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Articles in May 8, 2006 issue of New York Times Upfront

• Leftovers from the Cold War
• The great immigration debate: there's general, agreement that America's immigration system needs fixing—but that's where the consensus ends
  by Patricia Smith
• America needs immigrants and strong borders
  by Thomas L. Friedman
• A modest proposal
• Flue fears: bird flu has spread rapidly in the last few months, but how serious is the threat to humans?
  by Denise Grady
• A nation of immigrants
• "Space tourists"
• Climbing the walls
• Why baseball is under a cloud
  by William C. Rhoden
• When dogs fly …
• All that glitters: the demand for gold is soaring. But some of the methods used to mine gold today take a heavy toll on the environment
  by Jane Perlez
• Cartoons
• Numbers in the news
• At the top of the tribe: as tribal leaders, American Indian women are breaking with tradition even as they work to preserve it
  by Monica Davey
• South Africa: the best hope for success on the continent
  by Roger Cohen
• Could a giant fish be the missing link?
• Taking in a family in Katrina's wake
  by Josh Hoffman
• Noted & quoted
• What's the matter with France? Young people are angry, Muslims feel unwelcome, and the economy is hurting. 'Springtime in Paris' used to be more fun
  by Ian Zack
• Game show
• Soda sales fizzle
• Should the driving age be raised to 18? Alarmed by car accidents involving teenagers, a number of states are considering raising the age for getting a license
  by John D'Amico
• Judas, minus the betrayal
• The tragedy of Darfur: ethnic conflict in Sudan has killed 200,000 civilians and created 2 million refugees
  by Marc Lacey
• Sharing her culture through dance
• 1936: the 'Nazi Olympics': three years before World War II, Adolf Hitler turned the Berlin Games into a tense spectacle designed to showcase 'Aryan superiority'
  by Courtney Potts