--- --- Back to the vault # December 10, 2007 | Vol. 170 No. 24December 10, 2007 | Vol. 170 No. 24  Issue name December 10th, 2007 | Vol. 170, No. 24 | U.S. Issue date December 10, 2007 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/2007-12-10/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Barack Obama: The Contender](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689203,00.html)[Q&A: Obama Talks with Rick Stengel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689228,00.html)[George W. Bush: Diplomat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689209,00.html)[The Identity Card](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689619,00.html)[Why Science Can't Save the GOP](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689196,00.html)[Immigration: The Hottest Issue](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689201,00.html)[Generation X-mas](https://entertainment.time.com/2011/12/24/generation-x-mas-the-rise-of-a-christmas-story/)[Somalia on the Edge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689207,00.html)[Postcard: Shenzhen](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689211,00.html)[Cutting a Climate Deal](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689230,00.html)[The Next Attention Deficit Disorder?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689216,00.html)[The Party's Over](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689198,00.html)[Exit Wound.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689204,00.html)[Numbers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689205,00.html)[Briefing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689212,00.html)[People](https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1638826%5F1693185%5F1693188,00.html)[France's Next Fight](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689215,00.html)[Verbatim](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689225,00.html)[Milestones](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689227,00.html)[Politics](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689229,00.html)[Head Games](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689210,00.html)[Absinthe Is Back](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689232,00.html)[Blueprint Brigade](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689197,00.html)[The Diet-Pill Dilemma](https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1703763%5F1703764%5F1703935,00.html)[Bracing for a Recession](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689224,00.html)[5 Ways to Survive a Downturn](https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1688825%5F1688834%5F1688835,00.html)[The Legend of Will Smith](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689234,00.html)[The Golden Compass vs. the Church](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689233,00.html)[Downtime](https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1623143%5F1689844%5F1689840,00.html)[Who Will Be Person of the Year in 2007?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689222,00.html)[Two-Wheeled Ego Boosters](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689218,00.html)[Sharp's Way of Reshaping Television](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689219,00.html)[Is Chavez Taking Too Many Oil Risks?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689226,00.html)[Business Books](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689220,00.html)[Inbox](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1689199,00.html) December 10th, 2007 | Vol. 170, No. 24 | 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":"December 10th, 2007 | Vol. 170, No. 24 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3570829/december-10th-2007-vol-170-no-24-u-s/"}]}]} ```