COVER STORY
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NATION:
America's New Pests
Are neo-Puritan zealots and all-purpose victims deforming the American character?
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WORLD:
Europe's Racism
As the ethnic mix changes, some countries are discovering that they are not as tolerant as they thought
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BUSINESS:
The Information Age
We're not there yet
Also: How B.C.C.I. played for the Blue Chips
INTERVIEW Shelby Steele makes the case for Clarence Thomas
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HEALTH Why can't Americans find decent birth control? 52
SCIENCE A new gene machine helps diagnose diseases and unmask murderers 54
MEDICINE Should the U.S. admit foreign visitors with AIDS?
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EDUCATION A lesson from...