led to the enactment of a new Introduction • Be a World War II veteran who title VIII of the Social Security served in the U.S. military at some On December 14, 1999, President Act, “Special Benefits for point from September 16, 1940, and Clinton signed the Foster Care IndepenCertain World War II through July 24, 1947, or who dence Act of 1999, Public Law 106-169. Veterans.” It describes the se...

Since a long time ago, the Persian Gulf security has always formed the focus of attention of regional states and the world big powers. During the final years of the 20th and early 21st centuries given the changes and transformations occurring after the US war and Iraq invasion, the significance of the region from security perspective increased. As a result, several conventions and special dialo...

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and recovery, less of asylum. To-day, psychological medicine has a place in social service which few of us could have imagined possible twenty-five years ago; the question of reconditioning the patient, so that after recovery and discharge there shall be no recurrence of the trouble, is becoming increasingly vital as a nursing problem. It is a most heartening development. Let us seek an analogy...

1993 Number 21 Los Alamos Science As we look back on the fifty-year history of Los Alamos National Laboratory, we can be justifiably proud of the accomplishments that are the foundation of our rich heritage. While the nation faced World War II and then the Cold War, we developed nuclear and thermonuclear explosives. In the early years we were also instrumental in developing the manufacturing te...

Missile injuries of the kidney are rare even in wartime. Of 4500 patients admitted to the Ghaem Medical Center in the first two years of the Iran-Iraq war, only 96 had injuries of the genitourinary tract (2.1 %) and only 35 involved the kidney usually with multiple injuries to other viscera. The mortality for those with urogenital injuries was 8.3% (compared with World War I, 60% and World...

* Prepared in the Division of Finance and Economic Studies, Bureau of Research and Statistics. Use of variable rates of social insurance contributions in preventing a decline in consumer purchasing power and hence in employment is one of the methods advocated by the British Government in its proposed plan for maintaining high employment after the war. The following article outlines briefly that...