Table of ContentsDubai's Oasis It's the fun city of the gulf, and a rapidly developing vacation paradiseMission To Mars FIRST THE ROVER LANDS, AND NOW BUSH WANTS TO SEND PEOPLE. WE CAN DO IT EVEN FASTER THAN PLANNED, BUT HERE'S WHAT IT WILL TAKERole of a LifetimeHollywood Robbery How does a hit movie go from the free market to the black market? TIME retraces the trailCoverA Pirate And His PenanceLettersWhy We Want To Meet The MissusDimon's Jewel A megamerger gives Bank One's hard-hitting CEO a chance to settle the score with CitigroupA Bright Hope In A Sad Land The first post-Taliban film from Afghanistan stirs the heart with its story of a girl in a man's worldOut Of The PictureAny Votes In The Cosmos?Portrait Of A Medieval Lady The author of Girl with a Pearl Earring offers a paint-by-the-numbers tale of mysterious tapestriesPretrial Motions10 Questions For Bob DoleThe Sweetest Rate Shopping for a car? Here's a step-by-step guide to financing your purchaseLess Than Letter Perfect Aiming to make lesbians visible in the Queer Eye era, The L Word is lusty but otherwise lacklusterGuys Just Aren't Buying ItTable Of ContentsThat Rascally Rapper Dizzee Rascal may be England's most original hip-hop voice, but good luck trying to figure him outIs That You, Natalie?The Rise Of The Jihadists With Saddam in captivity, are Islamic extremists playing a larger role in the anti-U.S. insurgency?Total Clean Up The $125 billion European oil giant is embracing ethics and environmentalism as it does profit. But it's not easy being greenDid The Shot Work?Shallow like a Fox Ryan Seacrest of American Idol and On-Air hopes to turn pop fluff into an empire. Go ahead and laughPeople to Watch in International BusinessThe Monster Within Once nurtured by Musharraf, the violent group Jaish-e- Muhammad now seems bent on killing himTop Stocks For 2004 Dividends matter. The new tax law and market metrics will favor companies that payBeware The Annuity: Is It Right For You?Hidden Signs Of StrokeA Trust Betrayed? Native Americans claim the U.S. mismanaged their oil and gas legacies it promised to protectA Pocketful Of Digital VideosFixing Lazy EyesSex Education in AmherstMy Phone's Smarter Than YoursWorld BriefingWinter Games You can still exercise when the mercury dips, but do it carefullyWhy We Shouldn't Go to Mars Someday people may walk on the planet, but not until it makes technological senseA Strategy of Their Own?Performance Of The WeekSo You Want To Be An Astronaut?Living In Bill's Shadow Clinton may be everyone's campaign consultant, but that does not mean the former President defines his party anymore--or that he ever really didBecause They're Worth It L'Oreal's marketing tilt toward Asians and blacks makes its growth prospects prettierThe Virtual Virtuoso Apple's GarageBand puts a full-scale recording studio at your fingertipsWhy Go Back to the Moon?First Ladies In TrainingNumbersWho's Sitting in 14D?Trying To Build A Democracy In IranFriendlier Skies It's not just the low fares. The discounters are beating the major airlines on cabin comforts tooMilestonesScoping Out the VolunteersIraq's Election Snag27 Years Ago In TIMEVerbatimThe Question All the Candidates Must Face Can you make us feel safe? Not every Democrat has a convincing answerInside CoverCover
