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VOLUME 92 ©: ISSUE 26 © WEEK OF APRIL 26-30, 1993 CURRENT EVENTS Teacher’s Guide Index for Current Events 1990-93 MAIN NEWS Smoke, secondhand, 7:1; 16:2 Energy Tax, 21:4 Baseball, problems of, 25:1-2 Smoking, increase in, 25:2 Gun Violence, 19:4 Bosnia, War in, 1:1-2; 26:1-2 Somalia, hunger in, 1:1 Hurricane Andrew, 1:4 China, economic growth of, 5:1-2 Somalia, progress in, 22:2 illegal Aliens, 20:4 Clinton, Bill, 10:1-2; inauguration of, South Africa, conflict in, 4:1; new Iraq, 17:4 16:1-2; economic plan of, 21:1-2 rights for blacks in, 19:2 Killer Bees, 24:4 Clinton, Hillary, 18:1-2 Space Aliens, 7:1 Nuclear Warheads, 16:4 Columbus Anniversary, 5:1-2 Space Mirror, tested, 20:2 Oil Spills, 18:4 Haiti, problems in, 19:1-2 Space Station, U.S., 24:2 Poverty in U.S., 3:4 Homelessness, 12:1-2 Student Poll, Weekly Reader, 8:1 Somalia, 14:4 Hurricane Andrew, 3:1-2 Superman, death of, 13:1 South Africa, 4:4 Hussein, Saddam, 17:1-2 Supreme Court, U.S., 7:1 Steroid Use, 11:4 Immigrants, illegal, 20:1-2 Teen Drivers, crack down on, 22:2 Teenage Killers, 9:4 Los Angeles, trials in, 24:1-2 Teen Murders, rise in, 9:1 Violence in Schools, 7:4 Perot, H. Ross, 6:1-2 Tornadoes, in South, 13:1 World’s Greatest Floods, 23:4 President, problems facing, 9:1-2 Vietnam, U.S. Senators tour, 12:1; World’s Tallest Structures, 22:4 Presidential Campaign, 2:1-2; 8:1-2 U.S. prisoners in, 26:2 Yugoslavia, map of, 26:4 Russia, troubles of, + 31-2 Weapons Plant, explosion in, 25:2 Somalia, U.S. mission to, 14:1-2 Weapons, chemical, 2:1 WORDS IN THE NEWS (in Teacher’s Space, search for life in, 13:1-2 Windsor Castle, burning of, 13:1 Guide) Spotted Owl Controversy, 4:1-2 Wolf, return of, 2:1; killing of, 14:2 Amnesia, 18:2 Steroids, dangers of, 11:1-2 Women, combat role for, 11:1 — 4:2 Weapons in School, 7:1-2 World Trade Center, suspects in AB ison, 2|, 36::22 World Trade Center, blast in, 22:1-2 bombing of, 24:2 Yugoslavia, kicked out of U.N., 5:1; Blood Alcohol Concentration, 10:2 ALSO IN THE NEWS blockade of, 12:1; U.S. aircraft car- Budget deficit, 2:2 Africa, famine in, 4:1 rier to, 18:2 Bureau of Indian Affairs, 5:2 AIDS, growth of, 17:2; new treat- Capitalist, 15:2; 23:2 ment for, 21:2 SPECIAL REPORTS —— for Disease Control, 7:2; Akihito, Emperor, 10:1 Africa, continent in crisis, 7:2a-d Baboon Liver, transplant of, 3:1 AIDS, new discoveries about, Central Intelligence Agency, 6:2 Bosnia, cruel winter in, 6:1; airlift to, 26:2a-d Civil Rights, 24:2 21:2; more help for, 22:2 Cities, new hope for, 1:2a-d Civilization, 13:2 = pardons officials, Drunken Driving, problem of, Comet, 10:2 15: 23:2a-d Communist, 15:2; 