Vol. 141 No. 4

COVER

Guess Who's Paying for Dinner (Cover Stories)
In contrast with his folksy campaign, Clinton's Inauguration will be a multimillion-dollar corporate sponsorfest

His Seven Most Urgent Decisions (Cover Stories)
The new President will run into policy quagmires in which almost every choice is a risky one, but he will have to act fast while he still has political momentum

Ready Or Not (Cover Stories)
As Clinton takes office, a slow start and a string of broken promises signal a rough ride ahead

NATION

A Few Good (Sweet-Smelling) Men (Grapevine)

Bent Promises (The Week: Nation)
Even before taking office, Clinton retreats from his campaign pledges

Come On Down! (Grapevine)

Grapevine (Grapevine)

Grim Realities of School Life (Grapevine)

How Dare They! (The Week: Nation)

Ready, Set, Lapse (The Week: Nation)
Some pre-Inaugural stumbles

Ross Redux (The Week: Nation)
Perot uses old and tested tools to launch a new citizens' lobby

Saddam Doesn't Get the Message (The Week: Nation)
Instead of retreating after an allied air strike Iraq keeps provoking the U.S

Thanks for The Memories (Grapevine)

The Making of Bubbadent (Grapevine)

Vox Pop (Grapevine)

WORLD

A Spanking for Saddam (Iraq)
But the U.S. raid failed to quell the Baghdad leader. How Clinton treats him will depend on what the dictator does next -- and what he needs to prove.

Bollywood Burns (The Week World)

Gotcha, Godfather! (Italy)
The capture of the Sicilian Mafia's top don after 23 years as a fugitive will cripple but not kill the Mob

How 51 Kids Died (The Week World)
In one cold night in a Bosnian village, they froze or starved

One Good Man (The Week World)
Less U.S. military forces in Somalia suffer their first loss, a Marine

Sentenced To Live (The Week World)
A Berlin court reluctantly frees the ailing Erich Honecker

Who's In Charge Here? (The Week World)
Chamorro folds, U.N.O. walks, and the Sandinistas run Nicaragua

WAR & TERRORISM

Serbia's Spite (The Balkans)
Milosevic should be pleased. If the West's peace plan ever goes into effect, it will ratify his aggression and grant him almost everything he wants.

SCIENCE

Resilient Sea (Environment)
Despite forecasts of doom, the Shetlands have weathered the great oil spill amazingly well

HEALTH & MEDICINE

An Astronomical Potty (The Week Health & Science)
The Endeavour crew tries out a $23 million high-end commode

Et Cetera Reach Out and . . . (The Week Health & Science)

Et Cetera Sticker Shock (The Week Health & Science)

The Bulls Have It (The Week Health & Science)
A new method lets breeders choose their cattle's sex at conception

Waking Up Genes (The Week Health & Science)
A flavor enhancer may provide the first treatment for sickle-cell anemia

Washing Away the Drought (The Week Health & Science)

SOCIETY

A Little Girl Buried Alive (Crime)
Is this a suburban childhood? Even before Katie Beers was held captive in a homemade dungeon, the 10-year-old led a hard life of neglect.

Back to The Barricades (The Week: Society)
Operation Rescue is handed a victory by a divided Supreme Court

Every School Day . . . (The Week: Society)

Fighting On (The Week: Society)
Two Fronts New report says race must be an issue in combatting AIDS

Judgment Day (The Week: Society)
Colorado's notorious anti-gay amendment is put on hold

Maybe It'll Rain (The Week: Society)
Church and state battle over a St. Patrick's Day parade

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Money Angles
What You Can Do for Your President

The Political Interest
Bash Him for the Right Reasons

The Presidency
Last Roll Call For the Reaganauts

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BUSINESS

Corporate Moonbeam (The Week: Business)
At Sunbeam-Oster Odd behavior brings down the head of a consumer-products company

David Fells Goliath (The Week: Business)
Virgin Atlantic pins British Airways for an extensive dirty-tricks campaign

Et Cetera Murphy's Law (The Week: Business)

Not Deductible (The Week: Business)
A high court ruling could bring the house down on home offices

Prince Of Midair
Once dismissed as an oddity, Herb Kelleher's no-frills Southwest Airlines is soaring while others struggle

The Week Business (The Week: Business)

LAW

Sometimes It Takes a Cowboy
In the showdown at Rocky Flats, Rockwell and Uncle Sam face the grand jury that won't go away

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Broken Heartland (Reviews Music)

Dave Makes The Deal... ...Jay Stays Put (Television)
A show-biz cliffhanger ends as Letterman jumps to CBS to do battle with Leno for the late-night ratings crown

Music Halls, Murder and Tabloid Pix (Art)
Well ahead of his time, British painter Walter Sickert took popular culture, even the mass media, as his theme

Queuing For The Crying Game (Cinema)
A beguiling British film has U.S. moviegoers talking -- and keeping mum about the surprise

Revving Into Revelation (Reviews Theater)

Short Takes (Reviews)

States on The Border (Reviews Books)

What Dreams Come To (Reviews Cinema)

Where God Is Curious (Reviews Books)

PEOPLE

Anita The Agitator (Profile)
Having shown in her native England how to make money while making waves, Anita Roddick is bringing her Body Shops, and her hyperactivism, to the U.S.

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

The Eloquent Sounds of Silence