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For 85 years, TIME magazine has set the standard in American journalism. Now, to celebrate the magazine's 85th Anniversary celebration, we have collected many of the finest writings from TIME's archives in 85 Years of Great Writing. When the world's biggest and most moving events took place--World War II, the Moon landing, the death of Princess Diana, and many more--TIME magazine was there to tell the story with passion and clarity. This 560-page book features pieces by Barbara Ehrenreich, Henry Anatole Grunwald, Maureen Dowd, Walter Isaacson, Bono and many other famous writers, and will provide readers with a uniquely entertaining view of 85 years of TIME's history. List of authors include: James Agee Walter Isaacson John McPhee Henry Grunwald Roger Rosenblatt Pico Iyer Theodore H. White Elie Wiesel Hugh Sidey Nancy Gibbs T.S. Matthews Leon Jaroff Garrison Keillor Robert Sam Anson Lance Morrow John Jersey Strobe Talbott Otto Friedrich Stephen Hawking Richard Schickel Marshall Loeb Paul O'Neil Jay Cocks Michal Kinsley Richard Corliss Stefan Kanfer Calvin Trillin

[Introduction]
Agony, Poetry and Baking a Souffle	p. 11
[The National Experience]
Flight	p. 18
Drought, Dust, Disaster	p. 22
"A Soldier Died Today"	p. 24
Weighed in the Balance	p. 26
Laughing Matter	p. 36
"A Giant Leap for Mankind"	p. 40
The Unmaking of the President	p. 49
The Man in the Water	p. 62
"Home Is Where You Are Happy"	p. 65
In the Blazing Eye of the Inferno	p. 71
The Nightmare After Katrina	p. 74
[The Global Arena]
Prince Edward	p. 84
The Ghosts on the Roof	p. 88
End of Forever	p. 94
The Showdown	p. 102
Fangs a Lot	p. 111
The Temptations of Revenge	p. 113
City of Protest and Prayer	p. 116
Was He Normal? Human? Poor Humanity	p. 128
Defiance	p. 133
Freedom!	p. 137
History in a Handshake	p. 144
[War Zones]
Death of an American Illusion	p. 150
The Hills of Nicosia	p. 153
Those Who Fought	p. 156
Flight Through Kweichow	p. 177
The Bomb	p. 179
The Ugly War	p. 181
The General's Gamble	p. 187
Report from a Captured Correspondent	p. 195
"This Is It! Everybody Out!"	p. 201
Nothin's Worth Killing Someone	p. 205
If You Want to Humble an Empire	p. 212
Portrait of a Platoon	p. 222
[All Business]
Race of Three	p. 234
Women & Machines	p. 238
The Coffee Hour	p. 242
The Little King	p. 244
What Is the Point of Working?	p. 254
Panic Grips the Globe	p. 260
In Search of the Real Bill Gates	p. 269
[The Arts Scene]
He Is Kindly	p. 288
Ulysses Lands	p. 290
Masterpiece	p. 296
The Kid from Hoboken	p. 303
The Hero of the Code	p. 313
The Big Hustler	p. 321
The Backstreet Phantom of Rock	p. 332
The Show of Shows	p. 341
MAS*H, You Were a Smash	p. 351
Mainstreaming Allen Ginsberg	p. 357
A Great Balancing Act	p. 360
Hostage of His Own Genius	p. 362
[Frontiers of Science and Medicine]
Wizard of Menlo	p. 368
Intellectual Provocateur	p. 371
The Dymaxion American	p. 377
The Ultimate Operation	p. 387
Unraveling the Double Helix and the Secret of Life	p. 397
Fear in a Handful of Numbers	p. 405
Life in Overdrive	p. 409
Cosmic Close-Ups	p. 418
Virologist: Jonas Salk	p. 425
Yes, It Really Is Brain Surgery	p. 429
[The Social Fabric]
The Great Trial	p. 434
Midway Man	p. 438
The Last Traffic Jam	p. 444
Two Billion Clicks	p. 447
Toward a Hidden God	p. 452
Myth of the Motorcycle Hog	p. 461
In Pennsylvania: A Time on the River	p. 464
Football's Supercoach	p. 468
Deep Blue Funk	p. 476
Pride of the Pudgy	p. 480
Gasgate	p. 482
The Viagra Craze	p. 485
Left and Gone Away	p. 492
[Persons of the Year]
Man of the Year: Franklin D. Roosevelt	p. 498
Man of the Year: Adolf Hitler	p. 503
Through War & Peace	p. 509
Never Again Where He Was	p. 516
Driving Toward a New World Order	p. 527
The Computer Moves In	p. 540
A Brief History of Relativity	p. 553
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Time: 85 Years of Great Writing

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