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FEATURES

COVER STORY

Is There No Escape?
To get consumers' attention, advertisers are using every available space.

INTERNATIONAL

Desperate Letters
Newly discovered letters written by Anne Frank's father chronicle his anguished attempts to get his family into the U.S.

Turkey at a Crossroads
Will Turkey turn East, toward its Muslim roots, or West, toward Europe?

NATIONAL

The War Powers Debate
The battle between President Bush and Congress over the Iraq war is the latest in a history of disputes over wartime powers.

SOCIETY

Illegal Immigrant for a Day
At a park in Mexico, tourists experience an illegal border crossing into the U.S.

TIMES PAST

1947: Jackie Robinson
Before the civil rights movement took center stage, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major-league baseball.

DEPARTMENTS

NEWS & TRENDS
Lottery winners and losers, tiny hotels, surfing goes upscale, and more

DEBATE
Should schools do random drug testing?

OPINION
Excerpts from New York Times columnists

CARTOONS
Some lighter looks at what's in the news