Table of ContentsWill Teenagers Disappear? As kids grow up ever faster, that carefree age known as adolescence may soon be a memoryWhat Will Our Skyline Look Like? In a future that's already dawning, the boxes of modern architecture are being blown to piecesA Refuge For Throwaways The spate of "Dumpster babies" stirs a movement to provide a safe space for unwanted newbornsWhich Sports Will Survive? And where is Howard Cosell now that we need him?Armed and Not Ready Northern Ireland's peace plan founders on disarmament issueMy Jog with George ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA TRAILWeathering The Business Climate New financial and predicting tools help keep Mother Nature from raining on profitsOlympic UpdatePoison Pens Safire's novel frolics with the Founding FathersQuestions For The FutureWhen Will We Finally Get A Gold Watch? The retirement party will all but disappear. So will retirementProdigal Nomad An unflinching but fond look at a golden rascalNews Quiz CrosswordMilestonesDeath, Be Not Proud Nothing is as certain as the pace of executions in Bush's TexasThe War of The Roses New players alter the balance of flower powerVisions 21: How We Will Live and PlayThe Real Beach On the islands off southern Thailand, the idea is to get lostWill We Still Wear Makeup? To get gorgeous, we'll pop a pill-or put on a new faceWill We All Be Couch Potatoes? With a TV channel for everybody, we'll be happily immobileWhat Will We Do On Saturday Night? Thanks to the bombardment of entertainment at home, we'll crave live experiences that stimulate our senses, blow our mind and evoke aweContributorsThe Sky's The Limit With the U.S. booming and the rest of the world picking up steam, TIME's Board of Economists measures the prospects--and pitfallsKilling Time Chapter 2Here & ThereYour HealthOzwald BoatengWill Voting Online Change Anything? Virtual ballots are coming, but they won't cure apathyWill Gay Marriage Be Legal? Yes, eventually. But winning full social approval for same-sex couples is another matterWill A Woman Become Pope? A wave of female pastors may make the Vatican look like a lonely male bastionStand by Me--for a Moment Everyone extols and admires loyalty, and no one ever achieves itHow Will We Listen To Music? In the digital future, we'll all be drive-time Puff DaddysWill A Dog Still Be Man's Best Friend? And will teachers believe "The ferret ate my homework"?Down in Smoke Once venerated, Philip Morris is now loathed. But moral issues aside, the stock is invitingAll of London's His Stage Andrew Lloyd Webber's 10-theater purchase makes him the West End's biggest impresarioFire Wall or Just Fire? Michigan Governor John Engler has worked to boost Bush. He'll have to work harder to save himThe Great Bagarozy By Helmut Krausser"It's Not My Party, So I'll Leave If I Want To"60 Second SymposiumWhat's Eating Leonardo DiCaprio?Beenz Counters Can an upstart firm make its new product the first legal tender of the World Wide Web?Web Know-It-Alls Here's a new breed of site, where everyone's an expert. Just ask 'em, and they'll tell youLas VegasSaying One Thing, Doing Another BUSH ON TAXESYou da Man!AppreciationNo ValentinesIn BriefAnd Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out Yo La TengoWill The Crime Rate Keep Falling? Maybe, if the good economic times continue. But look out for the baby boomers' grandkidsThe World's Most Hunted HackerKadosh Directed by Amos GitaiIn BriefWill We Still Go Out To The Game? We won't need to, once we can experience every bone-crunching tackle and Mike Tyson uppercut at homeAnd for Best Awards Show, the Winner Is...NotebookBrush Up Your Shakespeare John Updike's witty Gertrude and Claudius is a prequel to HamletWho Will Be The Next Elite? Wasps once ruled the country. Then came a college-educated meritocracy. But to join the new ruling class, you'll need a hot businessPiano Music Of Alkan And Liszt Raymond LewenthalAsking for Trouble It pays to pop all sorts of questions long before the knot is tied. Who knows what you'll find outWhat Will Our Houses Look Like? As space grows more precious and technology more dazzling, home, sweet home will be changingPeopleBehind The Hack Attack How the Web's top sites were clogged by devilishly simple programs, cleverly deployedWhat Will We Wear?Some Very Interesting QuestionsLettersTopless in RioNumbersWhat Will Make Us Laugh? A comic wonders where the punch lines of the future will come from. And whether we'll have any time left for the set-upsWill We Have Any Privacy Left? When our whole life is turned into data, spies will have access to our past, our present--and even our future. But don't despairFear of a Gay School As gay-straight alliances proliferate, so do virulent protests and legal battles against their existenceWill We Ever Log Off? Eating, playing racquetball, brushing our teeth--surely we won't be doing everything online in the future? Don't be too sureLandscape of Horror Russian troops may have "pacified" Grozny, but the war isn't close to overSilent and Deadly The number of dangerous ministrokes is rising. Here's how you can protect yourselfWill Women Still Need Men? We're only a few in vitro developments away from gender independence. A fantastical look at the implications--and a user's guide to Guy Land and Gal LandThe Beach Boy Leonardo, usually the one who needs rescuing, can't save this movieWill Politicians Matter? Religion will increasingly replace electoral politics as the realm where battles for the national soul are foughtCoverGetting Better At Doing Good A dynamic breed of entrepreneur is using business strategies to combat social illsWho Is The Real Reformer? Bush is trying to steal McCain's mantle. An assessment of his Texas record reveals gutsy moves--and service to Big BusinessThe Vote In Iran The President and his brother are trying to stage a reformist sweep at the polls
