Vol. 161 No. 13

NATION

At Close Range
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS As long-distance bombing pounded Baghdad, allied ground troops made a grueling push across the desert in a show of both brute force and tender mercy. An intimate look at the real work

WORLD

Voices Of Outrage (Iraq / Dissent)
They're energized and organized. But can U.S. antiwar protesters survive their own diversity?

Real Battles In Real Time (Iraq / Critic's Notebook)
The networks delivered amazing live images, but the unparalleled access may have a price

First Stop, Iraq (Iraq / The Road To War)
How did the U.S. end up taking on Saddam? The inside story of how Iraq jumped to the top of Bush's agenda--and why the outcome there may foreshadow a different world order

Awestruck (Iraq / The War)
A SURPRISE ATTACK AIMED AT SADDAM, PLUS THE KICKOFF OF THE AIR AND GROUND ASSAULT, SHAKE THE IRAQI REGIME. INSIDE THE ALLIED PLAN TO FINISH IT OFF FOR GOOD.

Targeting Saddam's Inner Circle (Iraq / The War)
U.S. bombs are focusing on the loyalists closest to the Iraqi dictator, including his two sons and the cousin who directed the lethal 1988 gas attack on the Kurds

Chemical Ali: Saddam's Henchman (Iraq / The War)

Tragedy at Camp Pennsylvania (Iraq / The War)
TIME's Jim Lacey has been traveling with the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division. Over two weeks ago, they had set up camp in northern Kuwait just 20 miles south of the Iraqi border. Then the d

Inside Saddam's Head (Iraq / Understanding Saddam)
Other dictators have known when to flee. Why did the Iraqi ruler stand his ground?

Dispatches From The Front (Iraq / With The Troops)
Simon Robinson dodges shells with the 1st Marine Division as it barrels its way toward Basra, while Michael Ware describes the scene as a suicide bomber kills a colleague in northern Iraq

The American Prime Minister (Iraq)
Why Blair has gained rare influence: he has strengths that Bush lacks

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

America Shows Its Colors
Humility, not hubris, is crucial to winning the peace

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Rise And Rise Of Asian Art (Art)
Forget about Matisse and Picasso. Things of beauty from across the Pacific are landing everywhere

A Jerk, Perhaps, But Our Jerk (Television)
Rudy's Giuliani is a tough guy for better and for worse

This Boy's Grim Life (Movies)
In a new documentary, Hoop Dreams director Steve James revisits a youth he mentored and finds a mess

YOUR TIME

Beyond Brown Cow (Technology Health Money Fitness Food Trends)
Specialty yogurts are multiplying. But do they taste any better?

Initial Wear: Gimme a C!

Hard Times, Cozy Advice (60-Second Synopsis)

No Time for Defense
War is quickly shifting the outlook for investors. Here's how to position yourself

What Are Your Odds?
New math for calculating smokers' lung-cancer risk. Don't flunk this quiz

SPECIAL SECTION

Nov. 8, 1923 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Adolf Hitler's Practice Power Grab

Oct. 29, 1923 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Turkey Forced Westward

Jan. 21, 1924 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Death of a Bolshevik

Sept. 25, 1926 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The 40-Hour Revolution

May 21, 1927 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The First Across Alone

Oct. 6, 1927 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Now Hear This!

Sept. 3, 1928 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Overlooked Miracle

Nov. 18, 1928 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Mouse That Roared

Oct. 29, 1929 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Wall Street's Bad, Bad Fall

March 12, 1930 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
A Disobedient Saint's March

March 4, 1933 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Launching the New Deal

July 1, 1934 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Movies' Moral Crackdown

June 10, 1935 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
AA Takes Its First Steps

Aug. 9, 1936 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Outrunning the Aryan Myth

March 3, 1938 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Finding the King's Fortune

Nov. 9, 1938 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Night Hope Shattered

April 15, 1938 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Birth of the Superhero

Sept. 1, 1939 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Storming into Poland

May 10, 1940 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Churchill Takes Charge

Dec. 7, 1941 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
What I Saw at Pearl Harbor

June 6, 1944 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
D-Day: Saving a Continent

Aug. 6, 1945 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Unleashing an Era of Dread

April 15, 1947 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Breaking the Color Line

Oct. 14, 1947 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Flying Faster than Sound

Freedom and Calamity (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)

Jan. 5, 1948 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Big Dripper's Opening

May 14, 1948 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Dawn of Israel

Oct. 20, 1952 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Bloody Mau Mau Revolt

Feb. 28, 1953 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Eureka: The Double Helix

July 5, 1954 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The King Finds His Voice

Dec. 1, 1955 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
A Bus Rider's Defiance

July 17, 1959 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Uncovering Earliest Man

May 9, 1960 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Pill That Unleashed Sex

Oct. 11, 1962 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
A Church Transformed

Sept. 27, 1962 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Breaking the Silence on DDT

Oct. 27, 1962 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Averting the Apocalypse

Aug. 28, 1963 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Marching for a Dream

Nov. 22, 1963 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Infamous Day in Dallas

Feb. 9, 1964 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!"

June 30, 1966 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Demanding Full Equality

Aug. 5, 1966 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
A Call for Mass Insanity

Dec. 3, 1967 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Brand-New Heart

Jan. 31, 1968 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Tet: The Beginning of the End

April 4, 1968 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Killing the Dreamer

June 5, 1968 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
A Final Blow to Camelot

June 28, 1969 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Standing Up for Gay Rights

July 20, 1969 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
"One Giant Leap for Mankind"

Nov. 15, 1971 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Computer on a Chip

June 17, 1972 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Not Just Any Burglary

Jan. 22, 1973 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Getting the right to choose

April 30, 1975 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Good Night, Vietnam

April 1, 1976 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Apple Computer Boots Up

May 25, 1977 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Arrival of the Jedi

July 25, 1978 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Brave New Baby

Feb. 1, 1979 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Ayatullah's Return

Dec. 12, 1979 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Soviet Folly in Afghanistan

May 3, 1979 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Iron Lady Sings

Sept. 20, 1980 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
A Good Day for Savers

March 8, 1983 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Bedeviling an Empire

July 27, 1982 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
A Name for the Plague

March 11, 1985 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
My First Day on the Job

Dec. 29, 1987 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
A Pill to Make Your Day

Nov. 24, 1989 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Bin Laden Steps Up to No. 1

Nov. 9, 1989 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Taking Down the Wall

Feb. 11, 1990 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
At Long Last, Freedom

Aug. 6, 1991 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
How the Web Was Spun

Feb. 26, 1993 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Foreshadowing of 9/11

April 19, 1995 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
A Homegrown Nightmare

Aug. 9, 1995 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Dotcom Boom Begins

Oct. 3, 1995 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Color Us Divided on O.J.

Aug. 31, 1997 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Death of a Princess

March 27, 1998 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
A Potent Breakthrough

Nov. 29, 1999 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
A Generation Takes a Stand

Dec. 12, 2000 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
End of the Endless Election

Jan. 29, 2002 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Enemy Is Defined

Sept. 11, 2001 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Day al-Qaeda Attacked America

History Doesn't Follow the Rules (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The world can change in a day, all right, but not always the way we think it will

80 Days (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)

Fateful Meetings (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)

Great Performances to Savor (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)

Oct. 1, 1949 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
New China Is Born

Feb. 9, 1950 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
McCarthy's First Slander

Oct. 15, 1951 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
Falling in Love with Lucy

Oct. 4, 1957 (Special Section TIME's 80th Anniversary / 80 Days That Changed The World)
The Space Race Lifts Off

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