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TABLE
OF
Year in Review Features
CONTENTS
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Life on Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
The Supreme Court’s Group Hug . . . . . . . . . . 5 by Jeffrey Rosen, TIME
Animals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Geology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Libertarians: A (Not So) Lunatic Fringe. . . . . . 6 by Nathan