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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: August 1st, 2005 | Vol. 166, No. 5 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # August 1, 2005 | Vol. 166 No. 5August 1, 2005 | Vol. 166 No. 5  Issue name August 1st, 2005 | Vol. 166, No. 5 | U.S. Issue date August 1, 2005 Location U.S. Related categories [World](/vault/subject/world/) [Military](/vault/subject/military/) [World War II](/vault/subject/world-war-ii/) [Asia](/vault/subject/asia/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/2005-08-01/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Living Under the Cloud](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086168,00.html)[Young Men and Bombs](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086174,00.html)[Crossing the Moral Threshold](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086166,00.html)[Life After Death](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086167,00.html)[Rain of Fire: Aug. 6, 1945](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086149,00.html)[When Gambling Becomes Obsessive](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086175,00.html)[Food: Mmm, Chocolate Bars](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086163,00.html)[Terrorism in Egypt](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086156,00.html)[London's Second Wave](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086137,00.html)[China's Currency](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086138,00.html)[Are Police in Iraq Ready?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086153,00.html)[It's All About the Shoes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1086164,00.html)[It Takes a Village ... 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