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LETTERS 4

TO OUR READERS 11

CHRONICLES 13

MILESTONES 19

COVER STORY: America's Most Controversial Minister 20

To some he is poison, to others an antidote. Why does Minister Louis Farrakhan, one of America's most popular black leaders, resort to venomous racism against Jews and whites in general? A look inside his ministry sheds light on his allure.

INTERVIEW: "I'm Not Trying to Be Mainstream"

Farrakhan speaks on black self esteem and his attacks on Jews

TIME FORUM: What Does Farrakhan's Anti-Semitism Mean?

Six leading thinkers, three black and three Jewish, cross swords

TRADE: Skirting a Trade War 39

With a threat of sanctions, the U.S. tightens the screws on Japan

NAVY: Why Is the Navy Off Course? 42

One theory: its chiefs have been submariners, not ship drivers

THE BUDGET: How to Not Pay for the Homeless 42

Is Clinton ducking mortgage deduction as a source of revenues?

CITIES: The Decaying of New Orleans 43

Have the good times rolled away for the Big Easy?

BOSNIA: Promises to Keep 44

The Serbs say they will take their big guns out of Sarajevo

The Political Interest: Playing Nuclear Poker

SOMALIA: Surprising Heroes 46

The untold story of valor amid the Delta Force debacle

BUSINESS: The Deal That Forced Diller to Fold 50

The inside account of Viacom played a hand QVC couldn't match

SPORT: Finally, Redemption for Dan Jansen 54

After slipping in his favorite distance, the heartbreak kid of the Olympics wins his gold medal in Lillehammer

Figure Skating: New kids on the blades

Skiing: Amazing Americans Tommy Moe and Diann Roffe-Steinrotter stun the skiing world

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Television: Old prime-time stars never die; they just keep coming back to solve murder mysteries 60

A new Nova special goes in search of human ancestors

Books: A Vietnamese memoir of peace, war and escape 65

The Fermata indulges in a voyeuristic tease

Theater: Athol Fugard in a post-apartheid world 67

PEOPLE 69

ESSAY 70

COVER: Illustration for TIME by Paul Davis

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