Table of ContentsHuman Clay CreedNotebook Placemat GROW YOUR BRAIN! TEST YOUR SKILLS!A Quick 1,000 CNN's Millennium series serves up whirled historyCoverAction Vacations Tired of lying on the beach? Next holiday, try something that lastsReaching the Top by Doing the Right Thing YVON CHOUINARDSports Jeff Gordon Would Look Great in a DusterPawliticsAmerican Photography: A Century Of Images PBS, Oct. 13Then & NowShe Likes Ron for Ron!Esther WilliamsWilderness 911? If you like to hike, camp or sail, there's more to first aid than what you're taught in the cityA Star Is Borneo Decades after Gilligan, CBS creates a real-life band of castawaysPeopleTS2: Sneak Preview60 Second SymposiumSoft, Warm And Illegal Shahtooshes become an elegant fashion accessory at a grim priceNotebookHumming Along With Nabokov A novel escapes litigation to tell another story of LolitaIn BriefAll Quiet On The Orient Express By Magnus MillsAsk Dr. Notebook:Preaching Chastity In the Classroom More sex-education classes are teaching kids only about abstinence. Will they listen?Meet the New MacintoshFrench Revolution A proposed 35-hour workweek infuriates bossesSix Billion...And CountingDefending a Diet Pill Before an ABC report airs, Metabolife fights backKids Say: Chill! They want their parents less stressed and tired from work. Here's how to grant that wishCan a Times Square Disaster Be an Inspiration? DOUGLAS DURSTJuvenile Humor Michael Pritchard uses his comic gift--and his Ewok voice--to counsel kidsMoon over EugeniaYour HealthLouis Theroux's Weird Weekends Bravo, Fridays, 8 p.m. E.T.Boys Don't Cry Directed by Kimberly PeirceProtester in Pinstripes MALCOLM WALKERLabor, Love and Ratings The Learning Channel swaps tax preparation for shows with blood, sweat and, especially, tearsWasteland ABC, Thursdays, 9 p.m. E.T.The $150 Billion Shell Game The debate over the Social Security surplus is more about politics than moneyLettersMaestro of The Mike Saluting Stan Freberg, whose satire still shinesAn Eco-Friendly SamplerEulogyMilestonesLearn a New SkillMystery Of Consciousness After years of probing damaged brains, a neuroscientist defines the mind's awarenessIn BriefSyria THE PEACE CONFLICT Between the Mediterranean and the Tigris, a nation struggles to shake hands with IsraelYou've Got 5.0! America Online's latest software piles on the features, giving the people what they wantWe Have Contact Susan Stroman's new dance-theater piece is kicking the dust off a tired old BroadwayBig Deal The $115 billion MCI-Sprint merger is huge but no help at all in resolving real phone problemsRock's New Spin From Sugar Ray to Limp Bizkit, rock bands are adding deejays. Are turntables the instrument of the future?A Day at the Spa For the stressed out, the time pressed and the bone weary, indulgence is just around the cornerSteve's Two Jobs Apple uses art to create technology. Pixar uses technology to create art. You have to be a bit crazy to do both"I Don't Want To Live Long. I Would Rather Get The Death Penalty Than Spend The Rest Of My Life In Prison" Ted Kaczynski talks about life in jail, his appeal plans and his brother David, who still struggles over the decision to turn in the UnabomberThe Next Triangulator George W. Bush is so deft he reminds Bill Clinton of himself. But can the G.O.P. front runner move his party to the center--and does he even want to try?My Evening with the Donald Are we ready for a man who likes palaces and pre-nups?Home of the Toys Jobs' un-Hollywood studio has become the hottest place on the planet for computer-savvy filmmakersThe Dangerous Husband By Jane ShapiroIn BriefLend a Helping HandNumbersShe Likes to Talk Trash WU CHAO-CHIHFulfill a FantasyPay His Honor Scott Turow's latest takes aim at jurist imprudencePolitics But These Electricians Showed Up on Time
