Vol. 153 No. 20
NATION
The Veep loves foreign policy, and he helps shape Clinton's world view. But will the voters care?
The Tipper Effect (Campaign 2000)
The Vice President's wife has lent his campaign a human touch and fiddled a bit under the hood
Get Ready To Parry
His G.O.P. rivals can't wait to take down George W. Bush
On the Defensive
Sensing disaster, a Littleton-addled G.O.P. tries to fix its fumble on gun control
Once Again on the March
Colin Powell fixed his crusade by working harder and altering his alliances
WORLD
Boris Yeltsin beat an impeachment rap and left his opposition in tatters again. But he still doesn't seem to have a plan for Russia
Collateral Damage
A week of fury in Beijing is a reminder: China's hard-liners are alive and well
The Embassy Bombing: Small Steps to a Big Disaster
Russia's Distracted Peacemaker
SCIENCE
As the launch industry is heating up, U.S. boosters are blowing up. What's behind all the flameouts?
HEALTH & MEDICINE
What can nuns tell us about Alzheimer's? A lot, it turns out. This week's news is that folic acid may stave off dementia
Fat Drug Flies In Cyberspace (Health / In Brief)
SOCIETY
Too stressed out to even have time for a shrink? Now you can talk through your neuroses online
TECHNOLOGY
Did Columbine take the fire out of the splatter-game business? Not judging by last week's big expo
NOTEBOOK
Bureaucracy
Treasury Shuffle Costs Albright Her Ace Card
Step Counting: The First 100 Days
Get Ready for the Prequel Sequel
Milestones (Milestones)
Borne Across The U.S.A.
Campaign 2000
Bradley Rounds Up Some Unusual Prospects
Eulogy (Eulogy)
Medicine
Robin Hoods of Palestine Head for the Hospitals
Culture
This Is Progress?
The End
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
It's getting hard to tell who's "white" or "black"
Covering Your Family
We devote a new page to kids, parents and elders
In Fact, We're Dumbing Up
Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, Jane Austen--what is our culture coming to?
BUSINESS
Brainy economist Larry Summers replaces Wall Street wizard Robert Rubin at the Treasury. Can he leave well enough alone?
Worldwide Fender Blender
Billed as a "merger of equals," the union of Chrysler with Daimler-Benz has been anything but. Yet amid crashed marriages and careers, a transglobal company is emerging
EDUCATION
As more schools teach values--some sensibly and some in silly ways--the question is, Where are the parents?
LAW
Justice sues American Air for predatory pricing
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
We've seen the future. It looks like Ricky Martin. It sings like Marc Anthony. It dances like Jennifer Lopez. Â隆Que Bueno!
Fine, Indecipherable Flourishes (The Arts / Appreciation)
SAUL STEINBERG: 1914-1999
Back with Beethoven (The Arts / Music)
No one loves the composer's piano concertos more--or plays them better--than Alfred Brendel
Boo! (Scared Yet?) (The Arts / Books)
Marina Warner, a keen student of fairy tales, takes a look at things that go bump in the night
Havana Bay (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Martin Cruz Smith
Tom Selleck (The Arts / Q&A)
Godfather of the Miami Sound (The Arts / Show Business)
Cleopatra (The Arts / Short Takes)
ABC, May 23, 24
The Consul (The Arts / Short Takes)
Gian Carlo Menotti
The Jesse Ventura Story (The Arts / Short Takes)
NBC, May 23
Tea With Mussolini (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
YOUR TIME
How can parents encourage a kid to love sports and be a good sport too? Step 1: stop yelling
Driving a Bargain (Personal Time / Your Money)
Car insurance is getting cheaper amid heated competition. Go ahead, demand a better rate
Love's Linux Lost (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Sick of Windows and Mac OS? How hard could it be to install the famous free alternative?
Turn Off the Lights (Personal Time / Your Health)
Are babies who sleep in the dark less likely to grow up nearsighted? Don't take any chances
Your Family (Personal Time / Your Family)
Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)
Your Money (Personal Time / Your Money)
Your Technology (Personal Time / Your Technology)