Vol. 140 No. 9, February 2008
Index
- America's 'addition' to foreign oil.
- Game show.
- Lessons plan & reproducible.
- Political cartoon.
- The inspiring life of a man who shaped our time.
- The low down on hydrocodone: the active ingredient in many prescription pain relievers such as Vicodin® is a powerful drug--and dangerous when not used as prescribed.
- The truth about hydrocodone.
- Kites.
- Billionaires on a roll.
- Boy Scout saves president!!!
- Unearthed: an Aztec pyramid.
- $1,000.
- $2.7.
- 3,491.
- 35%.
- 764.
- A dream denied?
- Chewing for dollars.
- DNA: too much information? As scientists unravel the mysteries of DNA, concerns arise about its potential misuse.
- The most dangerous nation in the world? A nuclear-armed U.S. ally, Pakistan has been in turmoil for months: Why Washington, and the world, are so worried about what lies ahead.
- South Korea welcomes its daughters: in a nation where boys were kings, an economic revolution is helping to change long-held values and traditions.
- Over a barrel: how sky-high oil prices affect everything from what you pay to fill up your tank to American influence around the globe.
- The car that changed America: how Henry Ford's 1908 Model T--the first mass-produced and affordable car--sparked the growth of highways, surburbs, and the middle class itself.
- India: innovate or imitate? Why India shouldn't copy America's car culture--for its own benefit, and the world's.
- Should teens be banned from tanning salons? Twendy-eight states regulate access to tanning facilities for minors.
- Cartoons.