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The article discusses the presidency of former U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush. Topics include the relation of Bush's presidency to changes in the U.S. Republican Party, bipartisan legislation signed by Bush such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and tax reform, and Bush's foreign policy in relation to military deployments.

Discusses the environmental and health effects of global warming. Background on the greenhouse effect theory; Role of climatic change in the spread of some diseases; Assertions regarding global warming; Ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; Success of the acid rain trading program under the administration of U.S. President George Bush in 1990.

Presents a speech by United States President George Bush, `A New Crusade to Reap the Rewards of Our Global Victory,' delivered at the Republican National Convention in Houston, Texas on August 20, 1992, discussing the changes that are right for America.

Presents United States President George Bush's `State of the Union' address, delivered before a Joint Session of Congress in Washington, D.C. on January 28, 1992, concerning the state of the union in 1992.

Presents a speech by United States President George Bush delivered before Public Administration Groups at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. on October 24, 1991. Public service; Public faith in government; Hearings involving Judge Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill; Congressional leaks; Political ethics.

Presents a speech by senior partner, Lazard Freres & Co., and chairman of the Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York, Felix G. Rohatyn, delivered to the Conference Board in New York, New York on October 2, 1991. The need for a new domestic order; The breakup of the Soviet Union; The need for a vast national public investment program; Reallocation of resources to assist state and local governments.

Presents the 1991 State of the Union speech by United States President George Bush, delivered to the people of the United States, dealing with the issue of the state of the Union for the year 1991.

Presents a speech by James P. Pinkerton, Deputy Assistant to the President for Policy Planning, delivered to the Reason Foundation, April 23, 1990. Policies of U.S. President George Bush; Areas of national consensus that are shaping the new American political reality; Limits to the size of government; Paradigms about old and new government.

Discusses the reasons why a real makeover for President George Bush is not likely to be in progress. Bush is a fully formed character, steeped in the genteel ways of the old-fashioned Washington establishment. Little chance that Bush can break the capital's shackles; His governing philosophy is in tatters; Evidence that he has overcome his recent diffidence; Bush's autobiography `Looking Forward'; Issues under scrutiny for Bush; More.

Presents excerpts of President George Bush's discussion of his presidency. His reaction to Democrats' cynicism; How he is coping with the fact that his re-election is in deep trouble; His opinion of Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton; Overview of his presidential accomplishments; His view on Desert Storm and Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein; What he'd like to see happen to help out Yugoslavia; How he feels about disability rights; His second term; More.

Highlights the President George Bush era in the United States, and examines Bush's re-election strategy. The most likely time to plan for a second term; What a second Bush term would be like; Bush's areas of expected emphasis in a second term, include: more parental choice in education, more investment in research and development in American industry, and improving health care; More. INSET: Scorecard on Bush (critique of Bush on various issues).;How to....

Discusses the administration of President George Bush. Comparison with former President Ronald Reagan; International matters; Crises; Opinions.

Report that President George Bush is opting for a `little-issue agenda' strategy. Problems; Democratic reaction. INSET: Washington's new ethics..

Report on the inauguration of United States President George Herbert Walker Bush and issues he will face as president. Drugs; Racial problems; Poverty; Homeless; Children.

Covers the challenges faced in 1989 by President-elect George Bush. In confronting these tests, Bush lacks one of Reagan's most important advantages--a coherent set of ideas and goals to guide the coming months. No-new-taxes; Budget deficit; Limited agenda; Foreign missions; Problems.

Reports on the changing international balance of power and the challenges it presents for George Bush's administration. Changing international role of the US; Outlines events around the world that will affect the US.

The article focuses on various political issues in the United States. The "civil rights restoration" bill, which U.S. Congress passed and U.S. President George W. Bush vetoed last year, is mostly marginal to the uncoordinated campaigns for minority empowerment and economic reapportionment that lead the historic engagement of Afro-Americans with white America today. Within days of the rout of Iraq, it was clear that the people of that suffering nation, roused to rebellion by the U.S. war effort, were to be sacrificed on the altar of postwar expediency. The U.S. Congress Senate Judiciary Committee is about to bite a most unpalatable bullet--voting on a controversial lower court nomination.

Comments on the U.S. Senate debates on the right of privacy in the U.S. Possibility of hot debate between Democrats and Senator David Souter on the issue; Argument that the concept of liberty includes some protection of a value called privacy; Constitutional provisions that may play a part in the issue; Possibility that the Senate will question Souter about constitutional alternative that might protect abortion rights, gay rights, and right to die; Implications on civil rights and American politics and government.

Questions the legitimacy of favors done by members of the United States Congress for their constituents and contributors. Background on the Senate ethics rules governing favors for constituents and contributors; Assertion of the author that the Congress needs to overhaul the campaign finance laws; Suggestion that lawmakers should do all their advocacy for private citizens in public; Examples of favors done by Senators for their contributors. INSET: Cranston Wiggling, by W. Kosova..

