The World Book Year Book 1994

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Reviews the events of 1984. The special reports section has nine articles on the troubles Africa faces after a quarter century of independence, preserving the remnants of the North American tallgrass prairie, the new science of gene splicing, the new entertainment of music videos, the increasing importance of sports for U.S. colleges, new discoveries made during archeological excavations of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, the increasing numbers of American women entering the workforce, the role of cholesterol in heart disease, and the new controversy concerning the role of lobbyists in U.S. politics. The World Book Supplement has eight new or revised articles from the 1985 edition of the encyclopedia: "Basketball", "Black American", "Brunei", "Helicopter", Mulroney, Martin Brian", "Renaissance", "Saint Christopher and Nevis", and "Turner, John Napier".