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CHAPTER 1

  1. The Robert Saum episode is taken from Scott Winokur, San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle, March 21, 1982, p. A7.
  2. The story of Trevor Ferrell is taken from William Plummer and Andrea J. Fine, "Philadelphiaís Street People Have Found a Ministering Angel in Tiny Trevor Ferrell," People, March 26, 1984, pp. 60-62.
  3. The description of PhoneFriend is taken from "Latchkey Children Can Dial a Friend," The New York Times, August 14, 1983, p. 21.
  4. The Studs Terkel quotations are from Studs Terkel, "Across America Thereís a Flowing of Life JuicesÖ" Parade, October 12, 1980, pp. 4-7.
  5. The descriptions of ancient Mesopotamian civilization are taken from Samuel Noah Kramer, Cradle of Civilization (New York: Time-Life Books, 1967), pp. 11, 13, 40, 64, 70.
  6. Isaac Asimov is quoted from "ViolenceóAs Human as Thumbs," TV Guide, June 14, 1975, p. 31.
CHAPTER 2
  1. The discussion of Farnellís theories about heroism is taken from L.R. Farnell, Greek Hero Cults and Ideas of Immortality (Oxford, Eng.: Clarendon Press, 1920).
  2. The reference to Joseph Campbell is to his book: The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Cleveland: The World Publishing Co.,1968).
  3. The story of Audie Murphy is taken primarily from Thomas B. Morgan, "The War Hero," Esquire, December 1983, pp. 597-604.
  4. The story of Desmond Doss is taken from Boston Herndon, The Unlikeliest Hero (Mountain View, Calif.: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1967).
  5. The story of Arland Williams and Lenny Skutnik is taken from Claire Safran, "Hero of the Frozen River," Readerís Digest, September 1982, p. 49.
  6. The Hart quotation on the different meanings of responsibility are taken from H.L.A. Hart, Punishment and Responsibility (New York: Oxford University Press, 1968), p. 211.
  7. The story of Shannon Gordon is based on an article by Bonnie Ambler, "A Gift from a Dying Child," San Francisco Chronicle, February 13, 1982.
  8. The discussion of the Fort Wayne kids is taken from Bob Greene, "When Fort Wayneís Kids Saved the Town," San Francisco Chronicle, March 25, 1982.
  9. Shawn Ryanís story is taken from "Boy, 7, Saves Mom, Alerts Others to Fire," San Francisco Chronicle, February 10, 1984, p. 2.
  10. The discussion of Candy Lightner is taken from John J. OíConnor, "TV: ëM.A.D.D.í vs. Drunken Driving," The New York Times, March 14, 1983, p. 14; and a letter from Candy Lightner on behalf of MADD.
CHAPTER 3
  1. Timothy S. Mescon and Michael H. Mescon are quoted from their article, "More Rigor or Rigor Mortis? Itís Your Choice," SKY, May 1983, pp. 84-90.
  2. Harlan Clevelandís comments are taken from "The Future of Public Administration," The Bureaucrat, Fall 1982, pp. 3-8.
  3. The story of Lucy Andris is taken from Bob Greene, "Refusing to Let ëthe Systemí Win," San Francisco Chronicle, December 31, 1981, p. 11.
  4. The story of James McSherry comes from Scott Thompson, "This Truant Officer Really Cares About Attendance," Christian Science Monitor, October 27, 1980, p. 20.
  5. The discussion of Ernest Fitzgerald is taken from primarily from Rebecca Nappi, "Whistle Blower: You Never Recover," USA Today, October 11, 1983, p. 8A.
  6. Data regarding satisfaction were taken from Public Opinion, June/July 1982, and October/November 1982.
  7. Data regarding peopleís attitudes toward government are taken from Public Opinion, February/March 1984, p. 29.
  8. Voting data reported in this chapter are taken from Bureau of the Census, Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1982, Government Printing Office, series P-20, no. 383.
