Vol. 158 No. 28

NOTEBOOK

One Year Ago In TIME (Milestones)

Notebook

Mopping Up Is Hard To Do

Time To Cry For Argentina?

A New Kind Of Homeless

Milestones (Milestones)

Ready For The 50-Year War? (Forecast)

Don't Mess With Iran's Ayatullahs

The G.O.P. Chief And The Lobbyist. Same Guy (Key Figure)

TIME/CNN Poll

For The Record (For The Record)

Let's Go (Again) To The Videotape

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

TIME.com (Time.com)
DEC. 24 - JAN. 6

The Hundred Days
Fifty years of world war. Ten years of slumber. And now, America awakes

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

O Come, All Ye Dysfunctional (The Arts / Cinema)
The big holiday movies are filled with tidings of discomfort...but a couple also bring some joy

YOUR TIME

How To Teach Thank-You Notes (Personal Time / Your Family)
In the holiday frenzy to open packages, kids forget to express appreciation. Here's what parents can say and do

Send Uncle Sam A Smaller Slice (Personal Time / Your Money)
With the tax law changing on Jan. 1, some last-minute planning this week can save you plenty. Here's how

The Great Multivitamin Debate (Personal Time / Your Health)
The effects of the pills, if any, are modest and may require taking them for decades. But that's good enough for me

In Brief (Personal Time / Your Family)

Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)

SPECIAL SECTION

The Team Player (Person Of The Year / Gallery Of Heroes)
TODD BEAMER

In The Embryonic Stage (Person Of The Year / Sequels)
THE STEM-CELL DEBATE

Power's On--But The Cost! (Person Of The Year / Sequels)
CALIFORNIA'S ENERGY CRISIS

Mister Hospitality (Person Of The Year / Gallery Of Heroes)
PHILLIP GODFREY

Senator Turncoat Has No Regrets (Person Of The Year / Sequels)
THE G.O.P. DEFECTOR

Le Sheriff (Person Of The Year / Gallery Of Heroes)
JEAN-LOUIS BRUGUIERE

TIME Person Of The Year (Person Of The Year)

Person Of The Year (Person Of The Year)

"We're Under Attack" (Person Of The Year / In Their Own Words)
Near misses, dead phones, last words: an oral history of 9/11 by Giuliani and his aides

After Image (Person Of The Year)
Scientists call it persistence of vision. It's what happens when you can still see something after its physical cause goes away. For most of us, Sept. 11 is a vision that persists in our minds, no mat

Out Of The Ruins (Person Of The Year / Ground Zero)
Ground zero today is part spectacle, part shrine--and quintessentially New York

Glory In The Glare (Person Of The Year / The Fireman)
On Sept. 11, this photo of Mike Kehoe was taken as he rushed up Tower One, earning him instant acclaim. But being called a hero is not the same as feeling like one

How Bush Rates (Person Of The Year / History)
Does he measure up to other wartime Presidents? Yes, say six historians, who give him high marks for winning public trust and having faith in his advisers

Inside The War Room (Person Of The Year / Key Moments)
Relying on instinct, and trusting his team, George W. Bush unleashed a new kind of war against a new kind of enemy--and faster than you might have guessed

After The Guns Are Silent (Person Of The Year / What Happens Next)

Why Condit Is Running Again (Person Of The Year / Sequels)
THE MISSING INTERN WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO... A Congressman's scandal, a Senator's switch, Cincinnati's riots and stem cells. They were among the big stories until...

Anthrax (Person Of The Year / The Home Front)
LESSONS LEARNED Who would have imagined that in a matter of weeks we would all become experts in the natural history of a livestock disease, the ins and outs of airline security and the ironies of our

Air Travel (Person Of The Year / The Home Front)

Immigration (Person Of The Year / The Home Front)

Stumped By The Slump (Person Of The Year / The Recession)
This recession was born in a new way, and it continues to surprise wonks and workers alike

The Soldier (Person Of The Year / Gallery Of Heroes)
CRAIG SINCOCK

A Pillow Away From The President (Person Of The Year / The First Lady)
Laura Bush's sense of calm spills over to him, and so to a nation

The Advocate (Person Of The Year / Gallery Of Heroes)
SORAYA PARLIKA

An Uneasy Calm In A Troubled City (Person Of The Year / Sequels)
THE CINCINNATI RIOT

How Bad A Boy? (Person Of The Year / Sequels)
SANTEE'S SHOOTER

PEOPLE

For 15, Their 15 Minutes Of Fame
The white-hot spotlight can bathe people in a golden glow--or sear them like those steaks that MTV provocateur Johnny Knoxville strapped on before reclining on a giant grill. Here, a few who this year

LETTERS

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