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4 LETTERS
NEWSBEAST
6 AMERICAN NOTEBOOK
Gearing up for the debates. By Michelle Cottle 7 INTERNATIONAL NOTEBOOK
For West Bank women, an easier path to divorce. By Dan Ephron and Nuha Musleh 8 PERSON OF INTEREST
Won't Back Down's director fends off a teachers' union assault. By Lloyd Grove 9 WORLD ON A PAGE
Ms. Precocious, M.P.; Walmart Singh.
By Tunku Varadarajan
10 TECH NOLOGY By Alex Klein RELIGION By David Sessions CAVEAT EMPTOR By Josh Dzieza 13 REPORTER AT LARGE
Netanyahu is losing steam. By Dan Ephron 16 COMPASS
Ali the Asian rage. By Niall Ferguson 18 NEWS GALLERY
Kate's smile; child rioters.
FEATURES
22 Welcome Rack to the White House, Mr. President
With his tirst term behind him, Obama is poised to be as significant a president as Reagan. By Andrew Sullivan
28 "1 Pray My Daughters Have a Life Like Mine"
These words were spoken to the author by a devout Saudi matriarch. While some in the kingdom strive for new freedoms, others see change as a road to tell. By Karen Elliott House 34 l'm Sorry, Steve Jobs
A leading oncologist on how we failed to save an icon and why we williose many more !ives ifwe do not give cancer research the funding it deserves. By Siddhartha Mukherjee
38 American Women Have lt Wrong We have powerful jobs, well-run homes, and perfect children. But we're still not making it to the very top. There are things we can leam from the rest of the world. By Debora Spar 44 Hellbent for Election
Will scandalous videos and a newly unified opposition undo Georgia's President Saakashvili? By Me!ik Kaylan
OMNIVORE
50 BOOKS Tarun Tejpal dives into the seamy, dark side oflndia.
52 COLLE.CTING A former French president auctions off his domicile.
54 FASHION Stand-out trends from the runways of Burberry, Marchesa, and more.
55 FOOD A cookbook for amateur foragers.
56 THE CITY Chitra Divakaruni reflects on Kolkata.
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