Vol. 154 No. 1
NATION
In California, minority students are "cascading" out of top schools and into the second tier. Is this good for them?
Who Will Swallow Medicare's Bitter Pills?
The next political battle suddenly swings into sight: covering ever more costly prescription drugs
McCain's Next Battle (Campaign 2000)
The Senator could be Bush's big headache. He wants to raise hell about campaign-finance reform
The Cost of Poor Advice
Bush says he's compassionate. So why did he pass up a chance to help the poor get decent legal help?
"Help Yourself"
Why a defender of affirmative action is quitting
College Prep from Day One
WORLD
Kosovo needs a government. The U.S. is betting on the K.L.A.'s leader. Now he needs to learn how to govern
Israel's New Syrian View
Ehud Barak is plotting a big leap toward peace. The surprise jumping-off point: Damascus
SCIENCE
Battling both polluters and conservationists, the Miccosukees aim to save their Everglades home
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A once wholesome food sets off new health alarms
Unionizing The E.R. (Medicine)
To combat managed care, doctors want to organize. But it's no magic elixir
If It's Tuesday, You Must Be Tarzan (Health / Behavior)
SOCIETY
While parents worry, a new poll by Nickelodeon and TIME shows that youngsters find the world a less scary place--and are in no rush to grow up
RELIGION
An Army base in Texas becomes the hotbed for earth-goddess worshippers called Wiccans
NOTEBOOK
Exclusive
Puffy Puts His Money Where His Fists Were
Hello Mother, Hello Father
Thou Shalt Make Money
Milestones (Milestones)
Eulogy
Heads Up
Numbers
Animal Kingdom
Why Washington Needs To Pander to the Chinese
Tobacco Bill
Is There No Joy Left For the Russians?
Sick Chic
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
You don't know the frontier spirit until you've met Australia's hardy opal miners
(Contributors)
How to Avoid Salinger Syndrome
Value your romantic privacy? To start with, don't leave a paper trail
BUSINESS
It's certainly on the mend. But a brand new set of problems poses more economic peril ahead
Retraining Your Brain
How one company is using a new neurological theory to ease language and reading problems
Missing: One Man, Many Millions
Short on returns but long on schemes, barred trader Martin Frankel duped 11 insurance companies
No Time For Fun
Students used to kick back when summer came. Now they're too busy beefing up their resumes
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
He's hard to find in his fifth posthumous work, True at First Light, a so-called fictional memoir
Comic N the Hood (The Arts / Press)
The Boondocks has scored with its brash racial humor, but not everyone's laughing
All Eyes On Them (The Arts / Cinema)
The theme is sexual obsession. The stars are Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The director is Stanley Kubrick. Who could look anywhere else?
Three Of a Kind (The Arts / Cinema)
Everyone was taking a risk when the celebrated director and the famous movie stars decided to work together. Tom and Nicole tell why it paid off
Sick and Inspired (The Arts / Cinema)
The South Park movie has a mean streak--and a song in its heart
Natural Wonder (The Arts / Photography)
A retrospective looks at Carleton Watkins, who helped invent the West
The Hoop Life (The Arts / Short Takes)
Showtime, Sundays
Donny Osmond (The Arts / Q & A)
Ally in the Shadows (The Arts / Theater)
Calista Flockhart shows her dark side onstage
In Defense of Dirty Movies (The Arts / Cinema)
Bronx Bull (The Arts / Cinema)
Machismo stumbles in Spike Lee's inane drama
The Lovers On The Bridge (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Leos Carax
Thwak (The Arts / Short Takes)
The Umbilical Brothers
Significant Other (The Arts / Short Takes)
Limp Bizkit
Party Doll (The Arts / Short Takes)
Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Chimp Channel (The Arts / Short Takes)
TBS, Thursdays
As Time Goes By (The Arts / Short Takes)
BBC Video
YOUR TIME
Asian and other emerging-markets funds are flying again. But risks abound. Think long term
My Summer Scare (Personal Time / Your Health)
One doctor, reading my breast X ray, ordered a surgical biopsy. I panicked--and I'm glad I did
Photo Finishes (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Which is better for making digital snaps on the cheap--scanners or Kodak's new Picture CD?
Your Money (Personal Time / Your Money)
PC Expo Roundup (Personal Time / Your Technology)
SPECIAL SECTION
If you've got the flexibility to travel off-season, which starts a minute after the prime season ends, there are some nifty bargains to be had
A Back-Saving Golf Swing (Time Select / Sports Medicine)
The older you get, the more likely you are to injure your spine on the links. Fortunately, you can adjust
PEOPLE
LETTERS
Who Should Be the Person of the Century? (TIME 100)