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Famous people who have Parkinson's disease should speak out about their plight to help increase the government's allocation of funds for research into a cure. The disease, which affects nerves and speech, has 1 million victims and currently receives about $21 per victim in government research funding.

WHEN THE SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED SPUTnik in 1957, America knew instantly that its way of life was being challenged and that major measures had to be taken to catch up. [...]

Nice Guys Finish Last IT SEEMED A HOPELESS CAUSE, BUT COMMERCE Secretary Robert Mosbacher vowed not to give up. As President Bush's economic policy high command prepared to gather at [...]

Explores the lead role of the United States in promoting the democracy movement in the world. View of the author regarding the democracy movement; List of the real heroes of the democracy movement outside the United States; Characteristics of the American branch of the democracy movement; Political and intellectual forces in the country that oppose the idea of spreading democracy and put it at the bottom of the policy agenda; Ways for the United States to help other countries seeking democracy; Challenges facing the country in finding the right leader who will make democracy-promotion his chief political activity.

Discusses the inability of the American left and the American right to agree on whether the U.S. has won or lost the cold war. Focus on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's pronouncement of the Soviet system; Discussion on ways in which U.S. President Ronald Reagan's embrace of arms control cut into the fund-raising and organizing potential of the peace movement; Controversy to come over Secretary of State James Baker's upcoming meeting in Wyoming with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze; Focus on the purpose of American Foreign policy.

Presents an insight into the socio-economic conditions of Black Americans in the U.S. Discussion on the problems faced by the blacks as regard employment, education and other social issues; Description of the economic conditions of middle-class and underclass blacks; Prevalence of race discrimination in the country; Information on moves undertaken by U.S. President George Bush' administration in response to the issues.

Focuses on the impact of the world politics on the presidential election in the U.S. Opinion that every new democracy is burdened with enormous debt whose servicing eats up funds that ought to be used for economic development; Plans of presidential candidate George Bush to establish a partnership with Tokyo on issues including defense, trade and economic aid; Comment that the outbreak of chemical warfare and ballistic missile proliferation are sharp reminders of how easily the nations of the world can turn from the high road and head for the abyss.

Analyzes the contradictions between a report issued by human rights group Americas Watch and the claims of the U.S. administration under Ronald Reagan regarding the number of political prisoners held by Nicaragua. Estimate of the State Department which says that the Sandinistas are still holding 7,000 to 8,000 people for political reasons; Statement of Americas Watch that harsh interrogation techniques are practiced, apparently as a matter of policy with the prisoners. Accusation of Americas Watch against the Salvadoran government of systematic deprivation of labor rights.

Focuses on the issue of drug legalization in the United States. Proponents of drug legalization; Effect of legalizing drugs; Comments on the parallels drawn between the drug war and prohibition; Increment of job accidents and child neglect; Statement that attitudes toward drug use has turned sharply negative but use of legal drugs is still strong; Views of Conservatives on drug usage.

Presents views of the author as far as the practice of signing treaties with the Soviets is concerned. View that treaty-signing summits with the Soviets are always dangerous for American presidents; Opinion that Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union, is an internal reformer who wants a respite from the East-West friction; View of the author that Gorbachev seems to understand the yearnings of mankind for peace and economic development; Demand by Gorbachev for nuclear disarmament, open dealing among nations, and conversion of war machines to the solution of global health and environmental problems.

Focuses on the campaign of Al Gore for presidency in the U.S. Ability demonstrated by Gore to master large and complicated problems; Demonstration of a daring strategic sense in deciding to run against the Iowa caucus process that drives Democratic candidates inexorably to the left; Revealment made by Gore that he is cutting his campaign staff down to four and basically will show up in the state only to appear on televised debates; Information on the main rivals of Gore in the campaign; Exhibition of an easy rapport with his fellow Southerners, by gore, on a two-day trip through North Carolina.

Discusses immigration-related issues in the U.S. Response of the U.S. towards illegal immigrants who arrived before January 1982; Concern of the Federation for American Immigration Reform concerning the impact of new immigrants on blacks and Americans; Eligibility for amnesty of individual illegals; Introduction of a bill that would legalize illegal aliens who arrived up to the present.

