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Demographic indicators show that Americans in the postwar

period were more eager than ever to establish families. They quickly

brought down the age at marriage for both men and women and brought

the birth rate to a twentieth century height after more than a hundred (1)______ years of a steady decline, producing the “baby boom.” These young (2)_______ adults established a trend of early marriage and relatively large

families that Went for more than two decades and caused a major (3)_______

but temporary reversal of long-term demographic patterns. From

the 1940S through the early 1960s, Americans married at a high rate (4)________ and at a younger age than their Europe counterparts.(5)________

Less noted but equally more significant, the men and women on who (6)________ formed families between 1940 and 1960 nevertheless reduced the (7)________ divorce rate after a postwar peak; their marriages remained intact to

a greater extent than did that of couples who married in earlier as well (8)________ as later decades. Since the United States maintained its dubious (9)___________ distinction of having the highest divorce rate in the world, the

temporary decline in divorce did not occur in the same extent in (10)___________ Europe. Contrary to fears of the experts, the role of breadwinner and

homemaker was not abandoned.

One of the most important non-legislative functions of the U.S Congress

is the power to investigate. This power is usually delegated to committees - either standing committees, special committees set for a specific (1)________ purpose, or joint committees consisted of members of both houses. (2)________ Investigations are held to gather information on the need for

future legislation, to test the effectiveness of laws already passed,

to inquire into the qualifications and performance of members and

officials of the other branches, and in rare occasions, to lay the (3)________ groundwork for impeachment proceedings. Frequently, committees

rely outside experts to assist in conducting investigative hearings (4)_________ and to make out detailed studies of issues. (5)_________

There are important corollaries to the investigative power. One

is the power to publicize investigations and its results. Most (6)_________ committee hearings are open to public and are reported (7)__________

widely in the mass media. Congressional investigations

nevertheless represent one important tool available to lawmakers (8)__________

to inform the citizenry and to arouse public interests in national issues. (9)________ Congressional committees also have the power to compel

testimony from unwilling witnesses, and to cite for contempt