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• Testing Travel Agents Against the Web

• A New Magazine for Armchair Generals

• GENEXT: Berkeley's Youth More Likely to Vote

• Starr: Previewing Baseball's 2004 Season

• Leon Fleisher on Botox and Piano

• Q&A: Brzezinski on America’s ‘Choice’

• Will High Gas Prices Affect Election?

POSTED SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2004

• A New Magazine for Armchair Generals
Publisher Eric Weider launches a new magazine for readers to probe and ponder past and present military operations—and offers a few of his own armchair general opinions on operations in Iraq

• GENEXT: Berkeley's Youth More Likely to Vote
Politicians take note: Berkeley’s youth are increasingly politically aware and eager to vote

• Testing Travel Agents Against the Web
Seems like everyone is making their travel plans over the Internet these days. Here's one traveler who's not

POSTED FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2004

• War Stories: Military Must Punish Rapists
The military needs to handle rape allegations with greater sensitivity—and harsher punishments for offenders

• Clift: 'The Wizard of Oz Letter'
Bush pulls back the curtain on who really runs the White House

• Wolffe: Charm Offensive
Washington is trying to mend fences with Europe. Colin Powell’s latest visit there shows that there’s still a way to go

• Online Mail Call
Readers share their thoughts on Clarke and the 9/11 Commission, the Fallujah attacks and Justin Timberlake

POSTED THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2004

• Starr: Previewing Baseball's 2004 Season
A rundown of all the people to watch and issues to ponder around the bases this season

• Q&A: Leon Fleisher on Botox and Piano
Renowned classical pianist Leon Fleisher owes his return to two-handed playing to, of all things, Botox

• Nordland: Is Fallujah a Special Case?
It is tempting to argue that the brutality in Fallujah is not typical of the rest of Iraq. But it would be wrong

POSTED WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2004

• Terror Watch: Clarke's Private Terror Pipeline
The former counterterrorism chief tapped a private researcher to develop intelligence on Al Qaeda. The disclosure sheds new light on White House frustrations with the FBI

• Fineman: Is Fallujah the New Somalia?
The horrific violence is reminiscent of Somalia. The big question now: How George W. Bush responds

• Q&A: Brzezinski on America’s ‘Choice’
In a new book, Zbigniew Brzezinski argues that the Bush administration has a choice between dominating the world and leading it—and is leaning dangerously in the direction of the former

POSTED TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2004

• Online Schools: The Future of Education?
Virtual classrooms are still outnumbered by brick-and-mortar schools, but they are gaining popularity. A glimpse of the future

• War Stories: Stress Takes Its Toll in Iraq
Poor morale and high suicide rates point to big problems for troops in Iraq

• Wolffe: Kerry’s Smart Strategy on 9/11 Panel
The senator’s rhetoric rarely ignites a crowd. But his strategy on the 9/11 commission shows that he can be a smart and subtle campaigner

• Dickey: How the West Can(Not) Win On Terror
Richard Clarke’s new book is about more than the Bush administration’s handling of 9/11. It offers a thoughtful guide to the nuts and bolts of eliminating terrorists—and an antidote to the assumption that extremist violence is inevitable

• Humor: When Cruise/Cruz Spells Splitsville
Hollywood’s favorite homonyms cite ‘irreconcilable spelling differences’

POSTED MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2004

• Blast off!
Engineer and entrepreneur Gregory Olsen could soon become the third civilian in history to visit Russia's International Space Station

• Kuntzman: Arguing Over Allegiances
Our columnist—a self-professed atheist—weighs in on the debate over removing "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance

POSTED SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2004

• Poll: Blow for Bush Over 9/11 Charges
Public confidence in the president’s handling of homeland security has been damaged by the testimony of former counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke to the 9/11 panel this week, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll.

• GENEXT: AIDS Should Be an Election Issue
Harvard AIDS activists found it hard to compete against other protestors during the president’s latest campaign swing through Boston

SPECIAL COVERAGE: ISSUES 2004

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•	America's Imperial Anemia
•	Iraq Effect: D.C. Upside Down
•	Nepotism: Another American Tradition?
•	The Internet: A Net of Control?

POSTED FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2004

• Paying at the Pump
Record-high gas prices are putting pressure on politicians to come up with a solution, and making energy a hot topic in this year’s presidential election

• Physics: The World on a String
Physicist Brian Greene explains what may turn out to be a unifying theory of everything in the cosmos

• Clift: Gay-Marriage Mayor Goes to D.C.
What happens when the San Francisco mayor who pushed gay marriage onto the national agenda visits the nation’s capital?

POSTED THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2004

• Iraq: Shark Attacks
Insurgents are mixing up their tactics in Iraq, increasingly targeting journalists and other foreigners—and making it hard for news organizations to staff their bureaus in Baghdad

• Jack Valenti on Hollywood Now—and Then
After nearly four decades as head of the Motion Picture Association of America, Jack Valenti is finally stepping down—but that doesn’t mean he is slowing down

• Starr: Confessions of a Columnist
Wherein he revisits his words to reiterate them on Athens, refine them on high-school basketball--and eat them on pro sports

HIGHLIGHTS

Table of Contents

•	Wolffe: How Powell Tried to Charm Europe
•	Terror Watch: Clarke's Private Terror Pipeline
•	Dickey: How the West Can(Not) Win On Terror
•	War Stories: Military Must Punish Rapists

PHOTO GALLERY WITH AUDIO

A Century of Times Square

•	A guided tour through 100 years of history at New York’s iconic intersection. Launch Flash presentation

ENTERPRISE

Table of Contents

Check out our new Enterprise sections, topic by topic

•	Technology
•	Small Business
•	Business Travel
•	Global Business
•	Management

VIDEO ROAD TEST: MERCURY MONTEREY

Wieck

Mercury’s minivan is a great mix of safety and luxury

•	Launch video

AUDIO GALLERY

The Apprentices Speak Out

•	How ousted ‘Apprentice’ contestants are dealing with the fame and fallout of reality TV. Listen to the audio

PHOTO GALLERY

A Year of War

•	A dictator has been toppled, a military has been destroyed and thousands have been killed. Iraq, 12 months after the bombing began. Launch Flash presentation

PHOTO GALLERIES ARCHIVE

Marriage with... Controversy

•	Launch Flash presentation

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• Lost in Space?
• Monumental Danger
• How Children See War

PERSPECTIVES

"I do want my life back to normal, because it's hard—it's so hard. But at the same time I'm like—wow, I get to go to New York, I get to go to Hollywood. I get to hang out with people like Britney and Leonardo."

— Former POW Jessica Lynch

SPECIAL SECTION

• People poised to make a difference in the new year. Plus, updates from our nominees for 2003

SPECIAL SECTION: THE WAR IN IRAQ

•	Complete Web and magazine coverage, plus multimedia and interactives

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