Pays tribute to the late American political philosopher and founder of the periodical Herbert Croly. Profile of Croly; Reasons why Croly has been ignored in the United States; Conflict between Croly's philosophy and the country's political philosophy; People who influenced Croly's philosophical outlook; His role in the United States politics during the Progressive era; Measures advocated by Croly and adopted later by Democratic administrations; Insights about his book "The Promise of American Life"; Failure of the United States government to consider Croly's program of progressive nationalism and industrial democracy.

Focuses on the political career of U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright. Word often used to describe Wright; Wright's political philosophy; Effectiveness as House Speaker; Political accomplishments and achievements of Wright; Willingness to take risks as shown by his success in reaching an accord with the White House in Nicaragua and the contras; Wright's demand for a trade bill, welfare reform, more spending on AIDS research and reparations for Japanese-American interned in World War II.

Focuses on the reasons behind U.S. Vice President George Bush's attitude of deference during his appointment as acting president while U.S. President Ronald Reagan was undergoing colon surgery on July 13, 1985. Comparison of Bush with White House chief of staff Donald Reagan; Importance of getting along with the presidential staff; Formation of the 1988 presidential campaign for Bush.

Presents the acceptance speech for the Presidential nomination of the Republ ican Party at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, La., on August 18 by Vice-President George H. Bush.

Reports that after 20 months of building a presidential image, President George Bush suddenly reverted to caricature. Flip-flopping on the budget bill, placating his enemies and shouting incomprehensible wisecracks. The whole government unable to perform its most important task; The chaos in Washington rocked the financial markets and dismayed voters at home and allies abroad. INSET: D.C. Disgust: A Newsweek poll..

Discusses United States President George Bush's inaugural address and the vision he put forth for the US to take part and pitch in. The speech called for a return to patrician values of restraint and responsibility. What he will really do as president remains to be seen.

Report that although President-elect George Bush is still two months away from taking office, the financial markets have made it clear he must clean up the fiscal mess. Stocks and the dollar fell, while interest rose, and analysts fear Bush will only be able to keep from raising taxes by proposing steep budget cuts. Fears; Bush's plans.

Comments on the relations between U.S. President Bill Clinton and the White House press corps. Clinton's reaction against the media's decision to make fun of his haircut and the firing of White House Travel Office personnel; Clinton's criticism of the media; Belief of Clinton and his advisers that the media's coverage of him is different, and worse, than coverage of other presidents; History of the conflict between politicians and mass media.

Focuses on James Baker, chief of staff at White House and spokesman for U.S. President George Bush. Information on the beginning of the relationship between Baker and Bush; Objections raised by Baker due to Bush's peculiar relationship with Jennifer Fitzgerald who ran the latter's office; Responsibility bestowed upon Bush to implement Bush's economic plan; Factors which the downfall of Bush's earlier campaigns; Decisions made by Baker regarding core issues to be addressed in Bush's campaign; Attempts made by Baker to recoup his personal failure on the eve of the Gulf War.

Comments on the defeat of U.S. presidential candidate, Bill Clinton in the presidential elections. Details of his political campaign; Attention to public perception and public image of Clinton and its effects on his political career; Emphasis on the political war between Clinton and his rivals concerning rumors and criticisms on his character; Fact that the radiant image of the early Clinton was replaced by a caricature of a dissembling, cheating back, his campaign, by necessity, became a desperate struggle for survival.

Focuses on the political campaign of politician Bill Clinton, the Democratic Party's candidate for the presidential election in the U.S. Political career of Clinton; Reasons behind the popularity of Clinton; Ability of Clinton to maintain long-term friendly relationships; Public policy campaign of Clinton; Strategies used by Clinton to gain public and political support; Reception for Clinton on the first day of his Illinois primary campaign; Views expressed by politician Paul Tsongas about Clinton during the campaign; Opinion that main contribution of Tsongas to the campaign has been to shape Clinton's electoral base.

Focuses on the growing popularity of Bill Clinton, a presidential nominee for the Democratic Party in the U.S. Reasons why Clinton is being cast as the most electable candidate in a conservative era; Clinton's speech about the need for a national economic strategy; External factors that helped Clinton advance his candidacy with the party; Ideological deftness and political assets of Clinton; Chances in winning the primaries; National power of a Democratic establishment; Background of Clinton's campaign staff; Clinton's mastery of the domestic policy curriculum.

Examines senator Bob Kerrey's chances of winning the presidential election in the United States. Re-election campaign of President George Bush; Failure of Kerrey to generate the excited response that has been anticipated after he announced his candidacy; Kerrey's perception of Bush as an inadequate leader; Impact to Kerrey's campaign of the resignation of his policy director and speechwriter Jeremy Rosner; Political analysts' view that Kerry has no intellectual alter ego; Potential appeal of Kerrey within the Democratic Party.

