COVER

Education: Inside The New SAT (Cover Story / Education)

America's college gatekeeper is changing dramatically. Get ready for advanced algebra, an essay--and, yes, the return of grammar. An exclusive look at the new exam--and how it may hurt some students'

NATION

Ready, Set, Relax!

Fed up with the fast track, people are banding together to find ways to slow things down

WORLD

Danger Around Every Corner

Enemy attacks in Iraq are growing more sophisticated and better organized. Here's why that is happening and what U.S. troops are doing to fight the persistent threat

SCIENCE

Robo-Monkey's Reward

When animals can control a mechanical arm just by thinking, could human paraplegics be far behind?

A Tough Ethical Call

Chinese doctors impregnate a woman using a technique U.S. scientists deemed too hot to handle

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Boo, Humbug! (Essay)

Call me a Scrooge, but why can't adults leave Halloween to the kids?

BUSINESS

What Lies Beneath (Time Bonus Section November 2003: Global Business / World Briefing)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Media: The Beeb Cashes In (Time Bonus Section November 2003: Global Business / Media)

The BBC is invading American TV and bringing big bucks to Britain. So why is it under so much fire?

Mining: Not Golden (Time Bonus Section November 2003: Global Business / Mining)

In Peru, locals are resisting foreign-owned mining companies, even at the price of continuing poverty

Commerce: Trade Maker (Time Bonus Section November 2003: Global Business / Commerce)

Cardboard production grows at a faster rate than the world's GDP

Investing: They're Back! (Time Bonus Section November 2003: Global Business / Investing)

In the '90s, IPOs dazzled, fizzled and died. Now some good firms with real prospects are lining up

The Global Life: Smoke Signals (Time Bonus Section November 2003: Global Business / The Global Life)

Some European countries are adopting American-style bans on smoking in bars

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Asia's Looted Treasures: Stealing Beauty (Asia's Looted Treasures)

Ruthless art thieves are rapidly stripping Asia's cultural sites of precious artifacts and selling them to smugglers and dealers who hawk them in the West. A TIME Special Report.

Music: Different Strokes? (Music)

Nope. The new CD from rock's reigning bohos sticks to the stuff they do best. But that's a good thing

YOUR TIME

PEOPLE

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