Vol. 151 No. 18
NATION
The judge throws out Lewinsky's immunity deal, which puts her right back in Starr's crosshairs. What will he do next to make her tell him what she knows?
The Trouble With Treasure
Has a legendary adventurer been selling counterfeit antiques?
Too Many Eyes In The Sky?
A media furor erupts after L.A.'s competitive local stations capture a suicide--live on television
The G.O.P. Mantra: Keep Dobson Happy
WORLD
As Israel celebrates its 50th anniversary, its citizens identify the rift over religion as their nation's No. 1 problem
Kosovo Smolders
Once again the West watches impotently as Milosevic draws blood in the Balkans
A Popular Bad Idea
Expanding NATO comes with risks as well as costs
Cherchez La Femme!
Tripped up by a high-living lady friend, France's fifth highest official is probed for corruption
SOCIETY
Bipin Shah has spent over $1 million searching for his runaway ex-wife and two little girls. They're hidden away in Children of the Underground, run by Faye Yager. And she's not about to give them up
RELIGION
Devotees of a ferocious Buddhist deity are seeking to put a dent in the Dalai Lama's aura of sainthood
TECHNOLOGY
The Middle Kingdom has embraced the Net as the fastest path to the 21st century
NOTEBOOK
This Slang Is Off The Hizzies
Techwatch (Techwatch)
Milestones (Milestones)
Eulogy (Eulogy)
Health Report (Health Report)
Japan (The Scoop)
Fracas Follows Book About Nanking Atrocity
Politics (The Scoop)
The G.O.P. Plots to Hang The 2000 Problem on Al
Armchair Detective (The Scoop)
Did a Student Crack the Unabomber's Code?
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
An ecowarrior who calls herself Butterfly has set a tree-squatting record
The Real American Dilemma
To be hip or square? Fly or fool? But maybe it's possible to have it both ways
BUSINESS
A fleet of monster ships is steaming into a high-seas showdown. They're loaded for fun. But can they all make money?
A Nation Of Stock Keepers
Online trading is quick, cheap and growing fast. But this kind of convenience can be dangerous
The Pendulum Economy
Why the market's continual swings are good news
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
We know how much the season's first big monster will earn--Godzillions! But what about mere mortals like Hanks and Willis, Uma and Mel?
Tori, Tori, Tori! (The Arts / Music)
Pop's platinum-selling cult figure returns with a newly urgent sound
A Terminal Case Of Telling The Truth (The Arts / Cinema)
In Bulworth, Warren Beatty plays a pol afflicted with leveling with everyone
The Lives Of The Saint (The Arts / Books)
He's easy to like. He's easy to dislike. A new look at Jimmy Carter takes the former approach by far
No Yucky Parts (The Arts / Books)
Nicholson Baker shuns high porn for girl talk
Anatomy of a Drag Queen (The Arts / Theater)
She's been unlucky in love and on the surgeon's table. But now Hedwig has an off-Broadway hit
Can The Millennium Deliver? (The Arts / History)
The centuries of envisioning and predicting it reveal more about the hopes, dreams and fears of people in ages past than about the event itself
The Lost Picture Show (The Arts / Show Business)
What's wrong with Hollywood? Two tell-alls offer cautionary tales and lots of inside dope
A Sober Start To Summer Fun (The Arts / Cinema)