Looks at celebrities who have made news during 1998, including John F. Kennedy Jr., Regis Philbin, Susan Lucci, and Jennifer Lopez.

This annual collector`s item is packed with bold, vivid photographs coupled with lively commentary. Tragedies and triumphs.... heartaches and heart-throbs.... celebrities and sweethearts.... newsmakers and newcomers. Featuring the Best Worst Dressed, Most Beautiful, and Most Intriguing lists of the past year. Go behind the scenes with your favorite celebrities and relive the year`s most extraordinary stories through more than 200 sensational photos!

Data are provided for more than 80 minerals and materials, along with a presentation of survey methods, summary statistics for domestic nonfuel minerals, and trends in mining and quarrying in the metals and industrial minerals industry in the United States.Virtually all metallic and industrial mineral commodities important to the U.S. economy are discussed. Background information enables analysis of the data, and covers production, consumption, prices, foreign trade, a world review, and an overall outlook.

Transforming the Chinese Economy is a translated collection of articles providing a look at how scholars in China have been assessing their country's recent economic history. This volume, as well as the others in the SSRC series, provide western scholars with an accessible English language look at the state of current Chinese scholarship, and as such, do not simply provide information for the direct study of economic issues, but also for meta-level analysis of the interplay of China's policy, scholarship, and economy. Specifc topics include banking and finance, inequality of growth, and women's role in the workforce.