TIME Magazine October 29, 2007 Vol. 170 No. 18

TIME Magazine
October 29, 2007 Vol. 170 No. 18

• COVER: The Power of Birth Order - Parents insist that how kids turn out depends on when they were born. More and more, science agrees
• WORLD: America's Other Army - A furor over the killing of 17 Iraqis by Blackwater contractors puts the spotlight on the little-examined world of private security companies. Who are these guns for hire, and who pays when they mess up?
• Postcard: Saudi Arabia - At a government detention camp an hour outside Riyadh, jihadis are asked to rethink their radicalism. Why rehab for holy warriors involves lots of Ping-Pong and Pepsi
• BUSINESS: Who Really Owns the Roads? - Companies are buying leases of public highways, bridges and tunnels from states desperate to improve infrastructure
• SOCIETY: The Cost of Being Clean - Companies brag about slashing emissions, but we're just now learning how to check their math