Vol. 152 No. 15

NATION

A Nice Guy In A Nasty Fight
A man of courtliness and character, Henry Hyde must above all show that the Republicans are fair

On The Fast Track To Impeach
The public wants the scandal to end, but Gingrich cannot afford to cut a deal just yet. He's got to please the faithful and settle some scores

The Unreachable Starr
The host of the most unprivate of parties remains a mystery himself

A Place at the Table
Led by California's Senate hopeful Matt Fong, Asian-American politicians come of age

WORLD

Changing Of The Guard

Jordan
Stepping in for the ailing King is a prince politically similar but very different in style

Saudi Arabia
A forceful Prince takes charge in a country the West counts on for constant support

SCIENCE

Cosmic Bomb (Space)
A curious type of star astonishes astronomers

Flying with Ion Power (Space)
NASA launches a smart new breed of spacecraft

NOTEBOOK

Milestones (Milestones)

Eulogy (Eulogy)

Notebook

Career Guidance (The Scoop)
Albright for President?

Kosovo Crisis (The Scoop)
The U.S. Muscles Up

Washington (The Scoop)
Bowles Bids Adieu

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

A Man and His Couch
A disputed Freud exhibit finally makes its appearance in Washington

To Our Readers

Rwandan Tragedy, Lewinsky Farce
A surreal juxtaposition, like a rattlesnake in the mailbox, may clarify the mind

BUSINESS

The Next Big Test: Brazil
Can it stay the capitalist course amid turmoil?

Stickier Money
More countries want to tame the volatility of global investment. Will that make things worse?

End of the Runway
Designer Isaac Mizrahi, it turns out, was better at marketing himself than clothes

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

In A League Of Their Own (The Arts / Cinema)
Four top directors prove that their breakthrough films were no flukes

Burning Bright (The Arts / Music)
Joni Mitchell on her new daughter, new CD and the sad state of pop

Dumb and Dumber (The Arts)
Is a new sitcom set in the Civil War in bad taste? No, it's just plain old bad

Don't Call It Fusion (The Arts / Music)
But who says you can't play Latin jazz on a tabla or make the dreaded Eleanor Rigby swing?

Serial Thriller (The Arts / Video)
Les Vampires is as fresh and fast as it was in 1915

Better Red? (The Arts / Books)
A mesmerizing novel revisits a harrowing time

Shades Of Bey (The Arts / Short Takes)
Andy Bey

Kick (The Arts / Short Takes)

Antz (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson

Bag Of Bones (The Arts / Short Takes)
Stephen King

Cinderella & Company (The Arts / Short Takes)
Manuela Hoelterhoff

The William Kapell Edition (The Arts / Short Takes)
William Kapell

Psyence Fiction (The Arts / Short Takes)
Unkle

The World Of Kurt Weill (The Arts / Short Takes)

YOUR TIME

Watch Your Tracks (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Your online profile--where you go, what you buy--is vulnerable. Here's how to protect it

Hedge--Don't Hog (Personal Time / Your Money)
Lessons from the flop of an infamous fund: trim risks, do your homework and don't get greedy

Fries Don't Count (Personal Time / Your Health)
We're eating more vegetables, a new study shows--but still not enough of them are green

Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)

Your Money (Personal Time / Your Money)

Your Technology (Personal Time / Your Technology)

SPECIAL SECTION

A Test of the Healing Power Of Prayer (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
WEDNESDAY 11:53 am

The Biggest Fight of Shotgun's Life (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
FRIDAY 6:30 PM

Do Computers Really Save Money? (Time Select / Quarterly Business Report)
Most often, yes. But they can be misused. And the benefits may be extremely hard to measure

Hooked Online (Time Select / Quarterly Business Report)
The rush to put everyone online has connected us all--to our keyboards. And some folks can't quit, sacrificing work and sleep to what some call netomania

Goldilocks Gone (Time Select / Quarterly Business Report)
TIME's Board of Economists sees a slowdown. Growth recession? The real thing? Stay tuned

Reinventing Health Care: Duke's Model (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)

A Week In The Life Of... ...A Hospital (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Where will the money come from to do the unprofitable things so essential to our well-being: pioneering research, training new doctors and cari

"I'll Be His Mom for a While..." (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
MONDAY 9:33 AM

Long Days, Longer Nights (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)

Duke and Durham: A Matter of Trust (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
THURSDAY 1:31 PM

A Chaplain's Painful Rite of Passage (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
FRIDAY 7:30 PM

Daily Rounds: Socrates at The Bedside (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
MONDAY 1:15 PM

"I Wasn't Going to Curl Up and Die" (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
THURSDAY 1:28 PM

Living with Lethal Genes: Some Advice (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
THURSDAY 5:30 PM

The Doctor Is Out--Shooting A Commercial (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
THURSDAY 8:29 Pm

A New Life, And New Hope (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
TUESDAY 2:27 PM

The Ward of Last Resort (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
TUESDAY 4:00 PM

More Science...And Much More Money (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
TUESDAY 5:15 PM

An M.D. as CEO Redraws the Big Picture (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
WEDNESDAY 1:00 PM

Residents: The Doctors of The Future (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
WEDNESDAY 3:20 PM

Trying to Cure The Managed-Care Blues (A Week In The Life Of A Hospital)
WEDNESDAY 4:00 PM

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