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"The Honeymooners" Turns 50 Wes Gehring
Category: Entertainment Published: November 2001
A half-century after they first arrived on TV screens, Ralph and Alice Kramden and Ed Norton continue to delight audiences on countless late-night reruns.
 
America Is Suffering from Cultural Amnesia Stephen Bertman
Category: American Thought Published: November 2001
"Whatever the cause, we may be witnessing an epidemic of amnesia, global in scale, with potentially profound social and political consequences. In losing our history, we may be simultaneously losing our future, not only as a nation, but as a race."
 
An Ode to Maxy Noble Ralph M. Patterson
Category: USA Yesterday Published: November 2001
The 50th anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor brings personal memories as well as national commemorations.
 
Business Eras Will Dominate the New Millennium Graham T.T. Molitor
Category: USA Tomorrow Published: November 2001
"We can foretell the future--if we look carefully and fully to the past."
 
Church and State at the United Nations Frances Kissling
Category: Religion Published: November 2001
"At most UN conferences, the Vatican is granted the full status enjoyed by member states, including not only a voice, but a vote."
 
Genomics: The New Map of Life Steve Tally
Category: Science & Technology Published: November 2001
". . . Information from genomics promises to improve many aspects of our lives, not only through new drugs and improved crops, but by preserving wildlife and protecting the environment."
 
Psychological Help for the Terrorized Richard E. Vatz , Lee S. Weinberg
Category: Psychology Published: November 2001
"No one knows all the answers as to how to help a nation heal."
 
Reforming U.S. Intelligence After the Terrorist Attack Craig R. Eisendrath , Melvin A. Goodman
Category: National Affairs Published: November 2001
". . . The President and Congress must radically increase their surveillance of intelligence if America is to have a system that is both effective and reflective of democratic values."
 
Restoring Justice Katherine van Wormer
Category: Law & Justice Published: November 2001
"Restorative justice condemns the criminal act, but not the actor, and holds offenders accountable, involves all participants, and encourages repentant offenders to earn their way back into good standing in society."
 
Sets Appeal Robert S. Rothenberg
Category: Entertainment Published: November 2001
Boxed DVD collections of their favorite movie series or TV shows make ideal gifts for film buffs.
 
Skiing the Slopes of Telluride JoAnn Buchbinder
Category: Going Places Published: November 2001
Colorado's Wyndham Mountain Lodge offers the ultimate in resort luxury, while providing some of the finest skiing in the West.
 
The International Monetary Fund Deters Free Capital Flow Robert Krol
Category: Economics Published: November 2001
"A larger role for the IMF in the international economy will not reduce the frequency and severity of financial crises or promote reform."
 
The Joys of Jumby Bay Robert S. Rothenberg , Sheila Rothenberg
Category: Americans Abroad Published: November 2001
A luxurious resort off the coast of Antigua offers the option to do as much--or as little--as you desire.
 
The Real Estate Industry and Environmental Protectionism Can Coexist Nelson C. Rising
Category: Ecology Published: November 2001
Builders are finding ways to increase profits while providing ecological benefits to society.
 
Using the Internet to Help College Students with Career Planning James F. Malone , Randy M. Miller , Kim Hargraves
Category: Education Published: November 2001
"Distance career counseling is receiving approving nods from national experts within the professional career development community as well as students and career services professinals around the country."
 
Virtue and Beauty: Renaissance Portraits of Women David Alan Brown
Category: Museums Today Published: November 2001
"Aside from the real or imagined beauty of their female subjects, artists celebrated their exemplary virtues--modesty, piety, and, above all, chastity, the preeminent quality of a woman in a patriarchal society."
 
Warning: Advertising May Be Hazardous to Your Health Roy F. Fox
Category: Mass Media Published: November 2001
Ads pose a threat to physical, emotional, social, and cultural well-being.
 
Welcome to the e-health Revolution Ajit Singh
Category: Medicine & Health Published: November 2001
". . . Web-based technologies are spawning an entirely new business model for the health care industry, which must continually find new and better ways to function efficiently if it is to prosper in the yeas ahead."