Vol. 156 No. 5
NATION
The activist and socialite has plans for two "shadow conventions" she hopes will roil the Establishment. What are they really about?
Wrong Guy, Good Cause (Campaign 2000)
PROTESTING THE DEATH PENALTY
Summertime and School Isn't Easy
As the school calendar continues to grow, will the lazy, hazy days of summer be no more?
All Schoolwork but No Homework (Variations On A Theme)
WORLD
He has remade his cause. On the brink of history, he now worries about a legacy
Indian Stunners
The once demure subcontinent has a new and fast-growing export: beauty queens
Bottling Ancient Secrets
THE BUSINESS OF BEAUTY
SCIENCE
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS could revolutionize farming. Protesters fear they could also destroy the ecosystem. You decide
The Global Food Fight
Taking It To Main Street (Inside The Protests)
SOCIETY
Can boozers learn moderation? A tragedy rekindles debate about a controversial program
Two-Faced Woman (Crime)
In search of the American Dream, thousands came to Big Sister Ping. The feds think she's a big crook
Red Bull (Trend Alert)
NOTEBOOK
History of the Business Suit, or Dress for Egress
What The World Needs Now: Richer Rich
Milestones (Milestones)
B.Y.O. Life Jacket
Eulogy
Numbers (Numbers)
Campaign Pledge Drive: Week Eight
Simian, Some You Lose
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Chuck Kristensen has spiders in his suburban basement--50,000 of them
Breaking the Olympic Habit
The payoff scandal is bad, but the real shame of the Games is drug use
Walking Down The Canyon
News Quiz Crossword (News Quiz Crossword)
BUSINESS
Manufacturing meets the Internet in a new technology that could make factories obsolete
Taps for Napster?
Record companies want to kill the music pirates' favorite site. This week they tell it to the judge
Next Up: DVDs (At The Movies)
It's Ron Sommer Calling--Again (The Telephone Business)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
For monsters, monkeys or five Eddie Murphys, who you gonna call? Rick Baker
Silent Mysteries (The Arts / Art)
The quiet, marvelous paintings of Chardin capture things as they really are, making him the genius of the 18th century bourgeois imagination
Goodbye to All That (The Arts / Interview)
This week, after 15 years, Kathie Lee Gifford leaves Regis Philbin. It's the end of life as we know it
A Painstaking Fantasy (The Arts / Cinema)
A digital filmmaker moves up the evolutionary ladder from dinos and toys to "real" human beings
The Peacock In Shackles (The Arts / Television)
With no oxymoronically named reality TV in its pipeline, NBC casts a ravenous eye at the Dutch Chains of Love
Hawaii's Man Of Steel (The Arts / Music)
A new CD unearths the joyous island sound of virtuoso guitarist King Bennie Nawahi
Raekwon (The Arts / Short Takes)
The Girl on the Bridge (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Patrice Leconte
Joao Voz e Violao (The Arts / Short Takes)
Joao Gilberto
Kina (The Arts / Short Takes)
Kina
Media Fun House, (The Arts / Short Takes)
Manhattan public-access cable, Saturday, 1:30 a.m. E.T.
The Wind Will Carry Us (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
YOUR TIME
Exchange-traded funds are becoming popular. Here's what you need to know about them
I'm a Web Zombie (Personal Time / Your Technology)
The 24-hour-a-day webcast of Big Brother has me hooked on the lives of 10 strangers. Help!
Ginseng Surprise (Personal Time / Your Health)
An independent report finds that what's listed on a supplement's label is not always what's inside
Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Money)
Report From MacWorld Expo (Personal Time / Your Technology)