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The article reports on the young people as of August 1, 2009, referred as millennial generation and politics. Seventy-six percent of the respondents, composed of young people, of the 2004 Euyoupart survey thinks that politics is important, while 24 percent of them expressed their interest in it. The success of U.S. President Barack Obama and London, England Mayor Boris Johnson in their political careers through their appeal to the young generation is discussed.

The article focuses on the development of the Job-Related Index (JRTI) by R.L. Kahn, and coauthors over 30 years ago. Details on the use of the instrument to study organizational stress on individuals in a various work settings in the United States are presented. Indepth look at the stability of the JRTI and determination of the dimensionally of the JRTI specifically for women is presented. This past research demonstrates the stability of the JRTI for use with a broad range of organizational participants. Yet there is growing interest in how stress is perceived by and how it affects different groups in organizations. For example, G.N. Powell noted that the number of women in the work force has increased dramatically in the last decade, but many studies on organizational stress have not included women. Although more recent research on organizational stress has included women, only R.E. Rogers and colleagues sought to determine the dimensionality of the JRTI specifically for women, leaving the question of stability of dimensions among samples of women unanswered.

This article highlights the results of a survey conducted by the Gallup Organization for the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations concerning the vital interest of U.S. citizens on other countries. For the general public, Great Britain tops the poll of countries in which U.S. citizens have a vital interest, although a sample of the country's leaders placed Japan and West Germany a little higher. When asked to estimate their warmth of feeling for countries on a scale of 1-100, Great Britain came in second only to Canada.