Vol. 157 No. 7

NATION

War Over Arctic Oil (The Last Wild Place)
Beyond these mountains lies the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain, a magnificent battleground. Terry McCarthy visits the tundra where George W. Bush wants to drill for oil

How Much Is Under The Tundra? (The Last Wild Place)
THE GREAT OIL DEBATE

When a Buddy Movie Goes Bad
Bill and Al, the Boys on the Bus--how long ago that seems

Beth & Denise & Bill
After a hearing into the fishy pardon of fugitive Marc Rich, new clues about why Clinton did it

What Is That Oink, Oink?
As Bush rolls out a $1.6 trillion tax cut, lobbyists and politicians scramble to bulk it up even more

D.C. Tax Follies? An Ohio Town Shrugs (Beyond The Beltway)

WORLD

Israel Soldiers On
After beating Barak, Sharon reaches out for partners

A Traitor's Tale
One man sold out Osama bin Laden, and now reveals his chilling insights

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Hearts and Minds (Medicine)
Doctors knew about the mental fog that can set in after a bypass. But who knew it could come back?

SOCIETY

Baby, It's You! And You, And You... (Human Cloning)
Renegade scientists say they are ready to start applying the technology of cloning to human beings. Can they really do it, and how scary would that be?

My Sister, My Clone (Human Cloning)

Copydog, Copycat (Human Cloning)

"Om A Little Teapot..." (Living)
For stressed-out kids, yoga offers the road to inner peace. For their parents, any sort of peace is nice

Gyrotonic Expansion System (Trend Alert)

"Bad Boy" Clauses (Trend Alert)

SPORT

Welcome To The XBA
The fractious style and attitude of pro hoops today hide a little secret: these guys can play

NOTEBOOK

Notebook

U.S. And Russia Team Up To Hunt Down Bin Laden (Terrorism)

Gore-geous

Chico, I'm The Man

Milestones (Milestones)

Eulogy (Eulogy)

Juan Quixote?
Olympics Chief Goes for The Gold--as in Nobel

Backstage at the Pardon: Tensions and Tipoffs (The Plot Thickens)

Pan America

News Quiz

Just Give Me That Biblical Rock 'n' Roll

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

The Story Of 2001

BUSINESS

How To Build A Better Mousetrap
Call it stay and pay. Disney's California Adventure park entices grownups to hang around for a couple of days

Don't Want to Convert? Just Say No
Jews accuse a theme park of trying to win them over. What's wrong with that?

The Golden State Shines Like New
BUT IS IT MAGIC?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Joys And Sorrows Of Amy Tan (The Arts / Books)
Her mother has always been the writer's best muse. Now her mother's death has inspired a vibrant novel about loss

Pop Gets Its Groove Back (The Arts / Music)
He outlasted the Beatles and pushed past J. Lo. Now reggae singer Shaggy reigns on the charts

Relationship of Command At the Drive-In (The Arts / Short Takes)
and FROZEN POOL Christina Rosenvinge

New Ground (The Arts / Music)
The former Pavement front man goes his own way

English Passengers (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Matthew Kneale

Chances Of A Lifetime (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Warren Christopher

The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Susan Orlean

In The Mood For Love (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Wong Kar-wai

Treasures From American Film Archives (The Arts / Short Takes)

Glimmer, Glimmer And Shine (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Warren Leight

When Skies Are Grey (The Arts / Short Takes)
Ron Carter

Black & Blue World Tour (The Arts / Short Takes)
Backstreet Boys

YOUR TIME

Don't Target Taxes (Personal Time / Your Money)
Why high earners deserve a break too, and paying down the debt still makes the most sense

For Pennies A Day (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Can dotcom content sites be saved? Amazon's new micropayment system could point the way

Hurting All Over (Personal Time / Your Health)
Patients suffering from fibromyalgia used to be told that it was all in their head. Not anymore

Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)

In Brief (Personal Time / Your Money)

(Personal Time / Your Technology)

SPECIAL SECTION

Tell Me A New Story (Time 100: The Next Wave / Innovators)

Moving Marginal Characters to Center Stage (Time 100: The Next Wave / Innovators)

Graphic Sketches of Latino Life (Time 100: The Next Wave / Innovators)

X Rays of the Wayward Heart (Time 100: The Next Wave / Innovators)

The Author Got Hyper About It (Time 100: The Next Wave / Innovators)

Crafting a New Tower of Babel (Time 100: The Next Wave / Innovators)

Going Up In Smoke (Time Select / Global Business)
Switzerland, land of chocolate, luxury watches and bank secrecy, has a new growth industry: the cultivation and sale of marijuana

Who Will Drive... The World Economy? (Time Select / Global Business)
With the U.S. losing its superheated head of steam, TIME's Board of Economists examines which regions can pick up the slack

The Price Of Transparency (Time Select / Global Business)
German executives are finding it hard to adjust to more rigorous financial-disclosure rules

The Ultimate Foodie (Time Select / Americans Abroad)
Catherine Bertini, head of the World Food Program, keeps 90 million of the globe's hungriest people from starving

Giving Kids A Helping Hand (Time Select / Global Business)
Kenyan hotelier John Ngata Kariuki takes on a grim national problem

Watt Friends We have (Time Select / Global Business)
The California power crisis is proving to be a lucrative deal for our Canadian neighbors--and also a looming problem

Oil Lights The Way (Time Select / Global Business)
On easterly Sakhalin Island, a successful new venture offers hope that petroleum riches can prime a Russian renaissance

Don't Get In A Flap! (Time Select / Global Business)
How to survive delays, cancellations, snippy airline staff and other air-travel woes

PEOPLE

People

LETTERS