Vol. 153 No. 3
NATION
The Boredom of Proof
The only strategy that can go up against Days of Our Lives is witnesses
Playground Predators?
The high court considers whether schools should be liable when students sexually harass their peers
How The Olympics Were Bought
Beaten out in the past, Salt Lake City wanted the Games badly. Now it has its wish--in a bad way
The Great Disconnect
While Washington obsesses about the President's trial, Emporia, Kansas--and the rest of the country--are busy with more important matters
WORLD
The Internet is changing the world's most dangerous game
The Heart Of Darkness
A gruesome rebel offensive has turned Sierra Leone into a bloody hellhole
SOCIETY
Was a Connecticut third-grader murdered because he was the star witness in an upcoming trial?
War of the Diapers (Family)
A parenting guru claims we've been doing potty training all wrong
SPORT
How the NBA champion Chicago Bulls fell apart within days of Michael Jordan's retirement
TECHNOLOGY
The world's most powerful man and the richest have little in common--except the binds they're now in
NOTEBOOK
The Balkans (The Scoop)
Will Melting Snow Bring A Hot War to Kosovo?
Wanted: One Egg (Ph.D. Pref.)
Milestones (Milestones)
Medicine (The Scoop)
The AMA Gets (Even More) Political
Theater (The Scoop)
Depending on the Cast, The Show Must Not Go On
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Safe, Not Sound
Is the war on risk scaring our kids to death?
Righteous Wrath Down on the Farm
Phillip J. Barker says he lost his land to racism, and now he wants it back
BUSINESS
Surf- and snowboard-clothing firms give radical new meaning to the term core business
EDUCATION
Where It's an Unaffordable Luxury
The Homework Ate My Family
KIDS ARE DAZED PARENTS ARE STRESSED Why piling it on is hurting students
A Prescription for Peace
An educational theorist urges parents to treat homework as an opportunity, not a threat
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Fosse makes Broadway dance the way it used to
The Scene Stealers (The Arts / Show Business)
Dazzlingly inventive, cleverly passionate, the smart new movie Shakespeare in Love taps some of Britain's showiest talent
Cries and Whispers (The Arts / Cinema)
Private Confessions reveals an Old Master in top form and his star actress in full radiance
The Promise of Verticality (The Arts / Books)
An eerie, powerful first novel frames a vivid metaphor for freedom--racial and otherwise
Scott Adams (The Arts / Q&A)
The Orchid Thief (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Susan Orlean
All They Need Is Love (The Arts / Cinema)
Everyone wins in the winning Playing by Heart
Auteur Alert (The Arts / Short Takes)
Another Day In Paradise (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Larry Clark
Glamorama (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Bret Easton Ellis
Americana (The Arts / Short Takes)
The Offspring
Note Found In A Bottle: My Life As A Drinker (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Susan Cheever
Far East (The Arts / Short Takes)
A.R. Gurney
YOUR TIME
A study shows that cutting off your breasts will reduce your cancer risk. But few should do it
Intel or Yahoo? (Personal Time / Your Money)
Some like their tech stocks with proven earnings; some with torrid growth. Me? I want both
Out of Africa (Personal Time / Your Technology)
A remarkable new CD-ROM delivers a vivid, multimedia encyclopedia about black people
Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)
Your Money (Personal Time / Your Money)
SPECIAL SECTION
Spurred by the Americans with Disabilities Act, more firms take on those ready, willing and
The Euro Risk (Time Select / Finance)
A unified currency in Europe may spell more and different problems for the Continent--and the U.S.