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Highlights from the February Issue

COVER STORY/Politics
Mayor in the Middle:
the realities of governing L.A.
    Plus: a Q&A with the author

Health
HIV Apathy: the push for testing
    Plus: extended interviews with experts

Management
Paying for Promises: dealing with retirees' health care

Technology
An Indelicate Balance: private partners and IT

COLUMNS
· Assessments: Alan Ehrenhalt on the humility of our first president
· Tech Talk: Ellen Perlman on a tool for mashing maps
· Potomac Chronicle: Donald F. Kettl on the military's new domestic function
· Transportation: Alex Marshall on better inter-city rail service
· Economic Development: William Fulton on the "big stuckiness"
· Environment: Tom Arrandale on carbon taxes and greenhouse gases