Vol. 151 No. 10

NATION

Will The Secretary Stick To The Script?
Clinton's deposition provides guidance for anyone interested in supporting his story, but Betty Currie steers by the truth, not the stars

Now It's Her Turn
This week Paula Jones' lawyers will offer a peek into their trial strategy. Does she have a chance?

Purloined Papers?
Someone snatched highly classified documents. Was it a bold piece of espionage or just a snafu?

Hizzoner The Hall Monitor
Mayor Giuliani is determined to make New Yorkers more "civil." Then he might come after the rest of us

The Nonsense Stops Here

WORLD

Can This Man Fix China?
Premier-designate Zhu Rongji is abrasive, demanding and by all accounts the best man to steer his country through Asia's financial crisis

In Defense Of "Asian Values"
In a TIME interview, Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew reflects on China and the Asian economic crisis

SCIENCE

Aliens In A Slushy Sea?
Evidence mounts for life on a wet Jovian moon

DNA Therapy
The new, virus-free way to make genetic repairs

SOCIETY

The Best Of Est?
Werner Erhard's legacy lives on in a kinder, gentler and lucrative version of his self-help seminars

TECHNOLOGY

Mr. Gates Goes To Washington
The software billionaire learns a lesson about money, power and political finesse

Bill's Diary
HE MEETS SENATORS, EATS PIZZA, PUTS ON TUX, HOBNOBS WITH STARS, VISITS A SCHOOL, MISSES HIS DAUGHTER--AND HIS E-MAIL

NOTEBOOK

Notebook

United Nations (The Scoop)
Will Annan's Agreement Declaw UNSCOM?

Health Report (Health Report)

Techwatch (Techwatch)

Milestones (Milestones)

Eulogy (Eulogy)

Red-Light TV (The Scoop)
Playboy Finds an Internet Precedent to Hop After

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

A Celebration in TIME

Beyond The Pale
Right-wingers say Barnes & Noble is selling child porn. They have a point

BUSINESS

Palm-To-Palm Combat
The industry smirked at the idea of Palm's scaled-down computer. Now Microsoft, Philips and other giants are piling into the market

Is That You, Al?
A famous cost cutter decides to build, not sell

LAW

Harassed Or Hazed?
Why the Supreme Court ruled that men can sue men for sex harassment

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Tale Of Two Bills (The Arts / Cinema)
Blurring fact and fiction is old hat, but when Travolta and Clinton face off in Primary Colors, the film reflects our times

True Colors (The Arts / Cinema)
Mike Nichols gives a controversial novel a vibrant new life on the big screen

The People's Choice (The Arts / Cinema)
Since Pulp Fiction, John Travolta has emerged as Hollywood's favorite son

All The Presidents' Movies (The Arts / Cinema)
Musclehead or sex fiend--the image of the Chief Executive is no longer a winning ticket

It's Twentysomething (The Arts / Television)
The creators of Party of Five show what they can do for an encore

Heading For The Light (The Arts / Music)
Madonna, her baby on her mind, rejects her old ways and embraces mysticism and electronica

Down In The Groove (The Arts / Music)
Soul-rockers Rebekah and Billie Myers make pop that mixes genres and breaks boundaries

Three-Finger Exercise (The Arts / Theater)
A trio of friends, a white painting, a pallid play

Once on This Island (The Arts / Books)
Part family saga, part social history, a lush novel explores the fertile landscape of Puerto Rico

PEOPLE

People

LETTERS

Read the story

ESSAY

Stardom? They'd Rather Pass
A former Princeton scrub says the Tigers play the right way, but still want to win