Vol. 157 No. 13

NATION

Debating For Dollars (Campaign Finance)
As McCain pushes his bill, suspense builds, with the outcome anyone's guess

"The Right Thing to Do"
In a dramatic move, Scott Waddle takes the stand in the Greeneville inquiry. Now will he be punished?

Medicine For Mad Dow Disease? (Tax Cuts)

Dubya Talks The Talk
But will he walk the walk with a tough new foreign policy stance--or stumble because of inexperience?

The Taking Of Andrew's Mother (In China)

WORLD

Speed Demons
METHAMPHETAMINES ARE RIPPING ACROSS ASIA, SEDUCING THE YOUNG WITH A PROMISE OF A FAST, CLEAN HIGH. KARL TARO GREENFELD VISITS ONE OF THE REGION'S WORST DRUG SLUMS AND COMES TO TERMS WITH THE DEADLY DO

Rebel Hell
Inside the hilltop town where the Macedonian government is using artillery to forestall a war

SCIENCE

The "Gang" Hits Again (Paleontology)
Those famed Leakey fossil hunters add a new limb to our family tree

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Fear Not! (Phobias)
For millions of sufferers, science is offering new treatments--and new hope

All Aboard Exposure Airlines (Phobias)
FIGHTING FEAR OF FLYING

SOCIETY

Let Bullies Beware
Politicians are going after them. But what works best? Banishing them--or changing the culture?

Whippings In The Pulpit
A congregation loses 41 of its children to the state after a boy tells the police what happened at church

Linoleum Rugs (Trend Alert)

Church Retailing (Trend Alert)

Beyond Collagen (Trend Alert)

NOTEBOOK

Notebook

In Saudi Bombing Case, A Legal Feud Goes Public (Justice)

7 Steps To A Buff Presidential Bod (In 4 Years Or Less)

Milestones (Milestones)

Why Are These Sheep Headed to Slaughter? (Mad Lambs)

Numbers (Numbers)

News Quiz

Memo to White House Staff: You WILL Kick Back (Spring Break)

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Don't Waste Your Breath
The fight for slave reparations is a morally just but totally hopeless cause

Another Hail of Bullets in Georgia (Sequel)
On Dec. 15, 2000, Derwin Brown, sheriff-elect of the suburban Atlanta county of DeKalb, was assassinated as he walked up his driveway. The killing stunned the country. And as a TIME In Depth story sho

The News About Jessica

BUSINESS

Boeing, Boeing, Gone
Does the planemaker's decision to move its headquarters out of Seattle make any sense?

PDA Wars: Round 2
Palm, Handspring and Pocket PCs slug it out to be the next small thing

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

No Brush Required (The Arts / Art)
Websites, DVDs, virtual reality--two exhibits show how visual artists are entering the digital age

Inventing Stardom (The Arts / Television)
A trio of musical reality series aims to turn the entertainment business into entertainment

A Bad Boy Comes of Age (The Arts / Dance)
Once a renegade, Mark Morris is now a role model complete with an ambitious dance center

Ripped from the Headlines (The Arts / Books)
In a journalist's debut novel, Arab-Israeli discord is both achingly personal and inescapably political

What About Joan ABC, Tuesdays, 9:30 p.m. E.T.; (The Arts / Short Takes)
My Wife And Kids ABC, Wednesdays, 8 p.m. E.T.

Shaquille O'Neal (The Arts / Q&A)

Seabiscuit (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Laura Hillenbrand

The Tailor Of Panama (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by John Boorman

A Class Act (The Arts / Short Takes)
Music and lyrics by Edward Kleban

The Widow Of Saint-Pierre (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Patrice Leconte

YOUR TIME

It's Not Their Fault (Personal Time / Your Money)
Face it. Greed and speculation--not overly bullish Internet analysts--led to the tech bubble

You've Got Face! (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Freebie software lets you send your e-mail as a talking head. It's cool stuff, but will it be hot?

Hormone Hazards (Personal Time / Your Health)
Long-term estrogen use may double the risk of ovarian cancer. But look beyond the numbers

Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)

In Brief (Personal Time / Your Money)

Your Technology (Personal Time / Your Technology)

PEOPLE

People

LETTERS

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