CQ Researcher 1993 - Abstracts

CQ Researcher 1993
TitleSubjectAuthors
19th-century roots. (historical background of community policing)News, opinion and commentary 
Advocates urge action. (policies to deter physical abuse of women) (ViolenceAgainst Women)News, opinion and commentary 
Anti-abuse efforts. (child sexual abuse)News, opinion and commentary 
A question of policy.News, opinion and commentary 
Are gated communities a reasonable response to crime?News, opinion and commentaryJames J. Fotis, Marc L. Miringoff
Are Hillary Rodham Clinton's views on children's issues anti-family and out of the mainstream? (opposing personal opinion pieces) (Children's Legal Rights)News, opinion and commentaryHoward Davidson, Christopher Lasch
Are parents who challenge certain schoolbooks engaging in censorship? (School Censorship)News, opinion and commentaryArthur J. Kropp, Tom Minnery
Are plans that call for the redistribution of property tax revenues from rich districts to poor ones, called Robin Hood plans, a good way to create funding equity among school districts?News, opinion and commentaryNancy Folbre, William Murchison
Are the environmental benefits of electric vehicles being oversold?News, opinion and commentaryPatrick Bedard
Arguing the number of child abuse cases.News, opinion and commentary 
At issue: is the Clinton administration's plan to collect higher fees from visitors to federal recreation areas fair to the public?News, opinion and commentaryThomas J. Mills, William J. Chandler
At issue: should the federal government initiate a broad, new national service program? (excerpts from Bill Clinton's address on national service at Rutgers University and Bruce Chapman's 'Politics and National Service:A Virus attacks the volunteer sector,'in 'National Service:Pro and Con, 1990) (Transcript)News, opinion and commentaryBruce Chapman
At issue: should the statute of limitations be extended to allow adults who were child incest victims their day in court?News, opinion and commentarySally Goldfarb, Lesley D. Wimberly
At Issue: should the United States aid the former Soviet Union? (Aid to Russia)News, opinion and commentaryTed Galen Carpenter, Joshua Muravchik
Background. (Aid to Russia)News, opinion and commentary 
Background: early problems. (includes related article)News, opinion and commentary 
Background: Islam comes to America. (includes a chronology and interviews with recent converts) (Muslims in America)News, opinion and commentary 
Background: rise and fall of rail. (includes chronology) (High-Speed Rail)News, opinion and commentary 
Battered womem also kill. (abused women who kill their tormentors) (ViolenceAgainst Women)News, opinion and commentary 
Bibliography. (Aid to Russia) (Bibliography)News, opinion and commentary 
Breakthroughs unlikely. (Children's Legal Rights)News, opinion and commentary 
Changing attitudes. (views of Americans towards drug related problems) (War on Drugs)News, opinion and commentary 
Children's causes. (Children's Legal Rights)News, opinion and commentary 
Chronology. (Aid to Russia)News, opinion and commentary 
Chronology. (history of censorship in US education) (School Censorship)News, opinion and commentary 
Chronology. (history of violence against women) (Violence Against Women)News, opinion and commentary 
Clinton takes over. (Pres Bill Clinton's trade policy actions)News, opinion and commentary 
Cold-fusion confusion. (experiment by B. Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann)(includes related article)News, opinion and commentary 
Cold fusion gets a warm reception in Japan.News, opinion and commentary 
Conflict in the '80s. (increase in child abuse cases alarm citizens)News, opinion and commentary 
Continuing problems. (ethnic problems persist in Eastern Europe)News, opinion and commentary 
Cults in America. (includes chronology of cult activity)News, opinion and commentary 
Cults on campus: vulnerable students are easy targets.News, opinion and commentary 
Current copyright law requires copyright-holders to register their copyright before they can sue for infringement. The Copyright Reform Act of 1993 would remove this requirement. Is this a good idea? (software piracy)News, opinion and commentarySteven Peters, James H. Billington
Current situation. (Aid to Russia)News, opinion and commentary 
