IN THIS ISSUE.

• Author: Buchsbaum, Herbert

Dear Teacher:

We have gone to unprecedented lengths--pushing back deadlines and arranging for special air shipments--to make sure the news in this issue of UPFRONT is as fresh as possible. Still, we had to go to press before the phenomenal story of Election 2000 could be fully told.

One thing is certain: As the nation waited days to learn the identity of its next President--and the world's attention focused on a margin of a few hundred votes in Florida--a dramatic object lesson was unfolding for your students about democracy in action.

For the first time since the 19th century--and the third time in the history of the Republic--it appeared that the verdict of the Electoral College would be different from that of a plurality of American voters.

This stunning election news stands in stark contrast to the two international reports in this...