NATION

Gore in Your Face

Bradley finds it hard to stay high-minded in a week of cheap shots, missteps and an irregular heartbeat

Bradley's Soft Sell

On the trail, Gore's Democratic rival discovers the joys and perils of restraint

SOCIETY & SCIENCE

When Teachers Cheat (Education)

Under pressure to improve test scores, are schools giving students the wrong kind of lessons?

The Sickle-Cell Kid (Medicine)

An experimental transplant succeeds, giving a brave little boy the best Christmas present he can imagine

Mars Reconsidered (Space)

Two fiascos in a row may force NASA to rethink the idea that faster, cheaper spacecraft are always better

Tea Time Once Again (Food)

The old drink is having a comeback, in restaurants, at salons, at home and even in beauty products

Home, Hearth & Hollywood (Technology)

It's going to be a digital-video Christmas. Ready to create, edit and air your movie? Here's how

PERSONAL TIME

Buy a Buffalo! (Personal Time/Your Family)

Add meaning and calm to your holidays by spending less on friends and more on strangers

For Women Only (Personal Time/Your Health)

The rules for checkups have changed. Guidelines now call for more tests and new questions

The Index Game (Personal Time/Your Money)

When S&P added Yahoo to its 500 list, the stock soared. Want to guess what will be next?

Blazing Modems (Personal Time/Your Technology)

Having high-speed access to the Net at home is a special treat. Getting it to work can be tricky

In Brief (Personal Time/Your Technology)

WORLD

It's Still Spy vs. Spy

A Russian diplomat is ordered to leave after a bug is discovered at the State Department

The Charade of Death

How one of the richest men in the world became the victim of a troubled employee who "loved" him

BUSINESS

Springing A Leak

Coke's chief calls it quits after two rough years. Can it become the Real Thing again?

THE ARTS

1999 The Best and Worst (The Best and Worst of 1999)

CINEMA--TELEVISION--MUSIC--THEATER--BOOKS--CYBERTECH--SPORTS

TIME BONUS

Goodly Gifts (Time Select/Lifestyles)

Nonprofits offer gift items to satisfy the Good Samaritan--and busy holiday shopper--in us all

Middle-Class Communes (Time Select/Lifestyles)

Once havens for dope-smoking, free-loving hippies, communal quarters now offer flexible housing for families, singles and seniors