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"Art:21"--Another PBS Masterpiece
Category: Mass Media Published: September 2005
Sixteen artists reveal their personal visions, inspiration, and technique in public television's only series dedicated exclusively to contemporary art and the people who create it.
 
Embracing Today's Global Economy John A. Challenger
Category: Economics Published: September 2005
"We have the potential to become a world of trading partners who depend on each other for the well-being of our people. That certainly is a future less threatening than the one we know at present."
 
Forget the Babe, Baseball's Best Is Named Tyrus Raymond Cobb Richard Bak
Category: Athletic Arena Published: September 2005
Although his lifetime average of .367 and 12 batting titles have never even been approached, his pervasive image is that of a brutal, bigoted, friendless, haunted creature, a freeswinging, bourbon guzzling ogre who presumably tortured small animals . . .
 
How Speaking Engagements Can Capture More Business for Consultants Vickie K. Sullivan
Category: Business & Finance Published: September 2005
"Like the face on a watch, public speaking is the element of 'show' in the marketing effort. It needs the 'inside workings' of the marketing mix to succeed."
 
It's Off to the Races Douglas McCulloh
Category: Focus on America Published: September 2005
"Faster: The Pomona Drags" examines a remarkable head-on confrontation between two technologies that have shaped the Southern California psyche--cars and cameras."
 
Making Democracy Work Craig Eisendrath , Miles Orvell
Category: American Thought Published: September 2005
In this age of apathy, archaic voting laws, and widespread disenfranchisement, can our Republic ever function as envisioned 225 years ago by the Founding Fathers?
 
Prison Violence on the Rise Norman Seabrook
Category: Law & Justice Published: September 2005
"Placing lawbreakers inside facilities that are lacking the staff necessary to maintain proper safety puts hundreds of civilian employees, such as doctors, nurses, and counselors--as well as inmates--at risk on a daily basis."
 
Seeking an Involved and Informed Citizenry Maris Vinovskis
Category: American Thought Published: September 2005
"The problem with civic education is not just what is occurring in the classroom, it is what is happening outside the school walls."
 
The Art of The New Yorker
Category: Museums Today Published: September 2005
The 80-year-old magazine "is the only remaining wide-circulation publication that still relies on freestanding illustrated covers."
 
The U.S. Must Step Up--Now! Chuck Hagel
Category: National Affairs Published: September 2005
". . . In the widening circle of global freedom, the U.S. must commit to taking the long view of its role in the world. That will require strong and imaginative leadership, coherent policies, and responsible politics and government."
 
They Don't Make War Films Like They Used To Michael Medved
Category: Mass Media Published: September 2005
"Why has Hollywood decided to make movies that characterize the military as unrepresentative and twisted, the U.S. as a malignant force in the world, and all wars as pointless?"
 
Unmasking Terrorist Identity Fraud Norman A. Wilcox , Thomas M. Regan
Category: The World Today Published: September 2005
Terrorists do not limit their criminal activities to creating mayhem, as they often resort to traditional fraud schemes to fund their extensive operations.
 
Wanted: Secular Miracle Worker Dolores Puterbaugh
Category: Life in America Published: September 2005
"Nannies . . . are one type of secular miracle worker within a much larger phenomenon. Experts in nearly every sphere of daily life are featured on television programs that presume to 'make over' their charges."
 
When You Wish Upon a Star Stacey Eager Leavitt
Category: Going Places Published: September 2005
Walt Disney's dream of a theme park in which guests could immerse themselves in fairy tales is celebrating its golden anniversary.
 
Whistle While You Work Steve Herbst
Category: Entertainment Published: September 2005
". . . Everybody could enjoy and benefit from whistling, yet hardly anybody does; while many instruments enjoy prominence and acceptance with bands and orchestras around the globe, the human whistle is ignored."
 
Women Ascend the Pulpit Rosemary Radford Ruether
Category: Religion Published: September 2005
"Feminist theology challenges traditions that make women inferior, disproportionately prone to or responsible for sin, and admissible only to lower ranks in the Church."