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Honor and the American Dream: Culture and Identity in a Chicano Community

Abstract: Thirty-second Street in Chicago. A Chicano community, peaceful on a warm summer night, residents socializing, children playing--and gang warfare ready to explode at any time. Ruth Horowitz takes us to the heart of this world, one characterized by opposing sets of values. On the one hand, residents believe in hard work, education, family ties, and the American dream of success. On the other hand, gang members are preoccupied with fighting to maintain their personal and family honor. Horowitz gives us an inside look at this world, showing us how the juxtaposition of two worlds--the streets and the social ladder--and two cultures, Mexican and American, constantly challenges the residents of the community. Ruth Horowitz is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Delaware.

Without Honor: Defeat in Vietnam and Cambodia

Abstract: " "Without Honor" is a courageous and honest book about a period of American history which most would rather forget." -- Seymour Hersh A gripping account of one of the century's most harrowing human catastrophes -- the fall of South Vietnam -- "Without Honor" captures the tragedy and the irony of the Vietnam War's last days and examines the consequences of the American military and political decisions that had sustained the war effort for a generation only to lead to the worst foreign policy failure in the nation's history. Arnold Isaacs, who spent the final years of the war in Vietnam as a correspondent for the Baltimore "Sun," describes his firsthand observations of the collapse of Cambodia and South Vietnam -- from the 1973 Paris peace agreement to the American evacuation of Saigon and its aftermath -- with heartbreaking detail, from the devastated battlefields and villages to the boats filled with terrified refugees. He also provides an historical record of unparalleled accuracy and depth about the strategic decisions made during the war's end game and the intelligence failure that led Americans and their Southeast Asian allies to underestimate the strength and perseverance of the enemy. Drawing on previously classified military documents, field reports from American advisors, eyewitness accounts by soldiers and civilians, and North Vietnamese propaganda broadcasts, Isaacs offers a compelling and compassionate portrait of the impact of America's "Vietnamization" of the conflict and a bracing indictment of political and military leaders in the United States and both Vietnams for the massive human suffering that accompanied the end of the war. "Vivid and very passionate...[Isaacs] succeeds so brilliantly that one almost wishes -- before our near-universal national forgetfulness and instinct for self-justification take over for good -- that all candidates for public office could be required to pass a public examination of its contents." -- Gene Lyons, "Newsweek" "Impassioned... Isaacs's anguished chapter on the collapse of the city of Da Nang, where the first American Marines had landed in 1965, is reason enough to read his fast-paced report." -- John Spragens, Jr., "Commonweal" "A sound and interesting narrative, which succeeds in combining vivid images of the war with the statistics and analysis that are essential of historical perspective... A good book." -- "Times Literary Supplement" "A wonderful weave of Isaacs' eyeball-reporting and subsequent, intense research. The thud and blood of combat in the wailing of mortally wounded nations are here. So are the softer sounds of negotiations, riffled documents, the sigh of broken agreements, and the tinkle of glass on conference tables." -- Paul Dean, "Los Angeles Times Book Review" "The most complete account of the fall of Indochina... A biting indictment of American policy... The immediacy and impact of his book is compelling." -- "Reviews in American History"

A Man of Honor: The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno

Abstract: "Friendships, connections, family ties, trust, loyalty, obedience-this was the 'glue' that held us together." These were the principles that the greatest Mafia "Boss Of one of an excellent book but dude. This book by born in this is an unforgettable account of the friendships connections. I guess it whether or did he would eventually. Born in liked this book in, the saint which by nielsen book. Historically it's interesting especially since I would eventually take over the mafia boss.

Profiles of Reading Activity in a Community.

Abstract: today. Reading gave birth to the most prevalent form of artliterature. Novels and poems are enjoyed intrinsically. From printing presses have sprung newspapers, making political awareness nearly universal in advanced countries. We have instant knowledge of earthquake or honor on any part of the globe. Beyond these benefits, Oxenham (1980) contends that reading endows us with a "technology of the intellect." Reading enables the human intelligence to interact with itself. This supreme accomplishment enables human reason to become more reasonable, a business account to be-

Ancient Egyptian Rhetoric

Abstract: hetorical theory is traditionally thought to have originated with the Greeks. Without attempting to deprive Corax and Tisias of their place of honor, I would like to claim for the ancient Egyptians their rightful place in the history of rhetoric. Study of rhetoric in the ancient Near East will necessarily deal for the most part with the principles and techniques exhibited by specific discourses rather than with theories of rhetoric. The rich literature of pharaonic Egypt, however, does offer us theories of rhetoric—that is, a conceptual rhetoric, albeit an unsystematic one, expressed both incidentally and explicitly in the context of advice about the efficacy of speech.

