Vol. 155 No. 15
NATION
Elian's father arrives to reclaim his son. A look at Juan Miguel's long quest--and the life that awaits them in Cuba
Out With The Old?
To prop up their influence, the anti-Castro hard-liners gambled big on Elian. Now what?
Don't Let Hinckley Roam Free
Reagan's daughter tells why his attacker's day-trips are a menace to society
Meanwhile, back in Cuba... (Postcard From Cardenas)
Fighting For Their Children
OTHER CUSTODY DISPUTES
The Second-Class Parent
Elian's case reveals our ambivalence toward fathers
WORLD
Japan has a new Prime Minister. But will he be anything other than a successful political infighter?
Rwandan Sorrow
For the nation's expectant mothers, pregnancy is often a death sentence. Newborns fare little better. Across the land, heartbreak replaces joy
SCIENCE
His outfit sequences our genome--but it will take years to decode
New Ways to The New World (Archaeology)
An old Virginia sandpit may change our views of the earliest Americans
Battle Pending
WHO OWNS THE GENOME?
SOCIETY
For all of life's disasters that you'll probably never face, a quirky manual is here to help
Bugging a Gravestone (Crime)
Steve Thomas, a lead detective on the JonBenet case, chronicles the tragicomic investigation
The Drug Culture Gets a Museum (American Scene)
DEA shows off the coolest stuff it has confiscated
NOTEBOOK
The DEA's Big Bust: Did They Get the Wrong Guy? (Exclusive)
Propaganda in The Internet Age
Take My Privacy, Please
Milestones (Milestones)
Raw Data
Eulogy
Civil Rights Heroes Too? (Campaign Finance)
Mirror, Mirror on The White House Wall
More Proof Of Evolution
Name Theory
Numbers (Numbers)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
News Quiz Crossword (News Quiz Crossword)
Contributors (Contributors)
BUSINESS
After a massive disruption of a global-trade meeting last year, protesters head to Washington to take on the IMF
The Thrill Ride Isn't Over
Uncertainty on Wall Street has given rise to the most volatile market in 20 years
Gates Gets Slammed
Proving that Microsoft broke antitrust laws was the easy part. Now what's the remedy?
Microsoft's Future
As the action shifts from the desktop to the Internet, Windows is getting into new gear
"100% Ethical" (Ballmer Q&A)
Wake Up and Smell the Protest (The Politics of Coffee)
Doom Stalks The Dotcoms
A market recovery won't help a passel of sinking e-tailers and other once hot sites
Indicators (Indicators)
The Day the World Ended
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Before he was 30, Edward Norton already had two Oscar nominations. But what he really wanted to do was direct. Now he has
A Yuppie's Killer Instinct (The Arts / Cinema)
American Psycho, the book they didn't want to publish, becomes a movie you shouldn't miss
Broadcasting From New Ork (The Arts / Television)
Robin Williams blends improv, radio and Internet
All My Exes Live in Print (The Arts / Photography)
Naked Pictures of My Ex-Girlfriends is just that
The Anatomy of an Icon (The Arts / Books)
Joyce Carol Oates' Blonde offers, if you can believe it, a fictionalized biography of Marilyn Monroe
Rules Of Engagement (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by William Friedkin
Q + A John Cusack (The Arts / Q&A)
A Pride of Literary Lions (The Arts / Television)
How to get kids reading--and roaring with laughter
Perils of the Rustic Life (The Arts / Books)
Wild Decembers portrays a simmering Irish feud
A Modern Jurassic Family (The Arts / Television)
Discovery's digital dinos mix fact and guesswork
A Rotten Good Time (The Arts / Show Business)
The lead screecher for the pioneering punk band the Sex Pistols sounds off about his new movie
Good-Hearted, Wrongheaded (The Arts / Cinema)
Actor Om Puri shines in the Miramax comedy-drama East Is East
Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Bob Costas
Joe Gould's Secret (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Stanley Tucci
Can't Take Me Home (The Arts / Short Takes)
Pink
The Corner (The Arts / Short Takes)
HBO, Sundays, starting April 16
YOUR TIME
Popular summer camps are already booked, but you can still find a good spot for your kid
Bats and Brokers (Personal Time / Your Money)
Looking for clues to explain Tuesday's market gyrations? Observe a bloodsucking mammal
You Talkin' to Me? (Personal Time / Our Technology)
The first chat-room search engine is a great idea, but most conversations still read like gibberish
Silent Suffering (Personal Time / Your Health)
If you're hit by pain, speak up about it loud and clear--otherwise your doctor can't help you
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Family)
Estrogen Redux (Personal Time / Your Health)
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Money)
In Brief (Personal Time / Our Technology)