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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 158 No. 18
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TIME BONUS
A Grand Time
(TIME Bonus Section/Generations/Vacations)
Today's affluent grandparents are bonding with their grandkids by traveling with them in record numbers
A Loss So Cruel (TIME Bonus Section/Generations/Bereavement)
For parents, the death of an adult child is a singular anguish
A Book of Life (TIME Bonus Section/Generations/Publishing)
In his latest and most personal volume, Studs Terkel, 89, finds hope in the face of death
Heading Home (TIME Bonus Section/Generations/Turning Points)
A best-selling novelist reflects on the pull and power of her Southern roots and loves
THE ARTS
Super, Human Strength
(The Arts/Television)
In an unconventional kind of wartime, will audiences warm to unconventional superheroes?
Jackie's Thousand Days (The Arts/Books)
Was she more than just a pretty face next to J.F.K.?
Blood Brothers (The Arts/Cinema)
With From Hell, the Hughes twins escape the hood and move in on Jack the Ripper's Victorian turf
Crime Capers (The Arts/Cinema)
Everyone steals the show in the amiable Bandits

Chalabi's Short-Lived Comeback
Cartoons of the Week
Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona and Woody
The US Dilemma Over Chavez
The World's Next Top Lama
How Healthy Is John McCain?
India to America: Eat Less, Fatties
Can Mexico's Drug Terror Be Stopped?
Why the Gitmo Cases Are in Disarray
Weighing Wii Fit: Serious Fun