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THE RIGHT ANSWERS.(Brief Article)
Q. Which group rates the highest with the U.S. public? Which ranks at the bottom?
L.D., Elgin, Ill.
A. The American public still has the most confidence in the military, as has been the case since the 1980s, with 66 percent of respondents giving it a great deal or quite a lot of confidence. Organized religion, which used to take the top spot, scored next best with 60 percent. The police were rated third, at 57 percent. The polling was done by Gallup.
Near the bottom of the scale, the pollsters found big business, which had a high confidence rating with only 28 percent. Organized labor and Congress both rated at 26 percent. The lowest score was registered by health maintenance organizations (HMOs), at 15 percent.
Q. How common is bribery in Mexico?
C.B., Cedartown, Ga.
A. Corruption is so prevalent south of the border that Mexico's national business council indicates that more than 57 percent of their annual income is spent on bribes. Indeed, the daily newspaper Reforma recently reported that 98 percent of those doing business in Mexico say they have to utilize bribes in order to obtain licenses and other official permits. This behavior has long been a part of life in Mexico, noted the Modesto Bee, "where not only businesspeople but also residents have been accustomed to paying off traffic officers and bureaucrats for everything from parking tickets to driver licenses."
- Medieval Black Death Was Not Bubonic Plague, Says Study.
- News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service April 12, 2002 700+ words
...April 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Black Death of the 1300s was probably not the modern...bubonic plague. "The symptoms of the Black Death included high fevers, fetid breath...diffusion and temporal dynamics of the Black Death. They are looking especially closely...
- Cohn, Samuel K., Jr. The Black Death Transformed: Disease and Culture in Early...
- Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books Malleck, Daniel January 1, 2003 700+ words
...between the modern plague and the medieval Black Death. Most have accepted that the Black Death that killed somewhere between one-third...Samuel K. Cohn Jr. does not agree. In The Black Death Transformed, Cohn embarks on a campaign...
- The Black Death Transformed: Disease and Culture in Early Renaissance...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Social History Strocchia, Sharon T. December 22, 2004 700+ words
The Black Death Transformed: Disease and Culture in...2002. xii plus 318 pp.). The Black Death of 1347-52 has long been recognized...1894, the issue seemed resolved: the Black Death was the disease now known as bubonic...
- English Law in the Age of the Black Death, 1348-1381: A Transformation of...
- Magazine article from: Michigan Law Review Kosove, Daniel B. May 1, 1995 700+ words
The Black Death wrought a terrible toll on England...book, English Law in the Age of the Black Death, 1348-1381, Robert Palmer(2...powers within society in the face of the Black Death, the upper orders formed a cohesive...
- Filming `The Black Death' and Other Dilemmas
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Patricia Brennan April 16, 1989 700+ words
...airs Wednesday, a dramatization of the Black Death that literally plagued 14th- and 15th...will agree, with provisos, that the Black Death was the most critical event in the Middle...church, the feudal system. What the Black Death did was to undermine ... the church...
- The Black Death and the Transformation of the West.(Review) (book reviews)
- Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books SULLIVAN, DONALD September 22, 1998 700+ words
Herlihy, David The Black Death and the Transformation of the West...number of fresh perspectives on the Black Death, the series of plagues that ravaged...the conventional theory that the Black Death was caused by the bacillus yersinia...
- The Black Death chose its victims selectively.(ARCHAEOLOGY)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Science News Bower, Bruce February 9, 2008 700+ words
...dying for Danes unexposed to the Black Death, the scientists report in the...damage before exposure to the Black Death were 50 percent more likely to die during the...findings challenge assumptions that Black Death cemeteries contain a representative...
- The Black Death and the Transformation of the West.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly Eamon, William June 22, 1999 700+ words
...sweeping essay on the Black Death, the late David Herlihy...and original way. The Black Death and the Transformation...was the agent of the Black Death. Twigg tentatively suggested...by as much as eighty percent. In his introduction...
