Vol. 164 No. 1

COVER

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Thomas Jefferson (Thomas Jefferson)
HE DRAFTED THE DECLARATION, SPARKED A REVOLUTION AND BECAME ENSNARED IN A SEX SCANDAL WITH A SLAVE. IN THIS THIRD ANNUAL CHAPTER IN TIME'S MAKING OF AMERICA SERIES, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE MOST CONTROVE

A Life In Letters (The Writings)
Newly published missives reveal a complex character.

Mirror Of The Man (Thomas Jefferson)
How Monticello reflects Jefferson: His obsessions, his contradictions, his brilliance

To The Shores Of Tripoli (Thomas Jefferson)
Muslim foes. Kidnappings. How the Barbary Wars foreshadowed things to come.

Ignoring the Revolution Next Door (Thomas Jefferson)

Was the Sage a Hypocrite? (Thomas Jefferson)

The Best Of Enemies (Thomas Jefferson)
Jefferson was visionary and crafty. In Hamilton, he met his match. How the rivalry lives on.

The Patriot Act of the 18th Century (Thomas Jefferson)

(Thomas Jefferson)
Jefferson's spiritual beliefs were vague, but one thing is clear: he wanted to keep religion and politics separate.

Where Are The Jeffersons Of Today? (Thomas Jefferson)
The founders were a rare breed. But the future is up to all of us.

A Family Divided (Thomas Jefferson)
Sex, race and the Jefferson feud. An inside look.

NATION

Eyes And Ears Of The Nation
Thousands of truckers, bus drivers and rest-stop workers are being enlisted to spot terrorists. Is this comforting news?

Dreaming About The Senate ('04 Campaign)
Why Democrats think they have a shot at taking it back, with hot candidates from Alaska to Illinois

Leaving Blacks Cold ('04 Campaign)
If African Americans are a natural constituency for John Kerry, why hasn't he been able to wow them?

WORLD

Meet The New Jihad
A TIME investigation reveals how insurgents in Iraq aim to create an Islamic state and turn the country into a terrorist haven

How Tough Will He Get? (The Prime Minister)

Life as a Target in a Besieged Kingdom (Letter From Riyadh)
For Westerners in Saudi Arabia, even going to the mall has become a gamble

Nowhere To Hide
How the ethnic cleansing of western Sudan has created a humanitarian crisis that threatens 500,000 lives

NOTEBOOK

A Gentle G.O.P. Face

Verbatim

A Gay-Marriage Dance

Watch Out For Those Floating Beer Coolers

Space Toy

Sour Notes Of Summer

Dating Websites: It's a Jungle Out There

Performance Of The Week

Milestones

24 Years Ago In Time

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Table of Contents (Table Of Contents)

Made Your July 1 Resolutions?
Forget January. The time to turn over a new leaf is when the leaves are full

Plenty More to Swear About

BUSINESS

Wal-Mart's Gender Gap
What a landmark lawsuit aims to prove about how the No. 1 retailer pays its female workers

Curbing The Drug Marketers
How a clampdown on pitching drugs for unapproved uses is changing the way Big Pharma operates

Putting Trials on the Record (Drug Testing)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Keira's Quest (Movies)
She's on the road to being a star. But the comely Ms. Knightley just wants to be a good actress

Spinning Gold (Movies)

When It Rains, It Pours (Books)
Biblical characters are fiction's hot heroes. Now a first-time novelist takes us onto the ark with Noah

It's De-Pressing! (Movies)
A new Cole Porter biopic plays the great songwriter's life in a minor key

YOUR TIME

To Buy or Not to Buy (Lifestyle)
Owning a vacation home isn't all fun and games

Let's Play Two (Lifestyle)

Sightseeing In Gaddafi Country (Lifestyle)

Music To Your Wrist (Tech)

The Myth of Megapixels (Tech)
When picking a digital camera, those big numbers aren't the only thing

Water Tunes (Tech)

Womb with a View (Health)
Sonographic snapshots of Baby as a fetus make cool keepsakes, but are they safe?

The Baby With A Double Dose Of Muscles (Health)

Specs And Sports (Health)

The Calculus Of Cigarettes (Health)

PEOPLE

Hey, We Thought the Invitation Said "Dress Casual..."

Ben Plays His Cards Right

Oops! She's Getting Ready To Do It Again

Scoring Points for the Ages

10 Questions For Kenneth Starr (Interview)

LETTERS

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