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Season 18
359 :18x01 - John Paul II: the Millennial Pope (Sep/28/1999)
FRONTLINE presents a comprehensive biography on the world leader who has emerged as a man at war with the twentieth century itself. In the two decades John Paul II has commanded the world stage, re-invigorating the Catholic Church in much of the world, he has defined himself by his opposition to many of the dominant secular ideologies and passions of our time: communism, feminism, capitalism and consumerism.

The program draws on hundreds of interviews--from intimates of the Pope, to those whose lives have intersected with his. Their stories are evocative of major themes in the Pope's life: the shaping influence of his youth in Poland, his remarkable relationship with Jews, his part in the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, his battle with liberation theology, his repudiation of the ordination of women, and his relentless exhortation to faith.

The film is a journey through the 20th century to the sources of Pope John Paul II's character and beliefs, and a journey into the passionate reaction to him. It's a journey that says as much about us as it does about him.

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360 :18x02 - Secrets of the SAT (Oct/05/1999)
How fair are standardized tests? What do they measure? And what's their impact on racial diversity on America's college campuses? FRONTLINE examines the debate over fairness in college admissions, looking at the national obsession with test scores, the multi-million dollar test prep industry, and the legal challenges to race-sensitive admissions policies. A diverse set of students are followed through the stressful college admissions cycle as they dream of attending some of the country's most prestigious universities.

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361 :18x03 - Mafia Power Play (Oct/12/1999)
FRONTLINE investigates how the tentacles of Russian organized crime have penetrated the National Hockey League. The report exposes how major Russian crime figures are extorting Russian-born players and using their hockey connections to establish a beachhead in the U.S. and Canada. Over the course of a ten-month investigation, FRONTLINE conducted dozens of interviews with sources in the Russian underworld, professional hockey representatives and law enforcement agencies in Russia, the U.S., and Canada.

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362 :18x04 - The Lost Children of Rockdale County (Oct/19/1999)
Conyers, Georgia is a prosperous bedroom community just outside Atlanta. FRONTLINE examines the link between an outbreak of syphilis among a group of its teenagers and the well-off community in which they live. The film reveals a parent's worst nightmare--children as young as fourteen naming scores of sexual partners; others telling of binge drinking, drugs and sex parties. In a series of intertwining profiles, FRONTLINE uncovers the roots of the Conyers syphilis epidemic and reveals the turbulent psychology of America's suburban teenagers.

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363 :18x05 - Apocalypse! (Nov/22/1999)
From Waco and Littleton to Y2K and global warming, as the millennium approaches, we are bombarded by visions of the apocalypse. From the team that created "From Jesus to Christ," this two-hour FRONTLINE special journeys back more than 2500 years to unravel the origins of the Book of Revelation and how its apocalyptic expectations have shaped our history and our world.

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364 :18x06 - Justice for Sale (Nov/23/1999)
FRONTLINE and Bill Moyers investigate how campaign cash is corrupting America's courts. In the thirty-nine states where judges are elected, special interest money is pouring into judicial politics, threatening to compromise judicial independence. The film focuses on three states--Texas, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania--and documents efforts by special interest groups to influence judges and their decisions.

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365 :18x07 - The Case for Innocence (Jan/11/2000)
Fifteen years ago, DNA analysis was nonexistent. Today, more than seventy inmates accused of rape and murder have been freed because DNA tests proved their innocence in a way that evidence, courtroom testimony, and eyewitness accounts never could. Why then are prosecutors, courts, and even governors reluctant to use this scientific test? And when evidence has been tested and DNA does not match that of the accused, how can the law overlook the results? FRONTLINE investigates the reasons why inmates remain in prison despite DNA evidence that excludes them as the perpetrators.

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366 :18x08 - The Killer at Thurston High (Jan/18/2000)
In May 1998, a year before the massacre at Columbine High, fifteen-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing two fellow students and wounding twenty-five others. In this first in-depth television examination of a school shooter, FRONTLINE reveals the intimate inside story of how the "shy and likable" Kip Kinkel from a solid middle-class family became the boy police call "a cold-hearted killer."

