Vol. 145 No.
COVER
AMERICA'S "PATRIOTS" HAVE A TOUGH LIST OF DEMANDS: KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY LAND, MY WALLET -- AND MY GUNS
A MOMENT OF SILENCE (Cover Stories)
MOURNING MAY PROVIDE A TIME TO REFLECT CALMLY ON THE LANGUAGE OFHATE. BUT CAN A TRAGEDY, EVEN OF OKLAHOMA'S MAGNITUDE, TRANSFORM THE NATURE OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE?
"SOMETHING BIG IS GOING TO HAPPEN" (Cover Stories)
FROM ARIZONA TO A KANSAS MILITARY BASE TO NEW YORK, THE INVESTIGATION CONSIDERS A WEB OF LEADS, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF A WIDER CONSPIRACT
THE BOMB IS IN THE MAIL (Cover Stories)
THE MYSTERIOUS UNABOMBER STRIKES AGAIN. BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 17 YEARS,HE WANTS TO EXPLAIN WHY
AMERICA'S BOMB CULTURE (Cover Stories)
THE MOVEMENT'S SYMPATHETIC EARS ON CAPITOL HILL (Cover Stories)
WHY GUNS SHARE THE BLAME (Cover Stories)
PSSST! CALLING ALL PARANOIDS (Cover Stories)
WORLD
ONE YEAR AFTER THE ELECTION OF NELSON MANDELA, BLACKS AND WHITES LIVE IN PROUD, HOPEFUL PEACE
EXCLUSIVE: SPENDING A DAY WITH PRESIDENT MANDELA (South Africa)
WAR & TERRORISM
FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE SOVIETS DEFEATED HITLER, TWO GENERATIONS REFLECT ON A TRAGIC HISTORY
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
WHO CARES ABOUT A FREE PRESS?
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THE WEEK
APRIL 23 - 29
HOW TO APOLOGIZE LIKE THE PROS
Read the story (Winners & Losers)
BUSINESS
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT BLOCKS A STRATEGIC MERGER
HIT THE ROAD
A $23 BILLION BID FOR CHRYSLER GOES NOWHERE
LAW
A HISTORIC SUPREME COURT DECISION OPENS THE DOOR TO REDEFINING THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
IN KANSAS CITY ON OPENING DAY, THERE WERE TWO GOOD REASONS TO CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF BASEBALL: CAL RIPKEN AND THE NEW SOD
TROPICAL DEPRESSION (The Arts & Media Books)
THE CUBA OF PICO IYER'S NEW NOVEL IS A "ROMANTIC'S EDEN," WHERE PRINCIPLES CRUMBLE AWAY AND CERTAINTIES DISSOLVE
CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY (The Arts & Media Books)
HOW THE MAFIA'S HOLD ON ITALY'S POLITICAL LEADERS WAS BROKEN
HOT OFF THE BAYOU (The Arts & Media Music)
IN ONE OF THE LAST BASTIONS OF MUSICAL REGIONALISM, CAJUN AND ZYDECO PERFORMERS MAKE THEIR OWN DISTINCTIVE, JOYFUL SOUNDS
SAVAGED BY THE BELL (The Arts & Media Television)
A TV MOVIE PORTRAYS MIKE TYSON AS BOTH PAWN AND KING
DARKNESS FALLS (The Arts & Media Cinema)
CHEKHOV MEETS STALIN IN THE MARVELOUS BURNT BY THE SUN
GRISHAM'S LAW (The Arts & Media Publishing)
AS HE REELS OFF ANOTHER NO. 1 BEST SELLER, THE LAWYER TURNED SUPERNOVELIST CAN SEEMINGLY DO NO WRONG. DEAL WITH IT
SPECIAL SECTION
MILESTONES
PEOPLE
AS HE PREPARES TO MEET CLINTON IN MOSCOW, BORIS YELTSIN DISCUSSES THE TRIBULATIONS OF DEMOCRACY