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Recycling and the Environment
Ms. Scarlett is author of a recent report entitled A Consumer's Guide to Environmental Myths and Reality, published by the National Center for Policy Analysis, which charges that some recycling efforts can damage the environment. She discussed the economic impact of recycling and how biodegradable products can be more environmentally harmful than non-biodegradable products.
Type: Media
A New Workplace Revolution
Lynn Martin, Secretary of Labor and former member of Congress from Illinois , discussed the activities of the Department of Labor, including issues concerning labor such as international competitiveness, unemployment, and the economy. She advocated starting a "workplace revolution" to restructure work systems and employment patterns to create greater productivity from American workers. Ms. Martin responded to questions from the audience following her opening remarks.
Type: Media
U.S. Relations With Angola
President Dos Santos spoke about relations between Angola and the United States. He expressed his desire to normalize relations between the two countries.
Type: Media
Peru Today
President Fujimori spoke about his country's request for $95 million in U.S. aid, which he said would be used to fight drug trafficking.
Type: Media
National Press Club Awards for Journalism
Ms. Quindlen spoke to the recipients of the 1991 Press Club Journalism Awards and others. She talked about her experiences with the New York Times and changes in journalism over the years.
Type: Media
Events in the Soviet Union
Mr. Smith is a former Moscow and Eastern European correspondent for The New York Times, and is now a fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University. He authored two books on the Soviet Union: in 1983 he published The Russians, and in 1990 he published The New Russians. In a speech two weeks after the coup, he examined trends in the Soviet Union and the recent coup, and he discussed the how the Soviet press has thrived despite existing under government controls. He gave emotional descriptions of Soviet journalists he knew who were censored or killed by their government.
Type: Media
Drug Control Policy
Mr. Martinez discussed the administration's drug control efforts and the progress that his office has made in the past year. He also charged that some members of Congress have hindered federal attempts to reduce illegal drug use in the U.S. Mr. Martinez is the former Republican governor of Florida, and was defeated in his re-election campaign last year. He began his current job in March 1991 following the resignation of William Bennett.
Type: Media
The Press in America
Mr. Sabato spoke on the relations between reporters and campaigns. He looked at the way reporting has changed over the last thirty years.
Type: Media
African-Americans in the 1990s
Ms. Mann, a staff member of the Population Reference Bureau, a non-profit private research institution that gathers and interprets demographic information, briefed reporters in the National Press Club on the Bureau's report on African-Americans in the 1990's. The report assembled census information on African-Americans to create a demographic portrait of African-Americans. The report found, among other findings, that 30 million blacks currently make up 12 percent of the U.S. population, with a greater percentage living in the South and in cities than other ethnic groups in America. The report…
Type: Media
Events in Yugoslavia
President Izetbegovic of the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, which sits between Serbia and Croatia, delivered remarks about the political situation in Yugoslavia. He gave his assessment of the violence and politics currently dividing Yugoslavia and how he believed the conflict could be resolved. President Izetbegovic spent many years in prison for his political and literary activity. In 1989 he established the Muslim Party of Democratic Action and was elected its first President. The president spoke in his native language, Yugoslav, while his daughter translated into English. He…
Type: Media