Presents a survey of foreign policies of Democratic candidates in the U.S. Views of politician Gary Hart about Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev; Comment on the U.S.-Soviet military competition; Information about the leader of the look-South movement, Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee, who has set a new tone of foreign policy realism; Role of Gore in promoting Democratic policies; Views of Gore towards U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf; Information about political rivals of Gore.

Comments on the Arias peace plan signed by several Central American presidents in Guatemala. Likelihood of the dismantling of the counterrevolutionaries in exchange for some token steps toward democracy; Impact of the development on the U.S.; Clarification made by Costa Rican president Oscar Arias; Findings of a public opinion poll on attitude of people towards the Sandinista; Discussion on the political activists Sandinistas' strategy for dealing with the Arias plan; Ambiguities inherent in the Guatemala agreement.

Focuses on the presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis in the U.S. Discussion of the accomplishments as Governor of Massachusetts; Description of his foreign policy; Comparison with other presidential candidates; View that if he expects to get nominated and elected, Dukakis had better get used to rough-and-tumble politics; Fact that though Democrats control a majority of the governorships, state legislatures, the House, and the Senate, they have lost four out of the last five presidential elections; Opinion of other U.S. politicians on Dukakis.

Focuses on the proposal for democracy in the authoritarian government of South Korea by the presidential candidates in the U.S. Discussion of the demands for political reforms; Role of Confucian culture in the prevention of democratic development; Implication for political reform in the country.

Focuses on the possible election issues of the U.S. Republican Party for the 1988 presidential elections. Presidential nominees of the party including Vice-President George Bush, Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, Representative Jack Kemp of New York and former Delaware governor Pete du Pont; Views of Bush on arms control; Plans of Bush to increase spending on education; Support of Dole for strategic defensive initiative research funding; Views of Kemp on free enterprise and growth of everyone all over the world; Plans of du Pont to phase out farm subsidies.

Comments on the "Strategic Investment Initiative" announced by Democratic candidate Gary Hart for modernizing the U.S. with a focus on efforts made by other Democrats to win political support. Information on Hart's steel program for modernizing automobile, machine-tools and energy industries; View that all Democratic candidates think that the nation needs to de-emphasize its military and political rivalry with the Soviet Union and put more brains and resources into the economic rivalry with Japan; Emphasis given by Hart to improve education for making further inroads into economic progress; Reasons why Hart has not supported any military actions of the U.S.; Description of Hart's foreign policy and his political outlook.

Focuses on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) launched by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Indecision of the Reagan administration whether to deploy an anti- missile system; Discussion of three separate SDI programs; Rejection of laser beams and direct energy weapons as first-generations SDI programs; View of SDI proponents regarding the cost of refitting Soviet missiles; Eventual deployment of the SDI through a space-based kinetic-kill system.

Focuses on developments in counterrevolutionary movements involving Nicaragua. Information on some of the events which could have dampened the counterrevolutionary movement, but have not; Information given by counterrevolutionary military leader Enrique Bermudez about the progress of fighters into Nicaragua; Description of the activities of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force; Claims made by banker/diplomat Arturo Cruz and his supporters that in spite of U.S. assurances, Cruz could not be sure that counterrevolutionary military leaders would respect civilian authority; Impact of the counterrevolutionary movement on the U.S.

Focuses on various factors in the political career of Vice-president George Bush which would asses his potentials for the 1989 presidential elections in the U.S. Achievements made by Bush throughout his political career; Defeat faced by Bush in his campaigns for the U.S. Senate and for the presidency; Information on his public performances that raised questions about his legendary decency.

Focuses on the policy of the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan toward Mexico. Prediction made by Paul Gorman, former head of the U.S. Southern Command, and Democrats Ted Sorensen and Jerry Brown that Mexico will be a major security problem on the U.S.'s southern border; Stability of the administration of Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid; Fear of the Reagan administration that millions of Mexican refugees will flee to the U.S., with spies and terrorists mixed in, creating a necessity to pull U.S. troops out of Europe to fortify the border; Similarities in the governance of Chicago and Mexico; Transition of de la Madrid's economic management.

Relates a journalist's experiences when he was selected as a panelist in the second debate between United States President Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale. Debate between the presidential candidates on foreign policy issues; League of Women Voter's selection of the journalist as a member of the panel; Other panelists selected for the debate; Reactions of the journalist's colleagues over his selection; Panelists' establishment of rules for the debate; Views of Reagan and Mondale on arms control, nuclear warfare and policy in the Philippines and Lebanon.