Vol. 154 No. 21
NATION
The high cost of prescriptions may be the hot issue in this election. What you should know about the problem, and why the pols are worrying
The Branding of Bill Bradley
The candidate who shuns packaging has come to appreciate its uses
Newt: The Health Nut
In this chapter of his life, the former Speaker has become obsessed--with his fitness and yours
The Claritin Case
How One Firm Played the Patent Game
How One Big HMO Capitulated (Managed Care)
How to Buy Prescriptions Online (Internet)
WORLD
An F on its fit-to-fight scores gives the Army a black eye
A Call for American Consensus
Why our arms-control leadership is too important to risk in partisan political fights
SCIENCE
A new exhibit illuminates the extraordinary age of Akhenaten, Nefertiti and the boy King Tut
HEALTH & MEDICINE
In one of the first success stories to come out of gene-therapy research, doctors are learning how to teach the heart to heal itself
I'm Superstitious About Calling It a Miracle (Medicine / First Person)
SOCIETY
Drugs and therapy help, but many mentally ill also need social rehab. Here's how it succeeds
Locking Up The Voices (Crime)
A teen killer is sent away for life. Was justice done?
NOTEBOOK
Notebook
Internet
I Kiss You!!!!!: The Movie, Coming Soon to Theaters
Presidency...or Pulitzer?
A Boy and His Talking Man-Fish
You Do Not Want to Be a Millionaire
Milestones (Milestones)
Crime Scene
Diplomacy
A Trip That's Greek To Clinton's Planners
Ask Dr. Notebook
Fashion Fusion
Komedy Korner
The List
Numbers
What's His Problem?
World
You Say Kosovo, I Say Kosova; Let's Fight
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
It brings religious values into schools by the back door. Why not the front?
People Smuggling Is A Good Business
The easiest illegal route to America may be through a tiny Indian reserve
Fighting Words
A school dispute escalates into a racial cause celebre
BUSINESS
Australians are changing the world of wine. Even the French seem grateful
Giving Away The E-Store
The Web has become a freebie fest. Can firms make money offering something for nothing?
Click and Dagger: Is the Web Spying on You?
Indicators (Indicators)
The $200 Sip (Department of Wealth)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Can such cute critters be bad influences? How one misfit's quest turned into a global bonanza
Amazing Anime (The Arts / Arts)
Princess Mononoke and other wildly imaginative films prove that Japanese animation is more than just Pokemon
Playing the Margins (The Arts / Show Business)
Philip Seymour Hoffman specializes in outcasts
Creative Chaos (The Arts / Art)
Recalling the past 50 years of American art--from the spiritually sublime to the subversively crude
Indignant Sanity (The Arts / Books)
A right-wing convert's different view on race
Tim Burton's Tricky Treat (The Arts / Cinema)
The auteur of Batman and Edward Scissorhands is back in top form with a creepy Sleepy Hollow
Travels with Mommy (The Arts / Cinema)
Two road films end up in very different places
Wet Weather (The Arts / Theater)
His vehicle leaks, but Woody Harrelson shines
Willennium (The Arts / Short Takes)
Will Smith
A Flawed Friendship (The Arts / Show Business)
Should Children Play with Monsters? (The Arts / Arts)
The Man Who Just Didn't Get It (The Arts / Arts)
Good Work (The Arts / Cinema)
The heroine wants it; we get it in the fine Rosetta
Those Bones Are Not My Child (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Toni Cade Bambara
Timeline (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Michael Crichton
Felicia's Journey (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Atom Egoyan
RKO 281 (The Arts / Short Takes)
HBO, debuts Nov. 20
YOUR TIME
Kids love 'em, but parents can point out that they're one form of foolery that won't go away
Your Lost Treasure (Personal Time / Your Money)
Billions of dollars in forgotten funds are waiting to be reclaimed. Here's how to get yours
Fringe Benefits (Personal Time / Your Technology)
The Microsoft judge says there aren't any viable alternatives to Windows. What about Linux?
How to Find a Trial (Personal Time / Your Health)
A clinical trial, that is. Often it's the only way a cancer patient can get the latest treatments
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Family)
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Money)
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)
SPECIAL SECTION
Sure it's getting late, but not too. Here are six ways to cut your tax bill by Dec. 31
Half-Retired (Time Select / Lifestyle)
The first generation of two-income couples is starting to retire. Now she works, and he doesn't
PEOPLE
Gates insists on the right to determine what goes into Windows, but he seems open to compromise on other issues
People
The Microsoft Antitrust Case (Interview)
The Company Courts the A.G.s
LETTERS
Who Should Be the Person of the Century? (TIME 100)