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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Year In Culture: Has the Mainstream Run Dry? (The Year In Culture)

In 2003 TV's ratings went on the blink. Music buyers went missing. Pop-culture audiences divided young from old, red state from blue state. What does mass culture without the masses look like?

YOUR TIME

SPECIAL SECTION

Secretary Of War Donald Rumsfeld (Person Of The Year / Warrior In Chief)

DONALD RUMSFELD COMES ALIVE IN BATTLE, WHICH MADE HIM A BRILLIANT ARCHITECT OF THE IRAQ WAR. BUT IS THE SHARP- ELBOWED FIGHTER READY FOR THE PEACE?

Forum: Should The Draft Be Reinstated? (Person Of The Year / Warrior In Chief)

With U.S. forces stretched thin and many reservists on full-time duty, some urge a draft for reasons of fairness and practicality. Opponents say it's unnecessary and dangerous

Photo Essay: A Soldier's Life (Person Of The Year / Photo Essay)

WHAT IT'S LIKE AT CLOSE RANGE WITH THE TROOPS WHO PATROL BAGHDAD'S MEANEST STREETS

Portrait Of A Platoon (Person Of The Year / One Platoon's Story)

HOW A DOZEN SOLDIERS--OVERWORKED, UNDER FIRE, NERVOUS, PROUD--CHASE INSURGENTS AND TRY TO STAY ALIVE IN ONE OF BAGHDAD'S NASTIEST DISTRICTS

MILESTONES

PEOPLE

People Who Mattered 2003 (People Who Mattered)

Take a Prime Minister, a dictator, a comedian, a judge, a basketball player and two Governors (one current, one former), and what do you have? Just a few of the personalities who made a difference thi

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