Vol. 153 No. 17

NATION

The McCain Moment (Campaign 2000)
Sure, he can talk tough on Kosovo and campaign reform. But can he ignite passion on other issues?

WORLD

It's Flight Or Fight
As planners study a ground war, NATO unleashes ever more violent air attacks

Mind Game
The allies are also fighting a spin battle for the heads of the Serbian people. They're losing

No to a Ground War
Led by John McCain? Perhaps. But by Bill Clinton? Think again

A Worrisome Kosovo Mystery

SCIENCE

The First Butcher (Paleontology)
Filleted bones and an ape-man surprise: Could this big-toothed scavenger be our ancestor?

SOCIETY

Justice Minus Joy (Crime)
Cleared as a murder suspect, a boy tries to rebuild his shattered life

NOTEBOOK

20 Years Ago In TIME

Notebook

History
Rauchen Sie Nicht! Hitler's Smoke Screed

His Way, Your Way

Milestones (Milestones)

Espionage
The FBI and Los Alamos' Mysterious Mrs. Lee

Numbers

Advances In Opera

Advances In Science

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Our Investigative Daughters

Here's My Marijuana Card, Officer
In the capital of legal pot, you don't need much of an excuse

Welcome to the Works of the Trench Coat

BUSINESS

The Internet's Money Machine
Using the market's new math, CMGI's David Wetherell is rolling out one gazillion-dollar IPO after another

Why the Internet Stock Bubble Refused to Burst

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Firing Up The Imagination (The Arts / Television)
Felicity, The PJs and Sports Night blazed a trail for offbeat shows. Now, Imagine Television is really heating up with six quirky new pilots

Humming The Battles (The Arts / Theater)
The Civil War has little history but lots of tunes

From Assisi's Treasury (The Arts / Art)
A show of medieval works serves as a reminder of repair efforts on the quake-damaged church

Gardens In The Dunes (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Leslie Marmon Silko

The Soul of a Small Town (The Arts / Books)
In his latest, Tracy Kidder stays close to home

A Thousand Suns (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Dominique Lapierre

eXistenZ (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by David Cronenberg

Pushing Tin (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Mike Newell

Bury The Hatchet (The Arts / Short Takes)
The Cranberries

The Awful Truth (The Arts / Short Takes)
Bravo, Fridays

Second Stage Theatre (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Rem Koolhaas and Richard Gluckman

YOUR TIME

Mogul Moments (Personal Time / Your Money)
Talk to 10 different dealmakers and you get some surprisingly similar, sensible advice

E-Book Report (Personal Time / Your Technology)
If you haven't yet seen one of the new electronic books, you soon will. Are they worth reading?

Sunny-Side Up (Personal Time / Your Health)
Eating an egg a day won't keep the doctor away, but it probably won't hurt your heart either

Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)

Your Money (Personal Time / Your Money)

Your Technology (Personal Time / Your Technology)

SPECIAL SECTION

...In Sorrow And Disbelief (Special Report / The Littleton Massacre)
On March 4, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold sat for this class picture. On April 17, they both went to the prom. What they did next left their school...

A Curse Of Cliques (Special Report / The Littleton Massacre)
There are good reasons to form tight-knit groups. But in America's high schools, they can be harsh

Bang, You're Dead (Special Report / The Littleton Massacre)
Revenge fantasies are proliferating in movies and on TV. But should they be blamed for Littleton?

Coming to Clarity About Guns (Special Report / The Littleton Massacre)
Are we witnessing a cultural shift that says gunmakers are to blame?

What Politicians Can't Do (Special Report / The Littleton Massacre)
They chose soul searching over easy fixes. But should they do the parenting?

What Can The Schools Do? (Special Report / The Littleton Massacre)
Metal detectors, mesh book bags, armed police--should kids have to attend prisons? Here's what some schools have done to prevent violence

Digital Dungeons (Special Report / The Littleton Massacre)
Gory fantasy beckons to kids from websites and video games. It can be playful. But often it's hateful

Multi-Colored Families (Time Select / Family)
Racially mixed households face their own challenges. Here's how they are trying to meet them

Stepped-On Moms (Time Select / Family)
It can be rougher than many new stepmothers think to fit into a family that's already in progress

We're Goths and Not Monsters (Special Report / The Littleton Massacre)

Where Were the Parents? (Special Report / The Littleton Massacre)
Could they not notice their kids' rage? Could you?

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