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A Sobering Forecast for 2002 College Graduates John A. Challenger
Category: Economics Published: May 2002
By November, more than 360,000 may still be jobless.
 
Advanced Material in Sports: An Advantage or Ethical Challenge? Sharon Kay Stoll , Keith A. Prisbrey , F.H. Froes
Category: Athletic Arena Published: May 2002
"If the goal of sports is competition and winning, advanced materials will continue to improve the equipment so that less efficiency, fitness, and skill are necessary to play."
 
Ansel Adams at 100
Category: Focus on America Published: May 2002
"His photographs transcend the simple description of objects and landscape; they depict transient aspects of light, atmosphere, and natural phenomena."
 
Behind Alan Greenspan's Recession Tim D. Kane
Category: Economics Published: May 2002
The Federal Reserve Chairman's "attempt to head off recession through lower interest rates not only failed to prevent it, but actually slowed the economy's pace."
 
Do Iraq, Iran, and North Korea Truly Constitute an Axis of Evil? Jack Spenser
Category: Worldview Published: May 2002
The sharing of weapons of mass destruction, endorsements of tyranny, long history of terror, promises of mutual support--all should be enough to establish clearly that these regimes plan to rely on their links w/ each other to carry out their evil designs
 
Four Decades of Contemporary Art
Category: Museums Today Published: May 2002
The Broad collections "include some of the most-emblematic works in the history of postwar art."
 
Government, Business, and the Response to Terrorism Murray Weidenbaum
Category: Business & Finance Published: May 2002
". . . The ongoing activities of international terrorist groups will continue to levy a hidden tax on American business in the form of added costs of operation."
 
Leaders Should Not Follow Opinion Polls Robert Weissberg
Category: National Affairs Published: May 2002
"To maintain that the people, as haphazardly defined by a telephone-dialing machine and as interviewed by those beyond public accountability, should guide elected officials is nonsense."
 
Poking the Hornets' Nest Is Ill-Advised Ivan Eland
Category: Worldview Published: May 2002
"If the Bush Administration begins to go after groups that do not focus on American targets, it should expect an upsurge of retaliatory terrorist attacks on the U.S.--both abroad and at home."
 
Politicizing American Universities J. Peter Euben
Category: Education Published: May 2002
Especially with the Culture War, controversy keeps issues of political & politicizing education alive, prevents triumph of political correctness, & makes debate over promise of Amer. nationhood & contributions of Western civilization subject of disagreemt
 
Puttin' on the Ritz in the Big Easy Robert S. Rothenberg , Sheila Rothenberg
Category: Going Places Published: May 2002
Great food and great jazz make New Orleans the destination of choice in these troubled times.
 
Reclaiming Public Broadcasting Jerold M. Starr
Category: Mass Media Published: May 2002
What is needed is a totally different structure--an independently funded Public Broadcast Trust to provide the financial security required for journalistic integrity.
 
Terrorism's Fellow Travelers Bash the U.S. Brink Lindsey
Category: American Thought Published: May 2002
The reaction of domestic America-haters in the wake of Sept. 11 "bespeaks a wild, blind hatred of the U.S. and the values it represents--one not dissimilar from that which consumes the terrorists who seek to destroy America."
 
The Flowering of Florence Gretchen A. Hirschauer
Category: Museums Today Published: May 2002
The artists commissioned by the Medicis "brought to their subjects not only a masterly technique, but a freshness and originality of style that would have a lasting influence on botanical illustration and the art of naturalistic painting."
 
U.S. Foreign Policy After September 11 Craig Eisendrath
Category: National Affairs Published: May 2002
The Bush Administration has willfully wrecked int'l negotiations looking to control bacteriological weapons, backed off from agreements restricting small arms & land mines, refused adherence to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, & abrogated the ABM Treaty
 
Understanding the Predictors of Violent Adolescent Behavior Antonius H.N. Cillessen
Category: Psychology Published: May 2002
If youths have poor anger control, distorted views about themselves or society, lack the friendships or peer interactions in which they can test their views against reality, & have access to & experience w/ the use of weapons, a deadly mix may be created.
 
You Can't Spell Oscar Without DVD: Part II Robert S. Rothenberg
Category: Entertainment Published: May 2002
From 1940's "Rebecca" to 1997's "Titanic," these 19 DVDs represent a cavalcade of Academy Award winners.