This 1997 issue of "The Carolinas Speech Communication Annual" contains the following articles: "'Bridges of Understanding': UNESCO's Creation of a Fantasy for the American Public" (Michael H. Eaves and Charles F. Beadle, Jr.); "Developing a Communication Cooperative: A Student, Faculty, and Organizational Learning Experience" (Peter M. Kellett and Mary Leigh Wallace); "Strom Thurmond and the Metonymic Campaign of 1996" (Roy J. Schwartzman); "Definition and Metaphor in Ronald Reagan's Drug Control Discourse" (Ronald O. Wastyn); "The Gender Factor in Negotiations" (Jason M. Lewis); and "Analysis of Campus Conflict Using the Analysis Schema" (Rex M. Fuller and William D. Kimsey). An index to "The Carolinas Speech Communication Annual Volumes I-XIII" concludes the issue. (NKA)