Vol. 142 No. 5

COVER

A Boy and His Gun
Even in a town like Omaha, Nebraska, the young are packing weapons in a deadly battle against fear and boredom

NATION

"Mack, You and George Go Left; Dave, You Cover Them . . ." (The Week)
Commander in Chief Clinton recently visited the Korean DMZ. He impressed himself.

Health Report (The Week)

Informed Sources (The Week)

Just Ask Anita Hill (The Week)

Losing Interest (The Week)
Our Bosnia Policy, then and now

Monitor (The Week)
With Enemies Like These ...

News Digest July 18-24 (The Week)

Nixing Dixie (Civil Rights)
An impassioned Senate vote focuses attention on the South's war of symbols

Only 953 Campaign Days Left! (The Week)

Raw Data (The Week)

Showing No Mercy (The Flood)
A tour through the soggy heartland reveals how lowlanders grapple with the Great Power

The 10 Most Dramatic Increases in Consumer Prices, 1992 (The Week)

The Master of Disaster (The Flood)

The Trouble with Rosty (Congress)
His involvement in the post-office scandal could disrupt Clinton's legislative ambitions

The Week (The Week)

Where Hope Ends (The White House)
The apparent suicide of a close friend and adviser leaves the Clintons in mourning and Washington with a painful question: Why did he do it?

Winners & Losers (The Week)

WORLD

A Lesson in Shame (Bosnia)
As Warren Christopher says the U.S. is at the limit of its involvement in Bosnia, the failure to act in the Balkans is the West's most disgraceful mistake since World War II

Ivan the Not-So-Terrible (Israel)
Was John Demjanjuk a victim of mistaken identity?

You Call This Change? (Japan)
Elections bring political turmoil at home but promise no bold new course for Japan Inc.

SCIENCE

Should Willy Be Freed? (Environment)

The Hunt, the Furor (Environment)
As Norway lets the harpoons fly, the cry "Save the whales" echoes again across the seas

SOCIETY

Welcome to the Great Indoors
The Japanese slave away in enclosed beaches and slopes

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Carnage: An Open Book

Newswatch
Hey, That's Me on TV!

Skimming The Cream (Fraud)
The Mister Rogers of food retailing admits major fraud

Spectator Let's Not Make a Deal
When it comes to buying NBC, Bill Cosby can't seem to put up or shut up

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BUSINESS

Crashing Prices
Falling demand and deep discounting lead to vanishing profits and heavy casualties in PCs

Stock Deals for the Rich and Famous (Finance)
Regular folks are excluded; just ask Tom Foley

LAW

See You in Court
Gay activists hope to overturn Clinton's gay policy, but the odds -- and Sam Nunn -- are against them

The Squeaky Clean G-Man (Justice)
Clinton's choice for FBI chief comes with a sterling reputation, but can he revitalize the agency?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Grelbon Out Of Pluvarb (Reviews Cinema)

Cultural Confusions (Reviews Cinema)

Restoring The Fantasy (Reviews Music)

Rock-'N'-Roll Animal (Reviews Music)

Stupid Talk-Show Tricks (Show Business)
NBC and CBS squabble in a corporate custody battle over David Letterman's shtick

Teddy, We Hardly Know Ye (Reviews Books)

The Networks Run for Cover (Television)
To avoid a warning label, violent shows are getting toned down -- or dropped

TO OUR READERS

From the Publisher (From The Publisher)

ESSAY

The Myth of Man As Hunter