National Press

The last unknown: in 1984 the nation officially laid to rest the remains of an unknown serviceman from the Vietnam War. By 1998 he was unknown no more.(Report)
Military History; 1/1/2010; 5062 words; ...000 guests took their seats in the amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, where President Ronald Reagan strode to the podium...Unknown honors by the 1980s, Vietnam veterans continued to press for a new tomb at Arlington, in part to justify their sacrifice...

The army that felled an empire--its own.(Japan's Imperial Army: Its Rise and Fall, 1853-1945)(Book review)
World War II; 1/1/2010; 874 words; ...Fall, 1853-1945 By Edward J. Drea. 332 pp. University Press of Kansas, 2009. $34.95. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This...between the Imperial Army and Imperial Navy led Japan to a national strategy far beyond its means: simultaneous preparation for...

It's time to say goodbye.(NCEW FOUNDATION)(National Conference of Editorial Writers)
The Masthead; 12/22/2009; 1137 words; ...our new NCEW Website, whether it's sponsoring a visit to the U.S. State Department or collaborating with the National Press Foundation on a seminar, the Foundation tries to make sure the members get every possible opportunity to improve...

2009 fellowship recipients: singing cowboy hopes Harvard leads to the world stage of Foreign Service.
Phi Kappa Phi Forum; 12/22/2009; 5013 words; ...and administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation). Ensley comes...after all, this area concentrates on the press and on cultural activities, he added...on the syndicated Rural Free Delivery national television program, among other outlets...

World forest observatory needed to monitor vital role of forests in climate deal.
NewsRx Health & Science; 12/20/2009; 862 words; ...Alan Grainger in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences outlines how a new...paper also contains the first inventory of national forest surveys for tropical countries...Gordon Brown at a Commonwealth summit press conference in Trinidad on Friday 27th...