Vol. 154 No. 13
NATION
Jesse Ventura may not run for President in 2000--but he wouldn't mind if Donald Trump joined the fray
Terror In The Sanctuary
A gunman fires on a church group in Texas. Are Evangelicals the new hate-crime target?
L.A. Confidential, for Real
Street cops accused of frame-ups in widening scandal
Condi Rice Can't Lose
George W. Bush's foreign-policy adviser is a future superstar. But can she save Bush from himself?
A Very Close Call
Hurricane Floyd never delivered the catastrophic blow forecasters feared, but that just postpones the inevitable
Wait Till Next Time
If a little heated water in the Atlantic can create Floyd, what storms will global warming bring?
Bill Gives Big
Mr. Microsoft will send 20,000 minority students to college
Painful Debate
Should Congress prohibit "right-to-die" measures?
Adrift in Floyd: "It Was Like Watching Hope Float Away" (First Person)
Pat Buchanan (The World According To...)
Foreign Policy From the Fringe
Donald Trump (The World According To...)
He's the Dream, In Supersize
WORLD
How We Spied on You
Aged spooks gather in Berlin to trade gibes and tales about the golden era of cold war espionage
A Real Le Carre
SPORT
In this week's Ryder Cup, the Spanish phenom takes on a testy Tiger and other cranky U.S. pros
TECHNOLOGY
Can't program a computer? Not techno savvy? Not a problem. If you've got a hot Internet business idea, Silicon Valley's astonishing start-up machine will do the rest
(Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
What does it take to launch the next Internet megabusiness? The new entrepreneurs can do it in 90 days--with a lot of effort, money, and some caffeinated mints
Start Me Up (Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
The post-techie world has new players: women, immigrants and even Republicans Women Entrepreneurs Doing It for Themselves
Those Yearning to IPO (Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
Romance Can Wait (Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
Ten Webheads in a Pen (Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
George W.'s Ambassador (Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
Notrich.com (Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
How I Missed The Gold Rush
Quick, Get Me a Desk! (Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
What's That Buzz I Hear? (Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
The Man with the Money (Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
Waiting for The Big Hit (Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
I Saw You on Craig's List (Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
Take the Money and...? (Silicon Valley / The Second Wave)
NOTEBOOK
U.S. Presidency: The Job That Keeps on Giving
60-Second Symposium
Notebook
Environment
Fight over Sludge Starts to Get Dirty
If the Spending Cap Doesn't Fit, Share It
Missing the Man in the Middle
Milestones (Milestones)
Will Write for Food
Education
Teachers Are Lagging Behind in Logging On
Gore
Numbers (Numbers)
Rap Sheet
Unseamly
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
The Limits of Humanitarianism
Realpolitik dictates that the U.S. take a backseat in East Timor
Danger and Alarm on A New Alien Gateway
An Arizona desert has become a conduit for hundreds of thousands of illegals
BUSINESS
Is Network TV Doomed? Personal video recorders that allow ad-free viewing could change broadcasting
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Industrial rock's auteur was lost. His new CD shows what he found on the hard road back
Encore, Encore (The Arts / Design)
Nearly 70, Radio City Music Hall, a monument of modern design, dresses up again in the high style of its youth
Boomer Bards (The Arts / Television)
They've done teens, 20s, 30s--now it's fortysomethings in Once and Again
The Absence of Comfort (The Arts / Books)
A Gesture Life elegantly charts the inner life of an emotionally and socially dislocated man
After All the Smoke Cleared (The Arts / Books)
An in-the-trenches look at how the war against Big Tobacco got won
Roads Not Taken (The Arts / Books)
What if some of our history had happened a little differently?
Snoops (The Arts / Short Takes)
ABC, Sunday, 9 p.m. E.T.
Chyna (The Arts / Q&A)
A Show That Loves Too Much (The Arts / Television)
A Love Like Ours (The Arts / Short Takes)
Barbra Streisand
Blue Streak (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Les Mayfield
Versus (The Arts / Short Takes)
Donatella Versace
Daughter Of Art History (The Arts / Short Takes)
Yasumasa Morimura
The Donkey Show (The Arts / Short Takes)
Created by Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner
Later Today (The Arts / Short Takes)
NBC, weekdays, 9 a.m. E.T.
YOUR TIME
From "I do" to the Seven-Year Itch, a new study shows that marriage (surprise) is hard work
Don't Get Caught (Personal Time / Your Money)
Stock-fund holders could be on the hook for big tax bites in a year of big redemptions
All-in-One Gizmo? (Personal Time / Technology)
Handspring's new personal digi-assistant may be the last gadget you'll ever need. If it works.
Do the Shoes Fit? (Personal Time / Your Health)
In sports, wearing the right footwear is almost as important as how well you play the game
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Family)
Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Money)
In Brief (Personal Time / Technology)
SPECIAL SECTION
The Senior Games in Orlando, Fla., next month will put older but fitter athletes on display
Those Rich Old Pros (Time Select / Professional Sports)
On the golf and tennis senior tours, the Boys of Autumn are winning acclaim and big bucks
Eddie & Esther (Time Select / Nostalgia)
Two much married former stars cast a look backward
PEOPLE
LETTERS
Who Should Be the Person of the Century? (TIME 100)