Vol. 158 No. 2
NATION
Army wives go on the offensive against a think-tank report that they say perpetuates a stereotype
McCain's House Of Pain
Will his campaign-finance bill survive the gauntlet?
The FBI's Top Gun
Bob Mueller is smart and tough. He has to be to fix a troubled agency
High Noon In The West (High Noon In The West)
Plumbing The Pasture (High Noon In The West / Oil and Gas Drilling)
The Powder River basin is a hot "play" in natural gas. And many ranchers are in the game--not that they have a choice
Free-For-All In A Forest (High Noon In The West / Logging)
Clinton made last-minute monuments, but Bush has delayed full protection. Result: everyone's jumping into the fight over the rules
Crossing The Divide (High Noon In The West / Conflict Resolution)
An oil company confronts the ghosts of sacred tribal land
Who Controls the Land? (High Noon In The West)
When Firebugs Bite (High Noon In The West)
Not In Our Backyard (High Noon In The West / Hazardous-Waste Disposal)
Nevadans, battling a nuclear-waste dump in their state, now have a powerful ally in Senator Harry Reid
Who Rules The Trail? (High Noon In The West / Recreation)
WORLD
HOW FEUDS AND CULTURE CLASHES HAVE STYMIED THE U.S.S. COLE INVESTIGATION
SCIENCE
Forts and castles made of arsenic-treated wood last for years, but should kids be playing on them?
SOCIETY
CAN FAITH SURVIVE WHEN HOPE HAS DIED? THE GUTHRIES THINK SO.
Color-Coded Nutrition (Trend Alert)
Swarovski Crystals (Trend Alert)
Enthusiasms (Trend Alert)
What people are reading, watching and listening to
NOTEBOOK
Notebook
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Ancillary Rights (Page Two)
Summer Pests
No Tea for Me
Milestones (Milestones)
Career Camping
O.K., Already. I Had an Affair (Page Two)
Numbers (Numbers)
News Quiz
Bush's Least Favorite Issue (Page Two)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
The Softer Touch
How China hopes to seal its bid for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games
Someone To Watch Over Me
How to tell the good surveillance from the bad
BUSINESS
INSIDE THE COLLAPSE OF THE GE-HONEYWELL DEAL--AND WHAT IT PORTENDS FOR FUTURE MERGERS
Hyundai In High Gear
Once the butt of jokes, the Korean brand is among the hottest on America's highways
The Dealbreaker Explains Himself (Mario Monti Interview)
"The Prosecutor Is Also The Judge" (Jack Welch Interview)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Wayne Thiebaud offers deep pleasures in the everyday, from pies and cakes to slices of landscape
Rerun Revival (The Arts / Television)
A slew of video and cable options is turning the tube into a pop-culture history classroom
How To Make A Score (The Arts / Cinema)
Brando fights, De Niro stages heists and Norton does rewrites. Hey, no one said a film was easy
A Sound Of One Hand Clapping (The Arts / Books)
John Irving's new novel proves disappointing
More Pills, Fewer Thrills (The Arts / Books)
One trip through the Valley was enough
YOUR TIME
For a single parent, finding romance the second time around is a tantalizing prospect but a tough proposition
The Burning (CD-R) Question (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Why is it so hard to cut music CDs on a PC? Plenty of programs claim to do the job. Some of them actually work
The Artificial Heart, Revisited (Personal Time / Your Health)
The new model is a big improvement over the torture devices of the 1980s, but is it the answer to our prayers?
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Family)
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Technology)
SPECIAL SECTION
Renewable energy has come of age--but it's mostly foreign companies that are making money on it
Exports from Amazonia (Global Business / Green Profits)
A prodigal son returns home to find profit in preserving his country's precious resources
Global Briefing (Global Business / Global Briefing)
Revolutionary Shipyard (Global Business / Custom Manufacturing)
A Polish shipbuilder fattens its books by catering to the individual needs of international clients, like U.S.-based forest-products giant Weyerhaeuser
People to Watch In International Business (Global Business / World Beaters)
Beating the Mansion Tax (Global Business)
You can avoid capital-gains tax on a pricey home by moving frequently--or by selling some beaten-down stocks
A Side Trip to Portofino (Global Business / Business Class)
If you're going to this year's economic summit, take time to visit Genoa's beautiful neighbor
A Bad Drug For Trade Ills (Global Business)
Protectionist rumblings could counteract the curative powers of falling U.S. interest rates