Table of ContentsMILESTONESAIRCRAFT AMUCK IN HIS LATEST, MICHAEL CRICHTON EXPLAINS PLANESTHEY SORTA GOT RHYTHM EVER WANTED TO HEAR ALAN ALDA, JULIA ROBERTS OR WOODY ALLEN WARBLE A TUNE? HERE'S YOUR CHANCE"IN ORDER TO THANK THE LORD" IN AN UNPRECEDENTED PAPAL MEMOIR, JOHN PAUL II REFLECTS ON HIS EARLY LIFEALL SINGING, ALL WOODYPREPARING FOR WAR FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, ISRAEL HAS CONCENTRATED ON ACHIEVING PEACE WITH ITS ARAB NEIGHBORS. NOW ITS FOCUS TURNS TO THE RENEWED THREAT OF CONFLICTWHY I SAID NO TIME COLUMNIST MARGARET CARLSON TELLS WHY SHE, AS A PARENT, WAS STRICT ABOUT MARIJUANACoverSMOG ALERT THE EPA PROPOSES TOUGH NEW CLEAN-AIR STANDARDSDALMATIANS! YIKES!THE DEFINITIVE SPY VS. SPY ESPIONAGE FINALLY GETS ITS OWN BIG REFERENCE BOOKAMERICA TIPTOES TO THE LEFT ON LIFE-STYLE ISSUES LIKE MARIJUANA AND GAY RIGHTS, LIBERALISM IS ALIVE AND WELLOUR FAVORITE PLAYTHINGS HERE ARE NINE TOYS THAT WILL GET YOUR KIDS THINKING, CREATING, PLAYING AND MAYBE EVEN FORGETTING SUPER MARIO 64AMBULANCE CHASING BIG COMPANIES ARE FIGHTING FIREMEN AND EACH OTHER FOR THE BUSINESS OF PICKING YOU OFF THE PAVEMENTO.J. HOLDS THE LINE BUT IF EVERYTHING HE SAID IS TRUE, NEARLY EVERYONE ELSE, INCLUDING HIS FRIENDS, WOULD HAVE TO BE LYINGKIDS & POT MARIJUANA USE AMONG TEENS IS UP, BUT BABY-BOOMER PARENTS (WHO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE SUBJECT) AREN'T SURE WHAT TO DODISNEY'S CHINA POLICY DESPITE IMPLIED THREATS TO ITS FUTURE BUSINESS THERE, THE COMPANY WILL RELEASE A FILM CRITICAL OF BEIJINGGOLDEN "ANTS" ON THE TRAIL OF HERODOTUS' FURRY, ORE-LOVING INSECTSLETTERSYES, URKEL STILL LIVES WELCOME TO THE TWILIGHT WORLD OF LONG-RUNNING, NO-BUZZ SERIES LIKE FAMILY MATTERS AND WINGSAN ORWELLIAN ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY IN CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE BANNED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION. BUT WILL THEY HAVE THE LAST WORD?SUCCESS IN EXCESS WHILE OTHER PERFORMING ARTS STRUGGLE, OPERA--THE ORIGINAL MULTIMEDIA SENSATION--IS THRIVINGNOTEBOOKNO STEVE BUSCEMI PART? HERE'S PROOF INDEPENDENT FILMS AREN'T ALL IN A RUTIN THE HOUSE, A ZEALOT TALKS SOFTLYHIGH TIMES AT NEW TRIER HIGH A MODEL SCHOOL STRUGGLES WITH A VEXING NATIONAL ISSUE: KIDS ON POTHOW TO REALLY WIRE CASH MONEYGRAM'S MEDIOCRE, BUT WATCH ITS IPO FLYOEDIPUS, SCHMOEDIPUS THE FAULT, DEAR SIGMUND, MAY BE IN OUR GENESPERFECTLY IN CHARACTER ACTOR-SENATOR FRED THOMPSON WOULD BRING GRUFF CONFIDENCE TO THE ROLE OF CLINTON'S CHIEF INQUISITORFIGHT TO THE DEATH A BATTLE BETWEEN RIVAL FUNERAL-HOME DYNASTIES PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON A VAST BUT QUIET TRANSFORMATION IN THE WAY WE BURY OUR DEADPEOPLE...AND SOME NICE THINGS TO READ HAS K'NEXOSAURUS' BATTERY FINALLY RUN OUT? IF JUNIOR IS READY FOR MORE LITERARY PURSUITS, THESE ARE GOOD BETSWHY I SAID YES HER DAUGHTER COURTNEY EXPLAINS THAT SHE DID GET THE MESSAGE BUT SMOKED ANYWAYMAXIMUM MINIMALISM LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES, JEAN COCTEAU'S TALE OF TOO-CLOSE SIBLINGS, GETS THE FULL PHILIP GLASS TREATMENTDON'T ASK, DON'T TREATLEONARDO REDUX AN EXHIBITION BRILLIANTLY DISPLAYS HIS SCIENTIFIC GENIUS, THANKS TO A MODERN MEDICIRUSSIA'S REGENT ANATOLI CHUBAIS IS ONE OF THE MOST UNPOPULAR--AND MOST POWERFUL--POLITICIANS IN THE KREMLINMARIO PLAYS HARD TO GET NINTENDO'S HOT NEW GAME PLAYER IS SETTING OFF A CABBAGE PATCH-LIKE CRAZETHE SECRET LIFE OF JB OXFORD WHY THE POWER BEHIND A DISCOUNT BROKER WANTS TO STAY OUT OF SIGHTA COMMISH MANY WILL MISS IN SIX TUMULTUOUS YEARS AT THE FDA, DAVID KESSLER DID THE UNEXPECTED: HE IMPROVED PUBLIC HEALTHWHAT I WOULD SAY...
