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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: February 24th, 2003 | Vol. 161, No. 8 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # February 24, 2003 | Vol. 161 No. 8February 24, 2003 | Vol. 161 No. 8  Issue name February 24th, 2003 | Vol. 161, No. 8 | U.S. Issue date February 24, 2003 Location U.S. Related categories [Society](/vault/subject/society/) [Trends](/vault/subject/trends/) [Military](/vault/subject/military/) [Terrorism](/vault/subject/terrorism/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/2003-02-24/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [A Nation On Edge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004276,00.html)[America, Are You Still Out There?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004277,00.html)[The State Of Our Defense](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004278,00.html)[Archaeology: Spiritual Retreat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004284,00.html)[Cosmic Fingerprint](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004286,00.html)[The Purr of the Qubit](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004285,00.html)[A Columbia Culprit?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004301,00.html)[Tax Hikes: A G.O.P. Thing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004302,00.html)[A New Battle Of The Bulge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004303,00.html)[Going to War Over a Judge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004304,00.html)[Will Arafat Step Aside?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004305,00.html)[Slow on the Draw](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004306,00.html)[Numbers: Feb. 24, 2003](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004307,00.html)[Milestones Feb. 24, 2003](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004308,00.html)[Can This Marriage Be Saved?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004279,00.html)[The Decade That Shook It All Up](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004288,00.html)[The Real Meaning of Evil](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004293,00.html)[The Blinding Glare of His Certainty](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004309,00.html)[Sticking It to SUV Owners](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004281,00.html)[Why I Luv My SUV](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004282,00.html)[Why The SUV Is All The Rage](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004283,00.html)[Wang's World](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004310,00.html)[People to Watch in International Business](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004311,00.html)[Global Investing: Float Your Bucks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004312,00.html)[Global Briefing: Feb. 24, 2003](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004313,00.html)[The Global Life: War Jitters? Relax in Egypt](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004314,00.html)[Energy: Nuclear Rock](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004315,00.html)[The Track Record](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004316,00.html)[Fly Above The Storm](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004317,00.html)[Movies: Praising Caine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004289,00.html)[Art: When Henri Met Pablo](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004290,00.html)[Music: Greatest Hitmaker](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004291,00.html)[Music: The Club's Last Session](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004292,00.html)[In-Your-Face the Nation](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004299,00.html)[Planning Your Travels by the Book](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004295,00.html)[Restaurant Trends: Sweet Priorities](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004296,00.html)[The Robot Ate My Homework](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004297,00.html)[This Piggy Has Wings](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004298,00.html)[TIME interview with Jacques Chirac](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004280,00.html)[People: Feb. 24, 2003](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004287,00.html)[Fashion's Next Face](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004294,00.html)[Letters: Feb. 24, 2003](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004300,00.html) February 24th, 2003 | Vol. 161, No. 8 | 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":"February 24th, 2003 | Vol. 161, No. 8 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3570408/february-24th-2003-vol-161-no-8-u-s/"}]}]} ```