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Edition: U.S.
Vol. 155 No. 20
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NATION
Diamonds Are for Bush (Campaign 2000)
Baseball is George W.'s great passion. It's what he is most confident about. And it's a key to understanding him

The Trouble with Tony (Campaign 2000)
Coelho is Al Gore's right hand. But he has legal woes, and his roughshod ways may hurt the Veep

Mothers Against Guns
The Million Mom March on Washington this Sunday is inspired by women like these, forever scarred by gun violence

The Dangers of Being Specific (Campaign 2000)


WORLD
Peacekeepers in Peril
In embattled Africa, terror stalks U.N. troops as rebels go on a rampage, this time in Sierra Leone


SCIENCE
Quick, Hide the Tanks!
Amateur sky watchers are tracking U.S. spy satellites on the Web, and some spooks are not amused


SPORT
Free to be Spree
By salvaging his career, the Knicks star leads his league in paradoxes


TECHNOLOGY
Attack Of The Love Bug
It came. It flattered. It wreaked havoc on the Internet. Why are we so vulnerable? What can be done?

Who Are These Guys? (Script Kiddies)

Why PCs Are Easy Targets (Bug Analysis)

The Case For Microsoft
Why Windows and Microsoft Office should stay under one roof


NOTEBOOK
Notebook

Elian's Week
Trying to Be a Kid With Feds on Your Tail

Thanks, I Must Be Going

Take My Membership. Please

Milestones (Milestones)

Apocalypse Canceled

Eulogy

Maternity Chic

Numbers

Terrorism
A Lockerbie Conviction--Tougher Than Expected?

Spring Flings

Gun Battle
Mayor Street: Pick Up Your Messages

Wild West


ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
The Guns of May, the Sounds of Countrymen
Protests against U.S. bombing tests could be over for now. But political fallout rains

Was Lincoln a Racist?
A noted black author argues that he was, but no one seems to be listening

Contributors (Contributors)

The Mysteries of Prom Night
Spring prompts reflections on nature, hormones and baseball caps

News Quiz Crossword (News Quiz Crossword)

My Dad's Ronstadt Revival (Update)
One of Linda's records brought him back to life, but mostly it's been downhill since a 1999 TIME story

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BUSINESS
A Looney Tunes Cable Clash
How Time Warner stubbed its toe and outraged TV viewers in a billion-dollar battle with Disney


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Saving Tom Hanks (The Arts / Cinema)
Shedding pounds and pounding the surf to film an island survival tale

You Could Call It the Wonk Wing (The Arts / Show Business)
NBC's hit White House series has become a national civics lesson

Matters of Life and Death (The Arts / Books)
Jayne Anne Phillips' MotherKind tells a moving tale of birth and illness without easy ironies or pathos

Larry Brown's Inner Fire (The Arts / Books)
The fireman turned novelist burns with passion for the rootless denizens of his native Mississippi

Sonique Boom (The Arts / Music)
A pop star rises, with the Net as her launching pad

The Secret Word Is Grouch (The Arts / Books)
A biography of Groucho Marx reveals his sour side

Human, None Too Human (The Arts / Television)
CBS's biblical mini-series Jesus, reverent of the deity, loses the man

Quantum Metaphysics (The Arts / Online)
Can Hollywood's first big Internet production stoke a revolution in the way we see movies?

Timecode (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed By Mike Figgis

Dirty Blonde (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Claudia Shear

I Dreamed Of Africa (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Hugh Hudson

Emotional (The Arts / Short Takes)
Carl Thomas MY NAME IS JOE Joe

Rated X (The Arts / Short Takes)
Showtime, May 13, 9 p.m. E.T.


YOUR TIME
Are We There Yet? (Personal Time / Your Family)
Here's advice from a combat helicopter pilot on how to survive your family's summer vacation

Fall of the Mighty (Personal Time / Your Money)
Soros, Buffett, Robertson. They're out of synch with stocks, and you can learn from their errors

Chicks That Click (Personal Time / Your Technology)
To find out what teen girls want in a website, I went straight to the source--and got an earful

In Brief (Personal Time / Your Family)

Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)

In Brief (Personal Time / Your Money)

In Brief (Personal Time / Your Technology)

Brain Gymnastics (Personal Time / Your Health)
Can a stimulating hobby decrease your risk of Alzheimer's disease? Maybe, but don't count on it


SPECIAL SECTION
Soaked By Congress (Special Investigation / Big Money & Politics)
Lavished with campaign cash, lawmakers are "reforming" bankruptcy--punishing the downtrodden to catch a few cheats

Sarah Jones (People To Watch)

Of Man's Estate (Time Select / Families)
The right strategy for estate planning can mean huge tax savings and happy heirs

Catching Teens in Time (Time Select / Families)
It's suicide season in the teenage world. How can you spot a dangerously depressed girl or boy?

Balancing Tact and Tactics (Time Select / Families)
YOUR PARENTS AND THEIR WILLS


PEOPLE
People


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