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All Right Now
A Farm-raised triumvirate leads soccer in the three nations that will host World Cup 2026.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Gone are the fat paychecks and dreams of early retirement, but so are the 80-hour work weeks. In the aftermath of the latest boom-to-bust cycle, some alumni learned that getting ahead wasn't worth leaving everything else behind.
by Ann Marsh
This Is the Side of the Road
Our annual fiction-contest winner features a young traveler teetering on the edge as her friend and companion slips away.
by Zo Ida Bradbury
The Company She Keeps
Carey Perloff rebuilt San Francisco's Geary Theater and re-energized an actor's conservatory. Ten years after she began this dramatic turnaround, gutsy artistic choices and an innovative style are again bringing down the house.
by Diane Rogers
Our Town
Is Palo Alto a college town? Was it ever? Take a jaunt down University Avenue, past and present, and a look at students' ties to the town Leland Stanford built.
by Mark Simon
Man on the Street
David Brancaccio, Marketplace's streetwise host
by Raymond Hardie
A Gracious People, Living with Terror
Terror and tenacity on the other side of the world
by Robert L. Strauss