Date
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Names or topics
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Caption
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January 14
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Benazir Bhutto
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No One Could Save Benazir Bhutto. Why We Need to Save Pakistan
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January 21
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Voters in voting booths
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New Hampshire Special: It's the Voters, Stupid
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January 28
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Comic book style illustration of couple kissing
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Annual Minds & Body Special Issue: The Science of Romance
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February 4
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John McCain
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The Phoenix: Can John McCain Keep Rising?
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February 11
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Group of young voters
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Why Young Voters Care Again
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February 18
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Hillary Clinton & Barack Obama
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Super Tuesday Special: The Battle For the Soul of the Democrats
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February 25
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Julie Court, 6th grade teacher at Queens Village, NY, Middle School
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How To Make Better Teachers
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March 3
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George Clooney
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The Last Movie Star: How George Clooney Plays the Game
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March 10
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Barack Obama
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How Much Does Experience Matter?
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March 17
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Hillary Clinton
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The Fighter: How she came back – and why it could be too late
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March 24
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The number 10 with the Earth in place of a zero
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10 Ideas That Are Changing the World
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March 31
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Dalai Lama VII
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The Dalai Lama's Journey
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April 7
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Ear of corn with dollar bills instead of husks
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The Clean Energy Myth
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April 14
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Benedict XVI and American landmarks
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Why the Pope Loves America
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April 21
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Ann Dunham & Barack Obama
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Raising Obama
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April 28
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Flag raising at Iwo Jima with tree in place of flag
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Special Environmental Issue: How to Win The War On Global Warming
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May 5
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Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton split in half
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There Can Only Be One
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May 12
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Collage of Time covers
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The Time 100
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May 19
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Barack Obama
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And the Winner* Is... (*Yes, we're pretty sure this time)
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May 26
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Skinny piggy bank
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Surviving the Lean Economy
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June 2
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Baby making face at vaccine
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The Truth About Vaccines
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June 9
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Fire alarm
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How to Survive a Disaster
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June 16
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Prozac pill in Army camouflage
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The Military's Secret Weapon
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June 23
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Obese child on skateboard
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Special Health Issue: Our Super-Sized Kids
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June 30
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United States-Mexico border wall
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The Great Wall of America
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July 7
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American flag pin
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The Real Meaning of Patriotism
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July 14
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Mark Twain
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Annual Making of America Issue: The Dangerous Mind of Mark Twain
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July 21
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Nelson Mandela
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Mandela at 90: The Secrets of Leadership
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July 28
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U.S. soldier in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan: The Right War
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August 4
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LeBron James
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Beijing '08 Summer Olympic Preview
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August 11
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Barack Obama & John McCain
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Special Report: Job #1 – The Economy
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August 18
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Rick Warren
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The Purpose Driven Pastor
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August 25
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Russian soldier on road to Tbilisi
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How to Stop a New Cold War
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September 1
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Barack Obama
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Special Issue: The Democrats
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September 8
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John McCain
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Special Issue: The Republicans
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September 15
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Sarah Palin
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The Education of Sarah Palin
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September 22
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Barack Obama & John McCain as construction workers
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Second Annual National Service Issue: 21 Ways to Fix Up America
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September 29
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Legs sticking out of hole
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How Wall Street Sold Out America
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October 5
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Tom Ford
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October 6
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Ballot with options of John McCain, Barack Obama, and None of the Above
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Who Can Rescue The Economy?
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October 13
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Soup line during Great Depression
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The New Hard Times
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October 20
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Barack Obama split into white half and colored half
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Campaign Special: Why the Economy is Trumping Race
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October 27
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Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, John McCain & Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Does Temperament Matter?
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November 2
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Sylvia Tamburo
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November 3
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Electronic voting machine
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7 Things That Could Go Wrong on Election Day
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November 10
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Barack Obama & John McCain
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Special Issue: The Choice
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November 17
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Barack Obama, Chicago, November 4, 2008
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Commemorative Issue: "Change has come to America"
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November 24
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Barack Obama as Franklin D. Roosevelt at his 1933 inauguration
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The New New Deal
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November 30
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The Luxury Index
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December 1
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Patient having throat examined with tongue depressor
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Annual Checkup: The Sorry State of American Health
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December 8
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Michelle Rhee
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How to Fix America's Schools
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December 15
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Wrenches tightening bolts in a rusty GM logo
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The Case for Saving Detroit
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December 22
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Collection of lists
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The List Issue
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December 29
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Barack Obama in style of Hope poster
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2008 Person of the Year
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