Vol. 159 No. 8
NATION
Twenty-eight years after the last campaign-finance reforms, new rules look set to take effect. Will they be tough enough to clean up the game?
WORLD
WHAT DOES THE SAGA OF RICHARD REID TELL US ABOUT AL-QAEDA? TIME RETRACES HIS TRAIL TO FIND OUT
Who Built Reid's Shoes?
THE EXPLOSIVES
Murder in the Airport
After one of his top officials is killed, Afghanistan's leader struggles to keep his fragile nation united
SCIENCE
If the first cloned house pet can melt your heart, how will you react to the first cloned child?
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A TIME columnist bears witness to an operation to help triplets with cerebral palsy walk like other boys
SPORT
A bad call--and a quick recall--expose the darker side of Olympic skating
After A False Start, Chemistry (Winter Olympics / The Celebrated Pair)
Ah, Certainty! (Winter Olympics)
The Games satisfy us with rules and results not found in Enron or Afghanistan
You Be The Judge (Winter Olympics)
HOW TO SIZE UP THE MOVES THAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
Portraits in Gold (Winter Olympics)
For these men and women, all the training, sacrifice and exhaustion paid off in the ultimate trophy
The Rules Need To Be Changed (Winter Olympics)
TECHNOLOGY
Anyone want to trade some episodes of The Simpsons online? TV Land is getting Napsterized
Beyond Hollywood's Reach (Movies Online)
NOTEBOOK
Notebook
Ousting Saddam: Can It Be Done?
A King-Size Anniversary
Milestones (Milestones)
Spotlight on Islamic Art
The Man the CIA Won't Question
Another Dole, Another Race (Campaign 2002)
Enron: The Scandal That Keeps on Giving
Family Planning
For Bush, It's Not Easy Being Green
Teacher, Can You Spare a Dime?
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
TIME visits the worst place of all to be an Israeli soldier--or a Palestinian
Faster, Higher, Sleazier
If cheating were legal, judging would be a simple question: How low can you go?
BUSINESS
The G.O.P. hoped Global Crossing would be the Democrats' Enron. Now it's everybody's mess
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Screen Teens (The Arts / Movies)
LED BY BRITNEY SPEARS, A GANG OF POP PRINCESSES GOES ALL OUT TO STORM THE 'PLEXES
Color Crosses Over (The Arts / Television)
After years of video apartheid, African American-oriented sitcoms are starting to reach white viewers
Tales of the Naked City (The Arts / Photography)
Louis Faurer's intricate portraits of New York captured its vulnerability and its invincibility
YOUR TIME
The recession and Sept. 11 jitters have some parents choosing not to send kids away. Will the backyard do?
Hitting All the Wrong Notes (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Napster and other fee-based music services are trying to lure us from free song swapping. They'd better try harder
In Praise of Folic Acid (Personal Time / Your Health)
Could the B vitamin that helps prevent birth defects also protect against Alzheimer's? The news is promising
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Family)
Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)
SPECIAL SECTION
Steeling Jobs (Global Business / Protectionism)
America's ailing mills want another bailout--with the cost falling on companies that use steel
Sweet Subsidy (Global Business / Protectionism)
U.S. sugar tariffs cost consumers and workers
Asia's New Steel Tiger (Global Business / Protectionism)
Does South Korea's POSCO compete fairly?
Catfish by Any Other Name (Global Business / Trademarks)
Chauvinism turns to protectionism, as regions claim rights to the names of common foods
Foreign Invaders (Global Business / High Tech)
A quiet New York City venture fund is taking over Japanese businesses that are beloved--and broke
People to Watch in International Business (Global Business / World Beaters)
Managing VIP Money (Global Business)
Today's top financial boutiques offer private-equity funds and other goodies
Classy Tequila (Global Business / The Global Life)
Fine vintages of the agave-based liquor win fans around the world