NATION

The Raid In Replay

As Elian settles in with Dad, both sides argue over four key questions

The Food-Stamp G.I.?

Politicians love to rail about our poor, hungry soldiers. The truth, as usual, is more complicated

Carving Up Gates

What the proposed split of Microsoft means for the company, its rivals, the market--and you

WORLD

Parched Earth

Politics and drought plunge the vast Horn of Africa into catastrophe, threatening mass famine once again

Shield Of Dreams

G.O.P. hawks and the Pentagon want to build a missile-defense system. But will it trigger a new cold war?

An Invasion of Paradise

How a mass abduction at an exclusive resort played into jungle warfare across a pirate-filled sea

SCIENCE

The Amazing Vikings (Archaeology)

They earned their brutal reputation--but the Norse were also craftsmen, explorers and believers in democracy

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Bubble-Free (Medicine)

French doctors score a gene-therapy triumph

SOCIETY

Blue Collar No More (Fashion)

They're versatile, stylish and flying off the racks. The lowly T shirt enjoys a high-fashion moment

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Theater: Voices from Laramie (The Arts / Theater)

A troupe of actors became reporters to create a unique play about the killing of Matthew Shepard

Tiny Epics (The Arts / Video Games)

Shogun: Total War puts Kurosawa on your PC

Chatting with the Enemy (The Arts / Online)

Katherine Tarbox logged on to America Online looking for a friend. Instead, she met a pedophile

Geppetto (The Arts / Short Takes)

ABC, May 7

YOUR TIME

Video Playground (Personal Time / Your Family)

New studies link violent video games to violent behavior. So check out these cool alternatives

A Legal Beating (Personal Time / Your Money)

Microsoft is a tobacco stock--not. So use its courtroom woes to pick up shares cheap

PCs? Forget 'Em! (Personal Time / Your Technology)

Handheld computers are the hottest thing going these days. So which one should you buy?

Giuliani's Choices (Personal Time / Your Health)

New York City's mayor has several options for his prostate cancer. The odds for a cure are good

SPECIAL SECTION

Latin America Logs On (Time Select / Global Business)

In just a couple of years, the sprawling region has become the Internet world's next big thing

Get Rich Quick! (Time Select / Global Business)

Europe's executives are finally following the lead of their U.S. counterparts and making a bundle on stock-option bonuses

Germany's Glass Ceiling (Time Select / Global Business)

Women managers are still rare in corporate Germany, but they are chipping away at the prevailing culture of old-boy preferment

Shaking up the Beeb (Time Select / Global Business)

A new director-general at the venerable British Broadcasting Corp. vows to slash bureaucracy and foster creativity

Creature Comforts (Time Select / Global Business)

For business travelers who appreciate the fine things, a growing list of understated bastions of elegance define downtown luxury

To Work We Go (Time Select / Global Business)

New people--immigrants, mothers, the old and the young--are entering the labor force and keeping the U.S. economy humming

Pocketbook Issues (Time Select / Politics and Small Business)

The 2000 election brings some of small business's biggest issues to the forefront--from affordable health care to dotcom taxes

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