Vol. 156 No. 4
NATION
An unlikely troupe of message makers want you to meet their man "W." Can a winning personality win in November?
Unnecessary Force?
A jarring videotape of a Philadelphia arrest triggers agonizing memories--and defies easy explanations
An Rx For Pills--And Politics
What's hot this election year? Drug costs and a pair of thorny tax issues
Space Pork
It's the $96 billion space station no one seems to want. So why won't Congress kill it?
Estate Taxes
The "Death-Tax" Debate
Marriage-Penalty Tax
Does Wedlock Have to Hurt?
Philly's Free-Speech Face-Off (Preparing For The Convention)
Big Story, Little News
An ambitious series on race leaves more to be said
WORLD
Camp David is host to the world's highest-stakes poker game. Meet the diplomat holding the cards
Little Hope, Less Help
The epidemic has hit with devastating force--and things will get much worse before they get better
The Real Agenda Of Debt Relief
Why writing off debts may be good for business
When the President Is a Dissident (The Politics Of AIDS)
Forgive, But Don't Forget (Washington View)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Two novel approaches to an ancient scourge could someday protect millions from runaway infections
An Eye for an Eye (Medicine / Bioengineering)
SPORT
With an awesome performance in the mountains, Lance Armstrong is poised to win the Tour encore
Meet the Power Sisters (Sydney 2000)
Weight lifter Cheryl Haworth and vaulter Stacy Dragila star in two new strength events for women
NOTEBOOK
I Hate Myself Because I'm Beautiful
Whole New Shelf Life
Milestones (Milestones)
Camp Dick
DVD: Do Viewers Dig?
Numbers (Numbers)
Campaign Pledge Drive: Week Seven
News Quiz
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Gonzo Golfers Play On Ski Slopes
A new generation brings its own style to a once-stately game
News Quiz Crossword (News Quiz Crossword)
BUSINESS
A record jury verdict against Big Tobacco raises questions about the industry's future
A New Way Of Giving (The New Philanthropy)
It's taken a while, but many multimillionaires of the technology boom are now giving something back--using the methods they learned as entrepreneurs
Giving Billions Isn't Easy (The New Philanthropy)
Bill and Melinda Gates
CEOs Who Install Cable In Schools (The New Philanthropy)
Mouse.Org
He Gives Best By Investing (The New Philanthropy)
Lawrence Ellison
The Gift of Literacy (The New Philanthropy)
Sally And Jim Barksdale
Investing In Social Change (The New Philanthropy)
Ashoka
One Techie Likes To Give The Old Way (The New Philanthropy)
Jim Clark
Microserf Munificence (The New Philanthropy)
Lily Kanter
Giving On A Global Scale (The New Philanthropy)
Ted Turner
Venture Philanthropists (The New Philanthropy)
The New Schools Fund
Where the Case Goes from Here (Tobacco On Trial)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Joe Eszterhas drops out, tunes in and turns out a raunchy story of Clinton, sex and Hollywood
Where's The Wow Factor? (The Arts / Cinema)
Dour and draggy, this live-action film of the Marvel comics superheroes series is less than marvelous
To Ellen, Back Again (The Arts / Show Business)
Coming out has not affected her comedy, but her audience has
Pipe Dreams on the Strip (The Arts / Theater)
Blue Man Group arrives, and Vegas gets a little bit hipper
The War Next Door, USA, Sunday, 9 p.m. E.T.; Manhattan, AZ, USA, Sunday, 9:30 p.m. E.T. (The Arts / Short Takes)
Return of the Invasion of the Hillary Bios (The Arts / Books)
Another tell-all about her marriage actually finds new stuff to tell
Dark House, Red Herrings (The Arts / Cinema)
The doings are familiarly evil in What Lies Beneath
Movie Megacheese: (The Arts / Short Takes)
Butterfly (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Jose Luis Cuerda
Shower (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Zhang Yang
Who Is Jill Scott? (The Arts / Short Takes)
Jill Scott
The Unsung Blues Legend (The Arts / Short Takes)
Lonnie Johnson
YOUR TIME
Here are some ways to get your family off the treadmill--and still keep the kids' piano lessons
It Pays To Know (Personal Time / Your Money)
Too many women are ignorant of their spouse's finances. If things go wrong, that could be costly
High-Tech Walking (Personal Time / Your Technology)
10,000 steps a day may keep the doctor away, but here's to the gadget that does the counting
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Family)
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Money)
In Brief (Personal Time / Your Technology)
SPECIAL SECTION
A new generation of newlyweds and almost-weds plays by a different set of rules. For the parents of adult children, understanding these new unions may help bring peace of mind
A Home More Like Home (Time Select / Lifestyles)
For boomers, the Eden Alternative--a radical take on elder care--may be the look of the future
Tales Of The Naked City (Time Select / Travel)
Everyone else at Le Cap d'Agde's "naturist" resort thinks nothing of wearing nothing. Why not you?
Old Men, Old War (Time Select / Nostalgia)
A half-century later, the conflict that engulfed Korea is recalled by correspondents who covered it
For Superhighway Late Starters (Time Select / Technology)
E-mail and Web access made simple for folks of all ages