Vol. 164 No. 15
COVER
You'll Never Guess What He's Up to This Time (Cover Story / What's Next)
Coming Attractions (Cover Story / What's Next)
A burly war epic, a musical that makes fun of the French, a gay TV channel and Walt Whitman in the 22nd century. Next year should be fun
Looking For Mr. Really Big (Cover Story / What's Next)
An NBA superscout scours the globe in search of the next international star
This Clever Novel Stars Walt Whitman (Cover Story / What's Next)
Where the Best Ideas Take Wing (Cover Story / What's Next)
Unsung ARS, one of the most innovative labs in the world, is doing some cool things with feathers
THE ART OF BETTING $100 MILLION (Cover Story / What's Next)
Aqua Blue Crush (Cover Story / What's Next)
A first glimpse at "the new black." And who decides this stuff anyway?
Forward into the Past (Cover Story / What's Next)
Here's a safe bet: the next big thing is already here
What's Next After That Odd Chicken? (Cover Story / What's Next)
CRACKING THE CODE OF TOKYO'S TEENS (Cover Story / What's Next)
Get Well in '05! (Cover Story / What's Next)
Meet the most promising drugs headed for the market next year
The Bigger Picture Show (Cover Story / What's Next)
An expanded Museum of Modern Art prepares to reopen in Manhattan. How will it change the way we look at art?
THERE'S MUSIC IN MY GLASSES (Cover Story / What's Next)
From MP3-ready shades to wireless videophones, here's a peek at the hippest gadgets hitting the market in the coming months
The Knights Who Sing "Ni!" (Cover Story / What's Next)
ALAN GREENSPAN'S CRYSTAL BALL (Cover Story / What's Next)
Novel Gadgets for Solving Road Woes (Cover Story / What's Next)
LOOKING AHEAD IN A DANGEROUS WORLD (Cover Story / What's Next)
A New Channel That Won't Tell It Straight (Cover Story / What's Next)
FORWARD THINKING (Cover Story / What's Next)
Oracles, futurists, visionaries--some people make their living by trying to divine the shape of things to come before anybody else. And we all avidly await their predictions
NATION
WHAT DO WOMEN WANT?
A fresh wind in his sails, Kerry still must regain his edge among female voters to defeat Bush
WHO STRETCHES THE TRUTH?
TIME lays out the facts behind what both candidates said during the first match-up
WORLD
INSIDE KARZAI'S CAMPAIGN
To become Afghanistan's first elected President, he has to placate warlords, pacify the Taliban--and survive
APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA
NOTEBOOK
MILESTONES (MILESTONES)
PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK
DEAR BILL: GET WELL
A Race Is What We've Now Got (IN THE ARENA)
GEOFFREY BEENE (MILESTONES)
A ZELL MILLER FOR THE REPUBLICANS
NUMBERS
PROTECTING A PREDATOR
HEIRS-IN-WAITING
Border War in Arizona (CAMPAIGNING)
London's Dirty-Bomb Plot
24 YEARS AGO IN TIME (MILESTONES)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Why a pharmaceutical giant withdrew its best-selling arthritis drug, and what that means for you
Table of Contents (Table Of Contents)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bruce Springsteen and Co. campaign for Kerry, but don't expect to hear talking points sung
The Man Who Spoke Style to Truth (Photography)
RICHARD AVEDON: 1923-2004
YOUR TIME
In Search of Sleep (Health)
A new study shows that behavioral therapy works better against insomnia
HOW ARE ELDERS COPING? (Health)
BEING CHARLIE KAUFMAN (Tech)
FOOD YOU'LL WANT TO INHALE (Living)
A Virtual Hotel for Teens (Tech)
At Habbo, kids chat, play games and create a fantasy room of their own
Smart Eating (Living)
Colleges are finding ways to help students avoid packing on the pounds
BEYOND CALCIUM (Health)
FORGET YOUR CELL PHONE--OGO IS ALL CHAT (Tech)
A Comic That's Good to the Bone (Living)
SPECIAL SECTION
TO AID PRODUCTIVITY, OFFICE WORKERS ARE TRYING NEW TECHNIQUES TO CURB INTERRUPTIONS
DVDs: Battle Of Blue Lasers (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / TECHNOLOGY)
The Flight Stuff (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / BRIEFING)
The Last Idealists (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / STRATEGY)
HOW DID THE ICONOCLASTS AT CRAIGSLIST BEAT THE WEB GIANTS AT THEIR OWN GAME?
League in Limbo (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / SPORT)
A YEAR AFTER SHUTTING DOWN, THE WUSA PREPARES FOR A COMEBACK. WILL IT FLY?
GETTING YOUR JUMP DRIVE ON (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / BRIEFING)
You Can Do It (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / BRIEFING)
Fast Food Goes Organic (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / BRIEFING)
Rail Trouble (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / TRANSPORTATION)
Inside Table of Contents (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / Inside Table of Contents)
(Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / TELEVISION)
MILLION DOLLAR IDEA, A NEW REALITY-TV SHOW, SHOWCASES INVENTORS--AND MAYBE THE NEXT BIG THING
Think Globally, Act Locally (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / TIME Board of Economists)
TIME'S BOARD OF ECONOMISTS SAYS THE OUTSOURCING DEBATE IGNORES THE BIG PICTURE: IS THE U.S. READY TO COMPETE IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD?
Windy City Redux (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / A HALF-DAY IN ...)
A REINVENTED CHICAGO OFFERS GREAT ART, FOOD AND HIP NEW BARS
Invasion of the Movie Snatchers (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / TECHNOLOGY)
MORE AND MORE MOVIE FANS ARE SHARING FILMS ONLINE, AND HOLLYWOOD DOESN'T LIKE IT. SHOULD THE STUDIOS FIGHT OR FIND A WAY TO ADAPT?
Movie Downloading 101 (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / TECHNOLOGY)
Down 'n' Dental (Time Bonus Section November 2004: Inside Business / BRIEFING)
PEOPLE
Next Time, Send Ashton Kutcher
Play, Boys!
DO YOU THINK THEY JUST GOT SICK OF THE BLOND JOKES?
Talk about flip-flopping. Some of Hollywood's most recognizable towheads have gone pitch dark
10 QUESTIONS FOR CURT SCHILLING (Interview)
THE BOSTON RED SOX WERE ONE WIN AWAY FROM LAST YEAR'S WORLD SERIES when the New York Yankees squashed their dreams again. So Boston acquired Curt Schilling, pitching ace and (with the Arizona Diamondb
LETTERS
ESSAY
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