December 12, 2005 | Vol. 166 No. 24

Spielberg Takes On Terror (Cover Story / A TIME Exclusive)

Munich adroitly blends high-pressure action and humanity in a historical story that's all about our times

MUNICH: THE INTERVIEW: His Prayer For Peace (Cover Story / MUNICH: THE INTERVIEW)

Archive Collection Murder at Munich A look back on the events of 1972
Poll Closed

The Myths and Reality of Munich (Cover Story / MUNICH: THE HISTORY)

After the slaughter of its Olympians, Israel vowed to hunt down the killers. But, says a new book, that's not whom it got

Alone in the Pews

More Mormons are marrying later. So can a single guy fit into a faith so focused on family?

Tax Reform: A Balk? (Notebook)

The President will likely postpone any major changes to the tax code

Talking Up Iraq at Home ... (Notebook)

The Administration markets its Iraq plan with a series of TV-friendly events

... While Tripping Up on Propaganda Abroad (Notebook)

American officials run into criticism over planted stories in Iraqi newspapers

A Surprise in Egypt (Notebook)

Democracy makes inroads in Egypt, but it doesn't have Washington's preferred results

Keeping Saddam Company (Notebook)

Who are Saddam's seven co-defendants?

Go Ahead--Reach Out and Gab to Someone (Notebook)

Skype's voice-over IP sparks a run of "voice pals"

Blogwatch: Dec. 12, 2005 ( Blogwatch)

Punchlines: Dec. 12, 2005 (Punchlines)

Verbatim: Dec. 12, 2005 (Notebook)

Numbers: Dec. 12, 2005 (Numbers)

Milestones Dec. 12, 2005 (Notebook)

The Republican Who Thinks Big on Health Care (Notebook / In The Arena)

Governor Mitt Romney's gamble for Massachusetts

29 Years Ago In TIME (Milestones)

Let There Be Nano (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

Conrad Burke

A Flash of the Future (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

TIME unveils the World Economic Forum's Tech Pioneers, who are changing our lives in amazing new ways

Jeffrey Trogolo: Hygiene's Silver Bullet (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

Jeffrey Trogolo

Automated Call Systems Hear You Now (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

More countries are using voice automated systems, where a person's voice is actually recognized

Walling Off Computer Viruses (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

Ken Xie

The Voice Of Internet Security (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

Daryoosh Vakhshoori: Name That Powder (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

Daryoosh Vakhshoori

Locking Up Your E-mail: A New Approach to Encryption (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

A Web Vet Gives Solar A New Shine (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

Bill Gross

George Polk: Producing Static for the Competition (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

Using wi-fi, George Polk is competing with some of the top cell-phone companies

Markus Brehler: Smart Sensors, No Batteries (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

Markus Brehler

E-Waste Meets Its Re-Maker (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

Michael Biddle

Your DNA Analysis Is Only a Spit Away (Time Bonus Section / Tech Pioneers)

A Canadian company develops an easy way to collect genetic information

A Stem-Cell Prospect for Ailing Hearts (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

Valentin Fulga dropped out of medicine twice to pursue more-challenging research, but now it looks as though his change of heart could result in saving the lives of thousands, perhaps millions, of cardiac patients

Adjusting the Picture for HDTV (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

Paul Russo

Using Fake Plants to Halt A Real Killer (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)

Jay Keasling

Is Your Phone the Next ATM? (Time Bonus Section January 2006: Global Business / Tech Pioneers)