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Backstage Pass Denenberg
Category: Focus on Music Published: January 2009
"Rock 'n' Roll provided the soundtrack to American culture in the latter half of the 20th century, while the relationship between rock 'n' roll and the camera is intimate and profound."
 
Don't Bark Nonsense at the Big Dogs Rick Gilbert
Category: Business & Finance Published: January 2009
". . . A presentation isn't a personal development opportunity or a chance for increased visibility. [The speaker is] there to do a job, and that job is to help prepare the executives to make the best possible decisions for the company."
 
Getting Serious Wes D. Gehring
Category: Entertainment Published: January 2009
". . . The strongest argument for letting comedians play darker parts is that, despite the stereotype concerning tragedy's superiority, many would argue that comedy is more significant."
 
Living the NY Dream: Who Is Behind the Scenes Subsidizing the "Sex and the City" Lifestyle of Gen Y? Melody Serafino
Category: Lifestyles Published: January 2009
As my peers flood out of Prada, Cyntia Rowley, Marc Jacobs, and other high-end establishments, arms adorned in pretty shopping bags, I wonder: what ever happened to that image of the New York newbie's dignified struggle to make it work in the Big Apple?
 
On the Run to Nowhere Maureen Blaha
Category: Life in America Published: January 2009
"The runaway and throwaway issue has been a silent crisis far too long. We badly need a little noise, and the hope is that government officials, educators, and ordinary citizens join in the clamor."
 
Over the Top: Supporting The Great War
Category: USA Yesterday Published: January 2009
"Persuasive visual symbols designed to rally Americans to the cause, [World War I posters] employed bold graphics, strong imagery, and concise commands to inspire a sense of nationalism and pride."
 
The Ark of Civic Virtue Dolores T. Puterbaugh
Category: American Thought Published: January 2009
"At one time, the virtues of honor, duty, responsibility, and respect were part of civic education and expected behavior. Failure to live up to one or more of these virtues was considered a significant deficit of character."
 
The Problem that Refuses to Leave James W. Thomson
Category: Law & Justice Published: January 2009
". . . The mood of the American public has darkened and become much less accepting of mass immigration."
 
The Real Pirates of the Caribbean
Category: The World Yesterday Published: January 2009
"This is the story of the making of America--a true story more powerful than fiction."
 
There's Always Hope Nancy Davis
Category: Medicine & Health Published: January 2009
"The drug rituximab . . . has shown, at least in preliminary tests, that it can fight the most common form of multiple sclerosis: relapsing-remitting MS."
 
Through a Back Door Darkly: New Mental Health Insurance Requirements Richard E. Vatz , Jeffrey A. Schaler
Category: Psychology Published: January 2009
Costly and mandatory mental health coverage sneaks through in the Federal bailout bill.
 
Time to Tap the Energy Way Up North Sarah Palin
Category: National Affairs Published: January 2009
If energy imports were curtailed completely, Alaska could provide seven years of crude oil independence and an eight-year supply of natural gas. Vast resources are being warehoused underground by Congress, placing us in a ridiculous difficult position.
 
Why Democracy Matters Chuck Hagel
Category: American Thought Published: January 2009
"Americans possess a generous spirit and uncommon decency predicated on faith and family, hard work, fair play, and belief in a better tomorrows. That is, and will remain, the unshakable strength of our nation and democracy."
 
Will a Democratic White House Remake the USDA? Ed Schafer
Category: Science & Technology Published: January 2009
What does Pres.-elect Barack Obama think about agriculture, trade, conservation, renewable energy, and nutrition issues--and how will his views translate in public policy?
 
Wounded Cities
Category: Focus on Terrorism Published: January 2009
"My aim in the pictures [is] to evoke what it has been like to live in limbo into which the terror era has thrown us."