July 1992 issue of The Annals, the bimonthly journal of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. This issue has 12 articles considering future trends in competence, research, American-Japanese trade, information technology, the environment, US governance, Europtimism, the sexual division of labor, education, aging, AIDS, and 100 suggested books on the future plus 35 pages of book reviews. 198 pages.