Current situation: Clinton tackles funding. (novel measures by Bill Clinton for national parks)News, opinion and commentary 
Current situation; Islam's new appeal. (Muslims in America)News, opinion and commentary 
Current situation: U.S. tests under way. (includes related article on foreign rail systems) (High-Speed Rail)News, opinion and commentary 
Debate over causes. (physical abuse against women) (Violence Against Women)News, opinion and commentary 
Debate over treatment. (programs to prevent physical abuse of women) (Violence Against Women)News, opinion and commentary 
Deprogrammers to the rescue: some call it kidnapping.News, opinion and commentary 
Does current FDA policy protect consumers from the potentially harmful effects of bioengineered foods?News, opinion and commentaryDavid A. Kessler, Michael K. Hansen
Does Islamic fundamentalism pose a threat to American society? (pro and con) (Muslims in America)News, opinion and commentaryAmos Perlmutter, Moorhead Kennedy
Does sex education work?News, opinion and commentaryDebra W. Haffner, Thomas Sowell
Does the right-wing violence pose a significant threat to democracy and stability in Germany?News, opinion and commentaryJosef Joffe, Holly Gartner
Drug war begins. (US government policy against illegal use and proliferation of drugs) (War on Drugs)News, opinion and commentary 
Early censorship battles. (publication censorship in US schools) (School Censorship)News, opinion and commentary 
Early concerns. (violence in television) (Background)News, opinion and commentary 
Early doubts. (Head Start program) (Background)News, opinion and commentary 
EC stalls on changes. (includes related article)News, opinion and commentary 
Energy's holy grail. (nuclear fusion research)(includes chronology)News, opinion and commentary 
Era of retrenchment. (Supreme Court decisions of the 1970s and 1980s that affected children's rights) (Children's Legal Rights)News, opinion and commentary 
Freud's legacy. (work on "premature sexual experience" led to the study of child sexual abuse)News, opinion and commentary 
From surplus to deficit. (global economic standing of the US)News, opinion and commentary 
Germany's policy. (Germany's policy on foreign workers)News, opinion and commentary 
Global collaboration. (international effort in nuclear fusion research)News, opinion and commentary 
Government action. (violence in television)News, opinion and commentary 
Hard-core users. (illegal drug users) (War on Drugs )News, opinion and commentary 
Hard times. (obstacles to fusion research)News, opinion and commentary 
Has the extent of date rape been exaggerated? (Violence Against Women)News, opinion and commentaryMary P. Koss, Neil Gilbert
Hawks vs. doves. (evaluation of effects of illegal drug use and law enforcement policies) (War on Drugs)News, opinion and commentary 
Head Start's health benefits: fact or fancy? (Head Start programs)News, opinion and commentary 
Helping battered women. (evaluation of policy towards battered women) (Violence Against Women)News, opinion and commentary 
Hillary Rodham Clinton's views ... excerpts from her articles on children's rights. (Children's Legal Rights)News, opinion and commentary 
Houston's experience. (community policing in Houston, Texas)News, opinion and commentary 
How fusion works. (nuclear fusion)News, opinion and commentary 
"Impressions" in court. (school textbook censorship) (School Censorship)News, opinion and commentary 
International treaties. (international treaties on immigration policy)News, opinion and commentary 
Is community policing the best answer to the nation's crime problem?News, opinion and commentaryLee Brown, Robert M. Morgenthau
Is date rape really rape? ... experts disagree. (Violence Against Women)News, opinion and commentary 
Is IQ the best predictor of job performance? (excerpts from 'Intelligence Versus Training: Job Performance and Black-White Occupational Inequality' and the Feb. 1993 issue of 'Current Directions in Psychological Science')News, opinion and commentaryRichard K. Wagner, Linda S. Gottfredson, Robert J. Sternberg
Is prostitution inherently exploitative?News, opinion and commentaryEvelina Giobbe, Tracy Quan
Is public housing the most effective way to address the country's low-income housing needs?News, opinion and commentaryMaryann Russ, James W. Rouse