23:2 Canada, break up of, 10:1 Iceman, stone-age man, 12:2a-d Conservation, 13:2 Christmas Sales, 15:2 Predictions, 1993, 18:2a-d Curfew, 3:2 Cities, air in, 9:1 Presidency, U.S., 15:2a-d Czechoslovakia, 14:2 Clinton, staff cuts of, 20:2 Rain Forests, decline of, 22:2a-d Embargo, 20:2 Comet, heading our way, 10:1 Teen Values, survey of, 4:2a-d Endangered Species Act, 14:2 Cuba, and Russia, 11:1 EPA, 9:2; 16:2 Czechoslovakia, splitting of, 14:2 NEWS BRIEFS European Community, 18:2 Dinosaur, world’s oldest, 16:2 Arms Treaty, U.S.-Russia, 16:3 FBI, 8:2; 19:2 Drug Use, among teens, 26:2 Ashe, Arthur, 20:3 First Amendment, 7:2 Earthquake, in Egypt, 8:1 Bison, Yellowstone, 23:3 Galaxy, 7:2; 13:2 Economy, U.S., 19: Carjackings, drive against, 8:3 Genocide, 5:2 Electric Car, 26:2 Columbus, hero or villain?, 5:3 Habitat, 4:2 Endangered species, law about, 14:2 Community Service, teens take, 2:3 HIV, 11:2 Flooding, feared, 23:2 Credit Cards, teen, 9:3 Hormone, 11:2 Florida, wildlife in, 5:1 Curfews, teen, 3:3 Hybrid, 24:2 Gun Deaths, of U.S. teens, 24:2 Death Penalty, 17:3 INS, 20:2 Haiti, rights in, 20:2; U.S. warns, Detentions, school, 26:3 Inuits, 10:2 23:2 Divorce, boy divorces mother, 6:3 Iran-Contra Affair, 15:2 Hamburgers, tainted, 19:2 Dolphins, swimming with, 21:3 Islam, 12:2 Hurricane Andrew, 1:1; 2:1 Drunken Driving, laws against, 10:3 Kennedy, Robert F., 2:2 Hurricane Iniki, 3:1 Girl, switched at birth, 7:3 Medicare, 21:2 Iran, nuclear weapons in, 8:1 Hypothermia, 18:3 Misdemeanor, 1:2 Iraq, flights over, 1:1; plane downed Japan, student bullying in, 25:3 Muslim, 1:2 in, 15:2 Killer Bees, 24:3 National Weather Service, 3:2 Japan, schools in, 4:1 Newsmakers, 4:3; 12:3 Nazi, 17:2 Johnson, Earvin, 6:1; 11:1 No Pass-No Play, rule, 15:3 OAS, 19:2 Mafia, boss of, 17:2 Smoking, laws against, 22:3 Parliament, 25:2 Malcolm X, movie about, 12:1 Space Junk, problem with, 14:3 Persian Gulf war, 2:2; 17:2; 22:2 Meat Inspectors, more U.S., 21:2 Teen Courts, 1:3 Richter Scale, 8:2 MiAs, U.S., 9:1 Teen Gang Violence, 19:3 Sarajevo, 1:2 Mideast, peace talks in, 1:1 Wolf Kill, Alaska’s, 13:3 Separation of Powers, 9:2 Military bases, closing of, 23:2 Work Hours, teen, 11:3 Social Security, 21:2 Oil Spill, off Scotland, 16:2 State of the Union Address, 21:2 Oil Tankers, rules on, 18:2 MAPS AND GRAPHS Summit, 25:2 Poor, U.S., 3:1 Baseball, salaries of players in, 25:4 Transplant, 3:2 POWs, U.S., 5:1 Canada, 10:4 Ukraine, 16:2 Reading, U.S. kids star in, 6:1 China, 15:4 Vietnam War, 12:2; 26:2 Russia, U.S. aid to, 25:2 Columbus’s Voyages, 5:4 Vikings, 5:2 Sears Catalog, end of, 18:2 Early Humans, 12:4 World War Il, 26:2 Serbia, crimes of, 17:2 Egypt, 8:4