--- --- Back to the vault # February 22, 1999 | Vol. 153 No. 7February 22, 1999 | Vol. 153 No. 7  Issue name February 22nd, 1999 | Vol. 153, No. 7 | U.S. Issue date February 22, 1999 Location U.S. [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1999-02-22/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [Sighs and Whimpers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990255,00.html)[How I'd Throttle the G.O.P.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990256,00.html)[Nightmare's End](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990258,00.html)[New Rules of The Road](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990259,00.html)[How History Will Judge Him](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990260,00.html)[Freedom to Talk Dirty](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990261,00.html)[Why I'm Still Angry](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990263,00.html)[Washington, D.C.'S Best Grudge Match](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990288,00.html)[How I'd Whip the Democrats](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990296,00.html)[Pundits: Out of Gas?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990304,00.html)[Star Wars: The Sequel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990264,00.html)[My Dinner with Jiang](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990265,00.html)[Operation Quagmire?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990294,00.html)[Is Cancer Cured Yet?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990254,00.html)[Real Knife, Fake Surgery](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990267,00.html)[I Want My HDTV!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990290,00.html)[Baby Worlds](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990298,00.html)[Artifact](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990250,00.html)[Eulogy: Dame Iris Murdoch](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990257,00.html)[Notebook: Feb. 22, 1999](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990283,00.html)[Academia](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990284,00.html)[Stick of Joe](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990285,00.html)[These Are the Times That Try Men's Souls](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990286,00.html)[Milestones Feb. 22, 1999](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990287,00.html)[More Things for Jerry Falwell to Worry About](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990292,00.html)[Jessewatch](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990293,00.html)[Numbers: Feb. 22, 1999](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990299,00.html)[Royal Relations](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990305,00.html)[Marriage Of Convenience](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990306,00.html)[Tourism](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990315,00.html)[Contributors: Feb. 22, 1999](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990268,00.html)[The Republicans Were Right, But--](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990270,00.html)[I See a Policeman In Your Future...](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990271,00.html)[Fighting Mire With Fire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990307,00.html)[Motor City Air Raid](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990266,00.html)[You've Got Music!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990272,00.html)[Music Without Labels](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990295,00.html)[Adoption: Tracking Down Mom](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990262,00.html)[Where There's Smoke...](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990289,00.html)[Cinema: Designing Woman](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990273,00.html)[Translation: I Won! 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I Won!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990274,00.html)[Art: Pieter de Hooch: Visionary Homebody](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990278,00.html)[Books: Hoods and Hustlers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990279,00.html)[Books: Survival of the Finest](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990280,00.html)[Television: The Beat Goes On](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990281,00.html)[The Sick, The Dead and The Ugly](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990300,00.html)[Books: While I Was Gone By Sue Miller](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990308,00.html)[Cinema: Jawbreaker](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990309,00.html)[Music: Spirituals](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990310,00.html)[Theater: The New Bozena](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990311,00.html)[Television: Too Rich: The Secret Life Of Doris Duke](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990312,00.html)[Richter, The Enigma](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990313,00.html)[Winter Allergies](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990275,00.html)[The Dumb Money](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990276,00.html)[Audible Books](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990277,00.html)[Your Health: Feb. 22, 1999](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990291,00.html)[Your Money: Feb. 22, 1999](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990297,00.html)[Your Technology Feb. 22, 1999](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990314,00.html)[World Cars](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990251,00.html)[Living Dangerously](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990252,00.html)[So Far, So Good](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990253,00.html)[Design: WILLIAM MCDONOUGH: A Whole New World](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990301,00.html)[MICHAEL AND JUDY CORBETT: Back to the Garden: A Suburban Dream](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990302,00.html)[Heroes For The Planet: Design](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990303,00.html)[People: Feb. 22, 1999](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990269,00.html)[Letters: Feb. 22, 1999](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,990282,00.html) February 22nd, 1999 | Vol. 153, No. 7 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"February 22nd, 1999 | Vol. 153, No. 7 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3569956/february-22nd-1999-vol-153-no-7-u-s/"}]}]} ```