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4 picks · 1980–1981

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THE SEARCH FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about national security. Americans' ideas of their nation's power have changed in the last six years. Until the withdrawal from …

THE WORLD'S RESOURCES III-HUMAN ENERGY
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about labor in the global factory. Increasingly, global resource systems are being managed by multinational corporations. More and more …

THE WORLD'S RESOURCES I-THE LEAN YEARS
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the world energy crisis. Writer addresses three questions about energy: Is industrial civilization running out? Who, or what, is …