In this issue
Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 120 No. 16
Read the Cover StoryNATION
Murder by Remote Control
Portrait of a Poisoner
Beating Gloom to the Punch
Two Can Play
A Flash of Irish Flint (The Presidency/Hugh Sidey)
Mortal Sins
Waking Up to the Gender Gap
Senators: Among the Mavericks
The House: In the Minority
WORLD
Requiem for a Dream
(POLAND) A Step Toward Freedom (MIDDLE EAST)
Mixed Reviews for the New Man (WEST GERMANY)
Slow Justice (EL SALVADOR)
Run Silent, Run Where? (SWEDEN)
PRESS
Bitter Ending
SPORT
The Year Everyone Won
STYLE & DESIGN
Heraldry for the Industrial Age
(Design)
TECHNOLOGY
Are Whizzes Washed Up at 35?
(Computers)
BUSINESS
Bulls Are Stampeding Again
(Economy & Business)
The Growing Bankruptcy Brigade (Economy & Business)
Fast-Film Coup (Economy & Business)
Thumbs Down (Economy & Business)
EDUCATION
Little Room to Negotiate
LAW
Back to Business - and Lots of It
Future Funding
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Perennial Promises Kept
(Books / COVER STORY)
O That Anthropomorphical Rag (Theater)
The Blackboard Jumble (Video)
DPs (Cinema)
DTs (Cinema)
SPECIAL SECTION
444 Days Of Agony
Speaking Out for Human Rights
"Giving Away" The Canal
The Final Day
The Moral Equivalent of War
MILESTONES
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PEOPLE
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TO OUR READERS
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(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
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ESSAY
The Maniac in the Balance

The Road on Film: Beautiful, Bleak
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