WORLD

A Mother-And-Child Reunion

Africa's wars have dislocated thousands of children. Our writer Nadya Labi finds hope in one mother's tale

NATION

He Makes A Village

As the Winter Olympics approach, Utah begins a crackdown on its polygamous subculture

SOCIETY & SCIENCE

The Marrying Kind (Law)

Vermont's year-old civil-union law is making the state the prime gay and lesbian honeymoon spot

THE ARTS

Madame Moulin (The Arts/Cinema)

Life is "surreal" for Nicole Kidman. Her bold new movie musical is even more so

BUSINESS

The Rebel Driving Ford

First he barged into the chairman's job. Now Bill Ford is pushing a green industrial revolution. Is this any way for an heir to behave?

The Company Of Spies

The FBI busts a small firm for funneling technology to China--but it wasn't about bombs

PERSONAL TIME

Radio Freakquency (Personal Time/Your Health)

It takes a lot of antennas to make a wireless world, but must they be outside my window?

Zero Visibility (Personal Time/Your Money)

No, this isn't the weather page. Wall Street just can't get its collective head out of the clouds

Cloning Palms (Personal Time/Your Technology)

Sony's Clie is the best of breed among the new handheld computers. So is it time to buy one?

IBook (Personal Time/Your Technology)

TIME BONUS

College Detours (TIME Bonus Section/Families)

How to transform a routine summer tour of campuses into a cultural education for the whole family

Dancing School (TIME Bonus Section/Families)

BATES COLLEGE LEWISTON, MAINE

Siblings Raising Siblings (TIME Bonus Section/Families)

For parentless children who stay together, growing up is a challenge