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China's New Plan: A Great Leap Into The Air()  

Cover detail: China Airborne

May 19, 2012 China's newest five-year plan aims to make the country an aerospace powerhouse — and indirectly, a more modern, prosperous, sophisticated industrial nation. The plan would help Chinese companies expand outside national borders and grab a chunk of the aerospace market — but will it succeed?

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The Movie Dustin Lance Black's 'Seen A Million Times'()  

Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in Rob Reiner's 1989 film When Harry Met Sally.

May 19, 2012 The director of Milk and the new film Virginia says he can't get enough of Rob Reiner's rom-com When Harry Met Sally. It speaks to "such basic truths about matchmaking and love," Black says, "that I think it's withstood the test of time."

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John Mayer: Restoring An Image, And An Instrument()  

John Mayer's new album, his first since a 2010 controversy that sent him retreating from the spotlight, is called Born and Raised.

May 19, 2012 Two years after a media controversy that sent him retreating from the spotlight, Mayer has a new album and is beginning to resurface. But a new obstacle has arisen in the meantime — a health condition that may keep him from performing for months to come.

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