  9. Melvin Maddocks is quoted from his article, "Itís Not the Best of Times," Honolulu Advertiser, January 14, 1979.
  10. Data on volunteerism were taken from Public Opinion, February/March 1982.
CHAPTER 4
  1. The Martin Luther King, Jr., speech in Memphis is quoted from Ira Peck, The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. (New York: Scholastic Book Service, 1974), p. 92.
  2. Fear of crime statistics are taken from Public Opinion, October/November 1982, p. 36.
  3. The story of Stanley Fletcher is taken from Arnold Hamilton, "Like Father, Like SonóSharing a Prison Cell," San Francisco Chronicle, December 16, 1981, p.72.
CHAPTER 5
  1. Portions of this chapter were adapted from Earl Babbie, Sociology (3rd ed.) (Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 1983).
  2. Philip Boffey is quoted from "Smallpox: Outbreak in Somalia Slows Rapid Progress toward Eradication," Science, June 17, 1977, p. 1298-1299. The discussion of smallpox is drawn from Boffeyís article, plus Donald Henderson, "The Eradication of Smallpox," Scientific American, October 1976, pp. 25-32, and David Zinman, "Good Riddance to Smallpox," Honolulu Star-Bulletin & Advertiser October 26, 1976, pp. C-1, C-5.
CHAPTER 6
  1. A small portion of this chapter was adapted from Earl Babbie, "Unseating the Horseman: World Hunger," Honolulu Downtown Magazine, October 1978, pp. 15-17.
  2. Monique Grodzkiís story is taken from Cynthia B. Hanson, "Young New Yorkers Take Up the Fight for World Peace," The Christian Science Monitor, March 8, 1982, p. 18.
  3. The discussion of Harry Chapin was taken from Food Monitor, September/October 1981.
CHAPTER 7
  1. The Nixon-Stevenson exchange is taken from TRB, "The First Step," New Republic, Nov 29, 1982, p. 6.
  2. The description of Helen Caldicott was taken in part from Robert G. Pushkar, "Helen Caldicott: Anti-Nuclear Crusader," Parents, June 1982, pp. 74-76, 130-134.
  3. The discussion of Bill Perry is based on a telephone call with him on April 16, 1984.
  4. The discussion of Randall Forsberg and the nuclear freeze is taken primarily from "The Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign," The Freeze Focus (St. Louis, Mo.: Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign), March, 1984, p. 2; "Randall Forsberg: A Massachusetts Scholar Sounds the Nationwide Call to (Freeze) Arms," People, December 27-January 3, 1983, pp. 62-65; and Suzanne Gordon, "The Woman Behind the Freeze," Mother Jones, September/October 1982, p. 64.
  5. Harold Willensís story is taken from Harold Willens, The Trimtab Factor (New York: William Morrow, 1984).
  6. The report on Marianne Hamilton and Polly Mann and Women Against Military Madness is based on Kaia Svien, "Peace Tactics: An Action a Day," MS, March 1983, p. 21.
  7. The discussion of John Marks and The Nuclear Network is taken from Mark Satin, "Nuclear Network Seeks to Transcend Old Peace Movement Rivalries," Renewal, May 3, 1982.
  8. The report on Gerald Jampolsky and Children as Teachers of Peace is taken from Peggy Taylor, "Children as Teachers of Peace," NewAge, November, 1982, and Gerald G. Jampolsky, Children as Teachers of Peace, (Tiburon, Calif.: Foundation for Spiritual Alternatives, 1982).
  9. Bishop Quinnís story is taken from Mary Ellen Leary, "Nuclear Freeze," Commonweal, January 29, 1982, 39-41.
  10. Sister Frances Russellís story is taken from "The Nun Who Has Tackled the MX Missile," San Francisco Chronicle, December 16, 1983, p. 29.
CHAPTER 9
  1. The Blaine Harden quotation is taken from "Filling the Need for Heroes," Sunday Punch, February 28, 1982.
CHAPTER 10
  1. The discussion of Buckyís life is based largely on Buckminster Fuller: An Autobiographical Monologue/Scenario, documented and edited by Robert Snyder (New York: St. Martinís Press, 1980).

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