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Trends in public concerns from 1935 to 1984 are traced, based on the Gallup Poll question on the most important problem facing the country, which provides a barometer of both short-term fluctuations & long-term trends. Most notable of the secular trends are: (1) the long-term decline in economic concerns from 1946 to the mid-1960s, & their return to top position by the mid-1970s; (2) the decline of foreign affairs as a concern after withdrawal from Vietnam, & the failure of other foreign policy issues to replace worries over Vietnam; & (3) the sharp rise & fall of civil rights concerns from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s. HA

In a continuation of an examination of important problems in the US (see abstract of Part 1 in this section also), trends on regional, community, & personal most important problem questions are presented. Each reference -- whether national or personal -- tends to elicit distinctive distributions of problems. Certain trends are common across all references (eg, the decline in economic concerns from the 1950s to the mid-1960s) while other changes (eg, in housing & community problems) are unique to the particular reference. 3 Tables. AA

Tracking responses made to the "most important problem" query in Gallup polls since 1935.

Presents a selected bibliography of Lazarsfeld's work, 1929-1996.

THIS ESSAY ARGUES THAT IT IS DISTRESSING THAT MANY AMERICANS, INCLUDING MOST MEMBERS OF THE BENCH AND BAR, LOOK TO THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT AS THE PRINCIPAL PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, WHILE OVERLOOKING THE ALL-IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS CONTAINED IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE CONSTITUTION ITSELF. THE ESSAY EXAMINES BOTH FRAMER'S INTENT AND CURRENT PRACTICE TO DEMONSTRATE THE VITAL ROLE THE CONSTITUTION PLAYS IN PROTECTION OF LIBERTY.