NATION
Election 2002: So Much For The Mystique (Election 2002)
Does Might Make It Right?
With his aggressive military doctrine, Bush is asking for too much trust
Brother, Where Art Thou?
Former NBA center Bison Dele sailed to the end of the earth to start a new life. It wasn't far enough
WORLD
Accounted For, At Last
North Korea admits it abducted Japanese citizens to help train its spies and says some are still alive
Letter From Yemen: An Unruly Backwater Tries Going Straight (Letter From Yemen)
Disturbed by links to terror, Yemen flirts with order
Arafat's Last Stand?
As the walls crumble around Palestine's old soldier, his friends grow fewer and fewer
Inspections (Iraq / Weapons Inspections)
CAN THEY WORK THIS TIME? Bush hoped his call for arms monitors would give the U.S. cover for a war. Here's how Saddam will try to use them to avoid one
Weapons In A Haystack (Iraq / Weapons Inspections)
Finding Iraq's illegal arms will be immensely difficult. U.N. inspectors will have to probe 750 known sites for chemical, biological and nuclear weapons and missiles and uncover uncounted new ones
SCIENCE
Not in My Back Bay
Everybody likes the idea of windmills, but nobody wants to live near them--not even in Massachusetts
Fighting Cancer From Within
Did The Earth Have A Ring?
Hit The O-Spot For Out-Of-Body
PRESS
Bob Greene Gets Spiked
The strange fall of a veteran columnist whose private life could not live up to his public voice
RELIGION
The Legacy of Abraham
He is beloved by Jews, Christians and Muslims. Can this bond stop them from hating one another?
BRIEFING
Milestones: Four Years Ago In Time (Notebook / Milestones)
Storm Watch (Notebook)
Doubts About Buffalo (Notebook)
Economist Layoffs (Notebook)
Political Reality: Can TV Make a President? (Notebook)
Milestones Sep. 30, 2002 (Notebook / MILESTONES)
Failures of Intelligence (Notebook)
Cow x 2 (Notebook)
Bush's Furor Over Der Fuhrer (Notebook)
Hussein's To Blame--Again (Notebook)
Verbatim: Sep. 30, 2002 (Notebook)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Miracle-Diet Ads Lie? Well, Duh! (Essay)
Did we really need a two-year federal study to warn us about that?
TIME.com This Week SEP. 23-29 (Time.com)
BUSINESS
Can McDonald's Shape Up?
The fast-food king thinks better service, nicer decor and bigger bargains will get business cooking again
WHAT'S NEXT: Tastier, Plusher--and Fast
WHAT'S NEXT
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
FASHION: BOY IN VOGUE (FASHION)
Zac Posen is fashion's newest fling. Will he survive his success?
MOVIES: Where Is the Love? (The Arts / MOVIES)
Hollywood's passion for romantic comedies is on the wane. Here's why the genre has been jilted
TELEVISION: Polishing Up the Badge (TELEVISION)
This fall oodles of police dramas give a tried, true but tired genre a mostly superficial make-over
Movies: High Spirits (Movies)
Japan offers the year's most enthralling cartoon feature
THEATER: Full-Monty Fever (The Arts / THEATER)
Female nudity? Ho-hum. Now it's the guys who are baring it all in an effort to shock stage audiences
BOOKS: A Frenzy of Renown (The Arts / BOOKS)
In Zadie Smith's new novel, fame substitutes for religion--and witty concepts for emotional heft
Books: A Prince of a Pitcher (Books)
A new biography of Sandy Koufax suggests the Dodger great was stellar on and off the mound
Beck Gets (Kind Of) Blue (Music)
With a revealing new album of mournful ballads, the fusion king reveals a whole different side
YOUR TIME
COUPLES THERAPY: Marriage Can Be Catching (Personal Time / COUPLES THERAPY)
What Breed of Dog Are You? (Personal Time / YOUR TECHNOLOGY)
Personality tests are booming online. Some are deadly serious; the rest are good for laughs
What to Do About Listeria (Personal Time / YOUR HEALTH)
A mysterious outbreak of food poisoning has killed at least a dozen, but there's no need to panic
CELL PHONES: Adding On (Personal Time / CELL PHONES)
IN SEASON: GIVE IT A FIG (Personal Time / IN SEASON)
Government Run but Still Fun (Personal Time / TRAVEL FOR THE REST OF US)
SPECIAL SECTION
Travel: Big Easy Bonanza (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
From kitschy to upscale, antiques are in abundance in New Orleans
Is 60 Too Old? (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
It is for airline pilots, says the FAA. But some pilots are challenging the agency's retirement rule
Turning Points: Home Free (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
The playwright tells how fleeing his family was the best thing he ever did