Vol. 139 No. 2, September 2006
Index
- Game show.
- Letter from the editor.
- The Middle East, by the numbers.
- China's lucky numbers.
- Urged on by robotic jockeys, camels charge down a racetrack in the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar.
- Before there were Newtons.
- Numbers in the news.
- Scalpel, suture, iPod.
- A striking woman.
- At the movies: the end of soggy popcorn?
- Noted & quoted.
- He thanks heaven for 7-Eleven.
- India elects a new Idol.
- Why we change places.
- Faces of terror?
- Election lottery: vote to win.
- The not so United States: on many of today's hottest issues, the states are ignoring Washington and going their own way. Is this what the Founding Fathers had in mind?
- Guess who's looking at your Web page: college-admissions officials and employers are starting to check out candidates on Web sites like Facebook and MySpace.
- Fidel's finale? When Cuba's dictator was sidelined by illness, Castro's younger brother assumed power. What, if anything, will happen?
- Israel vs. Hezbollah: what was their month-long war all about--and what does it mean for the Middle East and for America's role in the region?
- 1979: Iran's Islamic revolution: after the overthrow of the Shah, an American ally became one of its biggest adversaries.
- Does class rank make the grade? Many high schools have stopped ranking students, forcing colleges to put more weight on SAT scores.
- Should the federal minimum wage be raised? Seventeen states have set their minimum wages higher than the federal rate of $5.15 an hour. Congress is now debating a boost.
- Working for safer cosmetics: a California teenager headed to the state capital in her effort to make sure the ingredients in cosmetics are safe.
- Drug-fueled superstars.
- In China, 120 million Netizens challenge Communist control.
- Would you like a gas guzzler with your chicken Mcnuggets?
- Cartoons.