1990 is no longer within reach. What happened?
Public health officials point to an upsurge in teen-age pregnancies (out-of-wedlock babies die at a higher rate) and cite increased tobacco, drug, and alcohol use among pregnant women. They also claim that improved medical care is merely postponing the deaths of some infants who in earlier times would have died before birth, their deaths classi- fied as naturally aborted pregnancies.
But Miller blames cuts in federal funding of food stamps, Medicaid,...
the Bangkok government. Many of them have relatives in California's Central Valley.
"Are Criminals Made or Born?" Richard J. Herrnstein and James Q. Wilson, in The New York Times Magazine (Aue. 4, 19851, 229 West 43rd St., New YO&, N.Y. 10036.
When sociologists grapple with the question "What turns people into criminals?" they usually point to one of two factors: social circum- stances or genetic inheritance.
Herein lies the problem, contend Herrnstein and Wilson, who...
Salamat Ali, in Far Eastern Economic Review (July 18, 1985), G.P.O. Box 160, Hong Kong.
The press in India, among the world's largest and oldest, is also one of the most troubled. Though "free" Third World standards, it is plagued by continual conflict with India's government.
The Indian public can turn to more than 19,000 newspapers and maga- zines, with a total circulation of roughly 51 million. Although no truly "national" newspaper exists, many of the nine major English-language...
Salamat Ali, in Far Eastern Economic Review (July 18, 1985), G.P.O. Box 160, Hong Kong.
The press in India, among the world's largest and oldest, is also one of the most troubled. Though "free" Third World standards, it is plagued by continual conflict with India's government.
The Indian public can turn to more than 19,000 newspapers and maga- zines, with a total circulation of roughly 51 million. Although no truly "national" newspaper exists, many of the nine major English-language...
pro-Palestinian groups protesting Israeli conduct of the war. The title of an August 5 front-page editorial even de- scribed the invasion as "An Enterprise Which Dares Not Speak Its Name." Many of Le Monde's editors were "clearly outraged" the Israeli bombings, although they made some effort to balance the news by offering background to the Arab-Israeli conflict and by paying "con- siderable attention to Israeli government views and the feelings of French Jews."
The...
the rule "no enemies on the Left," and was also active in the opposition to Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R.-Wis.), be- cause his "lies and indiscriminate accusations" were undermining ra- tional criticism of communism.
A staunch pragmatist in the tradition of American philosopher John Dewey (1859-1952), Hook held that scientific methods (i.e., inquiry and evaluation) should be applied to questions of value and social policies. Ideas, beliefs, and moral judgments must be tested analysis...
the rule "no enemies on the Left," and was also active in the opposition to Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R.-Wis.), be- cause his "lies and indiscriminate accusations" were undermining ra- tional criticism of communism.
A staunch pragmatist in the tradition of American philosopher John Dewey (1859-1952), Hook held that scientific methods (i.e., inquiry and evaluation) should be applied to questions of value and social policies. Ideas, beliefs, and moral judgments must be tested analysis...
modern life-rapidly disappearing, but the an- thropologists are virtually stepping on each other's toes to study those that remain. Whether in the highlands of New Guinea or Amazonia, re- searchers find "not just 'natives' and mud huts, but economists calcu- lating Gini coefficients, political scientists scaling attitudes . . . sociologists counting houses."
Such changes have outmoded the old dirt-under-the-toenails ap- proach to the study of foreign cultures that initially attracted...
Howard Jay
Chizeck, in Technology Review (JulyThe Injured 1985), Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology, Bldg. 10, Cambridge, Mass.
02139.
Medical technology for victims of spinal injuries falls into two camps: what is available today, and what is on the drawing board.
Unfortunately, the media have blurred that distinction, offering in- formation to some but false hopes to others, argues Chizeck, who teaches biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University. The future is bright, he...
Howard Jay
Chizeck, in Technology Review (JulyThe Injured 1985), Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology, Bldg. 10, Cambridge, Mass.
02139.
Medical technology for victims of spinal injuries falls into two camps: what is available today, and what is on the drawing board.
Unfortunately, the media have blurred that distinction, offering in- formation to some but false hopes to others, argues Chizeck, who teaches biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University. The future is bright, he...