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MAY 7,2012 1 3
4 LETTERS 6 PERISCOPE
1he forever child: America' s "special nee Bv Tina Brown
NEWSBEAST
7 NOTEBOOK
How to succeed in emerging markets without reallybribing. By Rob Cox
8 PERSaN OF INTEREST
Meet François Hollande, the candidate who has France's president on the run.
By Tracy McNicoll 9 INTERNATIONAL
Till death do us part. By Tunku Varadarajan 10 CONTROVERSY ByDenverNicks
HEALTH ByKentSepkowitz 12 POLITICS
What's Romney hiding in his record?
By Paul Begala 13 MY TU RN
Rebuilding lire in Liberia. By Leymah Gbowee 14 NEWS GALLERY
Murdoch smiles; France's Marine Le Pen.
FEATURES
18 Boris Johnson: Beyond London The maJor has big ambitions. That's what worries Tory leaders. By Greg Williams 22 America's Next Most Wanted A year after the Abbottabad raid, al Qaeda's mastermind is stillloose. Bin Laden's death has only made the hunt harder. By Sailli Yousafzai, Ron Moreau, and Daniel Klaidman 26 Listen, the V.S. is better, stronger, and faster than anywhere else in the world.
The American economy is back-in a big way.
By Daniel Gross 31 Liberian Lessons
ln the wake of Charles Taylor's war-crimes trial, the country negotiates an officiaI version ofits past. By Clair MacDougall and Emily Schmall
34 1 Have Nothing
Why no one could save Whitney Houston from herself. By Allison Samuels 38 When Love Is Not Enough The special-needs population is growing.
Government funding is shrinking. 'file coming crisis for millions of parents.
By Michelle Cattle
OMNiVORE
44 FASHION Prada gaes ta the Mèt.
48 ARTIFACTS The art ofintlation.
49 FILM Eat, pray,.die: Brits invade India.
50 BOOKS Ahistoryafthecarswelove.
56 THE CITY TimParksretlectsan Milan.
ON THE COVER
Illustration by Michae[ Koe[sch
