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Table of Contents: November 1, 1999
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Edition: U.S.
Vol. 154 No. 18
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NATION
What Kind Of Democrats Are They? (Campaign 2000)
In the battle for the ideological heart of the party, Bradley's big-spending ideas put Gore in a box

The Fruit of Its Labor (Campaign Finance)
How a company that exports jobs pushes for a Capitol Hill handout

Are Hillary's Brothers Driving Off Course?
Hugh and Tony Rodham are Bill Clinton's in-laws, a connection that's brought them pain and gain

Gore Unleashes on Bradley (Interview)

The McCain Irony: Reform's Champion Rakes In the Bucks (Controversy)

The Search for Authenticity
After Clinton, candidates want to be real. Are they?


WORLD
Enemy of The State?
Iran's conservatives try a leading reformer as crucial elections loom

An Epidemic of Rapes
Outrage fuels a protest movement in South Africa

Indonesia's Odd Couple
One is revered and the other popular, but can Wahid and Megawati govern the country?


SCIENCE
Free Woolly Out of the Cold (Paleontology)
A creature that lived in the Ice Age may find new life in our time

The Second-Biggest Bangs (Space)

Bones from The Dawn of Dinosaurs (Paleontology)
Madagascar fossils may be the oldest yet found


HEALTH & MEDICINE
New Hope on Alzheimer's (Medicine)
In a breakthrough, Amgen scientists identify the enzyme that may be a root cause of the disease

The Low-Carb Diet Craze (Health)
Fad diets come and go, but this one is exploding. Can you really lose weight by feasting on beef, eggs and bacon? And should you?

How I Became a Low-Carb Believer (Health)
After seeing results in his patients, a once skeptical doctor is now a convert

Weighing The Diets (Health)
There's a system for every taste, lifestyle and level of willpower. Here's a pound watcher's guide to some of the most popular

Telling Right From Wrong (Medicine)
Have scientists found our moral compass?


RELIGION
An End to the Hatred
In a dramatic turnaround, Falwell reaches out to gays and lesbians, a group he once openly despised


SPORT
Who's Best? Play Ball
Stirring play-offs send the Yanks and Braves toward an epic Series

On Winning and Winning Again (Interview)


NOTEBOOK
Notebook

Espionage
Secret Documents to Be Declassified to Get Lee

Meet Al-oise

It's a Tall World, After All

Milestones (Milestones)

Ad Infinitum

Auto Graph

Medicine
Take Two of These and E-Mail Me in the Morning

Numbers

Hollywood
Chalk One Up for Ovitz

Then & Now

Y2K9


ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Don't Believe the Hype
Party night of the millennium? I think I'll just sit this one out

Poor Town, Rich Bank
How did a lender get so wealthy--and then go bust--in an Appalachian hamlet?

Racism in Advertising?
Two radio stars score a victory for black-run media

Horton Heared a Who!
What the slips of children tell us about language, history and the human mind

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BUSINESS
The Net [Loves] Old Media
Print and TV get a windfall of ads from dot.coms desperate for attention


EDUCATION
Guidance For Sale
Achieva does it all--life tips, tutoring, testing and college counseling. Is this a good thing?


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Born-Again Box Office (The Arts / Cinema)
How Evangelicals made the apocalyptic Omega Code a surprise hit

Truth & Consequences (The Arts / Cinema)
The Insider poses tough questions about credibility and integrity, both on the screen and off

Battle Of the Morning People (The Arts / Television)
The Early Show pulls up to the morning-news breakfast buffet

Vagabond of the Heart (The Arts / Books)
A biography captures the charm, lust and joie de vivre of Colette

Revolutionary Rock (The Arts / Music)
Loud is back in. And nobody fuses intelligence and volume better than Rage Against the Machine

Being John Malkovich (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Spike Jonze

Becoming The Insider (The Arts / Cinema)

Deep Throat Takes Center Stage (The Arts / Cinema)

Christian Computer Games (The Arts)
When Quake Meets Paradise Lost

John Malkovich (The Arts / Q & A)

Stayin' Alive (The Arts / Theater)
A Hollywood disco hit boogies to Broadway

The Best Man (The Arts / Short Takes)
Written and directed by Malcolm Lee

Dame Edna: The Royal Tour (The Arts / Short Takes)

Time of Your Life (The Arts / Short Takes)
Fox, Mondays, 8 p.m. E.T.

Looking Forward (The Arts / Short Takes)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young


YOUR TIME
Freshman Blues (Personal Time / Your Family)
Life at college can be rough on teens. Here's how to help--before and after they leave home

The Cup's Half Full (Personal Time / Your Money)
A new study reveals that 48% of Americans own stocks, a record high. Is that great news?

Hacker's Delight (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Cable modems are a speedy way to surf, but they're vulnerable--unless you protect youself

Cell-Phone Scare (Personal Time / Your Health)
A TV show reignites an old controversy about a cancer danger. You can take some precautions

In Brief (Personal Time / Your Family)

Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)

In Brief (Personal Time / Your Money)

In Brief (Personal Time / Your Technology)


SPECIAL SECTION
Struggling With Success (Time Select / Business)
For many small companies, business is booming like never before. And that's the problem

Brand New Goods (Time Select / Business)
European firms are learning from the U.S. that cultivating a brand can generate bigger profits

In the Deep of The Night (Time Select / Business)
The New Economy is making more companies confront the challenges of unorthodox hours

Healthy Profits (Time Select / Business)
Companies are bending in all directions to offer health and fitness programs to their employees

Naughty But Nice (Time Select / Business)
Sex merchandiser Ann Summers looks to female customers to help establish a global empire

Corporate Ps And Qs (Time Select / Business)
In the digital era, business etiquette is just as important as ever. A trio of books offers advice


PEOPLE
People


LETTERS
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Patrick Smith's Mailbag


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SARAH PALIN, former Alaska governor, in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity; Palin has been ridiculed for an interview more than a year ago with Katie Couric in which she couldn't answer the question of what news sources she reads