COVER
Health: Why So Many Of Us Are Getting Diabetes (Cover Story / Health)
Never have doctors known so much about how to prevent or control this disease, yet the epidemic keeps on raging. How you can protect yourself
Health: Diabetes Lifestyle: A Star's Smart Cookbook (Cover Story / Health)
Health: The Other Diabetes: A Body Making War on Itself (Cover Story / Health)
Health: Diabetes: What You Can Do (Cover Story / Health)
Left untreated, Type 2 diabetes can damage the heart, kidneys and eyes. You can minimize your risk by taking a few simple steps to keep your blood sugar within bounds:
Health: The Body's Sugar Factory (Cover Story / Health)
The body regulates the amount of glucose in the blood like a finely tuned machine. Here's how the process works--and what can go wrong
NATION
Can We Afford All This?
The $400 billion MEDICARE benefit is the latest in a string of pricey outlays--and Congress's spending spree is not over. Does it matter, and does anybody care?
Six Questions About The New Medicare Bill
Inside The Wire
Security breaches. Suicidal detainees. A legal challenge heading to the Supreme Court. Welcome to Guantanamo
On the Base: Fear of Spying
ENEMIES WITHIN?
WORLD
Losing Hearts And Minds
Unmoved by Bush's visit, Iraqis blame the U.S. for civilian deaths, missing detainees and razed homes
The Politics Of War
Whisked in secret to Iraq, Bush serves holiday dinner to the troops--boosting G.I. morale and showing he can still pull off a killer photo-op
BRIEFING
Al-Qaeda's Tracks? (Notebook)
Verbatim: Dec. 8, 2003 (Notebook)
The Greening Of San Francisco (Notebook)
Reforming Medicare, The Gingrich Way (Notebook)
Cuddle Up With These (Notebook)
Influenza Fears: An Early Warning From Colorado (Notebook)
Numbers: Dec. 8, 2003 (Notebook)
Milestones Dec. 8, 2003 (Notebook / Milestones)
Milestones: 24 Years Ago In TIME (Notebook / Milestones)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Table of Contents: Dec. 8, 2003 (Table Of Contents)
Why Bush Stays Away (Essay)
During wartime, a President cannot take on the role of Mourner in Chief
BUSINESS
Will Wal-Mart Steal Christmas?
As the retail king slashes prices on toys, its rivals are dreaming up new ways to compete
American Girl: Rise Of A Toy Classic (Dolls)
Entrepreneurs: Dashing Diversification (Time Bonus Section January 2004: Inside Business / Entrepreneurs)
Roc-A-Fella's Damon Dash conquered rap. Now, without partner Jay-Z, he wants to prove he's no one-note CEO
Say Hello to the Next Phone War (Time Bonus Section January 2004: Inside Business / Technology)
Voice-over-IP, a technology that lets phones act like PCs and vice versa, is about to take off
The Kazaa Boys Are at It Again (Time Bonus Section January 2004: Inside Business / Technology)
Knitpicking the Chinese (Time Bonus Section January 2004: Inside Business)
U.S. efforts to bash Beijing reveal a remarkable ignorance about economics
Television: ESPN's Hot Play Caller (Time Bonus Section January 2004: Inside Business / Television)
Mark Shapiro has a new a.m. show on his plate and the NFL on his back
Investing: Realty Rumble (Time Bonus Section January 2004: Inside Business / Investing)
Web brokers say the real estate industry is trying to lock them out, but customers keep knocking
Inside Table of Contents: Dec. 8, 2003 (Time Bonus Section January 2004: Inside Business / Inside Table of Contents)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Jack of Hearts (Movies)
IN HIS NEW FILM, THE KING OF CADS FALLS FOR AN OLDISH WOMAN. IT'S A FANTASY
Cinema Sex: Love Among the Ruins (Movies / Cinema Sex)
Found in Translation (Movies)
Tom Cruise leaves the American frontier for the exquisite ways of old Japan in The Last Samurai
Heaven on Earth (Television)
In the dazzling HBO mini-series Angels in America, the politics and crises of the '80s feel close to home
A Divine Entry Into Paradise (Television)
Alicia Keys: The Princess of Queens (Music)
Alicia Keys' first CD sent her into the stratosphere. But for her second, she refuses to put on any airs
Cruel Yule (Movies)
St. Nick is nefarious in a very unjolly Bad Santa
YOUR TIME
Money: Teen Travels (Money)
Money: The Real Fund Rip-Off (Money)
Mutual-fund scandals grab headlines, but the bigger bite is heavy-duty fees
Money: Striking Back At Credit Thieves (Money)
Tech: Tomorrow's Kitchen (Tech)
One family test-drives a cutting-edge room full of really smart appliances
Tech: 3-D On Your Laptop (Tech)
Tech: How Dell's Answer To The iPod Stacks Up (Tech)
Health: Practice, Practice (Health)
Experienced surgeons do a better job. Check on yours before your operation
Health: Smoking Hits Women Harder (Health)
Health: A Big Boost For The Littlest Babies (Health)
Health: An Almond Surprise (Health)
SPECIAL SECTION
It Flies! (History)
100 years ago this month, the Wright brothers got the aerial age off the ground. Here's how: