NATION

Taking a Leap of Faith

Gore joins the choir, saying that faith has a role in public life. How did the idea go mainstream?

BUSINESS

Broadband On Trial

As the antitrust trial of the century moves to its endgame, the real action--as Microsoft sees it--is the tug-of-war with America Online for high-speed access to the Internet

Freeport's Lode of Trouble

The U.S. company's link to ousted Indonesian President Suharto could jeopardize its primary mining operation

PERSONAL TIME

TIME BONUS

Diets For Life (Time Select/Health)

Yes, it's better to eat less as you age, but research shows that you can't stint on essential nutrients

Turbocharge Your Taste (Time Select/Health)

When flavor falls flat, the problem may lie not in the food but in a waning ability to taste and smell

Never Too Old (Time Select/Health)

Sexually active seniors are one of the fastest-growing HIV-infected populations in the U.S.

WORLD

SOCIETY & SCIENCE

Back to the Yarmulke... (Religion)

In a "radical" decision, Reform Jews embrace some religious rituals that were once shunned as archaic

Alger, "Ales" And Joe (History)

Was McCarthy on the right track? A batch of new books takes a fresh look at the red scare

The Joy Of Soy (Health)

Worried about high cholesterol? This versatile bean may be just what the doctor ordered

Goodbye, Dolly (Science)

Think you might like to get cloned? Think again

Knicks' Shooting Spree (Sport)

Thanks to the redeemed Latrell Sprewell, the eighth-seeded Knicks face the disciplined Pacers--again

THE ARTS

Catering to Cable Guys (The Arts/Television)

Beer, babes in bikinis and frat-house jokes--is this really what it takes to get young men to watch TV?

Paradise Regained (The Arts/Cinema)

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio returns from the land of the lost to glow in John Sayles' Limbo

He Sings Higher (The Arts/Music)

David Daniels, the burly alto with a beard, is making opera buffs swoon

Cherub Pop (The Arts/Music)

A heavenly debut from the British singer Dido

Millennium (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)

The Backstreet Boys

Juror Number 5 (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)

HBO, June 1 (and dates throughout the month)