Vol. 159 No. 17

NATION

How Green Is The White House? (Politics)
IT'S GREENER than the environmentalists admit. But it still rolls out the RED CARPET for corporations. Here's how

WORLD

When The War Hits Home
America's mediation efforts aren't working, and the lethal exchanges between Israelis and Palestinians show no signs of letting up. Amid the machismo of wartime, MOTHERS on both sides struggle to keep

SOCIETY

Seen This Show Before? (Crime)
Robert Blake's arrest eerily echoes the O.J. Simpson case, but this time the L.A.P.D. wants to get it right

Pedophilia
n. recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child --American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

The Vatican Finally Speaks Up

What to Say to Your Kids

The Thin Line Between Love and Lust
Men who serve boys and men who abuse them have some things in common

TECHNOLOGY

Why Hybrids Are Hot
Cars that run on both gas and electricity are finally catching on. TIME takes the newest models out for a spin

NOTEBOOK

22 Years Ago in TIME

Notebook

Victims for a Second Time

Jail on the Installment Plan

Just Crawling with Style

Milestones (Milestones)

Deja Vu?

The Puff Daddy Of Our Country?

New Campaign Rules: Stay Away (Campaign 2002)

Kid, You're Gonna Come Back a Star!

As Its Influence Ebbs, Will America Again Be a Target?

Is al-Qaeda's Man Playing Games? (Terror Probe)

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Making Themselves Feel Right at Home
A new campaign against al-Qaeda has allied forces digging in for a long stay

Children of the Holocaust
Why do so many Europeans reject America's view of the Middle East?

How Images of Death Became Must-See TV
A TIME reporter visits al-Jazeera's viewers and finds a flowing pipeline of anger

Braving a Life Without Television
The author goes tubeless, as a public service, and is not much the wiser for it

Hollywood's New Flavor

BUSINESS

The French Rejection
Employees and investors turn against Messier's Vivendi media empire. Can Barry Diller help?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Dark Victory (Cover: Arts)
AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE NEW "STAR WARS" EPISODE: HOW THE YOUNG DARTH VADER FELL IN LOVE AND GEORGE LUCAS REDISCOVERED THE HEART AND SOUL OF HIS EPIC SERIES

Yoda Goes Digital--and Conquers Too (Cover: Arts / Characters)

The Influence Of Star Wars (Cover: Arts / Aftereffects)
Star Wars' huge success forever altered the way Hollywood made movies and did business. Among the changes from B.C. (Before Chewbacca) to A.D. (After Darth):

Meet Mr. and Mrs. Vader (Cover: Arts / Stars)

So, What's the Deal with Leia's Hair? (Cover: Arts / Director)

Part Devil, Part Angel (The Arts / Books)
Robert Caro's massive and magisterial Master of the Senate charts Lyndon Johnson's cunning rise

Laughter in the Dark (The Arts / Books)
Jonathan Safran Foer's dazzling debut novel sheds a comic light on history's shadowy secrets

Revenge Served Cold (The Arts / Movies)
The Salton Sea is ambitious but needlessly dark

Deep-Fried, Honey-Dipped (The Arts / Music)
Southern rap--some real, some real corny

The Evolution Of Star Wars (Cover: Arts)
A guide to the interplanetary, multigenerational saga that follows heroes, villains and droids as they hurtle toward their ultimate destiny in the universe George Lucas created

YOUR TIME

The Browser That Roared (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Enter Mozilla, Web-surfing software by the people, for the people. Has Microsoft met its match?

The Pros and Cons of Botox (Personal Time / Your Health)
Just because the FDA has approved the anti-wrinkle shots doesn't mean that they're for you

Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)

Your Technology (Personal Time / Your Technology)

SPECIAL SECTION

Mojave Modern (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
Sunny, sandy Palm Springs is an oasis of retro-cool Modernist architecture

Avon Calling (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
Just as he was about to retire from editing, Herman Gollob fell in love--with Shakespeare

Bond Aid (Time Bonus Section / Generations)
At 71, the man who played 007 has a new mission: helping the children

PEOPLE

10 Questions For Jesse Ventura (Interview)

People

The Rock Is An Onion

LETTERS

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