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Building Disaster-Related Communities Cynthia Ramsay Taylor
Category: Life in America Published: July 2001
"Whether planning for a hurricane, tornado, flood, fire, or even earthquake, disaster mitigation in advance can yield the same result: fewer lives lost and less damage to property."
 
Childhood Is for Children Johann Christoph Arnold
Category: American Thought Published: July 2001
"More and more, it seems that we have lost sight of the 'child' in childhood and turned it into a joyless training camp for the adult world."
 
Deregulation California Style Tim D. Kane
Category: Economics Published: July 2001
"Profound ignorance of the nation's market system and an unwillingness to trust buyers and sellers to manage their own affairs turned a desirable objective into the world's most-expensive train wreck."
 
Heart Attack! Prevention and Treatment Demetrios Georgiou
Category: Medicine & Health Published: July 2001
"With an aging population, cardiovascular disease is likely to remain the number-one killer in this country."
 
Henri Matisse: Works on Paper Carolyn Peter
Category: Museums Today Published: July 2001
"His prints and drawings effectively convey Matisse's enduring preoccupation with the female figure and his interest in translating the lines and curves of the human form into seductive patterns."
 
Imagining Tomorrow Jim Thomas
Category: Science & Technology Published: July 2001
"It already has become evident that information technology will continue to play a greater role in everything people do in the future."
 
Reality Shows to the Networks' Rescue Dom Caristi
Category: Mass Media Published: July 2001
They are relatively inexpensive to produce, usually generate large audiences, and engender great amounts of free publicity on other programs.
 
Rethinking the United Nations' Mission Clare Short
Category: Worldview Published: July 2001
"We must ensure that the links between the UN's pre- and post-conflict work, its peacekeeping activities, and its development programs are strengthened."
 
Scenes of American Life
Category: Museums Today Published: July 2001
From the Roaring Twenties to postwar prosperity, a changing nation is portrayed in a traveling exhibition of paintings and sculptures.
 
School-to-Work Education Shortchanges Academic Knowledge Virginia Miller
Category: Education Published: July 2001
". . . Businesses will soon discover that high school graduates who walk through their doors tomorrow are no better prepared in reading, writing, and math than they are today."
 
Science vs. Religion: The Challenge of Interpretation L.H. Neese
Category: Religion Published: July 2001
"Will religion rise to the challenge of the vision of humanity and the universe posed by science and embrace the realities science has brought forth?"
 
Seeking to Make Youth Sports Safe P. David Halstead
Category: Athletic Arena Published: July 2001
Protective equipment, standards, and common sense are keys to preventing serious injury.
 
Sexual Predator Statutes and Psychiatric Confusion Richard E. Vatz , Lee S. Weinberg
Category: Psychology Published: July 2001
". . . The use of psychiatry to commit offenders where there is little hope of rehabilitation and scant medical grounds to justify confinement could lead society down the slippery slope of abuse."
 
Social Security Shortchanges African-Americans Michael Tanner
Category: National Affairs Published: July 2001
Because Social Security taxes squeeze out private savings and investments, the result is a growing wealth gap, with blacks falling further and further behind.
 
Social Security: "A Crisis That Doesn't Exist"? Andrew G. Biggs
Category: National Affairs Published: July 2001
"A Social Security crisis is coming, and it could turn out to be even worse than projected."
 
Taking the Mystery Out of Funeral Costs Gere B. Fulton
Category: Business & Finance Published: July 2001
"When a death occurs, those responsible for planning the funeral are often faced with making important decisions of a kind they never have had to make before, at a time when they may be overwhelmed by a flood of emotions. . . ."
 
The Deceleration of 2001: Strategies for a Slowing Economy Michael Connor
Category: Business & Finance Published: July 2001
As sales and profits plummet, it's time to get back to basics.
 
The Hidden Threat of Groundwater Pollution Payal Sampat
Category: Ecology Published: July 2001
Given the extent of harm chemical pollution can inflict on public health, the environment, & the economy once it gets into the water, it becomes critical to shift emphasis away from costly end-of-pipe responses to preventing the damage in the first place.