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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 116 No. 16
Read the Cover StoryNATION
A Vow to Zip His Lip
Meet the Real Ronald Reagan
Keeping It in the Family
Majesty, Poetry and Power (The Presidency)
A Rowdy Campaign of Personalities
Two High-Tone Contests of Issues and Ideology
Point Man Harold Brown
Pot Shots in California
Two Down
WORLD
Choosing Up Sides
(PERSIAN GULF) Giving Muslims a Lift
Loser on the Sidelines
The Tragedy of El Asnam (ALGERIA)
Repercussions from the Blast (FRANCE)
Crowing Tories (BRITAIN)
Business as Usual for a Big Winner (WEST GERMANY)
Treasure off Tsushima (JAPAN)
SCIENCE
The Cosmic Explainer
A Gift for Vividness
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Pioneers of the "Supergene"
(Medicine)
Furtive First (Medicine)
SOCIETY
In Texas: the Uses of Yesterday
(American Scene)
A Morning to Remember (Living)
SPORT
Supercolt Outruns Controversy
BUSINESS
The Great 1980 Non-Debate
(Economy & Business)
Investors Dream of Genes (Economy & Business)
Melancholy Mall (Economy & Business)
Tiffs on Trade (Economy & Business)
Riding the Wind (Economy & Business)
Bendix Battle (Economy & Business)
LAW
Richard Nixon's Tangled Web
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Video Venom
(Television)
Opera Is Still Alive in New York (Music)
Makarova: New Whirl in Town (Dance)
Desert Dream (Cinema)
Black Milk (Cinema)
Love and Death (Cinema)
Funny Smell (Cinema)
Interest in Bugs, Not Humbugs (Books)
Fine Red Dirt (Books)
Editors' Choice (Books)
Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)
Honoring a Pole Apart (Books)
MILESTONES
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PEOPLE
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TO OUR READERS
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(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
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ESSAY
The Busting of American Trust
(Time Essay)

Usain Bolt: The World's Fastest Man Carries a Nation In His Wake
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Animating the Climate Conference: The African U.N. Delegate
The Many Faces of Thom Mayne's 41 Cooper Square
Cartoons of the Week
Top 10 Movie Performances of 2009
A Brief History of Intergalactic Warfare
Learning Country from Crazy Heart
Autism Numbers Are Rising. The Question is Why?
And the Person of the Decade Is ...