NATION

At Play On Clinton's Field (Campaign 2000)

They're running against his character, but the candidates can't escape the President's masterly post-ideological politics

How to Tell Them Apart (Campaign 2000)

The Gore-Bradley battle gets personal as the race heats up. But what are the real differences between them?

A Big Battle For A Little Boy (Whose Child Is This? The Odyssey Of Elian Gonzalez)

A six-year-old is caught between two countries. Where does he belong?

Who Gets The Kid? (Whose Child Is This? How The Laws Are Changing)

Grandparents, ex-partners and everyone else want to play a part in bringing up baby

Off To The Races (Campaign 2000)

Fasten your seat belt for a fast and furious primary season, with the likely winners expected to emerge in mid-March. A look at the most important contests

WORLD

Men At Work

Clinton has to find the right push-pull to keep Israel and Syria talking

SCIENCE

Death Row (Environment)

Our relatives in peril: an exclusive look at the 25 most endangered primates

BRIEFING

The Clinton Saga (Notebook)

Everything You Were Afraid To Ask about Monicagate

Fund Raising (Notebook)

Strapped for Cash, the D.N.C. Goes for Broke

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

Do You Know Cisco?

The company whose routers rule the Web now wants to be in your house and on your mind

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Television: Going Millionaire Crazy! (The Arts / Television)

Sick of sitcoms? Cop shows leave you comatose? Newsmagazines seem old? Get ready for a prime-time lineup of all game shows, all the time. Enjoy it while you can!

Cinema: She's a Big Girl Now (The Arts / Cinema)

Boys Don't Cry has catapulted Hilary Swank into the major leagues. Will she be able to stay there?

Brainiacs and Maniacs (The Arts / Show Business)

Like the prodigy he plays on the zany Malcolm in the Middle, young Frankie Muniz stands apart

Books: A Portrait of Radiance (The Arts / Books)

Tracy Chevalier brings the real artist Vermeer and a fictional muse to life in a jewel of a novel

Cinema: 42 Up (The Arts / Short Takes)

Directed by Michael Apted

YOUR TIME

Men Friends (Personal Time / Your Family)

Guys, you'll relate better to women if you first develop closer relationships with other men

Is the Party Over? (Personal Time / Your Money)

It was not a happy New Year for tech stocks, but the selling should subside--at least for now

Geek Gadgets Galore (Personal Time / Your Technology)

Technophiles got a double dose of high-tech wizardry at two of the year's biggest trade shows

Beyond the Pap (Personal Time / Your Health)

What you should know about a new gene test that could someday replace the Pap smear

PEOPLE

LETTERS