"The United States is frequently outmaneuvered and overmatched at the U.N.," says the report, sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and Freedom House.

The poll is part of the second annual Long Island Index, a report the Rauch Foundation sponsored in a joint project with academic, civic, business and labor groups.

The report, sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, provided a grim assessment of the nation's preparedness to deter or respond to a major terrorist attack.

"In addition to openness, tolerance is essential in an inventive modern society," a report sponsored by the Lemelson-M.I.T. Program said last year.

The American Medical Association has canceled plans to publish medical reports sponsored by drug companies, according to officials of the group.

Some Reagan Administration officials have charged that the report sponsored by the United Nations was biased.

The report, sponsored by the Garden City-based Rauch Foundation, has been produced annually since 2004, with the advice of academic, civic, labor and other groups.

The American Medical Association has announced plans to publish single-topic medical reports sponsored by drug companies.

One report sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency is expected to be released in late April or early May.

HealthPartners is the national benchmark in seven areas in a 2008 report sponsored by the National Business Coalition on Health.