COVER STORY
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WORLD: Free at Last
McCarthy's release raises hopes that the hostage era may be ending
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NATION: Gays in Uniform
Has the time come for the Pentagon to do away with its ban on homosexuals in the ranks?
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BUSINESS: Wheels of Fortune
* Americans love mountain bikes ALSO: A former B.C.C.I. official tells of death threats
ENVIRONMENT Why the world's food supply is vulnerable 48
RELIGION Now it's a bishop in the worst wave of Catholic sex scandals 51
PROFILE Robert Bly's troubled boyhood turned him into a man's man
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ETHICS Why is a how-to book...
