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The intensity of opposition to legal abortion in the US is described, & reasons behind the movement to repeal abortion reforms are analyzed & compared to reform movements in GB. The radical climate of the late 1960s & early 1970s favored liberalization of abortion statutes in the US, as did the attitudes of US MDs & influential Catholics. The progress of abortion reforms in GB was more moderate, a situation caused by the limited power of interpretation of English courts, the greater restrictions on clinical practice in GB, & the greater tendency toward traditionalism among British MDs. However, the increasing strength of conservative politics in the US in the late 1970s was reflected in the increased strength & organization of antiabortion sentiments, & in the movement to press for a Constitutional amendment supported by "right to life" & other antiabortion groups. D. Dunseath.

THE AUTHOR EXAMINES SIR ISAIAH BERLIN'S ACCOUNT OF THE NATURE OF FREEDOM, PARTICULARLY HIS ARGUMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE CLAIM THAT FREEDOM CONSISTS IN THE NON-RESTRICTION OF OPTIONS. THE PAPER EXAMINES BERLIN'S CONCEPT OF FREEDOM, HIS ACCOUNT OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN FREEDOM, POWER AND THE WILL, HIS ARGUMENT FOR THE DEPENDENCY OF JUDGMENTS ABOUT FREEDOM ON SOCIAL THEORIES.

NOTING THAT FRANZ JOSEF STRAUSS HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS THE CDU/CSU CANDIDATE FOR CHANCELLOR IN WEST GERMANY'S 1980 ELECTIONS, THE ARTICLE EXAMINES STRAUSS'S EUROPEAN POLICY POSITIONS. THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO IDENTIFY THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY OF A STRAUSS-LED GOVERNMENT IN WEST GERMANY. STRAUSS' HOPE FOR GERMAN REUNIFICATION & HIS REJECTION OF A 'DIVISIBLE' DETENTE ARE NOTED.

ARTICLE, FOLLOWING UP AN EARLIER PIECE ON THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT'S PALESTINE POLICY OF 1945-46, TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE AREA. THE AUTHOR DOCUMENTS THE NEGOTIATIONS CARRIED OUT BY FOREIGN SECRETARY ERNEST BEVIN AND THE COLONIAL SECRETARY CREECH JONES, THE EFFECTS OF BRITISH PUBLIC OPINION AND THE DETERIORATION OF THE JEWISH-ARAB SITUATION IN THE AREA.

SOVIET POLICIES TOWARD THE RUSSIAN JEWISH POPULATION ARE EXAMINED AND ASSESSED, INCLUDING THE GOVERNMENT'S IDENTIFICATION OF JEWS AS A DISTINCT ETHNIC GROUP, ITS CONTROL OF MANIFESTATIONS OF JEWISH CULTURE, AND A RECENT UPSURGING OF ACTIVE ANTI-ZIONISM. EMIGRATION POLICIES ARE EXPLORED, AND THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT, FAR FROM EASING TENSIONS, THEY HAVE WORKED TO INCREASE THEM.

THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE PATTERNS OF ELECTORAL COMPETITION IN ONE CONSTITUENCY IN IRELAND OVER 3 DECADES AND ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN THE CONSERVATIVE CAST OF THE COUNTRY'S POLITICS AS A FUNCTION OF THIS COMPETITION. ON ANOTHER LEVEL, THE ANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM IN STRUCTURING THE BEHAVIORS OF POLITICIANS WHO MUST WORK WITHIN IT (PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION IN THIS CASE).

SUGGESTING THAT WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE THE CAPABILITY POSITIONS AND ROLES OF THE TWO SUPERPOWERS ARE CHANGING DRASTICALLY, THE AUTHOR REJECTS THE TWO DOMINANT BIPOLAR INTERPRETATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM. THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE DIMENSIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND FEASIBILITY OF VARIOUS POLICY ALTERNATIVES FOR THE US IN THE EVOLVING SYSTEM AND NOTES THE EMERGING ROLE OF CHINA.

THE ARTICLE OFFERS A CRITIQUE OF PROGRAM EVALUATION AS A RESEARCH PARADIGM. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT PROGRAM EVALUATION RESEARCHERS FAIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT INFORMATION GAINED FROM APPLIED RESEARCH IS PARTLY DETERMINED BY SITUATIONAL FACTORS, THAT LANGUAGE IS SELECTIVE AND GOAL-ORIENTED, JUSTIFYING ACTION AS OFTEN AS IT DESCRIBES IT. THREE ALTERNATIVES TO EVALUATION QUANTIFICATION ARE PRESENTED.

The author introduces the dichotomy "ascending‐descending meaning" as a perspective for analyzing human relationships. After certain general considerations, this perspective is applied to two important forms of human activity—ritual and play. It is argued that the ascending‐descending framework both clarifies the meaning of these two terms and directs attention to their important relationship to each other.

The author is one of the most highly respected of Polish writers and poets. Much of his work has not satisfied the requirements of the censors and has thus found its way into Zapis. The text below is taken from Literatura, a novel Woroszylski wrote in 1966–70, excerpts from which appeared under the same title in Zapis 1 in 1977.

This document records the state documents published by state agencies and the legislature that were received annually by the State Library. Publications are listed by the call number in the state document classification system and each listing includes the title, author, volume and number, date of publication, and number of pages. The document includes a subject index.

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO CAST DOUBT ON THE THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL SOUNDNESS OF TWO WELL-KNOWN SURVEY STUDIES OF PUBLIC OPINION, ONE BY MCCLOSKY AND ONE BY PROTHRO AND GRIGG. THROUGH A DETAILED ANALYSIS, THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE QUESTIONNAIRES USED ARE TIED TO A NARROW, AHISTORICAL CONCEPTION OF DEMOCRACY.

AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO DEMONSTRATE THE DEVELOPMENTS IN WILLIAM JAMES'S THOUGHT THAT RESULTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HIS VIEW OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC - ONE OUT OF MANY. THE INFLUENCE OF HIS FATHER, HENRY JAMES, SR., IS DESCRIBED; AND W. JAMES'S WRITINGS ARE REVIEWED. THE RELIGIOUS NATURE OF HIS THOUGHT, AND HIS VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE AS A REPUBLIC OF REPUBLICS, ARE DISCUSSED.

AUTHOR CITES THE DISINTEGRATION OF OLD ASSUMPTIONS GUIDING AMERICAN SECURITY POLICY, INCLUDING ARMS CONTROL, SINCE WORLD WAR II. HE OFFERS ASSUMPTIONS ON WHICH AMERICAN SECURITY POLICY WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE TO REST: (1) THE MULTIPLICATION OF THREATS, ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES; (2) THE DISPARITY BETWEEN ABSOLUTE MILITARY POWER AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE U.S. AND IMPOTENCE IN USING IT.

KANT'S VIEW OF FEDERALISM IS EXAMINED IN THIS ARTICLE. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBED KANT'S ARGUMENT THAT WITHOUT A UNIVERSAL 'PACIFIC FEDERATION' OF 'REPUBLICS' THERE IS NO SECURITY FOR PUBLIC LEGAL JUSTICE. FOR KANT, FEDERALISM EXTENDED ONLY OUTWARD - FROM SOVEREIGN REPUBLICS, NATION-STATES, - BUT NOT INWARD IN ANY COUNTRY. KANT'S DIVISION OF POLITICS AND MORALITY, AND HIS VIEW OF LIBERTY, ARE BOTH DISCUSSED.