Monday, May. 26, 2003
Contents
TIME May 26, 2003 Vol. 161, No. 21
AT DINNER WITH: When you eat out with chic chef Nigella Lawson, save room for calf's brains 8
LETTERS 10
NOTEBOOK: Hamas expands abroad; Chechnya goes from bad to worse; Bush's nuclear ambitions; Monica Lewinsky's ever enlarging multimedia empire 21
MILESTONES: Farewell to a Knick, an Untouchable and a country-music legend 25
WORLD
IT'S NOT OVER Brutal bombings in Saudi Arabia remind the world that despite America's victory in Iraq, this is no time to get complacent. Should we brace ourselves for "100 bin Ladens"? 26
OUR MAN IN BAGHDAD: Paul Bremer has one of the world's toughest jobs: bringing order to Iraq's chaotic capital 32
NATION
HERE COMES THE JUDGE: Will Alberto Gonzales be our next Supreme Court Justice? Bush has his eye on a mysterious, unassuming man 36
ARMS WRESTLING: The gun lobby is quietly gaining ground while its opponents are scared to take a stand 40
TEXAS TWO-STEP: To dodge a vote on redistricting, Democratic Texas legislators skipped town, holed up in a hotel and had a blast 42
SCIENCE
FARMACEUTICALS: Corn with human DNA? Genetically altered crops could yield powerful new drugs, but critics fear the cure might be worse than the disease 56
COVER STORY
WAGE RAGE Even those who are lucky enough to keep their jobs are seeing their paychecks freeze or, worse yet, shrink. Why are American workers dying the death of a thousand pay cuts? 44
SPORT
GOLF: Annika Sorenstam will tee off with the men at a PGA tournament. Can she hold her own? And what is she trying to prove, anyway? 58
ARTS
FISH TALE With its dazzling undersea adventure Finding Nemo, Pixar proves once again that digital cartoons are the wave of the future 60
REALITY CHECK: The TV networks give advertisers a peek at their fall seasons. The trend: no more reality shows. Really 64
MEMOIR: A former Clinton aide looks back in anger 65
BIG IDEAS: A huge new museum in an abandoned cracker-box factory creates an oasis for modern art. Gigantic, colossal modern art 67
MUSIC: The return of Yoko Ono; the Deftones 71
BOOKS: Augusten Burroughs 77
YOUR TIME
HEALTH: A new standard for blood pressure: prehypertensive 79 TECH: The hottest new video games are unveiled in Los Angeles 80 MONEY: How to spot a crooked mover before it's too late 82
PEOPLE: Sinatra's dirty laundry 85
ESSAY: Hugh Sidey reflects on J.F.K.'s womanizing 86
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