CURRENT ISSUE
February 2007
Features
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Death in Happy Valley
A son of the colonial aristocracy goes on trial for killing a poacher in Kenya, where an exploding human population is heightening tensions
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Harvesting Tourists
In this Q & A, Richard Conniff, author of "Death in Happy Valley," argues that tourism, not cattle-ranching, would be a better use of Kenyan land
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The Pardon
President Gerald R. Ford's priority was to unite a divided nation. The decision that defined his term proved how difficult that would be
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The Vanishing
Little noticed by the outside world, perhaps the most dramatic decline of a wild animal in history has been taking place in India and Pakistan
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Faces of War
Amid the horrors of World War I, a corps of artists brought hope to soldiers disfigured in the trenches
Rivaling Nature
The war in Iraq has increased demand for limb and facial plastic surgeons
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Ahead in the Clouds
Susan Solomon helped patch the ozone hole. Now, as a leader of a major United Nations report—out this month—she's going after global warming
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Incurably Romantic
For much of the 20th century, Britain's Pre-Raphaelite were dismissed as overly sentimental. A new exhibition shows why they're back in favor
Departments
Fallen Giant
"A whole lifetime was over," legendary quarterback Y.A. Tittle recalls
Boys' Life
In 1950s Des Moines, childhood was "unsupervised, unregulated and robustly physical"
Sea Island Strata
At a former Georgia plantation, archaeologists delve into both the workaday and spiritual lives of slaves
Famous Once Again
Longfellow reaches his bicentennial; here's why his poems became perennial
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
Flying mammals, Galápagos iguanas and sidewalk songbirds
Out of Africa
This month a special collection representing most of Africa's major artistic traditions goes spectacularly on view