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• ISBN: 082420946X
• ISBN: 9780824209469
• Physical Description: vii, 205 p. ; 26 cm.
• Publisher: New York : H.W. Wilson, c1998.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Sharing the American experience / Ken Burns -- Procrustes and the culture wars / Anne Fadiman -- Opportunity and academic integrity / Roger Wilkins -- Keeping our open form of government / John V.R. Bull -- Television and democracy / Newton N. Minow -- The sins of the press / Anthony Lewis -- Combating discrimination / Janet Reno -- Lessons on race / Newt Gingrich -- Understanding and empathy / Albert Gore, Jr. -- White feminism, liberal racism, and welfare reform / Gwendolyn Mink -- Banning landmines / Jody Williams -- The moral legacy of the cold war / George Lee Butler -- Peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland / George Mitchell -- NATO expansion / Madeleine Albright -- Could NATO expansion lead to nuclear war? / Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- My Memorial Day / Dawn Annette Rigdon -- Pain, sadness, exhaustion, and compassion / Ann C. Cunningham -- The gift of Anastasia / Marcy Kaptur -- September song / Forrest Church -- If labor has no role, democracy has no future / John J. Sweeney -- Adapting to a revolution: the challenges facing energy companies in the 21st century / Philip J. Carroll -- Women mean business / Sheila W. Wellington -- Cleaner air and economic progress / Carol M. Browner.

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United States > Politics and government > 1993-2001 > Sources.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American > 20th century.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.

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