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Reflects on the role of the periodical in the Great War of 1914. Political and economic conditions in the United States during 1917; Accounts of the United States' entry into the war and the manner in which President Woodrow Wilson chose to enter it; Contribution of the periodical in transforming President Wilson from being the insistent advocate of American neutrality into a war leader; Promotion of progressivism by the editors of the periodical; Impact of author Randolph Bourne's break up with the periodical during the country's entry into the war.

Reflects on the connections between the American War of Independence and the revolution that erupted in France following threats by the great monarchies surrounding it in the late 18th century. Emphasis given by historians to the divergence between the two revolutions; Relationship of the leaders of the two nations; Comparison of the U.S. Bill of Rights with the French Declaration of the Rights of Man; Emergence of individualism during the two revolutions; Support extended by the countries to each other.

Focuses on strike against policies of Frank Lorenzo, chairman of Jet Capital Corp. Texas Air and Continental Airlines. Information on rise of Lorenzo from the age of 26; Report on Lorenzo lobbying the Civil Aeronautics Board and winning approval for flights for light passenger loads; Demand of large wage cuts by Lorenzo at Continental Airlines; Emphasis on the strike initiated by the International Association of Machinists against the Eastern Airlines in the U.S. Focus on strike being led by labor policies of Lorenzo.

Focuses on space accidents that have taken place in the United States. Comments on the accidents of the first Apollo spacecraft and the space shuttle Challenger; Discussion of the desire for a risk-free society that is one of the most debilitating influences in America today; Refusal to accept a sometimes high level of risk as a normal and necessary hazard of life.

Focuses on the impact of the French Revolution in Europe. Rule of monarchs in Europe; Rebellions against European sovereigns; Clash between monarchy and sovereignty; Remonstrations of colonial assemblies in the U.S.

Reports on the percentage rate of annual federal budget that goes to people over the age of 65 in the U.S. Information on the considerable resources for a ferocious fight to protect Medicare; Arguments in the perpetuation of a massive entitlements system; Improvement in the elderly's standard of living; Increase in Social Security benefits and their protection from erosion by inflation; Provision of national health insurance.

Focuses on the television coverage of the Iran-contra hearing in the U.S. Claim that Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North's eyes seemed less moist in the Old Senate Caucus Room than in close-ups on television; Claim that the television coverage concentrated on the exchange between the questioner and witness, thus giving a deceptively strong impression of confrontation; Discussion on the purpose of the committee.

Reports on the significance of the second visit of the British Monarchy to the U.S. Arrangements made in the U.S. to welcome the royalties; Infatuation of the Americans with royalties; Glorification of small but powerful segment of the society by the general public; Opinion of the author on Diana, Princess of Wales.

Focuses on the decline of public speaking among politicians in the United States. Reflections about the Abraham Lincoln-Stephen A. Douglas Senate debate on the issue of slavery and the expansion of the nation; Comparison of the Lincoln-Douglas debate with campaign debates; Factors that contributed to the practice of politics without the eloquence.

Reports on the public opinion generated while the U.S. observed a month-long observance of the twentieth anniversary of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Discussion on the question of why President Kennedy's life and death are so celebrated; Review made by Tom Shales, television reviewer for the newspaper "Washington Post," on two hour documentary entitled "JFK," by American Broadcasting Co.; Influence of television in politics.

Offers observation on the life in the U.S. Experience of life in a New World in the U.S.; Attractions offered by the country; Achievements of American agriculture in the modern world; Spirit of the society highlighted by the inventiveness and gadgetry of the American; Influence of the American manners in the society; Invention of a wholly different manner of life in the U.S., contrasted with that of Europe.

The author explains the reasons he would not want another Democrat to win in the 1984 U.S. presidential election. He suggests that instead of focusing interest in the presidential election, the Democratic Party should concentrate on winning back the Senate, on increasing the party's majority in the House of Representatives and on strengthening its hold on the governorships and state legislatures. The author's view against the party can be attributed to the inadequacy of Democratic candidates. He particularly questions the capabilities of Democratic candidates, such as Senators John Glenn, Alan Cranston and Ernest Hollings, particularly on issues of foreign policy.

Evaluates the fashion magazine "Vanity Fair," published by the Conde Nast Publications Inc. History of the magazine; Business operations of the publisher; Volume of circulation; Price; Content; Columns and sections; Editors, writers and contributors; Advertisers.

