Vol. 169 No. 4
COVER
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.?
NATION
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)
WORLD
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
SOCIETY
A controversy rages around the parents' decision to stunt the growth of their severely disabled daughter
NOTEBOOK
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
SPECIAL SECTION
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
BUSINESS
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
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
powerhouse actors get together in one film--or one room--nobody's safe.
(Movies)
Scotland
(Movies)
The Queen
(Movies)
Dreamgirls
(Movies)
Darkly
(Movies)
Half Nelson
The Evolution of Jack Bauer (Culture Complex)
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
YOUR TIME
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.
PEOPLE
People