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367 :18x09 - The Survival of Saddam (Jan/25/2000)
When the Gulf War ended, the United States government believed the Iraqis would quickly overthrow Saddam Hussein. But nine years later, he still rules Iraq. FRONTLINE investigates Saddam's ruthless rise to power and how he has maintained his grip despite pressure from economic sanctions, no-fly zones, UN weapons inspectors, and military attacks from the Iraqi opposition.

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368 :18x10 - Assault on Gay America (Feb/15/2000)
On February 19, 1999, in Sylacauga, Alabama, 39-year-old computer programmer Billy Jack Gaither was murdered - the victim of a violent hate crime. One of the convicted killers testified he killed Gaither because he was "queer." Why have gays like Gaither and Matthew Shepard become the targets of such brutality? On February 15, nearly one year after the Gaither murder, FRONTLINE correspondent Forrest Sawyer explores the roots of homophobia in America-as a catalyst for hate crimes and as a phenomenon that permeates our society-and asks how these attitudes, beliefs, and fears contribute to the recent rise in violence against gays.

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369 :18x11 - War in Europe (Feb/22/2000)
A two-part review of the 1999 campaign against Serbia explores why “we nearly stumbled badly,” says senior producer Michael Kirk. Part 1 covers the events leading to the bombing (particularly Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's “drive to make that happen,” says Kirk) and the first three days of the air war. Albright is interviewed, as is National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, UN Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, former senator Robert Dole and Hashim Thaci of the Kosovo Liberation Army.

A two-part review of the 1999 campaign against Serbia concludes by examining shortcomings of the air war and the political infighting that surrounded the initial combat (or, as senior producer Michael Kirk puts it: “The air war hasn't worked. Now what?”). Included: Gen. Michael Short (USAF), the commander of NATO air operations, describes disputes within NATO leadership. Also interviewed: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Gen. Wesley Clark (USA), the Supreme Allied Commander; and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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370 :18x12 - Dr Solomon's Dilemma (Apr/04/2000)
Internist Martin Solomon and other physicians at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital are followed as they weigh cost vs. care, patient by patient. The reason: their physician-run health-care network lost $100-million in 1999, and the pressures for “operational discipline” (as the network's CEO puts it) are relentless. Many patients know what's going on, and that development, says correspondent Hedrick Smith, “is eroding the precious bond of trust between doctors and patients.”

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371 :18x13 - What's Up With the Weather? (Apr/18/2000)
Since the late 1980s, rising temperatures and dramatic weather-from heat waves and hurricanes to melting glaciers-have fueled a global political and scientific debate about whether life on earth is imperiled by human-caused global warming. NOVA and FRONTLINE join forces to examine what climatologists really know about the greenhouse effect. What is the connection between rising levels of carbon dioxide and rising temperatures? And what will the real impact of global warming be? The program examines the enormous difficulty in reducing the levels of greenhouse gases in a highly technological world economy and explores the political struggle between environmentalists and industrialists, between rich and poor countries, to grapple with what promises to be the most perplexing issue of the twenty-first century.

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372 :18x14 - Jefferson's Blood (May/02/2000)
Correspondent Shelby Steele explores how Thomas Jefferson might have tried to reconcile his relationship with his slave Sally Hemings. Also: how Hemings' descendants live with their legacy. Uneasily---with each other and society at large---a number of them say. As for Jefferson: “He was circled by the terms of America's racial primitivism,” Steele says. “And this man of the Enlightenment must have known himself as primitive.”
 
373 :18x15 - Return of the Czar (May/09/2000)
An examination of the precarious state Russia finds itself in as Vladimir Putin steps into its presidency. It is “a country in collapse,” says producer Sherry Jones, pointing to endemic corruption, increasing autocracy, widespread poverty and a host of social problems. Jones interviews Russians and looks at how the U.S. government reacted to Russia's fall. She also assesses Putin. “After Communism,” she says, “Russia has returned to czarism.”
 
374 :18x16 - The Battle Over School Choice (May/23/2000)
The state of education in the U.S.---and its role as an issue in the 2000 Presidential race---is explored in “The Battle Over School Choice.” Al Gore and George W. Bush are interviewed during the hour, which also visits the schools their children attend (a public high school for Bush's twin daughters; a private school for Gore's son), as well as a Washington, D.C., public high school located near Gore's home. Also: a visit with a “voucher family” in Cleveland; and interviews with former New York City school chancellor Rudy Crew and former Assistant Secretary of Education Chester Finn.
 
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