Vol. 158 No. 18
NATION
After a week of air strikes in Afghanistan, U.S. special forces are putting boots on the ground. Inside the war
A Work In Progress (Nation On Edge / The Presidency)
Bush is growing--and graying--before our eyes. An inside report on the making of a leader
Search And Disrupt (Nation On Edge / Foiling The Plots)
The FBI struggles with a daunting new task: thwarting terror before it happens
Shadow Of Fear (Nation On Edge)
As bombs fall on Afghanistan and bioterrorism rears its head at home, a nation nervously tries to gauge the threat
Who Will Rule? (Nation On Edge / Afghanistan)
Afghans and outside powers are jockeying to get ready for life after a Taliban fall
The World's Toughest Job (Nation On Edge / Pakistan)
Musharraf risks his life and his country by siding with the West against extremism. Can he survive?
Banking On Secrecy (Nation On Edge / The Money Trail)
Terrorists oppose scrutiny of offshore accounts. And so do many U.S. bankers and lawmakers
Deadly Delivery (Nation On Edge / Anthrax)
Germ attacks--and false alarms--in two cities trigger new safeguards and a massive whodunit
Letting God Back In (Nation On Edge / The Schools)
Prayer, long banned from schools, is making a post-terror comeback. No one is protesting yet
The Battle For Hearts And Minds (Nation On Edge / Media)
Even before bin Laden's tape, the U.S. was losing the propaganda war in the Arab world
What Does Saddam Have? (Nation On Edge / Anthrax)
Burning Questions (Nation On Edge / Anthrax)
Killing Time On The Road To Kabul (Nation On Edge / The War)
Pre-Emptive Strikes (Nation On Edge / Foiling The Plots)
The Next Wave (Nation On Edge / The War)
NOTEBOOK
Notebook
Osama Will Pay. This Time In Cash (Page Two)
Milestones (Milestones)
Stranger In A Strange Land (Page Two)
The Prince And The Mayor (Page Two)
For The Record
Ripple Effects (Page Two)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
In an unconventional kind of wartime, will audiences warm to unconventional superheroes?
Jackie's Thousand Days (The Arts / Books)
Was she more than just a pretty face next to J.F.K.?
Crime Capers (The Arts / Cinema)
Everyone steals the show in the amiable Bandits
Blood Brothers (The Arts / Cinema)
With From Hell, the Hughes twins escape the hood and move in on Jack the Ripper's Victorian turf
SPECIAL SECTION
A Grand Time (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
Today's affluent grandparents are bonding with their grandkids by traveling with them in record numbers
A Loss So Cruel (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
For parents, the death of an adult child is a singular anguish
A Book of Life (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
In his latest and most personal volume, Studs Terkel, 89, finds hope in the face of death
Heading Home (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
A best-selling novelist reflects on the pull and power of her Southern roots and loves
PEOPLE
The British Prime Minister finds he helps himself while helping Bush
TO OUR READERS
OCT. 15-OCT. 21