COVER
About Face (Lifting The Veil)
AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW WOMEN FARED UNDER TALIBAN OPPRESSION AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THEM NOW
Kabul: The Activist: Stirrings of a Woman's Movement (Lifting The Veil)
Kandahar: The Movie: A Gorgeous Journey Through Hell (Lifting The Veil)
NATION
Homeland Security: Soldier On The Beat (Homeland Security)
Our domestic safety used to be up to cops. Now the Pentagon wants to step in
Homeland Security: The Roundup: Why Hide The Numbers? (Homeland Security)
War Powers: Is Bush Making History?
WAR & TERRORISM
Shell Game (The War)
As the U.S. hunts bin Laden, the Afghans take turns surrendering, switching sides and killing one another
Mazar-i-Sharif: Hunger And Despair In The Camps (The War / Mazar-i-Sharif)
RELIGION
Islam: The Women Of Islam (Islam)
The Taliban perfected subjugation. But nowhere in the Muslim world are women treated as equals
Islam: In the U.S.: Freer, But Not Friedan (Islam)
BRIEFING
30-Second Briefing (Notebook)
Milestones: 59 Years Ago in TIME (Notebook / Milestones)
Notebook: Dec. 3, 2001 (Notebook)
The First Three Indictments (Notebook)
The Art Of The Backstab (Notebook)
Christmas Present (Notebook)
Milestones Dec. 3, 2001 (Notebook / Milestones)
More Anthrax, More Mystery (Notebook / Follow-up)
Arafat Frozen Out? Yes and No (Notebook)
ID'ing a Corpse? Call In the DNA (Notebook)
Jeff Zucker (Notebook / Q&A)
For The Record Dec. 3, 2001 (Notebook / For The Record)
Spy Watch: Al-Qaeda's Paper Trail (Notebook / Spy Watch)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Don't Make A Martyr Of Him (Essay)
Bin Laden's appeal will be reduced if we listen to the voices of the poor
BUSINESS
Is This Any Way To Run A Railroad?
It's Judgment Day for Amtrak: the ailing system needs to speed up--or be shut down for good
Buying Into A Recovery
A burst of mergers is the latest of many sudden signals that a recovery may be around the corner
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Cinema: Lone Star Rising (The Arts / Cinema)
Who's the guy with the nose? Owen Wilson--hot screenwriter, gifted comic and now, action hero
Cinema: A Solid Victory On The Action Front (The Arts / Cinema)
WILSON'S LATEST MOVIE VENTURE
Cinema: The Appeal Of Her Zeal (The Arts / Cinema)
Marisa Tomei finds redemption in an exquisite film
Theater: Gods in the Wading Pool (The Arts / Theater)
Mary Zimmerman draws from the myths of Ovid to create entrancing theater--and an unlikely hit
Television: The Second Life Of Brian (The Arts / Television)
ABC's original male weepie was a lachrymose landmark. If at first you succeed, cry, cry again
Music: M!ssundaztood (The Arts / Short Takes)
Pink
Books: The Complete Lyrics Of Irving Berlin (The Arts / Short Takes)
Edited by Robert Kimball and Linda Emmet
Cinema: Spy Game (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Tony Scott
Theater: Flower Drum Song (The Arts / Short Takes)
Rodgers & Hammerstein
YOUR TIME
Older, Wiser And More Anxious (Personal Time / Your Family)
Stress over world events is affecting the elderly. So have you e-mailed your grandmother today?
Don't Bet It All On Your Employer (Personal Time / Your Money)
The plunge of Enron stock serves as a warning that workers should not invest too much in their company
A Smarter Slice Of Toast (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Toasters now come with computer chips and pie charts. If they're so clever, why is breakfast such a chore?
In Brief: Dec. 3, 2001 (Personal Time / Your Family)
In Brief: Dec. 3, 2001 (Personal Time / Your Technology)
SPECIAL SECTION
Close to Home (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
Choosing to remain near familiar pleasures, more and more retirees decide against moving to traditional warm-weather havens
Careers: A Choice Contract (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
Retirees find that for-hire work offers the best of both worlds
Turning Points: Finally Real (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
The feminist recalls how the fragments of her life snapped together to make a whole
PEOPLE
People: Dec. 3, 2001
TO OUR READERS
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