NATION
Saving Face (Bush's Big Test)
Two planes collide, two Presidents bark and then dial back the rhetoric. Some lessons about Bush's reflexes, Jiang's rule and the return of a rivalry
A "Blue Team" Blocks Beijing (Bush's Big Test)
THE HARD-LINERS
The Roads To Confrontation (Bush's Big Test/Flash Points)
U.S.-China ties have immense implications for global stability and prosperity; and Washington and Beijing walk a fine line between mutual exploitation and deep mistrust. Serious differences on crucial issues threaten to ignite tensions between the powers.
Arsenic And Bad Beef (Public Eye)
Where's the compassion that was supposed to go with Bush's conservatism?
BUSINESS
Inside A Layoff
An up-close look at how one company handles the delicate task of downsizing
More Pain For Napster
The big music labels spin plans to go to the Net
SOCIETY & SCIENCE
How Much Do I Hear For This Student? (Education)
As colleges up their bids for the highest scorers, more scholarships go to kids who don't need them
Einstein's Repulsive Idea (Space)
He invented antigravity in desperation and abandoned it first chance he got--but it may be the most powerful force in the universe
Belly-Button Brothers (Medicine)
Stem cells from umbilical cords saved their lives
Beyond Chemotherapy (Medicine)
LEUKEMIA
Did They Find A Simple Life? It's Complicated (Sequel)
A decade after our cover on getting back to basics, here's how the simplifiers did
TIME 100
A New Breed of Healers (TIME 100: The Next Wave/Innovators/Alternative Medicine)
THE ARTS
Brush Up Your Goose Step (The Arts/Theater)
IT'S SPRINGTIME FOR MEL BROOKS AGAIN, AS HE BRINGS HIS FILM CLASSIC THE PRODUCERS TO BROADWAY. AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW HE DID IT
A Bite As Tough As Its Bark (The Arts/Cinema)
Dogs are humans' best friends in the superb Amores Perros
Tupac Is In The Building (The Arts/Show Business)
The late rapper's mother keeps his memory alive
Full-Witted (The Arts/Cinema)
Renee Zellweger shines in Bridget Jones's Diary
Center-Court Sideshow (The Arts/Television)
When Billie Beat Bobby revives a gender battle, a media circus, and maybe the made-for-TV movie
PERSONAL TIME
Puppy Love's Bite (Personal Time/Your Family)
Romance is great for adults. But a new study finds it can lead to depression for the young
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Family)
Snack Attack! (Personal Time/Your Health)
Kids are eating a lot more calories between meals--and they have the bellies to prove it
Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)
Works In Progress (Personal Time/Your Technology)
I took the next-generation Windows and Mac OS for a test drive. Result: no crashes, much pain
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Technology)
TIME BONUS
Reconcilable Differences (TIME Bonus Section/Families)
Divorced couples are finding novel ways to keep their families intact after the split
Portrait of the Autist (TIME Bonus Section/Families)
A mother's memoir of a handicapped daughter illuminates what it is to be human
Riding The Waves (TIME Bonus Section/Families)
Best-selling British children's author Brian Jacques returns to his first passion--the sea
Check Mates (TIME Bonus Section/Families)
Get on board for the latest craze: kids are rediscovering the age-old game of chess