Comments on the emergence of a renewed interest in the works of author Randolpf Bourne, who died at the age of 32. Personal background; Education and training in writing; Contemporaries during the early 20th century; Works published including a collection of essays; Writers that have cited Bourne's life and works in their work; Bourne's position in a variety of relevant social issues including war, nuclear arms building; Work as a contributor to the periodical "The New Republican"; Circumstances leading to Bourne's death.

Focuses on political-military lessons learned from several unsuccessful wars fought over the past thirty-five years. Reference to the book "War Since 1945," by Lord Carver, covering British and French colonial conflicts and conventional clashes including India's and Arab-Israeli wars; Willingness of U.S. citizens either to conduct the swift and decisive military actions which Great Britain and Israel have undertaken in the past two months, or to sustain the kind of protracted engagements which kept the British for so long in Cyprus and still keep them in Northern Ireland; Account of obsession of the U.S. with nuclear weapons and with the Soviet Union.

Focuses on the political career of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Role of Roosevelt in the economic development of the U.S.; Approach of Roosevelt in World War II, 1939-1945; Use of Radio by Roosevelt to expand democracy in the U.S.; Collapse of an organized industrial and political community in Europe; Comments on the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine.

Comments on politics and budget in the U.S. Information about American Enterprise Institute, which was started in 1974 by a founder of the John Birch Society; Comment on a study prepared for the Republican National Committee which has suggested that it should finance a television show; Virtue of Romans; Comment on the connection between the free market and civil or political liberty.

The article discusses the debate over the declining power of the U.S. The main concern is over a failure of government. The debate originated from certain political issues, such as anxiety over the policy of detente and the weakening power of the U.S. as compared to Russian power. The issue has been discussed by Norman Podhoretz in his pamphlet "The Present Danger." The U.S. faces the question of how much of its wealth should be devoted to improving its military strength and preparedness. The U.S. needs to take its enemies and allies into consideration to be able to maintain its power as a great nation.

Comments on the decision of evangelicals to support presidential candidate Ronald Reagan in the upcoming elections in the United States. Disappointment of evangelical groups on Carter's ability to dissociate himself from his own administration and policies; Discussion of the political activities of the evangelicals; Basis of evangelical influence in politics; Comparison between the elements of evangelism and fundamentalism.

Focuses on the election manifesto of U.S. presidential candidate John Anderson. Proposal of Anderson to form a new coalition to include the idle rich with liberal guilt; Views of Anderson on the energy conservation tax policy of the country; Proposal of Anderson to establish an Agency for International Energy Development to promote energy exploration and development in Third World countries; Views of Anderson on abortion laws; Proposals of Anderson to put restrictions on licensing of guns; Stand of Anderson on public housing and civil rights; Accusation of Anderson that President Jimmy Carter is being a hypocrite in refusing to lift the sanctions against Rhodesia.

Focuses on the campaign of presidential candidate Edward Kennedy against U.S. President Jimmy Carter for the forthcoming presidential election in the U.S.; Comment that even those who still question his fitness for the presidency can agree that he has fought back in adverse circumstances with evidence of his own political character; Description of strategies adopted by Kennedy in his campaigns; Information about the political status of Kennedy.

Discusses the difficulty of convincing the American public about the value of outer space exploration and research. Success of Voyager I's fly-by of the planet Jupiter and its satellites; Fly-by during the week of the centenary of Albert Einstein's birth; Advancements in space sciences and genetics resulting from Einstein's theory of relativity; Everyday perceptions and day-to-day actions are ruled by a person's cosmology or lack of one; Religion and philosophy's ignorance and disdain of what science is doing.

Examines the so-called economic crisis in Great Britain. Strikes by trade unions mainly in the public service industries; Unfounded stories of old-age pensioners dying of famine, or children denied essential hospital care, or typhoid spreading where fresh water is unavailable from the tap; Reaction of Prime Minister James Callaghan to the crisis; Author's view that the fundamental cause of Britain's troubles is a persistent low productivity which has its real origins in the policies of both management and government.

Comments on the impact of developments that took place in the U.S. in politics, art and literature. during the decade of the 1970s. Lack of achievements by the conservative politicians; Circumstances surrounding the election and resignation of Richard Nixon as U.S. president; Impact of the Watergate scandal on the American press; Absence of any remarkable achievements in the arts and literature; Lack of painters and poets in the 1970s.