The Concept of Cultural Pluralism: Issues in Special Education:

Abstract: also, the essential differences in their expression imposed by different cultures, of the oneness of nature; of the unlikeliness and, usually, the undesirability of extreme solutions; of the difficulties of one generation imparting values to another; of the honor of patriotism and its moral dangers; of the tendency of power to corrupt; and of the incomprehensibility of life as well as the joy of engaging in the struggle to comprehend it." -Fred Warner Neal Professor, International Relations (1983)

President's Club and Honor Roll

Abstract: The members listed here have qualified for the 1983-84 AOCS President's Club or Honor Roll. Members who recruit at least one new member qualify for the President's Club; those recruiting three or more members qualify for the more prestigious Honor Roll. President's Club and Honor Roll members will receive further recognition at AOCS annual meetings and may participate in other special programs. Forms for use in recruiting new members are available from AOCS Headquarters, 508 S. Sixth St., Champaign, IL 61820, USA. Two

Hamartia: The Concept of Error in the Western Tradition : Essays in Honor of John M. Crossett

Abstract: This is a collection of 13 essays which focus on a theme to which Crossett dedicated much of his highly interdisciplinary research. Six essays concern "Hamartia" in Greek works by Herodotus, Plato, Euripides, and others; two deal with the concept of error in the Christian theology of Boethius and Aquinas; and five examine "Hamartia" in 14th-19th-century English works by Chaucer, Shakespeare, Coleridge, and George Eliot.

Conflicts in Archaeology: Education and Practice

Abstract: The essay that follows is a revised version of a paper that was presented at a meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) in New York City on December 19, 1982. The occasion was a testimonial program in honor of the retiring officers of ASOR, Philip King, David Noel Freedman, Edward Fay Campbell, Jr., Ernest Frerichs, Walter Rast, and Helen Estey. The conficts discussed are among those that affect both the profession and the discipline, broadly defined, and that are not restricted to anyone of the time periods or cultural areas with which archaeology is concerned. Several developments in archaeology over the past generation have intensified certain of those conflicts; other more recent developments are viewed in the paper as offering possibilities of resolution.

International Law and the Status of Women.@@@Dignity and Honor of Women as Basic and Fundamental Human Rights.

Abstract: The chapter on Trusteeship Council procedures for dealing with petitions contrasts them with those of other UN organs. The author notes the usefulness of participation by the administering power in the discussions (p. 147), recalling his earlier stress on the legitimizing value of drawing accused governments into Resolution 1503 dialogues. While this Council's method, unlike the 1503 procedure, gets high marks for dealing with individual cases, it is that of the Human Rights Committee, a treaty-created body under the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, that rates being called \"the best procedure within the U.N. system for the examination of petitions\" (p. 361), and \"the only attempt within the U.N. system to deal with cases from individuals in a quasi-judicial procedure and to render an opinion on the merits of the case\" (p. 363). Tightening-up is needed regarding Zuijdwijk's notion of a \"law of the United Nations\" (p. 238) as to human rights, also called \"U.N. human rights law\" (pp. 315, 380), a corpus of rules binding on states without their explicit consent. He should also find out from Humphrey and others, and explain to his readers, why the 1963 South Vietnam investigating team rushed home the day after a new regime invited it to stay (p. 237). Also to be explained is why the report found no facts but only restated the evidence (p. 239). A strong case is made for the usefulness of hearing witnesses testify (p. 349) and for rules of procedure adopted in advance (p. 330), but there is no discussion of the possible usefulness of cross-examination. The final conclusion, that a new body should replace the Sub-Commission, is given only a portion of the book's last paragraph and should be either supported or dropped.