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Oscar's Greatest Snubs
A moment, please, for the outstanding cinematic performances the Academy didn't recognize: Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz'; Sidney Poitier in 'In the Heat of the Night,' and others. See our gallery of Oscar snubs.
Miraculous Organ Transplants
It's said that Indian doctors performed skin grafts as far back as 3000 BCE, but the first truly successful organ transplant--of corneas--didn't come until 1905. Today, doctors are able to do face transplants. But anti-rejection drugs can have horrible side effects. Read about the latest treatments and view our gallery of transplant history.
Race, Recession and the War on Terror
The most popular stories and photo galleries on Newsweek.com for the week ending Feb. 6
1. Photos: Recession-Proof Jobs
2. A Long-Lived Privilege?
Bush lawyer directs Rove not to talk to Congress-once again
3. You Can’t Friend Me, I Quit!
On Facebook's fifth anniversary, a not-so-fond farewell.
4. Problems in Paris, Texas
A brutal death has caused long-simmering racial tensions to flare anew.
5. Obama’s Vietnam
The analogy isn't exact. But the war in Afghanistan is starting to look disturbingly familiar.
By John Barry and Evan Thomas
6. The Baby Keeper
A Phoenix obstetrician uses controversial methods to help infertility patients and their babies survive high-risk multiple-birth pregnancies. But is he promising more than he can deliver?
7. Photos: The War on Terror's Toll on Afghanistan
8. Authentic Americana
Why Grandpa's clothes are suddenly chic.
9. A Cold Case Solved
In a tony Chicago suburb, a fatal encounter with heroin.
10. Photos: A History of Multiple Births
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A History of Transplants
It's said that Indian doctors performed skin grafts as far back as 3000 B.C., but the first truly successful organ transplant--of corneas--didn't come until 1905. Today, liver and heart transplants are nearly routine, and doctors have moved on to new challenges--the first successful face transplant occurred in 2005. We look back at some of the more amazing moments in the last hundred years of transplant history. Check out the photo gallery.
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Chic Grandpas and Scandalous Spies
These were the most popular articles and photo galleries on Newsweek.com for the week ending Feb. 6.
1. 'Photos: Recession-Proof Jobs'
Recession-proof jobs aren't a myth. You just have to know what and where they are.
2. 'You Can't Friend Me, I Quit!'
Steve Tuttle looks back on his relationship with Facebook and explains why he de-friended it.
3. 'Obama's Vietnam'
The analogy isn't exact, but Afghanistan is starting to closely mirror a disturbing past.
4. 'Photos: The Human Toll'
A Kabul native shows the human cost of the war on terror as it's waged in Afghanistan.
5. 'Authentic Americana'
Is Grandpa chic? Why designers of men's fashion are turning to his wardrobe for inspiration.
6. 'Photos: A History of Multiple Births'
From the triplets of yesteryear to the octuplets of today, 80 years of multiples madness.
7. 'Photos: Casting the Obama Movie'
NEWSWEEK and four Hollywood insiders make an early effort at casting the inevitable Obama movie.
8. 'Photos: Obama on Inauguration Day'
A gallery reveals the backstage moments leading up to the 44th president's historic address.
9. 'Sex and the Spy'
CIA's Algiers station chief causes embarrassment after a scandal involving drugs and rape.
10. 'Ducking the Balancing Act'
Obama's choices may be aiming for long-term benefits at the expense of the economy's present.
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