The American Legion [Volume 124, No. 2 (February 1988)]

Cover: The Robot: A Perfect Worker by Image Bank, Don Carroll -- Soviet Spetsnaz: Are They Here?: Soviet Assassins and Saboteurs Hide Under Deep Cover Awaiting the Kremlin's Signal to Attack by James N Sites -- Gender Benders: Deep within the English Language Lurks Hidden Gender by Jack Rosenthal -- Radon: The Silent Killer in Your Home: An Odorless, Colorless Gas Is Bringing Lung Cancer into the Home by James V Smith Jr -- Can American Industry Mobilize for War?: A Sluggish Industry Could Mean Disaster in Today's "Come-As-You Are-Wars" -- Robots for Defense: A 400-Pould Mechanical Bucket of Nuts and Bolts Can Dot It All, Plus Save Lives by Don Oldenburg -- Our Endangered Industrial Base: Has America's "Arsenal of Democracy" Passed Forever into the Dustbin of History? by John T Correll -- The Folly of Sanctions: Our Sanctions Against South Africa Are Forcing Us to Rely on the Soviet Union for Defense-Related Strategic Minerals by Peter Duignan -- How Valid Are the Polls?: Success or Failure Often Hinge on the Results of Consumer Polls by Richard Scammon -- Dispelling Myths of the Older Worker: "Those Who Use It Don't Lose It" Is the Strongest Argument to Hire or Keep Older Employees by DJ Moore -- Vignettes of Courage: A Truck Driver and a Pilot Join the Brotherhood of Heroes by Vernon Pizer -- VA Cabinet-Level Status Gaining Strength on Hill: The Legion's 10-Year Battle for Cabinet Status Is About to Pay Off -- Partners for God and Country: The Legion and Boy Scouts: Pioneers of Patriotism and Civic Responsibility -- Big Issues: Should the United States Return to the Gold Standard? -- Letters -- Commander's Message -- Dateline Washington -- Veterans Update -- Legion News Briefs -- Veterans Alert -- Veterans Adviser -- Parting Shots