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INTERNATIONAL 10
Whena shooter goes mad: The U.S. soldiers in My Lai got off easy. But America has changed.
The alleged killer in Kandahar won't be sa lucky.
By Stephen L. Carter
OPINION 12
Beijing purges one of its own-the Cultural Revolution Isn't over. By Niall Ferguson
NATIONALAFFAIRS 13
Whyevolutionfavors attack ads. By PaulBegala
FINANCE 16
The incalculable cost of Goldman Sachs';' greed.
By Rob Cox
LlFE&LEISURE 17
Vodka, gin, shaken, or stirred: The "Mad Men"
generation ruled the world-even after a four.
martini lunch. By Christopher Buckley
ARCHIVES 18
"Does she... or doesn't she?" An ode ta the golden age of advertising. By George Lois
RELIGION 21
Cardinal Dolan is not satisfied with the abama compromise on contraception. America's pope girds for baffle. By PeterJ.Bayer
TELEVISION 26
NEwswEEKsecretary turned Washington corre- spondent says that on sexlsm and smoking, "Mad Men" gels it right. By Eleanor Cliff
POLITICS 34
Gap moderates are on the verge of extinction- why Mitt isn't his father. By David Frum
AVIATION 38
Fear of flying: America's most popular aircraft isn't aging weil. By Clive Irving
ADVERTISING 44
The Web has thrown advertising into chaos.
How the digital Don Drapers are making it work.
By Nick Summers
PERSPECTIVE 60
WalterCronkite:Themosttrusted manin America.
By DouglasBrinkley
THE ARTS
ART. . . 50 Abrand called Damien Hirst. By Blake Gopnik
UNMENTIONABLES 54
Where have ail the cane bras gone' By Robin Givhan
BOOKS 55
The New York Times bestseller list-then and now. By Malcolm Jones and Lucas Wittmann
THEATER 57
"The Columnist"-a poignant tale of a powerful journalist long forgotten. By John Lithgow
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Letters 4
Editor'sLetter 6
Periscope 7
Newsmakers/Transition . . . 20
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The EndlessPrimary 1 -
This week, the likely GOPwinner will be-nobody! On Mareh 20 Re- publieansvote in Illinois,Iw~~~e polis hav~ given.Mitt Romney a'eon:fy lead. On March 24 Ifs LolJjsi'âffa""',Rrc~3ant0rum"'Just",w0n",tw,0~Q.manes in the South. Newt Gingrichis sticking in the race, hopingthe moon base caucuses within the month. And RonPaul is keeping his fingers crossed for his first victory.
Woman With Bow and Arrow Batman and Gandalf will bath return to screens in 2012, but not before a new heroine joins their ranks on March 23. ln "The Hunger Games," based on the post- apocalyptic YA novels, Jenni- fer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old girl
Munay Clm kidnapped and forced to fight
Jennifer Lawrenceother teenagers to the death in a televised competition. A studio executive told The Wall Street Journal that an opening weekend of$100 millionis a given.
Obama's Day inCourt
On March 26, ninevoters will determinethe course of the nation. The Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on the constitutional- ity of the Affordable Cafe Act, the legislativetouehstone of the Obama presidency-particularly whether the government can force its eitizens to buy health cafe. A law professor told Politico, "This case could define federalism for the next 100 years." Obama needs to sway at least one conservativejustice to keep the law intact.
Holy Father, Don't Mind the Protesters
Pope Benedict touches down in Cuba to visit President Raul Castro on March 26, but his audience is already restless. Last week, protest- ers occupied a church in Havanato
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demand the pope serve as a nego- tiator between them and the govern- ment. A Vatican spokesman huffed,"Nobody has the right to turn tem- ples into political trenches."
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Pope Benedict XVI
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