Vol. 141 No. 17

NATION

A Possible Silver Lining in South Africa (Grapevine)

Airlift Overwork (Grapevine)

Bomb The Serbs? (Grapevine)

Brave New Birth Control (Grapevine)

Commander Hillary (Grapevine)

Cries Of Relief (Los Angeles)
Two verdicts of guilty in the Rodney King beating case left a city -- and a nation -- hoping that racial harmony might begin to return to L.A.

Damned Lies and Statistics (Politics)

Fury in The Cellblock (The Week: Nation)
A riot at an Ohio prison turns into a tense and deadly hostage drama

Grapevine (Grapevine)

Now Comes Porklock (The Administration)
After ignoring cries of "Too much fat!" from the G.O.P. and voters, Clinton must break the gridlock and back down on his stimulus package

The Recovery: Starting to Fade (The Administration)

The Shrinking Ten Percent (Politics)
A new national survey claiming that only 1% of men are gay has put the movement off stride

The Verdict's Aftermath (The Week: Nation)

Vat Is This Thing Called VAT? (The Week: Nation)
Clinton's aides push a tax he said wouldn't happen this decade

Vox Pop (Grapevine)

Where There's Smoke, There's Fliers (Grapevine)

Yes, No Progress (The Week: Nation)
Clinton and Japan's Miyazawa agree to improve relations -- later

WORLD

"The President is not up to his job" (Russia)

Aristide Offers to Deal (The Week World)
But the military rebuffs political amnesty from Haiti's exiled President

Change Of Signals (The Week World)
Israel admits a new peace-talks player, but delay looms

Coup De Grace (The Week World)
The plotters who tried to overthrow Gorbachev finally go on trial

No Target Too Young (The Week World)
A savage Serbian bombardment presages Srebrenica's fall

Not The Mourning He Would Have Wanted (The Week World)
Enraged at a leader's death, South African blacks go on a violent spree

Srebrenica Succumbs (Bosnia)
The fall of a fated town deepens the Balkans' tragedy and shames a spectating world

The All-China Summit (The Week World)
Beijing and Taipei will talk about inching closer together

The Last Hurrah? (Russia)
No matter how many votes Yeltsin gets in next week's referendum, he will not have a mandate

To Russia With Strings (The Week World)
The Group of Seven pieces together a $28 billion aid package for Moscow

Where Does the Money Go? (The Week World)

Who Was Left Behind? (Vietnam)
A newly discovered document fuels the argument over the fate of American POWs

SCIENCE

Behind the Magic of Jurassic Park
A team of Hollywood techno-wizards set out to "bring 'em back alive"

Rewriting the Book on Dinosaurs
Forget what you knew: they weren't necessarily cold-blooded or pea-brained, and may not really be extinct

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Aids From an M.D.? (The Week Health & Science)
Not likely, say three studies of HIV-positive doctors and their patients

Save The Ozone! (The Week Health & Science)
Man-made chemicals keep dissolving earth's shield against UV rays

Spotting Good Genes (The Week Health & Science)
Symmetrical whisker dots may be a reliable clue -- at least in male lions

The Fungus Among Us (The Week Health & Science)
Hold that fork! The mushroom in your salad could be a (very) distant relative

SOCIETY

Amy Fisher's Revenge (The Week: Society)
A grand jury says it's Joey Buttafuoco's turn to face the music

Judging It by Its Cover (The Week: Society)
A murder victim's image sells books until a federal court says, "Enough!"

Never Forget (Culture)
In all its grimness, Washington's controversial Holocaust museum is a necessary, civilizing memorial

One Shot: Jackpot (The Week: Society)

Prestige Prize (The Week: Society)
1993's Pulitzer winners tell moving tales of war and loss

Sorry, Tom (The Week: Society)

The End Is Near? (Cults)
Koresh says he will surrender when he finishes a treatise on the Book of Revelation, but no one is holding his breath

The Few, the Not Guilty (The Week: Society)

The Purloined Letters (Ethics)
NIH scientists thought they could prove whether a biographer accused of plagiarism was guilty or not. They used a computer and raised more questions than answers.

Wasted Youth (The Week: Society)
More students are starting to use drugs and sniff glue at an early age

SPORT

Is Nike Getting Too Big for Its Shoes?
Concern is growing that the sportswear firm's lavish endorsement deals give it undue power and influence

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

The Political Interest Tap Israel to Help Russia

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BUSINESS

A Retail Drop Gets Lost in the Spin Cycle (The Week: Business)
March's consumer spending decline becomes an improbable political prop

Off and Humming
Driven by fear of draconian environmental laws, carmakers are finally getting serious about electric cars

Testing the Waters
As states and the FDA crack down, bottlers of "nature's beverage" are awash in controversy

Zirconia Futures (The Week: Business)
Dive The original wizard of TV shopping struggles with a kickback scandal

LAW

A.C.L.U. -- Not All That Civil

When Hate Makes a Fist
When does a crime become a hate crime? The Supreme Court deals with criminals who add insult to injury.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

From The True Hot Heart (Reviews Music)

Murder Is Their Business (Reviews Books)

Short Takes (Reviews)

The Fire in Her Eyes (Reviews Cinema)

Three Men in A Hearse (Reviews Theater)

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

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