Focuses on the efforts to characterize the 1970's. Inauguration of an exhibition of "American Painting in the 1970," in Buffalo;Comparison of 1970's with that of 1950; View that one of the true symbols of the 1950's was the Strategic Air Command, a prestige force that represented a national will within which the opposition still acted with as much sense of common purpose and identity as the majority; Information on the nonfiction bestseller lists of 1969; View that much of the social protest of the 1960's was primarily that of personal theater, which only seemed to have a public concern because it took place on the streets; Opinion that the 1970's deserve to be called a "Decade of Reaction" because, behind the conservatism, lies an amorality in the individual's association with his society that reaches back to the primitive.

Provides insights on the redefinitions taking place in the concept of the feminine which compels the masculine to be redefined as well, thus altering the relationship between the sexes. Definitions of the terms "female," "feminine" and "womanly"; Attitudes nourished by the women's movements; Backlash against the silence in the resentment of the Equal Rights Amendment; View that if a woman's body is a "symbol of creative and regenerative life" in art, the symbol is not altogether absent from the approaches of man and woman in real life; Contention that the feminine is being made the enemy of the female and the womanly; Challenge to homosexuality presented by the gay movement; Men's task of restoring women to some pedestal and bring reverence to their approaches.

Focuses on efforts of the U.S. to re-invent Europe. Absence of political community of Europe; Need for the U.S. to make it clear that the security of Europe and the reinforcement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are at the forefront of its concerns; Friendship between the countries of Europe and the U.S. because they are democracies.

Discusses the role of public opinion polls in the U.S. politics. Views of political leaders Benjamin Disraeli and Vladimir Ilich Lenin on public opinion; Reason behind conservative conclusions of polls; Attitude of conservatives towards popular opinion; Impact of opinion polls on the public polices in a democratic set-up; Reference of George Gallup's book "The Sophisticated Poll Watcher's Guide"; Influence of public opinion poll on Panama Canal treaty; Significance of opinion polls in a democratic country.

The article talks about the role of press secretaries in the U.S. government. The author states that if getting favorable publicity were the sole role of the press secretary, the nation would hear little of him and he would not hold so influential a position in every administration. The author presents an overview of the relationship between some U.S. presidents and their press secretaries. According to the author, the seriousness of the position reflects and itself has aggravated a severe imbalance in the constitution.

Focuses on the treaty published by former U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg, which proposed to outlaw war. Statement made by French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand, explaining that the notion of outlawing war was the U.S. expression; Reference of the book "English History: 1914-1945," by A.J.P. Taylor; Proposal made by Briand to Kellogg for a bilateral treaty between France and the U.S., by which the two countries would renounce the use of war against each other; Suggestion made by the European powers that a treaty between France and the U.S. was in conflict with their obligations under the League of Nations.

Focuses on the relation between pride and sin. Information on the sins caused by pride; Significance of the prevalence of pride; View that if all the sins are causes of solitariness, pride is the first begetter of it, and it is also a cause of one's own death in life; Influence of pride on the actions of radical terrorists; View that pride is a sin of selfishness--self-centeredness, self-satisfaction, self-exaltation and on selfishness the human societies are founded.

Ponders on the sin of sloth. Assertion that the sin of sloth is a state of dejection that gives rise to torpor of mind and feelings and spirit; Argument that most of the recipes of the human potential movement for personal relationships and self-actualization are prescriptions for emotional and spiritual sloth; Criticism on the false concept of individualism; Recipes of the human potential movement for personal relationships and self-actualization.

Expresses views on the sin of gluttony. Description of a gluttonous man; Sinfulness in allowing an appetite to make one so indifferent to beauty; Forms of gluttony; Report that there is a sinfulness in allowing an appetite to make one so indifferent to beauty, to give no thought to delicacy and graciousness; Claim that one of the pleasures of food is that it offers occasions for social intercourse.

Differentiates between love and lust. Attributes of love; Reason for the prevalence of short-lived relationships; Changes in the meaning of love; Argument that love has meaning only insofar as it includes the idea of its continuance; Argument that since lust will not take the time or the trouble to explore or develop any relationship to the full, none can satisfy it, and it will whip itself to try anything that will revive its jaded feelings.

Focuses on causes of wrath and its implications on an individual and the society. Features of anger; Prevalence of the wrath in society; Role of fear and ignorance in the onset of wrath; Analysis of prevalence of misguided concept of individual and notion of individualism in society.

