Scholastic Update articles from October 1998

Scholastic Update archives from October 1998

World atlas.(1998-1999 world affairs annual)(Illustration)
October 5, 1998... If someone had asked you a few years ago to locate Indonesia on a map, could you have found it? You might have said, "Who cares?" Today, the United States is deeply involved in efforts to restore economic stability there. The world is now such a...

World almanac. (includes related article on interpreting statistics)
October 5, 1998... You may never watch MTV, but people in Ghana do. You may not listen to Matchbox 20's latest CD, but people in Norway do. You may never drink Coke, but people in Vietnam do. Through global communication and trade, far-flung parts of the world are...

The Clinton factor.(1998 midterm elections)(Politics in America)(Cover Story)
October 19, 1998... It looked like another ho-hum, run-of-the-mill Midterm election. Then came the bombshell. As political candidates shook hands, smiled, and waved at parades and county fairs this summer, 1998 looked to be an average midterm election year....

Tennessee teen runs for office - and wins!(Nathan Cunningham elected to county commission)(Politics in America)(Brief Article)(Interview)
October 19, 1998... The first vote Nathan Cunningham ever cast in a real election was for himself. And he picked a winner. In August, just two months after graduating from high school, 18year-old Nathan became the youngest member ever elected to the county...

The wave of the future?(California is leader in political trends)(Politics in America)(Cover Story)
October 19, 1998... California may be a weird state, but what, happens there today may be what's in store for the rest of the nation tomorrow. Here's a look. SAN FRANCISCO--A joke making the rounds in California political circles goes like this: Q: How many...

The money race.(campaign fund-raising)(Politics in America)(Cover Story)
October 19, 1998... Congress knows campaign fund-raising is a scandal. So why doesn't it do something about it? Imagine a bill that has majority Support in the House of Representatives, majority support in the Senate, and the backing of the President--and...

Election 1998: where the races are. (map of important midterm election regions)
October 19, 1998... On November 3, American voters will elect 36 state Governors, 34 U.S. Senators, and all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The map shows what's at stake in each state, plus six key races to watch. Map Key States...

Coast-to-coast controversies.(major issues in midterm elections)
October 19, 1998... In non-Presidential election years, political campaigns tend to be dominated by local concerns. Some issues, though, are generating nationwide debate this fall. Two of the most controversial issues, abortion and gambling, are energizing voters...

Quiz: are you liberal or conservative?(political issues quiz)
October 19, 1998... Which political label describes your beliefs? Take this quiz to find out where you fit in the political spectrum. Liberal, conservative. We hear these political labels on the evening news, but what exactly do they mean? Labels...

Chaos in Kosovo.(history of conflict in the Balkans)(Brief Article)
October 19, 1998... Rezarta Krasniqi will never forget the frigid night in 1996 when the police came knocking on her door. Barging into her living room in Pristina, the capital of the Serbian province of Kosovo, they told her mother they wanted Rezarta's father,...

The impeachment of a president.(Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial)
October 19, 1998... Only once before in U.S. history has Congress tried to remove the chief executive from office--in 1868, when the fate of Andrew Johnson's Presidency rested on a single vote If the House of Representatives impeaches President Bill Clinton,...