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America's man in Damascus;
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18 The Women's Revolution Stm fighting for their rights in Egypt.
By Ursula Lindsey 24 Can Mitt Make the Sale?
He's flying high after tying Perry in knots. But Romney just can't connect.
By Andrew Romano 30 1 Committed Murder Michael Daly: The Executioner's Burden
Allen Ault: Ordering Death in Georgia Scott Turow: The Death of the
Death Penalty 36 La Bellissima
How Anna Netrebko went from toilet cleaner to opera diva to die for.
By Peter Pomerantsev 40 'It Just Takes One Madman' Pedro Almodovar gays his film about a gorgeous Frankenstein isn't farfetched.
By Lawrence Osborne 44 The Sixth Beatle Rock and rollliberated George Harrison-and Martin Scorsese too.
By Paul1heroux
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Jeffrey Eugenides's new navel; a French manifesto;
Irshad Manji's latest quest.
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