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| Preface |
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| Contributors |
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| EDUCATION |
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Do school voucher plans improve students' educational performance? |
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2 | (1) |
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Do voucher plans hurt public schools? |
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3 | (2) |
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Do school voucher plans unconstitutionally subsidize religious schools? |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (5) |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (3) |
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11 | (5) |
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11 | (3) |
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14 | (2) |
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Outlook: Waiting for the Court |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (20) |
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Should standardized tests be used to measure school performance? |
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23 | (1) |
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Do schools do too much to prepare students for standardized testing? |
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24 | (2) |
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Should federal aid be cut for ``failing'' schools? |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (6) |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (3) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
| HEALTH CARE |
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41 | (20) |
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Would expanded mental health parity force employers and workers to drop health insurance? |
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44 | (2) |
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Should mental health parity only apply to severe disorders? |
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46 | (2) |
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Is quality treatment available under managed benefits? |
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48 | (3) |
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51 | (3) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (2) |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (2) |
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Outlook: Band-Aid Approach? |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (20) |
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Do doctors treat patients based on scientific findings? |
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62 | (3) |
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Have ``best-practice'' guidelines made medical care more effective? |
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65 | (2) |
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Would public report cards rating doctors and hospitals improve care? |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (4) |
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68 | (4) |
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72 | (1) |
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72 | (4) |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (1) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (2) |
| SOCIAL POLICY |
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81 | (20) |
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Is there a housing crisis? |
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83 | (1) |
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Is prosperity bad for housing? |
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84 | (1) |
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Is enough being done to solve the affordable-housing problem? |
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85 | (3) |
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88 | (4) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (5) |
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92 | (4) |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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Outlook: President Bush's Focus |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (26) |
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Did welfare reform move recipients off the welfare rolls and into employment? |
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104 | (2) |
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Are welfare recipients and their children better off after they leave the rolls? |
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106 | (6) |
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112 | (4) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (5) |
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116 | (1) |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (3) |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (18) |
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Should colleges use race-based admissions policies to remedy discrimination against minorities? |
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128 | (2) |
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Should colleges use race-based admissions policies to promote diversity in their student populations? |
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130 | (1) |
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Should colleges adopt other policies to try to increase minority enrollment? |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (6) |
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133 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (3) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (6) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (2) |
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Outlook: Ideals and Reality |
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142 | (1) |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (1) |
| ENVIRONMENT |
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145 | (12) |
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Is Yucca Mountain a safe repository? |
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146 | (1) |
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Should the U.S. invest in transmutation to solve its nuclear waste disposal problem? |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (2) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (2) |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (1) |
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Outlook: The Jeffords Factor |
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152 | (2) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (20) |
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Can nuclear power plants be made safe from terrorist attack? |
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159 | (1) |
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Would drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge enhance energy security? |
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160 | (1) |
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Should conservation play a more prominent role in energy policy? |
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161 | (3) |
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164 | (5) |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (3) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (2) |
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Outlook: Changing Alliances |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (2) |
| CIVIL LIBERTIES, CIVIL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE |
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Civil Liberties in Wartime |
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Should the Justice Department monitor conversations between lawyers and defendants in the interest of preventing further terrorist attacks? |
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179 | (1) |
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Is the detention of hundreds of terrorism suspects an overreaction to the events of Sept. 11? |
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180 | (3) |
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Should the federal government try suspected terrorists in a military court? |
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183 | (1) |
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Has the press bowed to patriotic fervor and not reported critically on U.S. efforts to fight terrorism? |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (6) |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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189 | (3) |
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192 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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Outlook: Back to Normal Soon? |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (20) |
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Is it safe for consumers and merchants to do business online? |
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200 | (2) |
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Should computer network security problems be publicly disclosed |
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202 | (1) |
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Should software companies be liable for Internet security breaches? |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (6) |
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204 | (4) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (3) |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (2) |
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217 | (20) |
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Should the United States pay reparations to African-American descendents of slaves? |
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220 | (1) |
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Have efforts to collect reparations for Holocaust victims gone too far? |
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221 | (2) |
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Does putting a price tag on suffering diminish that suffering? |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (6) |
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224 | (2) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (2) |
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230 | (3) |
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230 | (3) |
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Outlook: Starting a Dialogue |
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233 | (1) |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (2) |
| BUSINESS AND THE ECONOMY |
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237 | (20) |
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Are young people out of touch with job-market realities? |
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240 | (2) |
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Will many of today's young people end up in ``bad'' jobs? |
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242 | (2) |
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Will future employees and companies be loyal to each other? |
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244 | (2) |
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246 | (2) |
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246 | (1) |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (1) |
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248 | (5) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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249 | (3) |
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252 | (1) |
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253 | (1) |
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253 | (2) |
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255 | (2) |
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Regulating the New Economy |
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Should the government be granted expanded surveillance powers over the Internet? |
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259 | (2) |
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Should the government lift some regulations to narrow the ``digital divide''? |
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261 | (2) |
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Should states be allowed to collect taxes on Internet sales? |
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263 | (4) |
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267 | (3) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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Outlook: Protecting U.S. Security |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (2) |
| FOREIGN POLICY |
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275 | (26) |
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Should the U.S. topple foreign governments that harbor or support terrorists? |
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278 | (1) |
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Will tougher wiretapping and immigration laws help fight terrorism without unduly infringing on civil liberties? |
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279 | (3) |
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Will the new Office of Homeland Security have the authority it needs to protect the country from terrorists? |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (7) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (3) |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (8) |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (6) |
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298 | (1) |
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298 | (2) |
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300 | (1) |
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301 | (2) |
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Does globalization hurt people in developing countries? |
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303 | (1) |
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Should the anti-globalization movement revise its tactics? |
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304 | (1) |
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Are police overreacting to the anti-globalization movement? |
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305 | (3) |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (2) |
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310 | (2) |
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312 | (1) |
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312 | (2) |
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314 | (1) |
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