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Presents `Black Enterprise' magazine's (B.E.) Board of Economists' (BEBE) review of the past decade and forces that impact on the economic development of black America. The view that the recession is over; Factors that are complicating the recovery; Unemployment rate in February 1992; Paper delivered at the BEBE convention by Dr. Bernard E. Anderson of the Philadelphia-based Anderson Group; Average annual unemployment rate 1981-91 for blacks, Hispanics and whites.

Highlights a roundtable of four of the country's most astute stock pickers, which was convened by `Black Enterprise' in December of 1992. Questions about their views of the economy; The economy's impact on the equities market; Investments in theconsumer and health care industries. INSET: Brown Capital Management Inc.; Woodford Capital Management Inc....

Presents interviews with Democratic National Chairman Ron Brown and Republican National Committee Chairman Clayton K. Yeuter. Brown's new strategy to recapture the executive branch; Yeuter's views of Bush's chances; Brown's view of President George Bush's vulnerability; Specific Democratic planks; Why the GOP favors a cut in capital gains taxes; More.

Focuses on people who have been featured in `Black Enterprise' as the most powerful African-American executives in corporate America. Promotions achieved by these people since 1988; Dorothy A. Terrell, president of Sun Express; Sylvia Rhone, chairperson and CEO of ATCO-EastWest; Dennis F. Hightower, president of Disney Consumer Products, Europe and the Middle East; More.

Focuses on discussions among the `Black Enterprise' Board of Economists, which convened in Washington D.C., last September. Reasons for doubt and wariness in the economy; Projected descent of inflation; Talk about education's role in determining employment and income; Challenges facing African-American mayors; Board members; Deterioration in the relative economic position of black Americans over the last year; Comment of David Swinton, of Jackson State University; More.

Presents the outlook of market analysts who were surveyed by `Black Enterprise' and gives some of their stock selections. Possible winners in stocks, bonds, mutual funds and real estate for 1992; Tere Alvarez Canida, president and director, Taplin, Canida & Habacht, Miami; Alan Bond, senior portfolio manager, W.R. Lazard & Co., New York; Eddie C. Brown, president, Brown Capital Management Inc.; More.

Evaluates the opportunities for minority businesses for receiving a fair share of the $100 billion in savings and loans assets being disposed of by the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). History of the RTC; Current status; Indications that minorities are not being selected to do bailout-related work; How to improve the situation. INSET: For more information about the RTC..

Advises black businesses on how to battle for sales and market share during the present recession. Recommendations made by the `Black Enterprise' Board of Economists; Analysis of industries most and least affected by the recession; Key factors weakening black income growth; Success stories of black companies that have survived and grown; Prognosis for 1991.

Presents highlights of a recent meeting of the `Black Enterprise' Board of Economists. Assessment of the current recession; Projected impact on the black community and the country's regional economies; How a changing US immigration policy may affect minorities; How to better educate children for the next century; Key goals to be achieved.

Examines the crucial role of black mayors in the United States today. Breaking down barriers; Struggle against poverty; Maynard Jackson, David Dinkins, Thomas Bradley, and more.

Profiles Harry W. Brooks Jr., a retired US Army Major General, now CEO of Advanced Consumer Marketing Corp. (ACMC). Background; Military career; Rise in the business arena; Challenges faced at ACMC; Overview of ACMC and Gurney Seed & Nursery Co., one of the four companies ACMC owns; Current successes; Future goals.

Profiles Francisco L. (Frank) Borges, state treasurer of Connecticut, the only African-American to hold a statewide elected office in the New England states. Career development; How Borges has changed the treasurer position from a political backwater to one of authority and financial clout; Borges' emphasis on commitment; Efforts to broaden opportunities for minorities.

Analyzes the implications of an impending slow-growth economy for the black labor force and black businesses. Indicators of slow growth; Continuing employment dichotomy and income gap; Need for school reform; Impact of a changing work force; Role of technology; Plant sites; Exports; Recommended steps.

Evaluates the financial services offered by credit unions as an alternative to banks and thrifts. Credit unions' focus on service, not profits; Sound protection of deposits; Points to consider when selecting a credit union account. INSET: How to find a credit union..

Examines the enormous profits being made in the comic book industry. Opportunities for gifted blacks in the field; Causes for the comic book market boom; Top blacks in the industry.

Presents examples of black-owned companies that are doing business in Africa, Europe, Asia, Canada and the Caribbean, and discusses how they are solving problems common to all international trade, and problems unique to each region. INSET: Planning your global assault..

The endogenous opioid peptide, beta-endorphin, induces nonconvulsive limbic epileptiform activity when administered intraventricularly to rats. Epileptiform activity is elicited by beta-endorphin in doses that are devoid of analgesic or behavioral signs. Equimolar intraventricular doses of morphine or of the enkephalin analog [DAIa2,Met5]enkephalin-NH2 fail to elicit this limbic epileptiform activity. These observations, together with the recent immunohistochemical localization of beta-endorphin to midline limbic structures, suggest that beta-endorphin may have an important role in the regulation of limbic excitability.