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America and Britain Should Join Forces to End Poverty Hilary Benn
Category: Worldview Published: November 2006
Both nations "believe that peace and security are the foundations of any progress . . . that creating the right climate for economic growth . . . is the best way . . . to raise the finances needed to defeat poverty."
 
Are We Prepared for a Knowledge-Based Economy? John A. Challenger
Category: Economics Published: November 2006
"The sectors where expansion will be the greatest--those that will continue to move the economy away from manufacturing--are the areas where the skills deficit will be most noticeable."
 
Can America Conquer the Eighth Continent? Ron Garan
Category: Science & Technology Published: November 2006
We put a man on the moon almost 40 years ago. Now it is time to establish a lunar infrastructure that will challenge us to improve the reliability of space transportation as preparations are made for journeys to other worlds.
 
Christmas in Yellowstone Fred Kaufman
Category: Ecology Published: November 2006
"Nature" kicks off its silver anniversary season on PBS this year by ensuring that everyone will enjoy a white Christmas.
 
Debunking the Left-Leaning Press Fred Barnes
Category: Mass Media Published: November 2006
When it comes to the journalistic standards of fairness and balance, the ultraliberal mainstream media is left wanting.
 
Depicting the Gritty Streets of New York
Category: USA Yesterday Published: November 2006
These artists "consciously broke many of the accepted rules of photography, [yet] shared a common vision and objective: to record their personal responses to the vivid and often violent city surrounding them."
 
Doing Business with China Murray Weidenbaum
Category: The World Today Published: November 2006
The path to prosperity remains tricky in the People's Republic of China, but American entrepreneurs and businessmen--as well as the Chinese themselves--finally appear to be on the road to, if not riches, at least resolve.
 
Is There a Hormone Heaven? Rebecca Hulem
Category: Medicine & Health Published: November 2006
You cannot live with them and you cannot live without them . . . Or can you?
 
Marilyn at 80: Some Still Like It Hot Bill Bailey
Category: USA Yesterday Published: November 2006
A series of unique photo exhibitions of America's former--but still foremost--sex symbol could help save a historic California theatre built during the Roaring Twenties, with a storied past of performing arts, vaudeville, and motion picture presentations.
 
New Orleans After the Flood
Category: Focus on America Published: November 2006
"In the city that itself resembles a lost civilization, wrecked rooms, caved-in houses, and ravaged neighborhoods become metaphors for the fragility of human life."
 
Turing Bullies Into Buddies Izzy Kalman
Category: Education Published: November 2006
"If you are waiting for the schools to make other kids stop bullying your child, your son or daughter may stay a victim for a very long time."
 
Waging War in the Heavens Craig Eisendrath
Category: National Affairs Published: November 2006
Profit and power go hand in hand as the U.S. gears up to spread its military influence to yet another vast region--outer space.
 
Watching the Man Watching Tim Crothers
Category: Athletic Arena Published: November 2006
Anson Dorrance is the improbable architect of the greatest college sports dynasty ever.