Vol. 143 No. 3
NATION
Clinton's Obstacle Course (Foreign Policy)
The President's swing through Europe will test his ability to define America's role in a complex postwar world
Clinton Visits, But Moscow Does Not Believe in Cheers (Foreign Policy)
Dispatches After the Apocalypse (Chronicles)
In Search of Zviad (Georgia)
Shevardnadze's erratic rival creates his latest mystery
Informed Sources (Chronicles)
Inside Washington Gergen in Eclipse? (Chronicles)
Searching for the Missing Pieces (The White House)
The Clintons' messy handling of the Whitewater scandal intensifies the demand for a special prosecutor to find some answers to its complex puzzles
Should Auld Connections Be Forgot ... (Chronicles)
Streisand: the Year in Tantrums (Chronicles)
The Crystal Ball (Chronicles)
The Sun Always Rises (Chronicles)
The Week January 2-8 (Chronicles)
WORLD
Mommie Dearest (Pakistan)
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto resorts to force to quell her own family's challenge to her power
SCIENCE
French Anderson's obsession has turned fantasy into reality
Riding the Dna Trail
Francis Collins leads an international drive to track down all the genes and take their measure
The Breast Cancer Gene: a Woman's Dilemma
The Genetic Revolution (Cover Science)
New technology enables us to improve on nature. How far should we go?
SPORT
A vicious attack on an Olympic figure-skating hopeful raises fresh concerns about the safety of all athletes
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
The Political Interest
Why Clinton Blew His Cool
BUSINESS
Viacom's surprise merger reignites a major takeover battle and poses a conundrum for Wall Street
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Catharine MacKinnon, feminist legal scholar and antiporn activist, says she was raped by a book review
Drenched in the Spirit (The Arts & Media Radio)
An ambitious National Public Radio series on the history of African-American sacred music is a cause for rejoicing
Rock Goes Interactive (The Arts & Media Music)
From David Bowie to Peter Gabriel -- and even including Elvis -- computerized pop stars are letting listeners take a hand in the music