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Issues more than skin deep: exhibits of dead bodies have produced vigorous ethical debate. Some find them awe-inspiring, some find them exploitative, some find them gross. Where do you come down?(COVER STORY: BODY EXHIBITS)

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Four high school students coolly regard a man and a woman who are in more than one sense unclothed, observing the standing bodies from various points. Their comments reflect that blend of innocent curiosity and uncanny knowledge that makes most teenagers so confounding.

The students, participants in an advanced science class at North Mercer High School, a public school northeast of Kansas City, are among thousands visiting "Bodies Revealed," one of the exhibits of plastinated bodies touring the nation since 2005. "Bodies Revealed" is on display through Sept. 1 in Union Station here.

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