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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 on suicide a best seller? 55

BOOKS How to put the thrill back in the thriller 56

LIVING A gutsy grandmother is pregnant with her daughter's twins

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FOOD Miami chefs mix Old World and New 60

TELEVISION A racy show revs up the old dating game 62

CINEMA Finding a good summer comedy is no laughing matter

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ESSAY Howard Chua-Eoan on the various guises and uses of monsters

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DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS 6 MILESTONES 54

GRAPEVINE 13 PEOPLE 63

Photograph of Terry Anderson via AP; John McCarthy by Martin Cleaver -- AP

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