Text of an interview of Frank Reissman by Irving Louis Horowitz suggests that while social problems are experienced locally in the big cities, their cure lies nationally at the federal level. (Author/AM)

Explores the attitudes of Edmund Burke, Richard Price, Samuel Johnson, and James Boswell toward the American question. (Author/JM)

Presents the views of the chairman of the group of scientists that prepared the preliminary proposal on DNA guidelines for the 1975 Asilomar Conference. Examples and illustrations are used to argue that stronger and tighter controls than those outlined in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines are needed. (CS)

Within the context of the public forum of the political media interview, this study tests the hypothesis that women avoid answering questions less than men and examines the gendered use of avoidance strategies. Findings reveal a gender difference with women using significantly more preferred answers than men. (20 references) (Author/CK)

Argues that any political action is prepared, controlled and influenced by language. Notes that the study of language has become more central to academic disciplines concerned with politics. Political scientists focus on the consequences of political decisions and actions for a society, whereas linguists concentrate on the linguistic structures…

Summarizes the different spheres of drama and theatre activities in Hungary. Outlines the history of drama teaching in Hungary. Describes the achievements and problems of the present, such as the place of drama in the curriculum and help that benefits Hungarian speaking teachers elsewhere. Provides a short overview of the youth theatre of the…

Discusses what Chinese children have read in the last quarter of the 20th century. Notes that much of Chinese children's literature contains strong political, moral, and ideological messages. Examines the official guidelines for children's literature in the post-Mao era. Concludes that in the post-Mao period, the state has become more flexible,…

Describes using television commercials of opposing products or political positions in a mock courtroom debate to address advertising as a mode of discourse that must be recognized and analyzed. (RS)

Describes how, modeling their efforts on the anti-apartheid movement, students and faculty across the country are petitioning their administrations to divest from companies with Israeli business ties. (EV)

This cross-national study of moral reasoning among adolescents in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and the Republic of Ireland addresses the problem of possible moral truncation in Northern Ireland due to political conflict. Analysis of results suggested that despite the violent atmosphere over the last 30 years, the Northern Irish adolescents were not…

Presents a case study of the online literature discussions of undergraduate children's literature students in geographically distant classrooms. Notes that with their digital conversations, students constructed a text in which diverse voices were heard and engagement with the social and political issues raised in the literature was deepened.…

Describes contrasts in the author's visits to East and West Berlin in 1972 and 1990. Discusses visits to child care centers in East and West Germany in 1990 and concludes with speculation about the future of child care services in a reunited Germany. (DR)

Examines the strategy of universalization during the nuclear freeze movement of 1981-82 by drawing upon the insights of Celeste Condit and William Bailey. Identifies strengths and weaknesses of the Condit/Bailey concepts and suggests modifications. (KEH)

Considers Walter Fisher's criticisms of the "rational-world" paradigm, as well as his defense of the narrative paradigm. Concludes that a useful argumentative tradition, best represented by the informal logic movement, avoids the dangers identified by narrative proponents. Notes that the narrative paradigm largely fails to fulfill its…

This articles examines the possibility that military organizations may find that common environmental problems serve as a basis for establishing new relationships outside traditional alliances that otherwise would not be possible. The elimination of the need for chloroflourocarbons, halons, and other ozone-depleting substances is used as an…