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NATION

WORLD

Facing Reality (U.S. Dilemma: Bush Shifts Course)

George Bush gambled that overthrowing Saddam without the U.N.'s help and boxing out Arafat would pay big dividends. Now all bets are off as the Administration adjusts its strategy. HERE ARE THE NEW CA

TIME Forum: Jihad Central (U.S. Dilemma: Bush Shifts Course)

U.S. occupation of Iraq has made it a magnet for terrorism. Has this increased global terrorism or made it more easy to defeat?

Inside The War On Hamas (U.S. Dilemma: Going After Hamas)

How Israel's army tries to stop suicide bombers before they have a chance to strike

SCIENCE

SOCIETY

The Legacy Of Virgil Ware (TIME In Depth)

Forty years ago this month, four black girls died in the Birmingham church bombing. Another child was murdered that day. Here is his story

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

How to Go Legit

Pay for music online? It used to be square, but the crackdown on pirates is giving legal sites new life

Legal Download Sites: The Lowdown (Legal Download Sites)

These online stores all sell digital tunes, but their prices, offerings and access vary. You won't get arrested for shopping--but you may get a headache

Grasso In The Stocks

The Big Board chief keeps getting pilloried, but some of his directors may deserve to get slapped as well

The See-It-All Chip (Time Bonus Section October 2003: Global Business / Technology)

Radio-frequency identification--with track-everything-anywhere capability, all the time--is about to change your life

Aviation: Blue Sky For Cirrus (Time Bonus Section October 2003: Global Business / Aviation)

A Minnesota start-up gives lift to the small-plane industry with an easy-to-fly design

Investing: Buy Foreign! (Time Bonus Section October 2003: Global Business / Investing)

The U.S. is leading a global recovery that will spread to many overseas stocks

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Doing It Their Way (Music)

They may have vastly different styles, but each of these divas has produced an album that soars

The Farce Is Not with Them (Television)

NBC bets big on a Friends-like sex comedy. What more could you ask for? Try sexiness and comedy

Life In Exile (Books)

Jhumpa Lahiri's first novel fulfills her promise

YOUR TIME

This Moo's For You (Lifestyle)

Milk gets an extreme makeover with unusual and exotic new flavors

PEOPLE

LETTERS