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    Public Sees a Future Full of Promise and Peril

    Most Americans envision a future where cancer is cured and space travel is for everyone. But they also see a world beset by war, energy shortages and a terrorist attack with nuclear weapons. Still, most see a better future for themselves and the nation over the next four decades.

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    Public Sees a Future Full of Promise and Peril

    Most Americans envision a future where cancer is cured and space travel is for everyone. But they also see a world beset by war, energy shortages and a terrorist attack with nuclear weapons. Still, most see a better future for themselves and the nation over the next four decades.

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    III. Marriage Delayed or Marriage Foregone?

    III. Marriage Delayed or Marriage Foregone? Whether Americans are deemed to be retrenching from marriage depends partly on the age group examined, how far back the comparison is made, the education group and some judgment as to what constitutes a large decline in marriage. Setting aside the timing of marriage momentarily, as of 2008 more […]

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    World War III and Nuclear Terrorism

    Nearly six-in-ten Americans predict another world war will break out within the next 40 years; 53% foresee a nuclear attack on the U.S. by terrorists.

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    Public Sees a Future Full of Promise and Peril

    Overview Imagine a future in which cancer becomes a memory, ordinary people travel in space, and computers carry on conversations like humans. Now imagine a darker future – a world beset by war, rising temperatures and energy shortages, one where the United States faces a terrorist attack with nuclear weapons. Most Americans think that these […]

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    Bloggers Fired up by Heated Political Debates

    The blogosphere resembled one of those old CNN Crossfire shows last week as liberals and conservatives frequently faced off on such issues as federal assistance programs, charges of bigotry and opposition to President Obama.

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    Chapter 5. Views of National Conditions

    Amidst a struggling economy, political uncertainty and ongoing violence by extremist groups, more than eight-in-ten Pakistanis say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in their country. More than three-quarters say the nation’s economy is in bad shape and half are convinced that in the next 12 months the economic situation in Pakistan […]