Vol. 139 No. 9, February 2007
Index
- Lesson plan & reproducible.
- Stress and drug abuse.
- What do you know about stress and drug abuse?
- Capital punishment: by the numbers.
- Game show.
- In the news: Iran.
- Letter from the editor.
- A hunk of what? Worth how much?!
- The Great Wall of China.
- A tan is so not to die for.
- Numbers in the news.
- Wal-Mart's bright idea.
- A dress code for the yearbook?
- Dancing with the stars (of the City Ballet).
- Noted & quoted.
- Polo shoots for mass appeal.
- Sent home.
- Speaking in (23) tongues.
- Iran's students speak out: students played a key role in the 1979 revolution. Until recently, they had been largely silenced under Ahmadinejad's regime.
- The death penalty debate: the United States is one of the few industrialized nations that still uses capital punishment. Under increasing scrutiny by the courts, it continues to stir strong feelings on both sides.
- 1974: the accidental president: Gerald Ford never ran for higher office, but after the Watergate scandal, he stepped into the presidency and helped the nation heal its wounds.
- A day in the life of the lord: in the U.S., titles of nobility are prohibited by the Constitution. But kings, queens, dukes, and lords are still a big part of British society. In a recent interview, William Herbert, 28, tells what it's like to be an earl.
- How your body responds to stress.
- Myth vs. reality.
- Stress and drug abuse: the brain connection.
- Latest research.
- Managing stress.
- Stressing out?
- In Africa, something new in the air: reform, and hope.
- It's 10 p.m. want to know where your children are?
- Never forget the history.
- Should the U.S. send additional troops to Iraq? President Bush's new plan for the war, which he announced last month, includes a "surge" of 20,000 more U.S. troops for Iraq.
- Cartoons.