Table of ContentsThe Arkansas ConnectionIn Silent Testimony Was a Connecticut third-grader murdered because he was the star witness in an upcoming trial?The Homework Ate My Family KIDS ARE DAZED PARENTS ARE STRESSED Why piling it on is hurting studentsSafe, Not Sound Is the war on risk scaring our kids to death?Able To Work Spurred by the Americans with Disabilities Act, more firms take on those ready, willing andSpies Like Us The Internet is changing the world's most dangerous gamePlayground Predators? The high court considers whether schools should be liable when students sexually harass their peersRighteous Wrath Down on the Farm Phillip J. Barker says he lost his land to racism, and now he wants it backThe Heart Of Darkness A gruesome rebel offensive has turned Sierra Leone into a bloody hellholeWar of the Diapers A parenting guru claims we've been doing potty training all wrongRadical Surgery A study shows that cutting off your breasts will reduce your cancer risk. But few should do itThe Euro Risk A unified currency in Europe may spell more and different problems for the Continent--and the U.S.The Orchid Thief By Susan OrleanAll They Need Is Love Everyone wins in the winning Playing by HeartGlamorama By Bret Easton EllisMilestonesNote Found In A Bottle: My Life As A Drinker By Susan CheeverScott AdamsSplitting Bulls How the NBA champion Chicago Bulls fell apart within days of Michael Jordan's retirementWanted: One Egg (Ph.D. Pref.)Intel or Yahoo? Some like their tech stocks with proven earnings; some with torrid growth. Me? I want bothThe Great Disconnect While Washington obsesses about the President's trial, Emporia, Kansas--and the rest of the country--are busy with more important mattersAnother Day In Paradise Directed by Larry ClarkThe Promise of Verticality An eerie, powerful first novel frames a vivid metaphor for freedom--racial and otherwiseHow The Olympics Were Bought Beaten out in the past, Salt Lake City wanted the Games badly. Now it has its wish--in a bad wayYour MoneyThe Balkans Will Melting Snow Bring A Hot War to Kosovo?Your Assignment in 2004CoverThe Boredom of Proof The only strategy that can go up against Days of Our Lives is witnessesA Tale Of Two Bills The world's most powerful man and the richest have little in common--except the binds they're now inPeopleThe Scene Stealers Dazzlingly inventive, cleverly passionate, the smart new movie Shakespeare in Love taps some of Britain's showiest talentCries and Whispers Private Confessions reveals an Old Master in top form and his star actress in full radianceNotebookLettersYour HealthAmericana The OffspringMedicine The AMA Gets (Even More) PoliticalAuteur AlertA Prescription for Peace An educational theorist urges parents to treat homework as an opportunity, not a threatSeamy and Steamy Fosse makes Broadway dance the way it used toFar East A.R. GurneyOut of Africa A remarkable new CD-ROM delivers a vivid, multimedia encyclopedia about black peopleKiller Profits In Velcro Valley Surf- and snowboard-clothing firms give radical new meaning to the term core businessContributorsWhere It's an Unaffordable LuxuryTheater Depending on the Cast, The Show Must Not Go On