In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 158 No. 24
Read the Cover StoryCOVER
About Face
(Lifting The Veil) AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW WOMEN FARED UNDER TALIBAN OPPRESSION AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THEM NOW
Kabul: The Activist: Stirrings of a Woman's Movement (Lifting The Veil)
Kandahar: The Movie: A Gorgeous Journey Through Hell (Lifting The Veil)
NATION
Homeland Security: Soldier On The Beat
(Homeland Security) Our domestic safety used to be up to cops. Now the Pentagon wants to step in
Homeland Security: The Roundup: Why Hide The Numbers? (Homeland Security)
War Powers: Is Bush Making History?
WAR & TERRORISM
Shell Game
(The War)
As the U.S. hunts bin Laden, the Afghans take turns surrendering, switching sides and killing one another
Mazar-i-Sharif: Hunger And Despair In The Camps (The War / Mazar-i-Sharif)
RELIGION
Islam: The Women Of Islam
(Islam) The Taliban perfected subjugation. But nowhere in the Muslim world are women treated as equals
Islam: In the U.S.: Freer, But Not Friedan (Islam)
NOTEBOOK
30-Second Briefing
Milestones: 59 Years Ago in TIME (Milestones)
Notebook: Dec. 3, 2001
The First Three Indictments
The Art Of The Backstab
Christmas Present
Milestones Dec. 3, 2001 (Milestones)
More Anthrax, More Mystery (Follow-up)
Arafat Frozen Out? Yes and No
ID'ing a Corpse? Call In the DNA
Jeff Zucker (Q&A)
For The Record Dec. 3, 2001 (For The Record)
Spy Watch: Al-Qaeda's Paper Trail (Spy Watch)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Don't Make A Martyr Of Him
(Essay)
Bin Laden's appeal will be reduced if we listen to the voices of the poor
BUSINESS
Is This Any Way To Run A Railroad?
It's Judgment Day for Amtrak: the ailing system needs to speed up--or be shut down for good
Buying Into A Recovery
A burst of mergers is the latest of many sudden signals that a recovery may be around the corner
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Cinema: Lone Star Rising
(The Arts / Cinema)
Who's the guy with the nose? Owen Wilson--hot screenwriter, gifted comic and now, action hero
Cinema: A Solid Victory On The Action Front (The Arts / Cinema)
WILSON'S LATEST MOVIE VENTURE
Cinema: The Appeal Of Her Zeal (The Arts / Cinema)
Marisa Tomei finds redemption in an exquisite film
Theater: Gods in the Wading Pool (The Arts / Theater)
Mary Zimmerman draws from the myths of Ovid to create entrancing theater--and an unlikely hit
Television: The Second Life Of Brian (The Arts / Television)
ABC's original male weepie was a lachrymose landmark. If at first you succeed, cry, cry again
Music: M!ssundaztood (The Arts / Short Takes)
Pink
Books: The Complete Lyrics Of Irving Berlin (The Arts / Short Takes)
Edited by Robert Kimball and Linda Emmet
Cinema: Spy Game (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Tony Scott
Theater: Flower Drum Song (The Arts / Short Takes)
Rodgers & Hammerstein
YOUR TIME
Older, Wiser And More Anxious
(Personal Time / Your Family)
Stress over world events is affecting the elderly. So have you e-mailed your grandmother today?
Don't Bet It All On Your Employer (Personal Time / Your Money)
The plunge of Enron stock serves as a warning that workers should not invest too much in their company
A Smarter Slice Of Toast (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Toasters now come with computer chips and pie charts. If they're so clever, why is breakfast such a chore?
In Brief: Dec. 3, 2001 (Personal Time / Your Family)
In Brief: Dec. 3, 2001 (Personal Time / Your Technology)
SPECIAL SECTION
Close to Home
(Time Bonus Section / Generations)
Choosing to remain near familiar pleasures, more and more retirees decide against moving to traditional warm-weather havens
Careers: A Choice Contract (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
Retirees find that for-hire work offers the best of both worlds
Turning Points: Finally Real (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
The feminist recalls how the fragments of her life snapped together to make a whole
PEOPLE
People: Dec. 3, 2001
TO OUR READERS
TIME.com This Week NOV. 26-DEC. 2
(On Our Website)
NOV. 26-DEC. 2
LETTERS
Letters: Dec. 3, 2001

Photos: Hamas Recruitment Day
Going Bald for the Box Office
A Brief History of First Ladies and Their Causes
Patti Smith and Mapplethorpe: Bohemian Rhapsody
How They Train: Speed Skater Apolo Ohno
Asian Carp in the Great Lakes? This Means War!
Gift Giving on Facebook Gets Real
The Boy Scouts of America Turns 100
Robert Gates in Afghanistan
10 Questions for Grammy Winner Maxwell