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Pg… 8 A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Pg… 12 MOMENTS IN LIFE
Pg… 22 OUR TIMES A monthly report on the state of the culture
Pg… 30 LETTERS
Pg… 32 The Greatest Treasure Ever Found After 132 years, the S . S . Central America yields its golden cargo by Tim Noonan
Pg… 46 Steve Martin Gets Serious His new movies show he's more than just a wild and crazy guy by David Van Biema
Pg… 56 Hard Times A furnace plant closes, and the town of Red Bud, Ill., feels the heat Photographs by Grey Villet
Pg… 64 At the Edge of Eternity Learning from encounters with death by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Pg… 74 Ganges The visual splendor of India's sacred river Photographs by Raghubir Singh
Pg… 87 SNAPSHOT Mirror Images by Jane Smiley
Pg… 88 JUST ONE MORE : Cover photograph by Duane Michals
