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Articles 1 - 9 of 9
Full-Text Articles in Sociology
New Immigrants Echo Nation's Diverse History, Chester Smolski
New Immigrants Echo Nation's Diverse History, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"Having just eaten our way through Thanksgiving and having watched our school children do a variety of activities dealing with Indians and English settlers sharing the first bountiful harvest, we sometimes think that the English were the first Europeans to settle in what is now the United States. Nothing could be further from the truth."
Census Bureau Seeks Partners In Business, Chester Smolski
Census Bureau Seeks Partners In Business, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"By now you should have seen the advertisements for the U.S. Census Bureau to apprise us of the forthcoming census on April 1, 2000. And there will be plenty more since the Bureau has budgeted $167 million on this push for public awareness, something it has never perviously paid to do."
Amid Declining Populations, N.E. Planners Meet, Chester Smolski
Amid Declining Populations, N.E. Planners Meet, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"The day-long regional meeting of the American Planning Association recently held in Providence drew a variety of planners from the three southern New England states. Coming form the town, city, state and regional planning agencies, private organizations as well as the academic community, the planners addressed a number of issues, ranging from suburban stress to the latest computer technologies."
U.S. Census Nears; Results To Be Questioned, Chester Smolski
U.S. Census Nears; Results To Be Questioned, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"It is the largest peacetime activity of the United States government, and since its inception in 190 takes place every 10 years. It will employ, at its peak, 860,000 workers who will receive a major portion of the $4.5 billion that Congress recently appropriated for the task. And the total population will be recorded for one day, a far cry from the 18 months that were necessary for U.S. Marshals who tried to find everyone in 1790."
People Make The World Go 'Round, And, Maybe, Shrink, Chester Smolski
People Make The World Go 'Round, And, Maybe, Shrink, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"The United Nations will mark October 12 this year as a special occasion, for this is the approximate time when the world's population will reach 6 billion, a milestone that almost coincides with the millennium."
Excellence In Geography In The Schools, Chester Smolski, Anne K. Petry
Excellence In Geography In The Schools, Chester Smolski, Anne K. Petry
Smolski Texts
"Most people know of the National Geographic Society through its well-know magazine, nine million of which are mailed out each month and most of which now reside in attics throughout the world.
"But what many do not realize is the $80 million effort over the past 12 years that the Geographic has made in the schools of the country to make our teachers an children better understand the world around them. This it has done throuh its support of the Geography Alliances established in every state, Canada, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia."
Helping Teachers Help Students Enjoy Geography, Chester Smolski, Anne K. Petry
Helping Teachers Help Students Enjoy Geography, Chester Smolski, Anne K. Petry
Smolski Texts
"The concern to improve the education of your young people, whether at the national, state or local levels, is manifesting itself in a variety of ways. One of these is the national program sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
Population Sampling Issue Still Bedevils, Chester Smolski
Population Sampling Issue Still Bedevils, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"How do you count, with accuracy, 275 million mobile people? That is the task of the U.S. Census Bureau in the year 2000. Unfortunately, the courts rather than the professionals have made this decision.
"On January 25, 1999, in the case of Department of Commerce v. United States House of Representatives, No. 98-404, the nation's highest court ruled that statistical sampling of the population for the next census in the year 2000 cannot be used to apportion seats to the house of Representatives."
Only In Ri: Housing Booms, Population Sags, Shifts, Chester Smolski
Only In Ri: Housing Booms, Population Sags, Shifts, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"House sales in the state are at an all-time high. Some towns have imposed housing impact fees and caps on building permits to slow population growth that exceeds 20 percent. Communities are trying to save open space because 26,000 acres of raw land has gone into new development over the last 20 years. And all of this taking place in one of only two states to have lost population in the last seven years!"