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Peace Work

Photo: Glenn Matsumura

Researcher Fred Luskin has applied his techniques for getting over grudges to a challenging set of subjects: the parents and siblings and others touched by decades of violence in Northern Ireland. His findings may tell us: is everything forgivable?

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    Notah Begay's Drive

    It was a ridiculous notion: a poor Indian kid from a broken home reaching the exclusive ranks of professional golf. Not only has Begay made it to the PGA, but his winning attitude--on and off the course--has the mark of a champion.

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    Walking on Air

    The first woman to inhabit the International Space Station, Susan Helms always has been a high achiever. Over the next few months the experiments she conducts will help bring space colonization within reach.

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    Class Dismissed?

    As for-profit companies seek high-profile university partners for their forays into online education, Stanford is pondering how involved it should be, how to do it right and what the trend means for the future of higher education.

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    The Man Who Stopped Time

    Do running horses fly? The man who proved they do in an ingenious test at the Farm--and invented stop-motion photography in the process--was a technical wizard, a murderous cuckold and a thorn in Leland Stanford's side.