(May 26, 1997): A reflection on the "secret life of jewelry" by celebrated novelist Muriel Spark .

(April 21, 1997): Historian Timothy Garton Ash investigates why so many East Germans became secret-police informers, including his own friends.

: This year saw the publication of the famous study by psychologist Arthur Aron involving 36 questions designed to foster interpersonal closeness and love.