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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: September 17th, 2001 | Vol. 158, No. 11 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # September 17, 2001 | Vol. 158 No. 11September 17, 2001 | Vol. 158 No. 11  Issue name September 17th, 2001 | Vol. 158, No. 11 | U.S. Issue date September 17, 2001 Location U.S. Related categories [Crime](/vault/subject/crime/) [Terrorism](/vault/subject/terrorism/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/2001-09-17/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Is This Your Father's Recession?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000797,00.html)[Speeders, Say Cheese](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000803,00.html)[America's 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2001](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000852,00.html)[Microsoft Uncut](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000802,00.html)[Mergers: Big Deals: Compaq: Fiorina's Folly Or HP's Only Way Out?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000837,00.html)[XP's Road To Simplicity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000858,00.html)[Legend Of Dylan](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000809,00.html)[Television: Manly Pursuits](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000810,00.html)[Books: That's Mrs. President To You](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000813,00.html)[Music: A New Kind Of Beach Boy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000814,00.html)[Cinema: Rock Star](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000815,00.html)[The King Of Pop And Schlock](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000844,00.html)[Music: Knot 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Jon Wertheim](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000855,00.html)[Music: Now; 1st Born Second](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000856,00.html)[Junkyard Wars](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000857,00.html)[Downsizing At The Dinner Table](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000811,00.html)[The Dollar Dilemma](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000812,00.html)[In Brief: Sep. 17, 2001](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000840,00.html)[In Brief: Sep. 17, 2001](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000847,00.html)[Hard Ball: The Coastal Defense](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000860,00.html)[Inflection Point: Work's Bad Girls](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000861,00.html)[Net Net: Wi-Fi Gets Going](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000862,00.html)[Cash For Certain](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000863,00.html)[Earth Inc.: Taking a Shine to Real Estate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000864,00.html)[Diversity's New Flavor](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000865,00.html)[Corporate Parent: Pumping It Up](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000866,00.html)[Put a Sock in It](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000867,00.html)[People: Sep. 17, 2001](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000806,00.html)[Letters: Sep. 17, 2001](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000816,00.html) September 17th, 2001 | Vol. 158, No. 11 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"September 17th, 2001 | Vol. 158, No. 11 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3570245/september-17th-2001-vol-158-no-11-u-s/"}]}]} ```