Is sexual orientation biologically determined?News, opinion and commentaryJ. Michael Bailey, Richard C. Pillard, Robert Knight
Is the alarm about cults justified? (two opposing opinions)News, opinion and commentaryMarcia R. Rudin, James Lewis
Janet Reno's war on drugs. (US attorney general) (War on Drugs)News, opinion and commentary 
Los Angeles and Portland. (community policing in Los Angeles, California andPortland, Oregon)(includes related article)News, opinion and commentary 
Magnetic vs. inertial. (magnetic fusion energy as opposed to inertial fusionenergy)News, opinion and commentary 
Music videos that flirt with violence.News, opinion and commentary 
National service. (includes related articles, a reader summary and a chronology of important dates in the development of the national service idea)News, opinion and commentaryMarc Leepson
New approach to policing. (includes related articles)News, opinion and commentary 
New enthusiasm. (nuclear fusion research)News, opinion and commentary 
New York's experience. (community policing in New York City, New York)News, opinion and commentary 
Nuclear fusion. (nuclear fusion energy research)News, opinion and commentaryRodmanD. Griffin
Obstacles to change. (impediments to community policing)News, opinion and commentary 
One viewer's violence is another viewer's action.News, opinion and commentary 
One woman's story - a continuing nightmare. (case study) (Violence Against Women)News, opinion and commentary 
Outlook. (Aid to Russia)News, opinion and commentary 
Outlook: Federal aid called vital. (includes related article on 'smart cars') (High-Speed Rail)News, opinion and commentary 
Outlook; gaining recognition. (Muslims in America)News, opinion and commentary 
Outlook: waiting for a ruling. (includes related article that presents conflicting views on the constitutionality of hate crime legislation) (Hate Crimes; violent crimes committed because of victims' race, religion, ethnic origin and sexual orientation)News, opinion and commentaryLaurence Tribe, Kenneth Jost
Police reform movement.News, opinion and commentary 
Political hurdles. (political obstacles to nuclear fusion research)News, opinion and commentary 
Political support. (Head Start program)(includes related article) (Background)News, opinion and commentary 
Postwar immigration. (European refugees)News, opinion and commentary 
Pressuring the FCC. (violence in television) (Current Situation)News, opinion and commentary 
"Project rush-rush." (Head Start summer preschool program)(includes related article) (Background)News, opinion and commentary 
Protecting children. (includes chronology of events) (Children's Legal Rights)News, opinion and commentary 
Public housing: can the largest assisted-housing program be improved? (includes related articles)News, opinion and commentarySusan Kellam
Push for open markets. (US encourages foreign markets)News, opinion and commentary 
Questions for Clinton. (Head Start programs) (Current Situation)News, opinion and commentary 
Reagan-era rulings. (School Censorship)News, opinion and commentary 
Regional pacts. (regional North American Free Trade Agreement)News, opinion and commentary 
Renegotiating GATT.News, opinion and commentary 
Rights for children. (Children's Legal Rights)News, opinion and commentary 
Rising concern. (history of controlled substance use in the US) (War on Drugs)News, opinion and commentary 
Russia and the other former Soviet republics ... frictions complicate aid programs. (Aid to Russia)News, opinion and commentary 
Scandals force changes in Catholic Church.News, opinion and commentary 
School funding: should affluent districts be forced to aid poor neighbors? (includes related articles)News, opinion and commentaryJonathan Walters
Scientific obstacles. (impediments to nuclear fusion research)News, opinion and commentary 
Sexual abuse cases put media to the test.News, opinion and commentary 
Should all children be given free immunizations?News, opinion and commentaryMarian Wright Edelman, Ronald Saldarini
Should Congress do more to protect the U.S. automobile industry from Japanese competition?News, opinion and commentarySteve Beckman, D. Tagliavia
