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Cover Story: Stanford in Hollywood
Alumni star on screen and create behind the scenes. In this special section, meet some of the people on the Farm team in Tinseltown.

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  • Read more about Professor Larry Diamond’s views on Hong Kong
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Trading Places
Ten years after the handover of Hong Kong to China, capitalism carries on but liberty is constrained. Regina Ip, a former security minister criticized for doing Beijing’s bidding, now wants to make one of the world’s busiest ports a safe harbor for democracy. by Joel McCormick

Green Grocer
Walter Robb’s title is co-president of Whole Foods, but his job might be described as organic evangelist. The public is catching on to the benefits he has always espoused, but eating conscientiously has gotten even more complicated. BY JOAN O’C. HAMILTON

The Dark Side of the Sun
New answers about skin cancer have come from an unusual source: a rare and painful childhood disease that has researchers acting with urgency. By Sara Solovitch

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  Century at Stanford  
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  The dish on alumni near and far  
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