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The article reports on a survey on the women who should be featured in the U.S. 10-dollar bill, including activist Susan B. Anthony, humanitarian Harriet Tubman and interpreter Sacagawea.

The article discusses the redesign of the U.S. five-dollar bill. The design includes two watermarks and a relocated security strip. Purple dye is being used to deter counterfeits, since the color is more difficult to reproduce. The design also includes a large purple "5" to assist visually-impaired individuals. The impetus for the design was the rise in counterfeit production of the bills, which often involved the duplication of security features seen on the one-hundred-dollar bill.

This article discusses the increasing popularity of grocery auctions in the U.S. due to the recession. The possibility that these auctions can offer discounts to disciplined consumers is considered. The tendency of overenthusiastic bidders to pay excessive amounts for foods such as Little Debbie snack cakes is also considered.

The article presents information on the office of U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Several photographs are included, along with descriptions of the furnishings, mementos, and books with which Bernanke surrounds himself. He drinks diet soda, uses a simple filing system on his desk for paper files, and has a bookshelf filled primarily with books on economics.

The article presents several letters to the editor in response to articles from previous issues, including "God As Their Running Mate," from the September 17, 2007 issue, an article on belly dancing from the September 3, 2007 issue and "Paper, Plastic or Prada," from the August 27, 2007 issue.

The article offers the information on the immigrants of the United States. Topics discussed including the idea of the nation as both a beacon and a refuge has softened the landing for millions of people who arrived without papers and over time became Americans; views of president Donald Trumph on Salvadorans; and Action for Childhood Arrivals, in undoing the founding assumption of national identity since at least Plymouth Rock.

The article presents a humorous discussion of the author's relationship with his boss Nancy Gibbs, the managing editor of "Time" Magazine as of October 2013. Assistant professor Ithai Stern of the Kellogg School of Management is mentioned, along with his work as a co-writer of the paper entitled "Flattery Will Get You Everywhere (Especially if You Are a Male Caucasian)." Former managing editor Rick Stengel and his book "You're Too Kind: A Brief History of Flattery" are also examined.

Discusses the end of the newspaper publishing partnership between the New York Times and the Washington Post. Details of the joint ownership of the Paris based, International Herald Tribune; The paper as a symbol of American expatriate life; Takeover of the paper by the New York Times; Importance of the country-neutrality aspect of the Tribune; Future of the Tribune.

This article discusses the development of a plan for health care reform in the U.S. by the Democratic senator Max Baucus from Montana. The willingness of Baucus to work on a bipartisan basis with Republican senators such as Chuck Grassley of Iowa is described. The Reforms proposed in a white paper on health care reform written by Baucus are described.

Profiles Paul O'Neill, chosen by United States President-elect George W. Bush as U.S. Treasury Secretary. His years at Alcoa and International Paper; Challenges he faces; His intensity and willingness to speak his mind; Relationship with U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan and other government officials.

Features Web sites for the detection of plagiarism. Plagiarized term paper on schizophrenia in the University of California, Berkeley; Proliferation of Web sites for student cheaters; Development of Web sites for detecting plagiarism.

The article discusses a report which claims that many American consumers and business enterprises dislike the nation's one dollar coin as of March 2014, focusing on the U.S. Federal Reserve and various lobbying efforts to eliminate America's one dollar paper bills (greenbacks). According to the article, the life span of an average coin is over 30 years, while an average greenback last for less than six years. Counterfeiting and the Bitcoin form of digital currency are also examined.

Offers brief articles relating to public figures and current events, as of October 7, 2002. Allegations by Bell Laboratories that German-born physicist Jan Hendrik Schon falsified data in papers that were hailed as scientific breakthroughs; Death of serial killer Angelo Buono Jr., known as the Hillside Strangler, in California; Disappearance of Russian actor and director Sergei Bodrov Jr. following an avalanche; Others.

Reports that NBC has decided to cancel the television quiz show 'The Weakest Link,' hosted by Anne Robinson. Opinion of Robinson that the U.S. viewing audience is not very intelligent; Comments made by Robinson to the British paper 'Daily Mirror.'

Reports on a freak accident in which a wooden pencil became lodged in the heart of a 12-year-old boy. How Nathan King of Helena, Montana and his mother, Lorri Earley, resisted the urge to pull the pencil out of his chest; Lack of complications in the open-heart surgery.