Vol. 134 No. 9, February 2002
Index
- Censor wartime news.
- Civil liberties vs. safety.
- Guns kill people.
- It's no S-P-O-R-T! (letters).
- Old enough to drink?
- Raves, yes; Ecstasy, no.
- Anthrax spreads to the SAT.
- One giant leap for man, kind of.
- The museum of racism.
- Early decisions.
- Lots to love.
- Verdict: not disabled.
- Virtually dead.
- The big slide: as the U.S. economy rolls downhill into a recession, many people are feeling the hurt in lost jobs and budget cutbacks. Will the good times return?
- Going global: are poor nations getting a fair deal on free trade?
- let me sleep! The high school opening bell often rings before a teen's internal alarm clock does. Later start times prevent zombies in morning classes and may lead to student improvements. So why don't more schools shift their schedules? It's a matter of time, money, and grades.
- Ireland's troubles: Northern Ireland's historic 1998 Good Friday Agreement has planted the seeds of peace between Catholics and Protestants, but a recent wave of street violence threatens to roll back the clock.
- Karzai's quest: the man & the plan: decimated by decades of war, Afghanistan finally has hope for a brighter future. The interim leader, Hamid Karzai, might be the one to chart a new path.
- Hockey's new ice age: three teen girls make a power play for the gold medal.
- The teen titans: here are three rising stars to watch in the more extreme Olympic events.
- The Olympics of Terror: at the 1972 Games, Palestinian militants took Israeli athletes hostage, bringing terrorism to the world stage.
- Should we rebuild Afghanistan? Afghanistan has suffered through decades of war. Should the U.S. military now lead the way in its reconstruction?