NATION

How To Tell Them Apart (Campaign 2000)

The Gore-Bradley battle gets personal as the race heats up. But what are the real differences between them?

At Play On Clinton's Field (Campaign 2000)

They're running against his character, but the candidates can't escape the President's masterly post-ideological politics

WORLD

Men At Work

Clinton has to find the right push-pull to keep Israel and Syria talking

PERSONAL TIME

Men Friends (Personal Time/Your Family)

Guys, you'll relate better to women if you first develop closer relationships with other men

Beyond the Pap (Personal Time/Your Health)

What you should know about a new gene test that could someday replace the Pap smear

Is the Party Over? (Personal Time/Your Money)

It was not a happy New Year for tech stocks, but the selling should subside--at least for now

Geek Gadgets Galore (Personal Time/Your Technology)

Technophiles got a double dose of high-tech wizardry at two of the year's biggest trade shows

SOCIETY & SCIENCE

Do You Know Cisco? (Business)

The company whose routers rule the Web now wants to be in your house and on your mind

Death Row (Environment)

Our relatives in peril: an exclusive look at the 25 most endangered primates

THE ARTS

Going Millionaire Crazy! (The Arts/Television)

Sick of sitcoms? Cop shows leave you comatose? Newsmagazines seem old? Get ready for a prime-time lineup of all game shows, all the time. Enjoy it while you can!

Swarm (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)

By Jorie Graham

42 Up (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)

Directed by Michael Apted

A Portrait of Radiance (The Arts/Books)

Tracy Chevalier brings the real artist Vermeer and a fictional muse to life in a jewel of a novel

She's a Big Girl Now (The Arts/Cinema)

Boys Don't Cry has catapulted Hilary Swank into the major leagues. Will she be able to stay there?

Brainiacs and Maniacs (The Arts/Show Business)

Like the prodigy he plays on the zany Malcolm in the Middle, young Frankie Muniz stands apart