In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 115 No. 8
Read the Cover StoryNATION
Hostages Near Freedom
In New Hampshire, They're Off!
"Cynical, Self-Serving, False"
"He Wasn't in Touch"
An Unmistakable Footprint (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
Greetings...
Abscam (Contd.)
"Where Is My Country?"
Record Breakers (Americana)
Bank Deposit (Americana)
No Bull in the China Shop (Americana)
What Makes Jane Burn? (Americana)
WORLD
Moscow's Murky Morass
(AFGHANISTAN) Syria Tries a Shock Treatment (MIDDLE EAST)
War in a Barren Wasteland (SOMALIA)
Such a Difficult Ally (FRANCE)
The Potemkin Factory
SCIENCE
And Now It Is Pond Power
Fleeing the Whirlwind
HEALTH & MEDICINE
The Cow-Lung Concoction
(Medicine)
Capsules (Medicine / Capsules)
SOCIETY
Tale of 45 Cities
(Living / Tale of 45 Cities)
Odds & Trends (Living / Odds & Trends)
PRESS
Numbers Game
The Well-Balanced Fight Card (Newswatch)
RELIGION
Swords and P.L.O.-shares
(Swords and P.L.O.-shares) Tidings (Tidings)
SPORT
Only the Lake Was Placid
(Olympics)
Finished Before They Began (Olympics)
Bring Your Own Balloon (Olympics)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A Letter from the Publisher
BUSINESS
The Hesitant Recession
(Economy & Business)
Infatuation with Controls (Economy & Business)
How Much Did Bill Miller Know? (Economy & Business)
Amoco Pays Up (Economy & Business)
Grain Waves (Economy & Business)
Hutch Trouble (Economy & Business)
A Guide to Taking Charge (Economy & Business / Executive View/Marshall Loeb)
Solid Gold Tub (Economy & Business)
LAW
Questioning the Bar Exams
Legal Lucre: $37,000 Beginners
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Pinkies on the Wing
(Music)
The Sound and the Fury (Cinema)
Grossed Out (Cinema)
Cross Talk (Cinema)
Street Scene (Theater)
Love Match (Theater)
The New Face of TV News (Television / COVER STORIES)
Now Here's the News... (Television)
The Houston Hurricane (Television)
Angel of the Arts (Books)
Marital Blahs (Books)
Barbed Bait (Books)
Editors' Choice (Books)
Best Sellers (Books / FICTION)
MILESTONES
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PEOPLE
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LETTERS
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Where to Find the Best Cyber Monday Deals
How Guatemala's Most Beautiful Lake Turned Ugly
10 Questions with Al Roker
Norman Rockwell: The Photographs Behind the Art
Ask Your Questions: NPR's Garrison Keillor
Can Dopamine Make Your Future Look Brighter?
Pippa Lee: Robin Wright Penn's Moment
Pictures of the Week
TIME.com's Holiday Gift Guide 2009
Weekly Acoustic News: Thanksgiving Edition