Vol. 163 No. 3

COVER

(Love, Sex & Health)
How does our love life shape us--mind, body and soul? Let us count the ways

NATION

The Iowa Effect (Campaign '04)
The caucuses make and unmake candidates--and this time is no different. Can Dean beat Gephardt--and the expectations too?

Beating The Spread (Campaign '04)

Like Jury Duty? You'll Love Caucuses (Campaign '04)

What the General Owes The Doctor (Campaign '04)

Confessions Of A White House Insider
A book about former Treasury chief O'Neill paints a presidency in which ideology and politics rule the day


Why foreign airlines chafe at Washington's mandate for armed guards aboard high-risk flights into the U.S.

"Say 'Cheese'!" (First Person)

WORLD

The Race To Contain A Virus
The inside story of one scientist's crusade to link SARS to civets. Will it avert an epidemic?

Inside The A-Bomb Bazaar
Evidence mounts that Pakistani scientists sold nuclear know-how to a triad of rogue nations

SCIENCE

Return To Mars (Space)
How NASA plans to use its two rovers to roam the Red Planet looking for signs of Martian life

HEALTH & MEDICINE

The Chemistry of Desire ("Love, Sex & Health" / Biology)
Everyone knows what lust feels like. Scientists are now starting to understand how it happens

Love Potions ("Love, Sex & Health" / Biology)

Sexual Healing ("Love, Sex & Health" / Biology)
What feels good is good for you too. Making love can boost the heart, relieve pain and help keep you healthy

The Marriage Savers ("Love, Sex & Health" / Behavior)
Does couples therapy really work? The divorce rate says no, but a new breed of therapists offers hope

Do Gay Couples Have An Edge? ("Love, Sex & Health" / Behavior)

Spicing It Up ("Love, Sex & Health" / Behavior)
Risking marriage and dignity, we examine methods of...

Bondage Unbound ("Love, Sex & Health" / Behavior)
Growing numbers of Americans are experimenting with sadomasochistic sex. But is it always safe and sane?

Sex Talk Through the Ages ("Love, Sex & Health" / Behavior)
From Freud to Dr. Phil, everybody seems to have something to say about it

Animal Attraction ("Love, Sex & Health" / Behavior)
Gender bending and gender swapping. Pregnant dads. Shooting sex organs. There's more than one way to get it on, as the birds, bees and bonobos have discovered

Still Sexy After 60 ("Love, Sex & Health" / Behavior)
The kids are gone. The house is empty. You know the moves. What better time to prove that you're ...

The Porn Factor ("Love, Sex & Health" / Behavior)
In the Internet age, pornography is almost everywhere you look. But what is it doing to real-life relationships?

A to Z Guide ("Love, Sex & Health" / Behavior)
The year 2003 brought new insights into Alzheimer's, advances in diabetes and some deadly new diseases

Your Brain In Love ("Love, Sex & Health" / Biology)
What goes on in your head when you fall madly in love? One scientist decided to find out. In an exclusive book excerpt, she lays bare the physiology of passion

SOCIETY

The Gang Buster
Bratton cut crime in New York, and now he's doing it in L.A. His secret: giving cops more power

NOTEBOOK

Deadline: June 30

Verbatim

New Hope For Illegals?

The Detainees' New Friends

Martha Jockeys For A Jury

They're Sorry. So Sorry

Was Diana Murdered? The Theories Live On!

Numbers

Milestones (Milestones)

16 Years Ago In TIME (Milestones)

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Table of Contents (Table Of Contents)

Do Women Need A Viagra?
It can't hurt unless doctors start trying to standardize our sexual performance

No Bloom On This Rose
A former commissioner says the Hit King should stay away from baseball

Will The Real Howard Dean Please Stand Up?

BUSINESS

Queen of the Sea
Luxury liner Queen Mary 2 gets a royal send-off. How will she navigate the uncertain seas ahead?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Great Performances
They made small films better and a big one sweeter. Now they're poised to reap awards. Here are seven actors to savor

When Memory Fails (Architecture)
There's a winning design now for the World Trade Center memorial. But was it chosen too soon?

Tubby, And Bouncy Too (Television)
The Teletubbies' creator is back with the surreal, seductive Boohbah, designed to get kids moving

Sundances with Wolves (Books)
Violence! Threats! Action! A new Tarantino movie? No, it's a history of the independent-film industry

YOUR TIME

Into The Breach (Lifestyle)
Cold Mountain misses the real story of a big battle. A new tour fills the gap

Should Kids Be In The Zone? (Lifestyle)

The Keys To Fashion (Lifestyle)

TVs That Turn You On (Tech)
These tubes are so cool, you may watch them even if there's nothing to watch

Digital Music Players Get Smarter--And Cuter (Tech)

Stub Out That Butt! (Health)
But don't try to go it alone. Here are some tricks that make it easier to quit

Cup Of Prevention? (Health)

Silicone Setback (Health)

Trouble On The Salmon Farm (Health)

SPECIAL SECTION

Inside Table Of Contents (Time Bonus Section February 2004: Generations / Inside Table Of Contents)

Back to School (Time Bonus Section February 2004: Generations)
Campus life. Exams. Papers. Test anxiety. Sounds like the perfect retirement

Reunions to Remember (Time Bonus Section February 2004: Generations)
Here's how to create a family gathering that's fun for the whole family to enjoy--even the kids

Pet Peeves (Time Bonus Section February 2004: Generations)
What happens when the kids are grown and gone but the pets live on?

Fantasy Life (Time Bonus Section February 2004: Generations / Turning Point)
Childhood polio allowed imagination to take flight, and a star was born

PEOPLE

Ray's Chase

Annulled and Void

Johnny's Next Sleeper? (First Look)

Q & A With Pete Rose

10 Questions For Vicente Fox (Interview)

LETTERS

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