"Why Do People Have To Push Me Like That?"
The torment and murder of a gay soldier cast a harsh light on the practice of "Don't ask, don't tell"

Bill's Block (Race)
Why Clinton's potential best seller is stalled out


Rage Against The Machine
Despite, and because of, violence, anti-WTO protesters were heard

Return of the Luddites

The Violence
How Organized Anarchists Led Seattle into Chaos


Disney's Fantastic Voyage (The Arts/Cinema)
Sixty years after Walt's nervy mix of cartoons and classical music comes a rapturous new Fantasia

The Score on the Sound Track (The Arts/Cinema)
Playing it safe--and sorry

Doing Hard Time On Death Row (The Arts/Cinema)
The Green Mile is short on complexity and long on...well, it's just very long

The End of a Long Reign (The Arts/Cinema)
Time has about run out for Anna and her King

PC Fun (The Arts/Short Takes)

Nat King Cole (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)
By Daniel Mark Epstein

Passage to Juneau (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)
By Jonathan Raban

Stuart Little (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Rob Minkoff

The Cider House Rules (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom

Home For Christmas (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Anne Sofie von Otter

Songs Without Words (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Murray Perahia

An Unlikely Prophet (The Arts/Books)
A vivid but uneven portrait of the founder of the Nation of Islam

Plague of the Century (The Arts/Books)
Tracking the 1918 flu virus that killed 20 million

The Sweet Sound of Magnolia (The Arts/Music)
Aimee Mann's tales of romantic distress find emotionally satisfying release on a vibrant new sound track

The Producer (The Arts/Music)
And Jon Brion blooms too

Don Rickles (The Arts/Q&A)

Maybe This Time (The Arts/Show Business)
It's been years since life was a cabaret for Liza Minnelli, but now she's heading for the Palace

Sad About the Boy (The Arts/Show Business)
Noel Coward, born 100 years ago next week, is largely unsung, but shouldn't be

Medea in New Orleans (The Arts/Theater)
Marie Christine boldly tries to take the musical to operatic heights. It's a pretty bumpy ride

Orphans of AIDS
Ten million live in sub-Saharan Africa. TIME asks some what they need

Murder by Fire
A reclusive banker falls victim to a vicious attack

Valley Of Death
How arrogance and violence bred a massive drug-war slaughter

War over a Poster Boy
A child who escaped Cuba to the U.S. is fought over by relatives, and politicians, in both countries


Doctors' Deadly Mistakes (Medicine)
Medical errors kill up to 98,000 Americans yearly; a new report says that number could be cut drastically

An Accident Waiting to Happen? (Medicine)
DOCTORS IN TRAINING

Did Polio Researchers Create AIDS? (Medicine)
THE ORIGINS OF DISEASE

The 1999 Online Shopping Guide (Online Shopping Guide)
TIME DIGITAL's pick of the best sites on the Web--to buy the right gift right now

Meet the Mediator (Law)
Richard Posner is one of America's most brilliant jurists. But can he settle the Microsoft case?

Slowing Down a Quick Fix (Education)
Ending "social promotion" sounds great. But L.A. discovers it could mean flunking half its students

The Thorn in Pete Rose (Sport)
With public sentiment shifting to his side, the hit king wants back into baseball. But on his terms


In Brief (Personal Time/Your Family)

Little Musicians (Personal Time/Your Family)
It may not give your child perfect pitch, but early exposure to music is still worthwhile

Mixed-Up Meds (Personal Time/Your Health)
Lots of drugs have similar-sounding names. How you can tell you're getting the right one

Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)

In Brief (Personal Time/Your Money)

Y2 Buy Stocks (Personal Time/Your Money)
If nothing happens at midnight 2000, the only people panicking will be those who sold short

Good, Clean Quake (Personal Time/Your Technology)
The splatter game is back--recast as fun-for-all sport. I got an exclusive look behind the scenes