Vol. 126 No. 1
NATION
After a weekend of frustration and delay, the hostages are freed
Dinner with the Hostages
The Problems with Retaliation %
Four ex-CIA chiefs weigh the options for countering terrorism
The Unlikely Ally
WORLD
Investigators probe Air India's crash, and airports tighten security
HEALTH & MEDICINE
SOCIETY
The Rich Are Flocking in for Safety, Society and a Piece of the Action
Adapting to a Different Role (Sexes)
Women Face Special Problems But Enjoy Unaccustomed Freedom
Caught Between Two Worlds for Children, (Behavior)
It Is Hard to Mesh Old Values with New Beliefs
PRESS
Speech Readers Learn All About It in Foreign-Language Papers Coast to Coast
RELIGION
Evangelicals Draw Recruits From a Traditionally Catholic Group
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A Little Game of Chance
A Most Debated Issue
Illegal Workers Depress Wages But Boost Profits and Reduce Prices
American Scene
From Ellis Island to Lax
Asians to America with Skills
A Wave of Arrivals From the Far East Enriches the Country's Talent Pool
Blacks Resentment Tinged with Envy
Three Centuries After the First Slave Ships Arrived, a Pattern Repeats Itself
Citizens in All But Name
Finding Niches in a New Land
Industrious Arrivals Create Mini-Monopolies As They Gravitate to Familiar Fields
Four Who Brought Talent Reveling in Freedom, They Enrich the Land with Their Creative Gusto a Dancer Seeks Choice and Finds
Challenge
Four Who Brought Talent Reveling in Freedom, They Enrich the Land with Their Creative Gusto for a Video Artist: "It's Happening
Here"
Four Who Brought Talent Reveling in Freedom, They Enrich the Land with Their Creative Gusto Silenced for a Decade, a Poet Dreams
Again
Four Who Brought Talent Reveling in Freedom, They Enrich the Land with Their Creative Gusto "My Son Is My Life" -- a Pianist
Starts Over
Hispanics a Melding of Cultures
Latins, the Largest New Group, Are Making Their Presence Felt
History Growth of a Nation the Numbers Tell the Story
Immigrants Like Those Who Came Before Them, the Newest Americans Bring a Spirit and an Energy That Preserve the Nation's Uniqueness
Impact Abroad
The Global Brain Drain America's Gain Is Often Another Country's Loss
New York "Final Destination"
As Ever, the City Is the Ultimate Melting Pot
The Border Symbiosis
Along 1,936 Miles the Mix of Mexican and American Life Creates a "Third Country"
The Changing Face of America
"Just Look Down Broadway. That Guy Is Indian, Next to Him Is a Greek, Next to Him Is a Thai . . ."
The Policy Dilemma
Trying to Stem the Illegal Tide Congress, Once Again, Prepares to Tackle Reform Proposals
EDUCATION
Esta el VACUUM CLEANER?
For Learning Or Ethnic Pride?
Parents, Politicians and Pedagogues Battle Over Bilingual Classes
LAW
Gangs Are Tougher, Better Armed and More Violent Than Ever
A Booming But Tainted Specialty
Plenty of Work for Honest Lawyers -- and Their Less Savory Colleagues
Paper, Paper and More Paper
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Magic Shadows From a Melting Pot for New Americans, the Movies Offered the Ticket for Assimilation (Cinema)
Prospering with Polyglot (Video)
Fare Ethnic Stations Provide News, Soaps and a Communal Link
MILESTONES
Milestones
Milestones
Milestones
Milestones
Milestones
PEOPLE
Brought By Family, Lured By Fortune Or Seeking Freedom, They Now Call the U.S. Home