Should drugs be legalized? (issues regarding controlled substance use policies) (War on Drugs)News, opinion and commentaryEthan A. Nadelman, David T. Courtwright
Should ideas be treated like autos? (protecting intellectual property rights)News, opinion and commentary 
Should the Head Start program be expanded? (At Issue)News, opinion and commentaryMarian Wright Edelman, John Hood
Should the severely mentally ill be given highest priority in treatment?News, opinion and commentaryLaurie Flynn, Kathryn Pontzer
Should the television industry do more to curb depictions of violence? (At Issue)News, opinion and commentaryLeonard D. Eron, Del Reisman
Should the United States abandon efforts to develop commercial fusion power?News, opinion and commentaryW.D. Kay, Edwin E. Kinter
Should the United States adopt English as its "official" language? (excerpts from 'Democracy or Babel?: The Case for Official English in the United States' and 'The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science')News, opinion and commentaryFernando de la Pena, Arturo Madrid
Should the United States curtail immigration? (Excerpts from 'Around the Cragged Hill: A Personal and Political Philosophy' and 'The Economic Consequences of Immigration')News, opinion and commentaryGeorge F. Kennan, Julian L. Simon
Should the United States rely more heavily on multilateral institutions like the United Nations in conducting foreign policy?News, opinion and commentaryMadeleine K. Albright, Tad Galen Carpenter
Should the U.S. ratify U.N. treaty on children's rights? (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) (Children's Legal Rights)News, opinion and commentary 
Slipping timetable. (schedule for nuclear fusion energy research and development)News, opinion and commentary 
Software piracy: can the government help stop the drain on profits? (includes glossary, chronology, bibliography and related articles)News, opinion and commentaryPatrick G. Marshall
Software pirates 'fess up ... responses to a 'PC Computing' poll. (reprinted from 'PC Computing,' March 1992)News, opinion and commentary 
Textbook activism. (Mel and Nora Gabler, education publication activists) (School Censorship)News, opinion and commentary 
The '80s explosion. (violence in television) (Background)News, opinion and commentary 
The Cinton approach. (US Pres Bill Clinton)(policy towards drug-related problems in the US) (War on Drugs)News, opinion and commentary 
The fight goes on. (textbook censorship issues) (School Censorship)News, opinion and commentary 
The flap over gay literature for children. (School Censorship)News, opinion and commentary 
The Gregory K. case. (Gregory Kingsley's request to terminate the rights of his natural parents) (Children's Legal Rights)News, opinion and commentary 
The 'Hillary' debate. (Hillary Clinton) (Children's Legal Rights)News, opinion and commentary 
The issues. (Aid to Russia)News, opinion and commentaryRodman D. Griffin
The prevention approach. (illegal drug use prevention) (War on Drugs)News, opinion and commentary 
TV news: violence is part of our world tonight.News, opinion and commentary 
Understanding the fundamentals of Islam. (Muslims in America)News, opinion and commentary 
U.S. trade policy. (includes related article on automobile industry trading)News, opinion and commentaryPatrick G. Marshall
Video games and push-button aggression.News, opinion and commentary 
Violence in Germany.News, opinion and commentary 
What can be done? (violence in television) (Outlook )News, opinion and commentary 
What makes a child molester?News, opinion and commentary 
When textbook critics find errors. (historical inaccuracies in textbook publication) (School Censorship)News, opinion and commentary 
Who has final say on a high school publication? (School Censorship)News, opinion and commentary 
Will the generation entering the work force today have a lower standard of living over their lifetime than their parents enjoyed?News, opinion and commentaryRobert J. Samuelson, William Strauss, Neil Howe
Will the Supreme Court's ruling on scientific evidence reduce the use of "junk Science" in the courtroom?News, opinion and commentaryPeter W. Huber, David E. Bernstein, Ron Simon
Xenophobic roots. (xenophobia in Germany)News, opinion and commentary 
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