Vol. 144 No. 18

COVER

A Class of Their Own (EDUCATION)
Bucking bureaucracy, brashly independent public schools have much to teach about saving education

Home Sweet School (EDUCATION)
Seeking excellence, isolation or just extra "family time," more and more parents are doing the teaching themselves

When Public Schools Go Private (EDUCATION)

NATION

Bellettrist of the Week (Chronicles)

Clinton's Blunt Instrument (Presidency)

Dispatches This Old Palace (Chronicles)

Health Report (Chronicles)

Inside Washington (Chronicles)
An Offer Roone Arledge Couldn't Refuse?

Judge Them Not By Their Covers (Chronicles)

Madeleine Albright: Muse (Chronicles)

(Chronicles)
News, Culture, Controversy on the Internet

Not the Love Boat (Chronicles)

Secrets of Highly Paid Campaign Consultants Revealed! (Chronicles)

Taking His Show on the Road (The Presidency)
Clinton's new success in juggling foreign problems is more than just good luck

The 10 Most Popular Halloween Costumes Sold Last Week At Toys "R" Us (Chronicles)

The Week October 16-22 (Chronicles)

Winners & Losers (Chronicles)

WORLD

Confidence in Old King Kohl (Germany)
Despite recession, high taxes and unemployment, the architect of unification wins four more years

The Prince of Wails (Royals)
The end draws near as a deeply self-pitying Charles bares his soul

The Torch of Terrorism (Israel)
With a shocking attack on civilians, Hamas militants try to blow up the peace process

SPORT

A Confederacy of Fools
When it comes to greed and stupidity, professional-sports owners and pampered players are All-Stars

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

On the Money the War on Gobbledygook

Public Eye Alienable Rights

The Political Interest a Tough, Smart Deal

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BUSINESS

A Bump in the Sky (Air Safety)
Did wake vortex contribute to the crash of USAir Flight 427?

Cable Gets Dished
As receivers shrink and channels multiply, direct-to-home satellites pose a fresh challenge to cable TV

The Town That Television Forgot

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Angels with Dirty Faces (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
Its doctors aren't glamorous and its stories aren't pretty, but ER is the season's surprise hit

Club Adriatic (Arts & Media / THEATER)
The Odyssey onstage? Yes, in Derek Walcott's adaptation

Eco Illogical (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Pamphleteer P.J. O'Rourke mocks environmental woes

In the Frazier Museum (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
After his parents' death, a New Yorker humorist finds meaning by studying the intricate branchings of his family tree

Judging the Man He Was (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Tobias Wolff recalls his service as a Green Beret in Vietnam

Of Spirit and Blood (Arts & Media / CULTURE)
A Museum showcases Native American treasures while posing the question: Who is Indian?

Shylock on the Beach (Arts & Media / THEATER)
Peter Sellars audaciously reimagines The Merchant of Venic

The King of the Hill (Arts & Media / JAZZ)
Two multi-CD sets of recordings by bebop pianist Bud Powell chart the brilliant, tormented career of a great innovator

SPECIAL SECTION

Flood, Flames and Fear (Disasters)
A relentless storm delivers a devastating one-two punch to the swamped residents of Southeast Texas

PEOPLE

Blending Force with Diplomacy (Interview)
Clinton on his foreign policy gains

His Own Man Burt Lancaster 1913-1994 (Obituary)

TO OUR READERS

To Our Readers

ESSAY

Remember the Sermon on the Mount?