER’S CASE: THE WAREHOUSING OF CALIFORNIA’S MENTALLY ILL CHILDREN Rachel Jacobs STANLEY HOM LAU: PAPER SON Janet Lau THE COWBOY RITUAL: PROGRESSIVE DEMYSTIFICATION OF THE WESTERN GENRE Yi-Zhou Liu HISTORICAL REVISIONISM AND WORLDWIDE CONSPIRACY: TECHNIQUES AND AGENDAS OF THREE HOLOCAUST DENIERS Erica Spinelli MONASTICISM AND MEDICINE: FROM MORALS TO MONEY AND BACK John Sprague THE BARBIE PARADOX: MODERN WOMAN OR RETRO BIMBO Laurel Welch THE HONG KONG TRIANGLE: AN ASSESSMENT OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS CONCERNING HONG KONG Lorilee Zimmer