Vol. 165 No. 23

COVER

(The Shape of a Nation)
It's not just a matter of looking svelte. Exercise does remarkable things for your health. So what are you waiting for?

Can You Push Yourself Too Hard? (Extreme Sports)
You bet! Just ask the athletes who run the world's most brutal races

How To Age Gracefully (Through the Decades)
Keep your body running at its best by adjusting your sports and exercise routines as the years go by

Exercise Tips for The Oversized (Accepting Your Body)
For many obese individuals, vigorous physical activity presents some special challenges. Here's how the experts suggest you get started:

From Head to Toe (Full-Body Workout)
should do four things:

Can You Be Fat & Healthy? (Accepting Your Body)
If you eat well and work out, it may not matter if you can't fit into your jeans

Rediscovering Playtime (Starting Early)
America's youth are in worse shape than ever, but there's a movement afoot to remedy that

Exercise Tips For the Frail (Through the Decades)
Being frail or elderly is not an excuse to be a couch potato. In fact, if you're over 65, there's no better time to begin working out. Here's how to get started:

Why More Kids Are Getting Hurt (Starting Early)

The Four-Minute Workout Machine (Hope for the Sedentary)

Running with the Cardio-Bots (Viewpoint)

Couch Potatoes, Arise! (Hope for the Sedentary)

NOTEBOOK

Blogwatch

Punchlines

The U.N.'s Hot Video Game
The U.N. takes humanitarian appeals to new audiences

24 Years Ago In TIME

A Whistle-Blower's Wish
Coleen Rowley wants to go to Capitol Hill

Bigger Threat, Smaller Force
With forest-fire season approaching, the U.S. faces a manpower problem

Schroder's Nervous Days
Germany's Chancellor loses local elections in its political stronghold, but he vows to fight on

A Welcome Mat for Gays?
Gay groups urge a "buycott" of Caribbean countries who are unfriendly to homosexual tourists

Verbatim

An X for Al-Zarqawi?
Is al-Zarqawi wounded, dead or neither?

Hear the One About ... Me?
The latest in comedian memoirs

Numbers

Milestones

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Manning the Stove (Time Bonus Section June 2005: Connections)
Family guys are logging more time in the kitchen than ever. Guess who's cheering?

It's Mrs., Not Ms. (Time Bonus Section June 2005: Connections)
In a return to tradition, more brides are taking their husband's name

The Big Cover-Up (Time Bonus Section June 2005: Connections)
How to keep the sun off your back at the beach this summer--and stay in style

Pinstripes And Pearls (Time Bonus Section June 2005: Connections)
Author Lisa Scottoline gives John Grisham a run for his money

Secret Travelers (Time Bonus Section June 2005: Connections)
That fussy tourist on your next trip may be working for the resort

Your Mirror Image? (Time Bonus Section June 2005: Connections / Body & Mind)
A daughter often reflects a mother's unhealthy obsession with weight

NATION

Finding The Way Home (The)
The mayor and police chief of Bradford, Ark., along with eight other Guardsmen, are back from Iraq. But they, and their town, aren't the same

What's Going On At Gitmo? (Guantanamo Bay Naval Base)

WORLD

When Violence Comes To Campus
war

Beirut's Great Mystery
Who Killed Rafiq Hariri? As Lebanon prepares to vote, here's the inside story of the forces that led to the murder of the nation's most charismatic leader

BUSINESS

It's a Wiki, Wiki World
2 cents to an encyclopedia? Join the crowd

The People's News Source
OhmyNews rewrites the rules for media

The Great Grab
China is on a collision course with U.S. firms and U.S. policy

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The World's Best Character Actor (Movies)
After two astonishing lead performances, Paul Giamatti is back in a supporting role. And that suits him just fine

A Man, a Punch, A Simpler Time (Movies)

Is Tom Crazy in Love? (Movies)
Or is he just crazy? Hollywood goes bananas after the show-biz top gun's monkeyshines on Oprah

Coming Back Is Hard To Do (Television)
What will celebs do to regain the spotlight? A reality genre and a fake reality show ask, What won't they?

Suicide's Light Side (Books)
imaginable

Via Paris, with Snaps (Music)
Madeleine Peyroux's street-singing days are far behind as she swings into stardom in the jazz world

6 DVDs Great for a Chuckle
the networks are in reruns, but TV's big laughs are on disc

ESSAY

In Defense of Certainty
It's trendy to be suspicious of people with "deeply held views." And it's wrong