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1. THE FAILURE OF PRIVATIZATION.

Author

Barnes, John A.

Subjects
*PRIVATIZATION policy, *GOVERNMENT ownership
Abstract

Reveals the inadequacies of the privatization policy of the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Great Britain's experience with the nationalization of enterprise; Resistance to Conrail's privatization; Need for public support.

Published
1986

2. Proportional Deception.

Author

Barnes, John A.

Subjects
*PROPORTIONAL representation, *VOTING, *ELECTIONS, *POLITICAL candidates, *UNITED States political parties, *PRACTICAL politics, *REPRESENTATIVE government, UNITED States politics & government
Abstract

This article discusses calls for the U.S. to adopt a proportional-representation (PR) system-type of government, as of July 1992. In a single transferrable vote system, voters cast their ballots for candidates in order of reference, one through five or six or however many seats have to be occupied. Candidates who top a certain threshold of first-choice votes are declared elected right away. PR has a history in the U.S. It was proposed by the Progressives early in this century, as a way to fend off boss-ism. A PR system is not needed in order to have multiple parties, but small and often extremist parties are certainly tempted by PR to try their luck.

Published
1992

3. OFFENSIVE MEDICINE.

Author

Barnes, John A.

Subjects
*CATASTROPHIC health insurance, *CATASTROPHIC illness, *PUBLIC health
Abstract

Reports on the partnership between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and President Ronald Reagan to address the problem of catastrophic-illness insurance. Expansion of Medicare coverage to catastrophic illness; Commitment of Reagan to socialized medicine and privatize government functions.

Published
1986

4. STATE GIVES AWAY THE STORE, AGAIN.

Author

Barnes, John

Subjects
*NATIONAL territory, *ISLANDS
Abstract

Comments on the efforts of the U.S. State Department to give the Soviet Union a piece of American territory called the Wrangel Island. Observation that the U.S. has never ceded its claim to Wrangel or four smaller islands nearby that were also seized; Argument by the State Department that the U.S. never formally claimed those islands; Lack of evidence that the Russians ever laid legal claim to the island.

Published
1985

5. BOOKS IN BRIEF.

Author

Mysak, Joe and Barnes, John A.

Subjects
CULTURE, NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the books "Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back," by Robert Penn Warren and "James Bond in the Cinema," by John Brosnan.

Published
1981

6. BOOKS IN BRIEF.

Author

Buckley, Priscilla L., Barnes, John A., Hornak, Paul T., and Rodman, Selden

Subjects
NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews several books of various interests including "George Bush, A Biography," by Nicholas King, "Coups and Earthquakes: Reporting the World for America," by Mort Rosenblum, "Doctor Fischer of Geneva, or the Bomb Party," by Graham Greene and "A.E. Housman: The Scholar-Poet," by Richard Perceval Graves.

Published
1980

7. THE FIFTH HORSEMAN.

Author

Barnes, John A.

Subjects
NUCLEAR terrorism, FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "THE FIFTH HORSEMAN," by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre.

Published
1982

8. Books In Brief.

Author

Buckley, Priscilla L., Mysak, Joe, Mallon, Thomas, and Barnes, John A.

Subjects
NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews several books including "Running for the Exit," by H. W. Wright, "Toward the Next Economics," by Peter F. Drucker, "In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison," by Jack Henry Abbott and Norman Mailer.

Published
1981

9. License Renewed.

Author

Barnes, John A.

Subjects
BOND, James (Fictional character), FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "LICENSE RENEWED," by John Gardner.

Published
1982

10. BOOKS IN BRIEF.

Author

Barnes, John A., Hornak, Paul T., and Mysak, Joe

Subjects
NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the books "The Conservative Decade: Emerging Leaders of the 1980s," by James C. Roberts, "The Fall of Shanghai," by Noel Barber and "The Men Who Invented Broadway: Damon Runyon, Walter Winchell, and Their World," by John Mosedale.

Published
1981

11. THE GOLDEN TURKEY AWARDS (Book).

Author

Barnes, John A.

Subjects
MOTION pictures, NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "The Golden Turkey Awards: Nominees and Winners--The Worst Achievements in Hollywood History," by Harry Medved and Michael Medved.

Published
1981

12. BOOKS IN BRIEF.

Author

Rodman, Selden, McAdams, John C., and Barnes, John A.

Subjects
NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews several nonfictional books including "The Chilean Spring," by Fernando Alegria, "Desegregated Schools," edited by Ray C. Rist, and "How Washington Really Works," by Charles Peters.

Published
1980

13. Books in Brief.

Author

Mysak, Joe, Barnes, John A., and Hawes, Norma B.

Subjects
NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the books "Skepticism, Selected Journalism From 1898 to 1901," by Ambrose Bierce and edited by Lawrence I. Berkove, "Splendor in Exile: The Ex-Majesties of Europe," by Charles Fenyvesi, and "The Butte Polka," by Donald McCaig.

Published
1980

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