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Table of Contents: December 3, 2001
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Edition: U.S.
Vol. 158 No. 24
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COVER
About Face (Lifting The Veil)
AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW WOMEN FARED UNDER TALIBAN OPPRESSION AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THEM NOW

Stirrings of a Woman's Movement (Lifting The Veil)

A Gorgeous Journey Through Hell (Lifting The Veil)


NATION
Soldier On The Beat (Homeland Security)
Our domestic safety used to be up to cops. Now the Pentagon wants to step in

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

Hunger And Despair In The Camps (The War / Mazar-i-Sharif)


RELIGION
The Women Of Islam (Islam)
The Taliban perfected subjugation. But nowhere in the Muslim world are women treated as equals

Freer, But Not Friedan (Islam)


NOTEBOOK
30-Second Briefing

59 Years Ago in TIME (Milestones)

Notebook

The First Three Indictments

The Art Of The Backstab

Christmas Present

Milestones (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 (For The Record)

Al-Qaeda's Paper Trail (Spy Watch)


ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Don't Make A Martyr Of Him
Bin Laden's appeal will be reduced if we listen to the voices of the poor

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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
Lone Star Rising (The Arts / Cinema)
Who's the guy with the nose? Owen Wilson--hot screenwriter, gifted comic and now, action hero

A Solid Victory On The Action Front (The Arts / Cinema)
WILSON'S LATEST MOVIE VENTURE

The Appeal Of Her Zeal (The Arts / Cinema)
Marisa Tomei finds redemption in an exquisite film

Gods in the Wading Pool (The Arts / Theater)
Mary Zimmerman draws from the myths of Ovid to create entrancing theater--and an unlikely hit

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

M!ssundaztood (The Arts / Short Takes)
Pink

The Complete Lyrics Of Irving Berlin (The Arts / Short Takes)
Edited by Robert Kimball and Linda Emmet

Spy Game (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Tony Scott

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 (Personal Time / Your Family)

In Brief (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

A Choice Contract (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
Retirees find that for-hire work offers the best of both worlds

Finally Real (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
The feminist recalls how the fragments of her life snapped together to make a whole


PEOPLE
People


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NOV. 26-DEC. 2


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