Presents philosophy about sin and its prevalence in today's society. Prevalence of the concept of the "Seven Deadly Sins" in modern secular life; View that sin is self-destruction; Contribution of society to sins committed by one individual; Relationship between society and individual in modern society; View that people are inventing gods for themselves; Philosophy about existence of devils and sin; View that secularism has blurred the definition of original sin; Shield of sense of humor against all kinds of sins; Inability to acknowledge the fact of sin; Consequences of sins.

Focuses on the role of the American press and issues related to freedom of information in the United States. Confusion about its role in the political sector; Root of the weakness of the press; Issues related to the publication of Pentagon Papers, a public document in different newspapers in the country; Views of the author on the American tradition of muckraking journalism, which is also called investigative reporting; Discussion on the coverage of foreign affairs by the press.

Comments on the state of the press in the U.S. Observations on the increasing power and privileges of the U.S. press with journalists being treated as celebrities with deteriorating quality of journalism; Discussion on the functions of a good newspaper with emphasis on the citation of comments by one of the greatest editors of the 19th century C.P. Scott.

The article presents a discussion about liberalism relative to the course of the French Revolution, based from Robert Browning and William Wordsworth's poems and issues discussed by Democratic Socialists who met in Chicago. It emphasizes that the liberals of the United States today are not that optimistic about the country's situation compared to their ideals in the past.

Discusses the book "Jerusalem and Back," by Saul Bellow highlighting the conditions of Jews in Israel. Significance of the title of the book; Importance of Israel to a Jew in the U.S.; View on the relationship between western civilization and Israel; Opinion of the author on Bellow, who is an American Jew; Statement that the creation of the state of Israel seemed right at the time, even while Jewish terrorists were blowing up British soldiers; Discussion of the importance of anti-Semitism; Report that the Jews were at the founding of western civilization called Hebrew-Hellenic-Christian civilization; Description of the Zionist movement; Fact that if Israel were suddenly not there, the position of the Jews in the rest of the world would again be scary.

Focuses on articles about the birth of Jesus Christ, published in different journals. Reference to the article published in the December 28, 1976; Attention presented the unauthorized Jewish messiah who has recently been born in what is undisputed Arab territory; Information on the headline in the December 26, 1976 issue of the journal "The Washington Post," on the identity of the child's father; Link of the birth of Christ with simultaneous birth of a Southern Baptist.

Narrates a visit to the National Archives in Washington to attend a lecture by John Toland, writer of the book "Adolf Hitler." Professional background of Toland; Description of how Toland was introduced to the audience; Observation on Adolf Hitler by Toland; Information on the preface to the book "Adolf Hitler."

Focuses on political journalism in the U.S. Preference to have a genuine Democratic party by columnist and commentator George Will; Comment on the political journalism by conservative James Jackson Kilpatrick; Evidence of the lack of moral information among journalists; Discussion of the task of political journalists.

Focuses on the history of political policies of the U.S. Democratic party. Concern of the party regarding various social issues; Presidential nominations from the party; Nomination of Adlai Stevenson by the Party to contest presidential elections against John F. Kennedy in 1960; Failure of the previous political campaigns of Stevenson; Support of Stevenson to literate liberals; Views of Stevenson against public housing and federal aid to education; Attitude of capitalist and financiers on his political activities; Statement that Stevenson was an ideal spokesman for the literate liberals of the 1950s; Views of Stevenson on the Vietnam War; Change in the political policy of the Party in 1970s; Information on the political struggle of the Party.

Focuses on various developments in the political condition of the U.S. with emphasis on the Democratic Party and the Democrats. Important contributions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the political party; Views of Harry Truman about Roosevelt; Reference to the New Deal policies adopted by Roosevelt; Political profile of Woodrow Wilson when he was the governor of New Jersey; Criticisms against the party.

Focuses on the belief that the home from which the conservatives of the United States Republican party hope to win an election is a mobile home that moves from parts of the Midwest, down through the mountain states, across the desert to California, and then through the Sun Belt to Florida; Weaknesses of the conservative position that it rests on the belief that there are enough conservative voters who are waiting to vote if given an alternative; Emphasis of the election studies and statistics that it is the U.S. Republican party and especially the conservatives of the Republican party who are most likely to go to the polls.

Assesses the status and position of Republican Party in the U.S. during the 20th century. Role and responsibility of a political party; Difference between the Conservative Party in England and the Republican Party in the U.S.; Argument against the administration of former U.S. President Richard Nixon; Strength of Republican Party in the U.S.; Influence of the Republican Party on the U.S. Congress; Overview of the Party's position during the regime of ex-President Dwight David Eisenhower; Critique of the political strategies of the Republican Party.