COVER
The Year In Medicine From A To Z
From teen suicides to flu-shot shortages to the Vioxx recall, 2004 proved to be a very busy year
Blowing A Gasket
More than 65 million Americans suffer from high blood pressure, and that number is sure to rise. What you can do to control yours
NATION
SOCCER FANS: Out of Control In Europe
SOCCER FANS
Why Fans and Players and Playing So Rough
The worst brawl in NBA history highlights the combustible mix of rabid spectators and strutting athletes. Is the game itself losing out?
The Next Wave in Superhighways, or A Big, Fat Texas Boondoggle?
The fight is on over a plan to build vast corridors for cars, trucks, trains--and almost everything else
WORLD
Iraq: Melting into the City ( World)
Flushed out of Fallujah, Iraqi insurgents are adopting deadly new tactics in big urban areas
Ukraine's Rebellious Wonk
VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO
Mother Russia's Favorite Son
VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH
The Orange Revolution
Why Russia, the U.S. and Europe care so much about Ukraine's disputed presidential election
Iran: Still Defiant
Scott MacLeod and Nahid Siamdoust report from Tehran on how it views the nuclear standoff with the West
SOCIETY
Missionary of the Vine (Living)
In her PBS TV series, Karen MacNeil aims to teach Americans how to lose their inhibitions about wine
Massacre in the Woods
Why did a man open fire on a group of hunters? He says it was about race, but a survivor disagrees
BRIEFING
How To Spin A Catastrophe (Notebook)
Reality Bytes (Notebook)
Is Bush Serious About a New Spy System? (Notebook / In The Arena)
Verbatim: Dec. 6, 2004 (Notebook)
A Pork Festival (Notebook)
Arnold's Groupies (Notebook)
Milestones Dec. 6, 2004 (Notebook / Milestones)
Out of the Picture? (Notebook)
Numbers: Dec. 6, 2004 (Numbers)
22 Years Ago In Time (Milestones / Milestones)
Don't Call It A Comeback (Notebook)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Table of Contents: Dec. 6, 2004 (Table Of Contents)
BUSINESS
Biz Briefs: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Inflated Pay (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / Biz Briefs)
Services: The Car Wars Get Local (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / Services)
LOOKING FOR GROWTH, HERTZ REVS UP ITS OFF-AIRPORT BUSINESS AND MOVES IN ON ENTERPRISE'S TURF
Beyond Bourbon (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / A Half Day In...)
IN NEW ORLEANS, LIFE'S A PARTY. DON'T FORGET TO TAKE IN THE ART, THE FOOD AND THE BEST JAZZ ANYWHERE
CEO Speaks: Bubble Busting (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / CEO Speaks)
AS THE HEAD OF HOMEBUILDER TOLL BROS. TELLS IT, THE HOUSING MARKET IS NOT ABOUT TO SLOW DOWN
Inside Table of Contents: Dec. 6, 2004 (Inside Table of Contents / Inside Table of Contents)
Entertainment: Going Hollywood (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / Entertainment)
WITH CUTTING-EDGE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND LOWER-COST PROJECTION SYSTEMS, IMAX IS READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UP
Biz Briefs: Wal-Martainment (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / Biz Briefs)
Investing: The Feel-Good Funds (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / Investing)
INVESTORS ARE POURING INTO SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FUNDS. DO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING?
2004 Desperately Seeking Santa
Disappearing-Card Trick
Gift cards, one of the most popular holiday purchases, can lose value if not used quickly
Sport: The American Money Machine (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / Sport)
SURE, IT'S GOT FAT TV CONTRACTS. BUT THERE'S FAR MORE TO THE NFL'S SUCCESS THAN THE NATION'S PASSION FOR FOOTBALL
Change Agent: Farm Of the Future (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / Change Agent)
A HARVARD GRAD MORPHS HIS FAMILY'S 100-YEAR-OLD IOWA HOMESTEAD INTO A TECHNOLOGICAL MARVEL
Zapped! How the toy industry is being outplayed by video games this holiday season
How the toy industry is being outplayed by video games this holiday season
Sport: How to Score on The Small Screen (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / Sport)
HARD HITS, BLITZES AND TECHNICAL WIZARDRY MAKE FOOTBALL TV'S TOP SPORT
Biz Briefs: A Bid for a Bigger Blockbuster (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / Biz Briefs)
Biz Briefs: Anti-U.S. Backlash (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / Biz Briefs)
Biz Briefs: Web on the Run (Time Bonus Section January 2005: Inside Business / Biz Briefs)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Movies: The Wiz Of Show Biz (Movies)
George Clooney knows you think he's slick and pampered--and he'll make you like him for it
Theater: The Spy Who Left Us Cold (Theater)
Democracy recounts the story of Willy Brandt's betrayal by a top aide. Good history, bad drama
Books: Small Is Beautiful (Books)
Two new short-story collections are more full of literary pleasures than a shelf full of blockbusters
Poetry: The Way She Wanted It (Poetry)
A new edition of Sylvia Plath's Ariel finally gives us her version--before her husband edited it
Television: Clouseau's Last Mystery (Television)
An HBO biopic pursues the real Peter Sellers. But it doesn't quite make us want to find him
YOUR TIME
Action Hero (Living)
Tune Togs (Living)
New Prozac Blues (Health / Health)
Health: Body And Mind (Health)
Brain scans suggest a link between dementia and long-term obesity
Perfect Party Plans (Living)
A group of new cookbooks takes the peril out of hosting holiday events
Health: Extra Baggage (Health)
Money: A Smart Time To Hand Over The Keys (Money)
Money: It's Yours--For Free (Money)
A new law allows consumers to check their credit once a year without charge
Money: Fly Now, Pay Later (Money)
A Safer System For Prescribing A Dangerous Drug (Health / Health)
PEOPLE
In The Slow Lane
Education: Forging the Future: History with Flavor (Innovators / Education)
THE PAGE CHARMER
Putting the Act in Activism
Education: Forging the Future: A Guy Who Loves Going to the Principal's Office (Innovators / Education)
The Headahunter
Q&A Alan Alda
A Style That Doesn't Translate
10 Questions for Tom Brokaw (Interview)
Education: Forging the Future: Heads of the Class (Innovators / Education)
These pathfinders are bringing new energy to schools, one principal, textbook and parent-teacher meeting at a time
LETTERS
Letters: Dec. 6, 2004
ESSAY
The Battle Is Over, but the War Goes On
Those who think they won on moral values may be in for a surprise