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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 142 No. 17
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NATION
Contrary to Popular Opinion
(The Week)
Dispatches (The Week)
Hash Slinger to the Stars
Health Report (The Week)
BUSINESS
Attention Nafta Shoppers!
(Trade)
Trading favors: Clinton is not so much selling his trade pact with Mexico as he is buying it, with goodies for key lawmakers and special interests
Confessions of a 21st Century Couch Potato
LAW
Home Smoke-Free Home
Judges warn parents to stub out their cigarettes around the children -- or risk losing custody
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Democracy's Toughest Test
(Reviews Television)
Glimpses into Lost Souls (Reviews Theater)
SPECIAL SECTION
Genes, Pulsars and Slavery
(Nobel Prizes)
ESSAY
Housework Is Obsolescent

Looking Kindly on Vigilante Justice
Cartoons of the Week
Gonzo: Remembering Hunter S. Thompson
Candidates' Vices: Craps and Poker
Does Green Tea Help the Heart?
A Path to Compromise in Zimbabwe?
The Battle for Catholic Voters
10 Things to Like About $4 Gas
iPhone Apps: To Pay or Not to Pay?
Olympics a Bust for Beijing Business