Time December 6 2010, Vol. 176, No. 23: Special Timeframes Issue: What Really Happened 2000-2010

COVER Time Frames (Cover) The end of history? More like the start. The 21st century runs on fast-forward, and the only way to keep up is to stop and figure out what really happened 2000: A Nation Divided (The Well / 2000 Election) The 36-day battle over the Florida ballots was only the first test of faith in our officials and institutions Web Exclusive Remnants of Florida's 2000 Recount Photos: Many of the items relating to the controversial election between George W. Bush and Al Gore have been preserved at the State Archives and the Old Capitol Museum in Tallahassee Ground Zero: Out of the Ashes (Time Frames) After nine years, construction of the new World Trade Center finally takes off Iraq: Missed Steps (War In Iraq) The mutual ignorance between Americans and Iraqis at the start of the war would lead to tragedy The Men Who Stole the World (Time Frames) Four young programmers nearly brought down the entire entertainment industry. Then they disappeared Instant Icons: Life After the Headlines (Time Frames) They became famous overnight not for glamour or riches or simply being famous but for the explosive public issues they represented. Caught up in forces larger than themselves, they gave a human face to confounding situations like Iraq, Katrina and Cuba China: Too Little Information (Time Frames) All that talk about China becoming a more open society after the SARS cover-up was driven by wishful thinking Katrina: A Man- Made Disaster (Time Frames) Five years after the hurricane, we're fixing the levees. But we're still not fixing the coast--or the politics that destroyed it Was It Really So Bad? (Time Frames) For Americans, it seemed like a lost decade. But for much of the world, there was no place to go but up Shrek: Mr. Influential (Time Frames)