Books : At Home in the World : Excerpts

Contents

Foreword by Mariane Pearl

Daniel Pearl (1963-2002)

PART ONE

TALKING TO STRANGERS

Introduction

In Indian Quake, Death Haunts the Living 2/5/01
Portrait of the Artist in Search of Patrons in the Highest Places 7/25/00
Search For Mercy Ends in Tears on Quiet Kosovo Street 12/2/99
Joint Force: A Tough U.S. Cop With a Daunting Beat: Peace in the Balkans 12/9/99
This Film Has a Bus, Explosions and Veils: Call It 'Iranian Speed' 11/19/96
Beauty Shows Turn Beastly as Sponsors Bare Lacquered Nails 2/2/93
Vanishing Acts: How 2 Florida Firms Fooled Stockholders, Auditors and the SEC 7/8/92
To Be a Black Cop Can Mean Walking a Very Fine Line 5/7/92
Marooned: The Upwardly Mobile Find Hopes Dashed on Suburban Plateaus 3/30/92
Memo to Judge: Beware If Turner Buys Television Rights to the Trial 12/2/91
Basinger Backlash Begins a-Brewin' in Burg of Braselton 3/7/91

PART TWO

I HOPE GABRIEL LIKES MY MUSIC

Introduction

Behind the Music: Rock Rolls Once More in Iran as Hard-Liners Back a Pop Revival 6/2/00
These Songs Bring Tears to Your Eyes, or Something Worse 5/14/96
Missing Violin's Case: The Finder Fiddles While Losers Sue 10/17/94
This May Make Milli Vanilli Glad They Got Out When They Did 1/2/91

PART THREE

MR. PRECIS

Introduction

Afghan Connection: Taliban Banned TV but Collected Profits on Smuggled Sonys 1/9/02
Underground Trade: Much-Smuggled Gem Called Tanzanite Helps Bin Laden Supporters 11/16/01
Pushing Pills: Drug Firms' Incentives to Pharmacists in India Fuel Mounting Abuse 8/16/01
The Catalyst: Behind Cipla's Offer of Cheap AIDS Drugs: Potent Mix of Motives 3/12/01
Persian Gulf: In Iran's Holy City, Islamic Factions Fight for Soul of a Nation 8/11/99
Today's Pop Quiz: Where Is Coca-Cola Not the Real Thing? 7/10/98

PART FOUR

POISONING THE WELL

Introduction

How Many Ways Can You Skin a Cow? 7/19/01
Body Count: War in Kosovo Was Cruel, Bitter, Savage; Genocide It Wasn't 12/31/99
After the Bombings: The Difficult Search for 'Truth' 10/28/98
Same Old Song: Iraq's Best Planes Are Mainly in Iran 4/29/98
Moon Over Mecca: It's Tough to Pinpoint Start of Holy Month 1/7/97
Tehran Wanderlust: Hot Item in Iran Now Is Visa to Visit U.S. 10/11/96
Certain Work Is Foreign to Saudis, but That's Changing 9/12/96
Believe It or Not, Tabloids Were Right About Charles and Di 1/29/96
Good Connections: Despite Deregulation, Rural Phone Subsidies Are Likely to Survive 11/30/95
Cell Phones: Perfect in Emergencies? Try Again 4/18/95
Pariah in the South, William T. Sherman Is Getting a Makeover 6/9/93

PART FIVE

FINDING THE POTHOLES ALONG THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY

Introduction

Futurist Schlock: Today's Cyberhype Has a Familiar Ring 9/7/95
Costly Talk: Why Pay-Phone Calls Can Get So Expensive and Spark Complaints 5/30/95
The Case of the Ace on Ice: Fliers Protest Veteran's Grounding 8/17/94
Rolling Along: ICC Keeps Truckin' Though It Has Lost Much of Its Authority 4/27/94
Car-Killer Potholes Have a New Enemy This Year: Roboplop 4/15/94
Colliding Clichés and Other Mishaps on the Term Pike 2/1/94
Romance in the Age of Computers: Lots of Talk and Not Much Action 2/13/95
There's an Easy Solution to This: Let Santa Deliver All Candy Canes 9/19/94

PART SIX

NICE LEDE!

Introduction

Amid Global Turmoil, Wild Times in Trading Afghanis 11/14/01
Separate Peace: Why Ethnic Cleansing, Once Under Way, Is So Difficult to Reverse 4/22/99
No Openings: Ex-BCCI Employees Say Bank's Notoriety Left Them Unhirable 3/1/99
Fortunes of Peace: Israel's Netanyahu, His Support Eroding, Calls Early Elections 12/22/98
Sturgeon Surgeons Extract the Caviar and Spare the Fish 6/30/98
Rocky Takeoff: Lebanon Scrambles to Rebuild an Airport Battered by Civil War 4/6/98
Looming Large: This Persian Rug Should Set a Record 6/30/97
If Only King Solomon Were Here to Settle This Nasty Dispute 5/2/97
Demolition Derby, a Lawless Sport, Gets Some Rules 10/4/94
Sky Warriors Take Would-Be Flyboys on Flights of Fancy 8/28/91