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Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
November 14, 2005 / No. 45
COVER
Ambition: Why Some People Are Most Likely To Succeed
(Behaviour)
A fire in the belly doesn't light itself. Does the spark of ambition lie in genes, family, culture--or even in your own hands? Science has answers
ASIA
Breaking Through
(Cover Story)
South Korea used manufacturing muscle to build a modern economy. Now it has started to focus on using its head
Kick Starting Korea (Cover Story)
South Koreans are showing they can make it internationally
ARTS
Waugh Carries His Pen
(The Arts)
In a weighty memoir, the former Australian captain reflects on life before, during and after cricket fame
SPORT
The Race of Makybe Diva
An Australian mare pulls off her third Melbourne Cup in a row and gallops into horse-racing immortality

Cartoons of the Week
Who Will Inherit Joel Stein's Kid?
The Weekly Acoustic News
Asterix at 50: The Comic Hero Conquers the World
Photos: Silvio Berlusconi and the Politics of Sex
Pictures of the Week
Short List: TIME's Weekly Critics' Picks
Piecing Together Nabokov's Last Novel
Photos: Peru's Sacred Glacier Is Melting
New Moon Review: Team Jacob Ascending