Saving Face (Bush's Big Test)
Two planes collide, two Presidents bark and then dial back the rhetoric. Some lessons about Bush's reflexes, Jiang's rule and the return of a rivalry

A "Blue Team" Blocks Beijing (Bush's Big Test)
THE HARD-LINERS

The Roads To Confrontation (Bush's Big Test/Flash Points)
U.S.-China ties have immense implications for global stability and prosperity; and Washington and Beijing walk a fine line between mutual exploitation and deep mistrust. Serious differences on crucial issues threaten to ignite tensions between the powers.

Arsenic And Bad Beef (Public Eye)
Where's the compassion that was supposed to go with Bush's conservatism?


Inside A Layoff
An up-close look at how one company handles the delicate task of downsizing

More Pain For Napster
The big music labels spin plans to go to the Net


How Much Do I Hear For This Student? (Education)
As colleges up their bids for the highest scorers, more scholarships go to kids who don't need them

Einstein's Repulsive Idea (Space)
He invented antigravity in desperation and abandoned it first chance he got--but it may be the most powerful force in the universe

Belly-Button Brothers (Medicine)
Stem cells from umbilical cords saved their lives

Beyond Chemotherapy (Medicine)
LEUKEMIA

Did They Find A Simple Life? It's Complicated (Sequel)
A decade after our cover on getting back to basics, here's how the simplifiers did

A New Breed of Healers (TIME 100: The Next Wave/Innovators/Alternative Medicine)


Brush Up Your Goose Step (The Arts/Theater)
IT'S SPRINGTIME FOR MEL BROOKS AGAIN, AS HE BRINGS HIS FILM CLASSIC THE PRODUCERS TO BROADWAY. AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW HE DID IT

A Bite As Tough As Its Bark (The Arts/Cinema)
Dogs are humans' best friends in the superb Amores Perros

Tupac Is In The Building (The Arts/Show Business)
The late rapper's mother keeps his memory alive

Full-Witted (The Arts/Cinema)
Renee Zellweger shines in Bridget Jones's Diary

Center-Court Sideshow (The Arts/Television)
When Billie Beat Bobby revives a gender battle, a media circus, and maybe the made-for-TV movie


Puppy Love's Bite (Personal Time/Your Family)
Romance is great for adults. But a new study finds it can lead to depression for the young

In Brief (Personal Time/Your Family)

Snack Attack! (Personal Time/Your Health)
Kids are eating a lot more calories between meals--and they have the bellies to prove it

Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)

Works In Progress (Personal Time/Your Technology)
I took the next-generation Windows and Mac OS for a test drive. Result: no crashes, much pain

In Brief (Personal Time/Your Technology)


Reconcilable Differences (TIME Bonus Section/Families)
Divorced couples are finding novel ways to keep their families intact after the split

Portrait of the Autist (TIME Bonus Section/Families)
A mother's memoir of a handicapped daughter illuminates what it is to be human

Riding The Waves (TIME Bonus Section/Families)
Best-selling British children's author Brian Jacques returns to his first passion--the sea

Check Mates (TIME Bonus Section/Families)
Get on board for the latest craze: kids are rediscovering the age-old game of chess