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TIME EUROPE
January 15, 2001 VOL. 157 NO. 2


Cover C O V E R  S T O R Y

Special Report: The Future of Medicine
With the mapping of the human genome the process by which new drugs are developed is being turned upside down. Trial and error is yielding to drugs by design. Scientists can build molecules that home in on their targets like smart missiles. Here's how these drugs could change our lives

Brave New Pharmacy
Using high-speed robots and the secrets of the human genome, scientists are changing forever the way they discover new medicine

The Hunt for Cures
Genetic information could lead to treatments for everything from AIDS to obesity


EUROPE
Prague Winter
When Jiri Hodac was named director of state television, Czech journalists saw a return to government meddling in the media

See Vous in Court
France is the latest nation to join the litigation game

Going up in Smoke
Switzerland, land of luxury watches and bank secrecy, has a new growth industry: marijuana

UNITED STATES
The True Blue Bush Cabinet
Its ethnic and gender balance is correct, but can a divided nation deal with the superconservative bent?

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BUSINESS
Transparency has its Price
Executives at many German companies are finding it hard to adjust to the more rigorous financial disclosure required by global investors

On Spreading the Word
When it comes to selling merchandise, word-of-mouth marketing may be a company's best weapon

Essay: Meat Matters
Critics of industrialized farming may be forgetting about world hunger, writes TIME's Rod Usher

THE ARTS
Rebel with a Cause
The real-lifestory of an anti-Mafia activist in Sicily makes for a handsome film with a political message

The Upmarketeer's Tale
Bernard Arnault built his house by selling at deluxe prices and in his book he's still giving nothing away

The Art of Noise
For Europe's freely improvised music, the only rule is no rule



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