WORLD
Fatal Seconds
The Concorde, an aviation icon, crashes as the pilots wage a desperate struggle
The Pilot
A soaring spirit
The Peace Breakdown
The White House plays a risky game at Camp David--and loses. Yet peace hopes stay alive
BUSINESS
An Optical Delusion?
Web plumbing firms are investor darlings. Is this another bubble inflating?
THE ARTS
For Better or Hearst (The Arts/Books)
A superb biography illuminates the media mogul's gift for creating empires and then ruining them
Disappear! (The Arts/Cinema)
Why can't Hollow Man make itself invisible?
Olympia Ladystyle (The Arts/Music)
It's not just Sleater-Kinney. This week's Ladyfest shows off the girl-made sound of the hippest town in the West
These Kids Are Alright (The Arts/Television)
R.J. Cutler's American High offers an overdue teen reality check
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey
One Voice (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Billy Gilman
Satch Plays Fats (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Louis Armstrong
SOCIETY & SCIENCE
Postcards From the Edge (Time 100: The Next Wave/Innovators/Science)
Are Blacks Biased Against Braininess? (Dividing Line)
A new book contends that they are, with dire consequences for education
A Solitary Pursuit (Sydney 2000)
It may be time for one of history's finest relay swimmers to stake her claim to individual glory
Fire Twirling (Trend Alert)
PERSONAL TIME
What Boys Need (Personal Time/Your Family)
Two new books agree that young males are in crisis, but oddly neither one asks much of dads
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Family)
Amateur Hour (Personal Time/Your Money)
One mutual fund solicits stock picks from ordinary investors. Is this really a good idea?
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Money)
Speak Up, Will Ya? (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Voice portals let you tap Web info without a PC, but first you have to learn to talk like a robot