Vol. 155 No. 20
NATION
Baseball is George W.'s great passion. It's what he is most confident about. And it's a key to understanding him
The Trouble with Tony (Campaign 2000)
Coelho is Al Gore's right hand. But he has legal woes, and his roughshod ways may hurt the Veep
Mothers Against Guns
The Million Mom March on Washington this Sunday is inspired by women like these, forever scarred by gun violence
The Dangers of Being Specific (Campaign 2000)
WORLD
In embattled Africa, terror stalks U.N. troops as rebels go on a rampage, this time in Sierra Leone
SCIENCE
Amateur sky watchers are tracking U.S. spy satellites on the Web, and some spooks are not amused
SPORT
By salvaging his career, the Knicks star leads his league in paradoxes
TECHNOLOGY
It came. It flattered. It wreaked havoc on the Internet. Why are we so vulnerable? What can be done?
Who Are These Guys? (Script Kiddies)
Why PCs Are Easy Targets (Bug Analysis)
The Case For Microsoft
Why Windows and Microsoft Office should stay under one roof
NOTEBOOK
Elian's Week
Trying to Be a Kid With Feds on Your Tail
Thanks, I Must Be Going
Take My Membership. Please
Milestones (Milestones)
Apocalypse Canceled
Eulogy
Maternity Chic
Numbers
Terrorism
A Lockerbie Conviction--Tougher Than Expected?
Spring Flings
Gun Battle
Mayor Street: Pick Up Your Messages
Wild West
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Protests against U.S. bombing tests could be over for now. But political fallout rains
Was Lincoln a Racist?
A noted black author argues that he was, but no one seems to be listening
(Contributors)
The Mysteries of Prom Night
Spring prompts reflections on nature, hormones and baseball caps
News Quiz Crossword (News Quiz Crossword)
My Dad's Ronstadt Revival (Update)
One of Linda's records brought him back to life, but mostly it's been downhill since a 1999 TIME story
BUSINESS
How Time Warner stubbed its toe and outraged TV viewers in a billion-dollar battle with Disney
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Shedding pounds and pounding the surf to film an island survival tale
You Could Call It the Wonk Wing (The Arts / Show Business)
NBC's hit White House series has become a national civics lesson
Matters of Life and Death (The Arts / Books)
Jayne Anne Phillips' MotherKind tells a moving tale of birth and illness without easy ironies or pathos
Larry Brown's Inner Fire (The Arts / Books)
The fireman turned novelist burns with passion for the rootless denizens of his native Mississippi
Sonique Boom (The Arts / Music)
A pop star rises, with the Net as her launching pad
The Secret Word Is Grouch (The Arts / Books)
A biography of Groucho Marx reveals his sour side
Human, None Too Human (The Arts / Television)
CBS's biblical mini-series Jesus, reverent of the deity, loses the man
Quantum Metaphysics (The Arts / Online)
Can Hollywood's first big Internet production stoke a revolution in the way we see movies?
Timecode (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed By Mike Figgis
Dirty Blonde (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Claudia Shear
I Dreamed Of Africa (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Hugh Hudson
Emotional (The Arts / Short Takes)
Carl Thomas MY NAME IS JOE Joe
Rated X (The Arts / Short Takes)
Showtime, May 13, 9 p.m. E.T.
YOUR TIME
Here's advice from a combat helicopter pilot on how to survive your family's summer vacation
Fall of the Mighty (Personal Time / Your Money)
Soros, Buffett, Robertson. They're out of synch with stocks, and you can learn from their errors
Chicks That Click (Personal Time / Your Technology)
To find out what teen girls want in a website, I went straight to the source--and got an earful
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Family)
Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)
(Personal Time / Your Money)
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Brain Gymnastics (Personal Time / Your Health)
Can a stimulating hobby decrease your risk of Alzheimer's disease? Maybe, but don't count on it
SPECIAL SECTION
Lavished with campaign cash, lawmakers are "reforming" bankruptcy--punishing the downtrodden to catch a few cheats
Sarah Jones (People To Watch)
Of Man's Estate (Time Select / Families)
The right strategy for estate planning can mean huge tax savings and happy heirs
Catching Teens in Time (Time Select / Families)
It's suicide season in the teenage world. How can you spot a dangerously depressed girl or boy?
Balancing Tact and Tactics (Time Select / Families)
YOUR PARENTS AND THEIR WILLS