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Edition: South Pacific
Edition: South Pacific
November 6, 2006 / No. 44
COVER
It's Lonely at the Top
(Cover Story)
How the election became a referendum on an isolated President—and how it is likely to reshape American politics
ASIA
Breaking Up Is Easy To Do
In China, the hot new trend is "flash divorce," as women cut loose their cheating husbands
Not the Retiring Type
Malaysia's former leader, Mahathir Mohamad, is taking on his successor in a rancorous fight over the future of the nation
ARTS
Second Homecoming
(The Arts)
The raucous tale of a sprawling Fijian family leads the new Pacific wave rocking New Zealand movies
Man Stripped Bare (The Arts)
By turns raw, reflective and graceful, an Australian playwright's memoir fuses personal candor and muscular political critique

Ninja Warriors - From Myth to the Movies
Cartoons of the Week
TIME.com's Holiday Gift Guide 2009
Norman Rockwell: The Photographs Behind the Art
Ask Your Questions: NPR's 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