Vol. 136 No. 7, January 2004
Index
- India's booming economy includes growing trade with the U.S.
- Upfront quiz show.
- A U.S. Army soldier in Iraq shoots.
- Harriet Tubman's back pay.
- Distracted drivers.
- Japan loosens its collar.
- Numbers in the news.
- Noted & quoted.
- Teen taxidermist tells all.
- The peacock's color secrets.
- Atomic battle at museum.
- Religious devotion.
- The world's tiniest guitar.
- The race for the nomination: the Democrats who want to run against President Bush in the fall are about to face their party's voters.
- One handshake at a time: a day of old-style New Hampshire politics--a rite of passage for presidential candidates--with Joe Lieberman.
- Iowa's 20-something foot soldiers: for former student-council geeks, the caucuses on January 19 are the place to be.
- Iraq after Saddam: the ousted dictator's capture is good news, but whether it leads to fewer attacks on U.S. forces is far from clear.
- A sizzling economy remakes India: shopping malls, technology, and Western-style consumerism are transforming the nation of Gandhi.
- Secrets of the desert: the lost city of Petra.
- America meets the Beatles: four lads from Liverpool perform on Ed Sullivan and usher in a new teen culture.
- When you can't tell the commercial from the show: advertisers are finding new ways to pitch their products--inside television shows.
- Cartoons.
- Should early decision be abolished? Two college admissions officers debate the benefits and drawbacks.
- A campaign to lower the voting age to 16.