NATION
The Arkansas Connection
The Boredom of Proof
The only strategy that can go up against Days of Our Lives is witnesses
Playground Predators?
The high court considers whether schools should be liable when students sexually harass their peers
How The Olympics Were Bought
Beaten out in the past, Salt Lake City wanted the Games badly. Now it has its wish--in a bad way
The Great Disconnect
While Washington obsesses about the President's trial, Emporia, Kansas--and the rest of the country--are busy with more important matters
WORLD
Spies Like Us
The Internet is changing the world's most dangerous game
The Heart Of Darkness
A gruesome rebel offensive has turned Sierra Leone into a bloody hellhole
SOCIETY
In Silent Testimony (Crime)
Was a Connecticut third-grader murdered because he was the star witness in an upcoming trial?
War of the Diapers (Family)
A parenting guru claims we've been doing potty training all wrong
SPORT
Basketball: Splitting Bulls
How the NBA champion Chicago Bulls fell apart within days of Michael Jordan's retirement
TECHNOLOGY
A Tale Of Two Bills
The world's most powerful man and the richest have little in common--except the binds they're now in
BRIEFING
Notebook: Jan. 25, 1999 (Notebook)
The Balkans (Notebook / The Scoop)
Will Melting Snow Bring A Hot War to Kosovo?
Wanted: One Egg (Ph.D. Pref.) (Notebook)
Milestones Jan. 25, 1999 (Notebook / Milestones)
Medicine: The AMA Gets (Even More) Political (Notebook / The Scoop)
The AMA Gets (Even More) Political
Theater (Notebook / The Scoop)
Depending on the Cast, The Show Must Not Go On
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Contributors: Jan. 25, 1999
Safe, Not Sound (Essay)
Is the war on risk scaring our kids to death?
Righteous Wrath Down on the Farm (American Scene)
Phillip J. Barker says he lost his land to racism, and now he wants it back
BUSINESS
Killer Profits In Velcro Valley
Surf- and snowboard-clothing firms give radical new meaning to the term core business
EDUCATION
Your Assignment in 2004
Where It's an Unaffordable Luxury
The Homework Ate My Family
KIDS ARE DAZED PARENTS ARE STRESSED Why piling it on is hurting students
A Prescription for Peace
An educational theorist urges parents to treat homework as an opportunity, not a threat
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Theater: Seamy and Steamy (The Arts / Theater)
Fosse makes Broadway dance the way it used to
The Scene Stealers (The Arts / Show Business)
Dazzlingly inventive, cleverly passionate, the smart new movie Shakespeare in Love taps some of Britain's showiest talent
Cinema: Cries and Whispers (The Arts / Cinema)
Private Confessions reveals an Old Master in top form and his star actress in full radiance
Books: The Promise of Verticality (The Arts / Books)
An eerie, powerful first novel frames a vivid metaphor for freedom--racial and otherwise
Scott Adams (The Arts / Q&A)
Books: The Orchid Thief By Susan Orlean (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Susan Orlean
Cinema: All They Need Is Love (The Arts / Cinema)
Everyone wins in the winning Playing by Heart
Auteur Alert (The Arts / Short Takes)
Cinema: Another Day In Paradise (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Larry Clark
Glamorama (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Bret Easton Ellis
Music: Americana (The Arts / Short Takes)
The Offspring
Books: Note Found In A Bottle: My Life As A Drinker (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Susan Cheever
Theater: Far East (The Arts / Short Takes)
A.R. Gurney
YOUR TIME
Radical Surgery (Personal Time / Your Health)
A study shows that cutting off your breasts will reduce your cancer risk. But few should do it
Intel or Yahoo? (Personal Time / Your Money)
Some like their tech stocks with proven earnings; some with torrid growth. Me? I want both
Out of Africa (Personal Time / Your Technology)
A remarkable new CD-ROM delivers a vivid, multimedia encyclopedia about black people
Your Health: Jan. 25, 1999 (Personal Time / Your Health)
Your Money: Jan. 25, 1999 (Personal Time / Your Money)
SPECIAL SECTION
Able To Work (Time Select / Business)
Spurred by the Americans with Disabilities Act, more firms take on those ready, willing and
Finance: The Euro Risk (Time Select / Finance)
A unified currency in Europe may spell more and different problems for the Continent--and the U.S.