Focuses on the conservative African American segment of United States politics. Their chief argument that blacks should rely on their own resources rather than racial preferences to get ahead; Extreme hostility of the black civil rights establishment toward black conservatives; Growing resonance of the challenge posed by black conservatives to the civil rights leaders' one-party rule in the black community; Antipathy and publicity aroused by the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court; Flourishing of the black conservative movement during the presidential term of George H. W. Bush; Relations with white Republicans.

Discusses the aspirations of John Sununu, the chief of staff of U.S. President George Bush. Sununu's attempt to transcend his background by seeking to be judged by his high intelligence quotient (IQ); Admiration for Sherman Adams, the chief of staff of Dwight Eisenhower; Ways in which Sununu's militant conservatism marked him off; Desire to be known as a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP); Failure of Sununu's high IQ to provide him with an insight powerful enough to restrain his social ambition.

Highlights the results of a symposium where unscientifically selected non-cross section of Democrats were asked what advice they would give to the 1992 Democratic nominee for president. Dilemma on whether to give an advice that is geared to winning the election or fashioning a policy for the nation; Need to tell the truth and throw away the "search for the center"; Other advice given by political analyst Horace W. Busby, veteran pollster Patrick Caddell and author Barbara Ehrenreich.

Comments on how the Democrats give way to a compulsion to form cliques with three-letter acronyms every time they lose an election. Organization of a rebellion with the Coalition for a Democratic Majority (CDM) in 1972; Creation of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC); Involvement of the Coalition for Democratic Values (CDV) in various political issues; DLC as the most significant reformist force within the party.

Comments on the state of the U.S. Republican Party. Information on strength of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives in the twentieth century; Efforts of the Democratic Party to mount the largest opposition to President in the U.S. history; Discussion of the House Republican's lack of legislative power; Implications of President George Bush's re-election plans for the party.

Documents articles which mention the phrase `family values.' Factors which accounted for a 324 percent rise in the family values `index'; The failure of the administration of George Bush to say anything significant about the Los Angeles riots; Details of theory about the source of Mr. Bush's problems in this area of domestic policy.

Presents information on the deteriorating political condition of the Republican Party after ten years of success. Information on the results of the political campaign of 1990 that were not in favor of Republicans; Focus on the Democratic Party gaining nine seats in the U.S. Congress; Report that Grand Old Party is also loosing its image of party of fresh thinking and new ideas.

Argues that President George Bush's feckless approach to the United States' ills is a conscious strategy for defending the status quo. Reversals on the budget package and tax issues trigger flip flops from Bush and the most precipitous dive in popularity for any 20th century president; The key is stopping the Democrats; Maintaining the economic and domestic conditions; Catering to the right; Finding himself all too often in the wrong corner. INSET: Read his hips: Is this any way to lead a nation?.

Compares Ronald Reagan and George Bush, and notes that the real surprise, given both their backgrounds, that Reagan was more flexible abroad and more attentive at home than Bush. Reagan had more civility and while his rhetoric was simplistic it was not mean. The three main areas of Bush's failure were foreign policy (no reconsideration of America's role in the post-cold war world), the economy (his fatal no-new-taxes pledge), culture (obstruction rather than argument).

Throughout the 1980s, liberals and conservatives heatedly debated the promise and the perils of a government-led national industrial policy. In the 1990s, argues political analyst Kevin Phillips, a new political compromise is in the making. No matter how sharp the disagreements of the 1992 presidential election campaign nor who ultimately wins the election, one outcome at least is certain: in the next administration, the United States will have some kind of industrial policy. In the best of all possible worlds, says Phillips, this new political compromise would give birth to a new American synthesis--one that would combine the Republicans' regard for the workings of the market with the Democrats' belief in the strategic role of government as an enabler of economic growth. But this is the real world of politics, not the ideal world of public policy. And so, what the debate will yield, regardless of who wins, is a national industrial policy that is vague, confusing, highly politicized--and frequently ineffective. It will be government intervention driven by special interests rather than by strategic intent. Given the many problems they face in the arena of global competition, executives may find this scenario unsatisfying. Believing that the United States cannot afford an incoherent and ineffective industrial policy, they will hope for some politician to fix the situation--or think that corporate leaders must fix it themselves. But, says Phillips, such hopes are a breeding ground of political illusions. Better for managers to learn how to live with a haphazard industrial policy and to concentrate on minimizing its negative impacts on their own company and industry. Such an approach may not be satisfying, but it is the essence of political realism. INSET: Why the United States Can't Be More Like Germany and Japan.. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses U.S. president George H.W. Bush's leadership during the end of the Cold War and U.S. involvement in expelling Iraq from Kuwait during the Gulf War. It compares his presidency to that of former U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower, particularly what the authors identify as their principled and gracious approach to the office and foreign relations.

Discusses the White House's unveiling last week of a 1992 version of United States President George Bush. Bush's acceptance of partial blame for misjudging the severity of the recession; Bush's popularity is plummeting; His persuasion to America that he has become a domestic-policy president; Hope in Bush's State of the Union address on January 28; Pros and cons of the Bush package; More. INSET: Name-calling in New Hampshire (Bush vs. Pat Buchanan)..