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Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
No. 42
COVER
The Fresh Face
First-term Senator Barack Obama has the charisma and the ambition to run for President. But, as JOE KLEIN reports from the campaign trail, he's not quite ready to answer the tough questions
ASIA
When Outlaws Get The Bomb
Kim Jong Il's crude blast punctuates a scary reality: the law of the jungle now governs the race for nuclear arms
ARTS
Harmonic Convergence
Teaching and performing in Japan, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra makes cultural connections through music

TIME.com's Holiday Gift Guide 2009
Norman Rockwell: The Photographs Behind the Art
Ask Your Questions: Garrison Keillor
Weekly Acoustic News: Thanksgiving Edition
The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
Can a Good Guy Fix College Football's Worst Thing?
The Road on Film: Beautiful, Bleak
Obama's First State Dinner
The Princess and the Frog: Big Fun on the Bayou
Me and Orson Welles: Zac Efron Takes the Stage