Vol. 159 No. 12
NATION
Granting visas for terrorists after 9/11 could be the last gaffe for the Immigration Service
Yes, We Know It's 2002...
But Al Gore and his rivals already are campaigning like it's 2004. And then there's Tipper
WORLD
A Land Divided
In a sliver of territory between the river and the sea, borders have rarely been fixed for long
Bibi's Back
Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu re-emerges to campaign against Arafat and Sharon
On The Mop-Up Patrol
Traveling with U.S. special forces, a TIME journalist lands in the middle of a fire fight
Why Bush Had To Act (The Dilemma)
With his war on terrorism at stake, the President intervenes in the Middle East. But even his advisers don't agree on a strategy
SCIENCE
SOCIETY
Backlash Against Charity Sweating (Trend Alert)
Return To Peasantville (Trend Alert / Style)
RELIGION
How do you put a price on sexual abuse?
Let Priests Marry
And ordain women. This is a time for radical change
SPORT
Will chess go the way of the WWF? This Russian kingpin sure hopes so
NOTEBOOK
Notebook
Vacancy: Food And Drug Czar
It's Good To Have The King (Key Figure)
Upward Ho! Lining Up For Everest
Milestones (Milestones)
What America Thinks
Six months after the terror attacks, a TIME/CNN poll finds Americans still high on President Bush but unsure about an economic recovery
Up From Poverty
After Shah-i-Kot: The Next Campaign
The Battle Of Yucca Mountain
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
She says she's hanging it up in 2006. Why men are counting the days
BUSINESS
Once a maker of cheapo gadgets, the Korean giant is churning out cutting-edge stuff that's cool to own
EDUCATION
Dorm monitors at Umass-Amherst vote to become America's first unionized undergraduate group
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Can't find love the old-fashioned way? At one new bar, high-tech hookups are just a phone call away
Inside The Oscar Wars (The Arts / Show Business)
Covert ops. Big bucks. Malice aforethought. And Russell Crowe. The Oscar campaign is so dirty, it could make a great movie
Oscar By The Numbers (The Arts / Show Business)
Hollywood lives by stats. Or, rather, $tats: weekend grosses, Tom Hanks' take-home pay, Tom Cruise's divorce settlement. Here are our own.
Rocking The Cradle (The Arts / Books)
A novel by two former New York City nannies dishes the dirt on how the wealthy rear their young
Sidekick On The Loose! (The Arts / Television)
Andy Richter walked away from one of the best gigs in late night. Now he's master of the Universe
Baby, It's Dark Outside (The Arts / Theater)
Sweet Smell of Success is a pale shadow of the noir classic it's based on. Here's what went wrong
The Court (The Arts / Short Takes)
ABC, Tuesdays, 10 p.m. E.T.
Twisted Sister (The Arts / Books)
A delectable novel about a not-so-delightful family
Rules Of Engagement (The Arts / Movies)
Finding modern love in some surprising places
Souljacker (The Arts / Short Takes)
Eels
Exhibition (The Arts / Short Takes)
The Crucible (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Richard Eyre
Y Tu Mama Tambien (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Alfonso Cuaron
Ice Age (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Chris Wedge
MTV2 Presents Unplugged 2.0: Lauryn Hill (The Arts / Short Takes)
MTV, April 19, 10 p.m. E.T.
SPECIAL SECTION
Mission: Intelligence (Global Business / Sleuths In Suits)
Since Sept. 11, executives are demanding better information about security risks--and about threats to their competitive edge
Spies Like Us (Global Business / Sleuths In Suits)
Creating a competitive-intelligence shop is easier than you might think
Typing On Cloth (Global Business / The Global Life)
Logitech unveils a new fold-up fabric keyboard that it hopes will get you
Toxic Trade? (Global Business / Environment)
A Canadian chemical firm says California's pollution controls violate NAFTA rules
People To Watch In International Business (Global Business / World Beaters)
More Chips On The Table (Global Business)
Here's how to play the surge in orders for new semiconductors
Why The Kids Are All Right (Global Business)
U.S. students are taught early to work with technology and in diverse groups
PEOPLE
TO OUR READERS
When not tailing Cheney, our journalists pursued stories from the front line in Afghanistan to the cutting edge of consumer electronics in Texas. Their thoughts: