Scholastic Update articles from October 1994

Scholastic Update archives from October 1994

What's at stake: election '94. (state elections)(includes related article) (Cover Story)
October 7, 1994... In less than a month, every U.S. citizen age 18 and older will have the opportunity to exercise what is perhaps the most important right they possess as Americans: the right to choose their leaders. On November 8, Election Day, voters will...

Four key races: election '94. (state elections)
October 7, 1994... Ordinarily, non-Presidential elections don't generate the passion and excitement of a Presidential campaign. But for a variety of reasons, Republicans and Democrats view this year's state and local election contests as critically important. For...

A troubled presidency. (Pres Clinton's declining popularity)
October 7, 1994... Halfway through his Presidency, and with crucial midterm elections less than a month away, Bill Clinton finds himself in the political equivalent of hot soup. Opinion polls show his popularity plummeting. Democratic candidates are refusing...

For God and country. (religious right's political influence)
October 7, 1994... Of all the elections next month, the ones for the U.S. Senate, the House, and state governorships will be getting the most attention. But far from the media spotlight, thousands of smaller races, from school board to county clerk, could have a...

One person, one vote. (history of voting in the US)
October 7, 1994... When the polls open this Election Day, every citizen over the age of 18 will be able to cast a vote. It is a right we take for granted, one that defines our nation as a democracy. But universal suffrage--letting everyone vote--did not appear...

What's in a name? (political labeling)
October 7, 1994... Nerd. Jock. Preppie. Freak. If you think that labels are thrown around in the typical American high school, just take a look at how they're hurled around at a typical session of the U.S. Congress. During a debate over health-care reform...

Talking the talk. (political terms and phrases)
October 7, 1994... Every clique has its own language--an insider's jargon that people outside the group don't always understand. Filmmakers talk about "panning" and "fading." Retailers talk about "floor sales" and "back orders." Politicians have a language of...

The power of the pen. (political cartoonists)
October 7, 1994... When election time rolls around, there is one group of people you can be sure to find circling like vultures with pen in hand and a voracious look in the eye. These are the political cartoonists, self-appointed watchdogs of the election...

World atlas. (maps)(includes related article) (Illustration)
October 21, 1994... If someone had asked you a year ago to locate Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on a map, could you have found it? You might have said, "Who cares?" Today, thousands of American troops are stationed there to save Haiti from chaos. The world is now such a...

World almanac. (world statistics) (Illustration)
October 21, 1994... You may never watch CNN, but people in the Czech Republic do. You may not listen to Pearl Jam's latest record, but people in Singapore do. You may never eat at McDonald's, but people in Guatemala do. Through global communication and trade, the...

Reading between the lines. (how to read world statistics)
October 21, 1994... Saudi Arabia 830,000 18,000,000 AREA AND POPULATION: Taken together, area and population measure the number of people living in a given space. The two figures enable you to calculate a nation's population density (total population...

Snapshots from around the world. (world statistics) (Illustration)
October 21, 1994... In which country does a baby have the gratest chance of surviving infancy? What is the most widely practiced religion on the planet? Which is the richest nation? Look at the charts and graphs on these pages for the answers--and a whole lot...