China Takes on the World (World)
Already a commercial giant, China is aiming to be the world's next great power. Will that lead to a confrontation with the U.S.?


The Democrats' Inside Man (Profile)
Few know the ways of the Senate like Harry Reid. But that won't make leading it easy

Looking For The Restart Button
The Bush team thinks it has a formula for saving his presidency from the end-of-term doldrums

The Women's Channel (Global Insider)


The Power of Positive Memory Loss (Letter From Estonia)
The Baltics' most innovative economy is too busy to worry about its Soviet past

Saving Somalia
As the U.S. strikes al-Qaeda, a new government tries to restore order. Here's what it will take


Pillow Angel Ethics
A controversy rages around the parents' decision to stunt the growth of their severely disabled daughter


What's Next

Verbatim

Numbers

A Page From Hillary

How to Speak Like a Real Republican

Milestones

More Drugs, Fewer Narcs

Postcards From Las Gizmos, Nev.

Good General, Bad Mission (In the Arena)
Gen. David Petraeus helped write the book on counterinsurgency tactics. But now, says Joe Klein, the man overseeing Bush's Iraq surge has a near impossible task


Translation Nation (Global Business)
The demand for linguists is rising in both war and peace and despite the inroads of automation

Sleep Goes Green (Global Business)
Mattresses made of natural latex are starting to bounce out of specialty stores and into the mainstream

Oil's Vital New Power (Global Business)
Booming Azerbaijan is the key to the West's energy freedom. It's a precarious place for such a crucial job

The Apple Of Your Ear
With iPhone, Apple's Steve Jobs applied his revolution-by-design mind to cell phones. An inside look at innovation in action

How Apple Got Tangled Up with Options


Class Is In Session (Movies)
When two powerhouse actors get together in one film--or one room--nobody's safe.

Forest Whitaker (Movies)
The Last King of Scotland

Helen Mirren (Movies)
The Queen

Jennifer Hudson (Movies)
Dreamgirls

Robert Downey Jr. (Movies)
A Scanner Darkly

Ryan Gosling (Movies)
Half Nelson

The Evolution of Jack Bauer (Culture Complex)
As the war on terrorism has grown more complicated, so has the conservatives' favorite thriller, 24

Is the Autism Epidemic a Myth? (Books)
The recent upsurge in the disorder, a new book claims, can be largely explained by shifting definitions and policy changes


Adventures in the Raw (Food)
Our fearless food guy goes a week (well, three days) obeying the strictures of the purest of the pure-food movements

How to Save Your Heart (Health)
An ambitious plan from the creator of the South Beach Diet who believes that a few simple steps can help eradicate heart disease and stroke in the U.S.


10 Questions For Michael Dell (Interview)

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