Vol. 139 No. 7, December 2006
Index
- Letter from the editor.
- The U.S.-CHINA trade gap.
- Watch people watching.
- Young prisoners.
- Don't call them 'Flipper'.
- Numbers in the news.
- The married minority.
- Noted & quoted.
- Pushing her way straight to the top.
- Scouts honor--online.
- Europe's culture complex.
- Mississippi gets the word out.
- Treats for the troops.
- "Breaking the marble ceiling": Nancy Pelosi is about to become the first female Speaker of the House. The Californian is one of many women rising to new political heights.
- Young lives on hold: nearly four years after the U.S.-led invasion, the relentless violence is freezing the lives of young Iraqis, and leaving their futures in doubt.
- All over the map: test your geographic savvy.
- Where's Mao? The Chinese leader is disappearing from the country's new history textbooks, which downplay socialism altogether.
- 1966 China's cultural revolution: seventeen years after the Communist takeover, Mao Zedong launched another revolution that led to the deaths of thousands of people and the persecution of millions more.
- Should cell phones be banned in schools? As schools across the country grapple with cell-phone policies, New York City's strict ban has everyone talking.
- A Brooklyn School's wall of fame gets crowded with Senators.
- In a wireless world, personal contact takes a back seat.
- Is baseball for sale?
- Cartoons.