THE BROOKINGS ALERT
week of Monday, October 2, 2000
http://www.brookings.edu/


E V E N T S
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  KEEPING THE GOOD TIMES ROLLING--
  TECHNOLOGY AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
  A Brookings Priorities 2000 (P2K) National Issues Forum, with
  representatives of the Bush and Gore campaigns. Moderated by
  Alan Murray, D.C. Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal.
  Tuesday, October 10, 2000 @ 10:00am.
  Call Communications, 202/797-6105, to attend
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/P2K/economy.htm

  FAITH AND POLITICS
  Scott Keeter, a contributor to The Diminishing Divide: Religion's
  Changing Role in American Politics (Brookings, 2000), will address the
  supposed separation between church and state, and religion as a factor
  in voting.
  Wednesday, October 11 @ 7:30 pm. Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut
  Ave., NW; 202-364-1919. For more book information, please visit:
  http://www.brookings.edu/press/books/diminishing_divide.htm


H E S S  R E P O R T
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  Week four of campaign TV coverage analysis by Stephen Hess, with
  data and third round of awards for media coverage. All available at:
  http://www.brookings.edu/HessReport/


P U B L I C A T I O N S
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  Services Trade in the Western Hemisphere: Liberalization, Integration,
  and Reform; Sherry M. Stephenson, ed.
  http://www.brookings.edu/press/books/services_trade.htm


P O L I C Y  B R I E F S,
 P A P E R S, A R T I C L E S
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  "The New Partisanship: The Changed Politics of American Foreign Policy"
  article by James Lindsay; U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda (Sept. 2000)
  http://www.brookings.edu/views/articles/Lindsay/2000usfpa.htm

  "How Big is the Prospective Budget Surplus?," policy brief #64
  (September 2000), Alan J. Auerbach and William G. Gale
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/policybriefs/pb064/pb64.htm


I N  T H E  P R E S S
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  "Don't Pull Out of the Balkans,"
  opinion by Ivo Daalder; The Washington Post (9/28/00)
  http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/Daalder/20000928.htm

  "U.S. Gas-Pump Policy Is Full of Hot Air,"
  opinion by Pietro Nivola; Newsday (9/26/00)
  http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/Nivola/20000926.htm

  "How Much Money Is Enough for Defense?"
  opinion by Michael O'Hanlon; Los Angeles Times (9/25/00)
  http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/OHanlon/20000925b.htm

  "Critical Information not Covered by Media"
  The Hess Report, by Stephen Hess; USA Today (9/25/00)
  http://www.brookings.edu/gs/projects/HessReport/week3.htm


M U L T I M E D I A
 &  C H A T S
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  Oct. 4: Chat with Tom Loveless, Director of Brookings Brown Center on
  Education Policy, about how well American students are learning
  --@ 2:00pm EDT
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/chat/Loveless001004.htm

  Oct 6: Chat with Robert Litan about the Internet and the economy
  --@ 1:30pm EDT
  http://www.brookings.edu/comm/chat/Litan001006.htm

  Oct. 10: Chat with Stephen Hess about the shape of the presidential race
  --@ 2:00pm EDT

  Transcripts from previous chats on regulation, social security reform,
  available at: http://www.brookings.edu/comm/chat/chat.htm


E X E C U T I V E
 E D U C A T I O N
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  Brookings Center for Public Policy Education offers 16 new programs this
  year. For more information on education programs designed for government
  and business executives throughout the year, call 1-800-925-5730 or
visit
  the Center for Public Policy Education on-line at:
  http://www.brookings.edu/ExecEd/
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