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Chronology, 1977-1986 -- 1977: Debate on Capital Punishment: a. An Argument for the Death Penalty / Marlene W. Lehtinen, b. Arguments Against Death Penalty / Gerald W. Smith; State of the Union Address / Gerald R. Ford; Inaugural Address / Jimmy Carter; Letter to Andrei Sakharov / Jimmy Carter; "Democracy" as a World Cause / George F. Kennan; The Moral Equivalent of War / Jimmy Carter; Gay Rights: a: The Battle for Miami / Anita Bryant, b: Why Bother with Gay Rights? / Brian McNaught; Looting and Liberal Racism / Midge Decter; Amnesty for Illegal Aliens / Jimmy Carter; Controversy About Illegal Aliens / Herman Badillo, Hans F. Sennholz, Richard S. Schweiker, and Morgan F. Murphy; The Panama Canal Treaties - Pro and Con / Paul Simon and Jesse Helms; The Case for Airline Deregulation / Edward M. Kennedy; What to Do About Hijacking / Knut Hammarskjold; The National Women's Conference / Marilyn French -- 1978: A Declaration for Older Persons; Our Aging Workforce / Cy Brickfield; Proposition 13: a. Participatory Democracy-The Effects of Proposition 13 / Jerry McCaffery and John H. Bowman, b. The Constitutional Attack / William A. Norris -- "Our Most Serious Domestic Problem" / Arthur F. Burns and Jimmy Carter; The Bakke Case: a. The Bakke Case-A Preview / Charles Lawrence III, b. The Bakke Case in a Higher Court / Editorial; U.S. Political Prisoners / Andrew Young; Civilization and Isolation-A Native America View / Vine Deloria, Jr.; The Camp David Accords; Advantages of a Liberal Arts Educations / David G. Winter, Abigail J. Stewart, and David C McClelland; The Public's Right to Know / Fred Friendly; The Jonestown Tragedy -- 1979: The Reopened Door: Reestablishment of Relations with China: a. Speech / George H. Dixon, b. Statement Concerning Resolution to Approve Extension of U.S.-China Trade Agreement / Sen. John Heinz; Three Mile Island and the Future of Nuclear Energy: a. Speech / Sen. James A. McClure, b. Editorial / Kenneth Bossong; The Collapse of Public Schools / John C. Sawhill; The Chrysler Bailout / Lee Iacocca; Views of SALT II / Cyrus Vance, Paul H. Nitze, and Henry Kissinger; Visit to the United States of John Paul II; The Little Fish and the Big Dam / Orville Bach; A National Malaise / Jimmy Carter -- 1979-1981: The Iranian Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 -- 1980: The Soviet Grain Embargo f 1980 / George McGovern; The Humanities in American Life; The Gold Boom; The Frontier in Space / James R. Arnold; ABSCAM Ethics / Irvin R. Nathan; The Pinto Case / Malcolm E. Wheeler; Refugees and Their Problems / Walter Jacob; The Preppy Handbook / Lisa Birnbach; School Prayer / Jesse Helms, Edward M. Kennedy, and Thomas Emerson; On Playing in Ivan's Yard / Red Smith; Acceptance Speech / Ronald Reagan; Is It the End of an Era? / Richard M. Scammon and Ben J. Wattenberg - 1981: Can a President Control His Own White House? / Clifford M. Harding; First Inaugural Address / Ronald Reagan; Address to the Nation on the Economy / Ronald Reagan; Supply-Side Economics / George Gilder; Reagan Administration Review of the Iran Hostage agreements; Indians Did It in Smoke / Russell Baker; The Baseball Effect on America / Ira Berkow; Responses to an Assassination Attempt / Ronald Reagan; Overselective Service; The Strike of the Air Traffic Controllers; Interview / James G. Watt; The Environmental Super-Fund: Moynihan vs. Gorsuch; The Education of David Stockman / William Greider - 1982: The State of the Union / Ronald Reagan; The New Federalism / David Durenberger; Mr. Reagan's Deficit / John Kenneth Galbraith; Address on Tax and Budget Reconciliation / Ronald Reagan; The Insanity Defense / Bruce J. Ennis; 30 Million Handguns / David C. Anderson; The "Law of the Sea" Treaty: a. Statement of the President, b. Speech in the House / Lee H. Hamilton; Public Attitudes Toward the Threat of Nuclear War / Louis Harris; Educational Rights of Illegal Aliens / William J. Brennan, Jr., and Warren E. Burger; The Computer Tattoo / William Safire; Can We Save the Schools? / John Egerton and John Holt: a. Yes, But There Isn't Much Time / Egerton, b. No, And They're Not Worth Saving / Holt, c. But What Are the Alternatives? / Egerton; The Paideia Proposal / Mortimer J. Adler; Who Will Fight for the Worth of Women's Work? / Geraldine A. Ferraro; The Littlest Defector / Ludmilla Thorne; Prolonging Death Is No Triumph; Living Like Weasels / Annie Dillard -- 1983: A Nation at Risk; Environmental Protection Reagan Style: a. The President's Press Conference, b. The Filthiness Issue; Who Will Stop the Acid Rain? ; The Challenge of Peace; How to Do Nothing Well / Hugh Sidey; Farewell to Pioneer / John Noble Wilford; Overturn of the Legislative Veto; The Slowing of Urbanization / Larry Long and Diana DeAre; Economic Prospects / Robert Heilbroner; Women's Challenge: a. The ERA Alternative / Barbara Honegger, b. Will the Pope Win Over Women? / Hans Kung; Private Violence; The Destruction of Korean Airlines Flight 007; The Beirut Massacre / Ronald Reagan; The Long Report: a. The Commission's Report, b. Remarks of the President; The Case Against Reverend Moon / John McClaughry; How to Lose the War of Ideas / Chester E. Finn, Jr. -- 1984: Nineteen Eighty-Four: a. That Year is Here / Michael Harrington, b. The Year That Never Came / W. Warren Wagar; The Climatic Effects of Nuclear War / Richard P. Turco, Owen B. Toon, Thomas P. Ackerman, James B. Pollack, and Carl Sagan; Politics and Bathhouses; Not in My Backyard / Nancy Shulins; Interviews with King Hussein and President Assad; Beauty Pageants; Liberty Enlightening the World / Mark Helprin; Ads for Prescription Drugs; Keynote Address / Mario Cuomo; Campaign Speech / Jesse Jackson; The 1984 Olympics; Religion in Politics / Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.; American Ignorance: a. Who Reads Great Books? / Kalev Pehme, b. Ignorance - Our Cultural Blight / Bill Granger; Function Determines Structure / Glenn Doman; Myths of a Scientific Society / Daniel J. Boorstin; Labor Strategy Next Time / Gerald W. McEntree; Pastoral Letter on the U.S. Economy - 1985: Nuclear Follies / James Cook; Sexism in the Classroom / Myra and David Sadker; Visit to Bitburg; A Tax System That is Unwise, Unwanted, and Unfair / Ronald Reagan; Aid to the Contras: a. Aid to the Contras / Representative Nancy Johnson, b. What the Contra Aid Means / George Kittle; The Taking of TWA Flight 847: The President's Press Conference, Why the U.S. Was a Target / Ze'ev Chafets, Looking Evil Dead in the Eye / Charles Krauthammer; The Mass Media and Public Trust / Robert MacNeil; What will the Bank Dicks Do Now? ; Juries on Trial / Phoebe Ellsworth; A World Without Insurance? ; The Privatization of the Postal Service / Stuart M. butler; The Hands of Anger, Frustration, Humiliation - 1986: For and Against a One-Term Presidency: a. For a Single Six-Year Presidential Term / Griffin R. Bell, Herbert Brownell, William E. Simon, and Cyrus Vance, b. For the Status Quo / Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. ; The End of Challenger: a. News Article / John Noble Wilford, b. Rogers Commission Report, c. Comment by Scientific American ; The Europeans' Qaddafi Cowardice / Oriana Fallaci; Cultural Terrorism / John Halford; Reclaiming the Reclamation Beat / Roger Morris; Sanctions vs. Apartheid / Desmond M. Tutu; What Soccer Means / Ben Sharp and Dan Sharp; Crime in the Bedroom / Byron R. White and Harry A. Blackmun; The American Idea / Theodore H. White; The Average Guy Takes It on the Chin / Stephen Greenhouse; The Changing Face of Star Wars / Alice Hughey; Reagan Has Fooled Us Again / Stephen M. Walt; Democrats on the Budget Bandwagon / Don McLeod; The Japanese Look Is Here to Stay / Adam Platt; Arms to Iran, Money to the Contra. Opportunities and Problems at Home and Abroad: In Pictures: Troubles Abroad Part I (following page 10), Fun, Fitness, and Technology (70), Warfare and Space (134), The New Woman (208), Science and Medicine (278), Violence, Drugs, and Crime (340). Index of Authors. |