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Privacy
Medicine: Advancing technology intensifies the national debate over the abortion issue. Health & Fitness: With the spread of the aids virus, the civil liberties of the afflicted may be at risk. Computers: As Big Brother moves into the data banks, protecting individual privacy becomes an increasingly daunting task.
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Equality
Education: In Topeka, the city of the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 school- desegregation ruling, the struggle to achieve racial balance goes on. Native Americans: Excluded from the Constitution, Indians are still adrift in their own land. Sexes: Supporters again push the era, while women's rights gain legal ground.
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International Impact
The World: From giant India to tiny Grenada, more than 160 countries have written charters modeled on the U.S. version. Britain: For a unique set of reasons, an unwritten constitution rules the isles. Soviet Union: A basic law guaranteeing rights and freedoms is faithfully observed, but not when it clashes with the interests of the state.
5 Letters
10 Nation
14 World
19 Milestones
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Cover: Illustration by Richard Hess