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Ten years ago, in the space of eight months, between January 1 and August 17, 1960, sixteen independent states emerged in Africa. No previous period of history had seen such an upsurge of new sovereignty. For Americans, with their habitually peripheral and fantasy-laden view of the so-called Dark Continent, the emergence of states with such exotic names as Mali, the Ivory Coast, Chad, and Nigeria was regarded with a puzzlement and imperfect understanding which has prevailed for a decade. Vast tracks of desert, savannah, and rain-forest became states equal, in theory at least, with the, United States. France, and England.

A discussion is presented of the various aspects of the Ethiopian military (navy, air force, army, police) & its relationship to political stability in the country. The foreign policy role of the Ethiopian armed forces is also analyzed briefly. P. Montgomery.

"Clifford Case's career demonstrated how liberal Republicans influenced critical foreign and domestic policy initiatives between 1945-1980 regarding the Vietnam War, the passing of landmark civil rights and environmental legislation, and increasing congressional foreign policy oversight. Case's career illustrates the importance of bipartisanship and compromise, a desirable alternative to contemporary political polarization"--

This article investigates the structure of attitudes toward abortion, using several demographic, political, and religious variables. The analysis is based on a 1978 survey of New Jersey's voting age population. Responses to questions on three aspects of the abortion issue—a constitutional ban on abortion, abortion on demand, and government funding of abortions—are combined to form a scale of support and opposition to abortion. We find that support for abortion is related to youth, high socioeconomic status, a liberal ideology, opposition to right-to-die legislation, and support for the Equal Rights Amendment. Additionally, we find that approval for abortion is not a function of religious preference, rather, attitudes on abortion are a function of intensity of religious adherence, regardless of specific religions.