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THE WEST GERMAN PUBLIC SEEMS RATHER MORE FAVORABLE TO ARMS CONTROL IDEAS THAN THE PUBLIC IN THE US. THEY ESPECIALLY SUPPORT AN ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT BETWEEN NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT, AND MOST FAVOR AN IMMEDIATE COMPLE TEST BAN ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE MAIN QUESTION ABOUT SDI WAS, SHOULD WEST GERMANY PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM? ON BALANCE, THE WEST GERMAN PUBLIC SEEMED OPPOSED TO SDI, BUT NOT BY A GREAT MARGIN.

Commercial software development has increased markedly in the last several years, allowing school programs many choices in the purchase of educational software. Factors that can assist school personnel in the decision-making process will be presented. These include the instructional, content, and technical characteristics of the software package. The importance of previewing software and the use of software with students as a part of the evaluation process will also be discussed.

AbstractEditor's Note: The following Software Descriptions have been submitted by our readers in response to our call for an open exchange of information on software programs. They are offered without review or comment to provide a rapidly published, easily accessible avenue of communication. Other readers with relevant software packages are invited to complete and submit a Software Description Form (found at the end of this section).

Clients with retinitis pigmentosa and a mild, moderate, or progressive hearing loss may be unrecognized and unserved by our diagnostic and rehabilitation programs. They are often treated separately for their visual and hearing dysfunctions, with no dialogue between managing agencies. The purpose of this article is to offer professionals a description of this particular variation of Usher's syndrome, and appropriate guidelines for its identification.

AbstractEditor's Note: The following Software Descriptions have been submitted by our readers in response to our call for an open exchange of information on software programs. They are offered without review or comment to provide a rapidly published, easily accessible avenue of communication. Other readers with relevant software packages are invited to complete and submit a Software Description Form (found at the end of this section).

From 1971 to 1982, the federal government attempted to reduce unemployment by subsidizing positions in state and local governments. These efforts were geared toward helping the unemployed gain human capital that could lead to unsubsidized work, while helping governments provide needed services for their citizens. A variety of approaches were tried in practically every area of program design. The authors reveal what worked. ; https://research.upjohn.org/up_press/1125/thumbnail.jpg

AS CONGRESS STRUGGLES WITH DIFFICULT BUDGETARY CHOICES, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE DECISIONS FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE BE CLEAR. IF ECONOMIC GROWTH WILL SUBSTANTIALLY RAISE POOR PEOPLE'S INCOMES, AS THE ADMINISTRATION HAS CLAIMED, THEN THE NEED FOR INCOME SUPPORT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS WILL DECLINE. HOWEVER, IF THE BENEFITS FROM THE CURRENT ECONOMIC RECOVERY BYPASS MANY AMONG THE POOR, THEN THE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE WILL REMAIN HIGH.

CONTRARY TO ACADEMIC CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THAT DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT ECONOMIC SANCTIONS WORK, THE US SANCTIONS AGAINST POLAND HAVE WORKED AND POLISH LEADERS RECOGNIZE THAT POLAND'S PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND IMPROVED FARMING ARE BEING HELD BACK BY THE US SANCTIONS. THIS PAPER STUDIES THE QUESTIONS, WHY WERE THE SANCTIONS AGAINST POLAND INSTITUTED, WHAT WERE THEIR OBJECTIVES, THEIR IMPACT, AND WHY DID THEY PROVE SUCCESSFUL?

THIS PAPER DESCRIBES THE IMPACT OF THE 1979 THATCHER PROGRAM FOR PRIVATIZATION OF THE BRITISH PUBLIC SECTOR, AND SHOWS THAT THE GRADUAL APPROACH HAS ACCOUNTED FOR ITS SUCCESS. THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT PRIVATIZATION IS HERE TO STAY, AND THAT THE POLICY OF PRIVATIZATION HAS LED TO THE BUILDUP OF GROUPS WITH A VESTED INTEREST IN THE NEW ORDER WHO WILL OPPOSE ANY ATTEMPT TO REVERSE IT.

Focus is on two types of ameliorative responses to the problem of prison & jail crowding: those aimed at diverting some prison-bound offenders to alternative programs, & those designed to regulate prison population levels more directly. It is argued that both strategies raise practical & philosophical issues that can only be resolved satisfactorily through a comprehensive reassessment of the full spectrum of criminal penalties & how they are used. HA

ABSTRACTThe selection of an efficient set of access paths is critical to the design of large multiuser data bases. This task is formulated as an integer, linear mathematical program, and an approach to its solution is presented. A series of experiments support the assertion that this approach is sufficient for quickly producing an efficient, if not optimal, set of access paths for data‐base problems of practical significance.

THIS PAPER EXAMINES INTERACTIONS OF SIX MODERN PRESIDENTS WITH THE CONSERVATIVE COALITION OF REPUBLICANS AND SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS, COVERING THE YEARS 1953 TO 1980. PRESIDENTIAL PARTY IS SHOWN TO BE STRONGLY RELATED TO RATES OF POLICY AGREEMENT. THE EFFECT OF COALITION SIZE IS CONSIDERED. CONGRESS GENERALLY INFLUENCES A PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM MORE THAN THE PRESIDENT INFLUENCES THE CONSERVATIVES' POLICY, AND BOTH THESE INFLUENCES ARE PRIMARILY NEGATIVE.

New directions & innovations being taken by Sweden's Social Democratic Party (SDP), which regained power in the 1982 elections, are discussed. One of the SDP's key issues is how to introduce controversial wage earners' funds, which the SDP considers a key to economic expansion. SDP strategies for implementing the funds are outlined & analyzed, & possible responses from the business community to the program are discussed. J. Cannon.

The editors invite readers to submit manuscripts for review for publication in Short Reports. Papers submitted to this section should be 750-1,000 words in length and include an abstract. This section will include—but not be limited to—pilot studies, innovative teaching and rehabilitation techniques, new programs, short legislative analyses, descriptions of prototypes, short surveys and research reports, etc. For other submission procedures, see the Journal's Guildelines for Contributors.