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America's Record Trade Deficit: A Reflection of Economic Strength Daniel T. Griswold
Category: Economics Published: May 2001
"The contention that trade deficits somehow damage the U.S. economy is directly challenged by its superior performance during times when they are rising."
 
Can Globalization Survive the Export of Hazard? Hilary French
Category: Worldview Published: May 2001
"A few decades ago, developing nations often argued that pollution was the price of progress. The last several years, however, have brought an environmental awakening to most corners of the globe."
 
Company Reorganization: Does the Medication Treat the Disease? Alan Brache
Category: Business & Finance Published: May 2001
"Reorganizations are among the most time-consuming, costly, productivity-sapping, internally focused changes an organization can implement."
 
Déjà Vu: Revisiting the 1876 Presidential Election Jeremy F. Plant
Category: USA Yesterday Published: May 2001
"Underfunded and politicized election procedures were as much a theme of the 2000 election as they were in 1876."
 
Exile in a Strange Country: The Photography of John Gutmann Iain Ross
Category: Focus on America Published: May 2001
"Gutmann observed the life of [San Francisco] with the detachment of an anthropologist examining an exotic culture."
 
Gambing with the Future of College Sports James C. Dobson
Category: Athletic Arena Published: May 2001
". . . The apparent legitimacy given to sports gambling by Nevada's casinos has confused the public. Many, if not most, Americans do not understand that it is illegal everywhere else."
 
Have a Safe and Healthy Trip Katherine L. Baumgarten , Joseph R. Dalovisio
Category: Medicine & Health Published: May 2001
To ensure that you bring nothing home from your travels but souvenirs, watch what you eat and steer clear of bugs that bite.
 
Icons of Rock 'n' Roll Gabrielle A. Abbott
Category: Entertainment Published: May 2001
Linda McCartney's "often-unposed portraits of the greats of the music scene capture the spirit not only of her subjects, but of an era."
 
Junk Science and Junk Education Go Hand in Hand Lee Ann Fisher Baron
Category: Education Published: May 2001
Unfounded scientific claims and theories can be traced to declining standards in science education.
 
Lessons of the 2000 Election John Samples , Tom G. Palmer , Patrick Basham
Category: National Affairs Published: May 2001
". . . Election 2000 showed the continuing vitality of the American political tradition of limited government and individual liberty."
 
Life Has Its Ups and Downs Robert S. Rothenberg
Category: Life in America Published: May 2001
An in-house elevator can be the solution to inability to climb stairs.
 
Proactive Policing: The Key to Successful Crime Prevention and Control Gene Stephens
Category: Law & Justice Published: May 2001
"Even those most opposed are often converted after seeing the successes--less crime, reduced fear, revitalized social fabric--in communities adopting this approach."
 
Sexy Ads Target Young Adults Tom Reichert
Category: Mass Media Published: May 2001
"In a sense, sexually provocative advertising serves to teach young adults that sex is a prize and that they need only to behave in certain ways to be rewarded."
 
The Art of French Decorative Painting Gloria Groom
Category: Museums Today Published: May 2001
During the 1890s, the artists known as the Nabis (prophets) broke with academic tradition to create works of unorthodox sizes and shapes in which the decorative elements of line and color took on an importance & meaning beyond that of the subject matter.