NATION

Can He Take The House?

DICK GEPHARDT LONGS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. BUT FIRST HE HAS TO ENGINEER A DEMOCRATIC TAKEOVER OF CONGRESS THIS NOVEMBER

Inside The Secret War Council

How an unpaid CONSERVATIVE BOARD that holds private MEETINGS and puts NOTHING IN WRITING gets heard at the Pentagon

WORLD

Army On A Shoe String

Afghanistan needs an army to stand up to its warlords. Can the U.S. build one fast enough and on the cheap?

Besieged And Deluged

Did years of environmental neglect contribute to the floods ravaging Eastern and Central Europe?

SCIENCE

Deadly Transplants

A tissue bank is accused of sloppy procedures that exposed patients to infections. How safe is the industry?

A Glimpse Of Home (Special Report: Green Century)

Former astronaut KATHRYN SULLIVAN, the first American woman to walk in space, tells how she became a citizen of the planet

Beyond the Horizon (Special Report: Green Century)

Will the future be barren or bountiful? The U.N. Secretary-General offers two visions of where humanity is headed

New War on Waste (Special Report: Green Century)

You say you want a revolution? Eco-minded thinkers and industrialists are remaking the way we make things

Let Them Run Wild (Special Report: Green Century)

Wilderness is worth a fortune. Recognizing that will help us preserve what's left of the natural world

The Winds of Change (Special Report: Green Century)

Since fossil fuels are heating up the earth, the race is on to develop cool alternatives

Mean Clean Machines (Special Report: Green Century)

Getting around doesn't have to pollute the atmosphere. Here are some better ways to go

Too Green For Their Own Good? (Special Report: Green Century)

Environmental groups are bigger than ever but seem to be fighting a losing battle. That raises questions about some of their tactics

Buildings That Breathe (Special Report: Green Century)

The best of the new architecture uses nature instead of fighting it

The State of the Planet (Special Report: Green Century)

The good news: population growth is slowing, life expectancy is rising, and hole in the ozone layer, which shields us from ultraviolet rays, is expected to shrink. But our climate and biodiversity are

Danish Darts (Special Report: Green Century)

Reviled for sticking it to ecological dogma, Bjorn Lomborg laughs all the way to the bank

Solar Crusader (Special Report: Green Century / Heroes)

Hermann Scheer

SPORT

Girls in the Curl

WOMEN ARE REMAKING PRO SURFING, AND GIRLS ARE FLOCKING TO THE SPORT. FASHION DESIGNERS AND HOLLYWOOD ARE CATCHING THE TIDE, AND EVEN THE GUYS DON'T (ALWAYS) MIND

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

Air Travel Gets A New Model

Going broke fast, the major airlines will have to change the way they operate. Here's what it means for you

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Music: Dixie Divas (The Arts / Music)

Nashville hath no fury like the older, wiser (and richer) Dixie Chicks

Books: Road Scholars (The Arts / Books)

Take a tour of the summer's best travel writing--and remember why you decided to stay home

Double Duty for Monk (Television)

ABC once passed on USA Network's hit. Now it hopes the cable detective can help find its missing ratings

Movies: Love Among the Stacks (The Arts / Movies)

Possession makes a heroic, finally successful stab at bringing a romantic Victorian detective story to life

YOUR TIME

The Little Penguin That Could (Personal Time / Your Technology)

Ready to dump Windows? Rival operating system Linux is showing up in easier-to-use packages

Don't Ignore Heart-Attack Blues (Personal Time / Your Health)

Treating clinical depression in coronary patients may mend their heart as well as their mood

SPECIAL SECTION

Families: Bicultural Kids (Time Bonus Section / Families)

Parents who adopt children of a different ethnicity are enjoying the best of both worlds

Families: Domestic Dads (Time Bonus Section / Families)

More fathers are manning the home front and tending the kids while their wives go off to work

Families: Radio Days (Time Bonus Section / Families)

Kids are tuning in as stations woo them with special shows and weekends at Aaron Carter's house

PEOPLE

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