Vol. 145 No.

COVER

VIOLENT REACTION (Cover Stories)
BOB DOLE'S BROADSIDE AGAINST SEX AND VIOLENCE IN POPULAR CULTURE SETS OFF A FURIOUS DEBATE ON RESPONSIBILITY

TOUGH TALK ON ENTERTAINMENT (Cover Stories Time Forum)
EVERYBODY AGREES IT'S VULGAR AND VIOLENT. THE QUESTION IS WHY, AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT

A COMPANY UNDER FIRE (Cover Stories)
TARGETED AS THE CHIEF CULTURAL OFFENDER, TIME WARNER STRUGGLES TO DEFINE ITSELF

NO, BUT HE READ THE POLLS (Cover Stories)

NATION

SKIRTS AND DAGGERS (Intelligence)
SEEKING TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM, FEMALE SPIES SUE THE CIA FOR DISCRIMINATION

HOME FIRES SPUTTERING (Politics)
BACK IN THEIR DISTRICS, REPUBLICAN FRESHMEN FIND NERVOUSNESS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF BUDGET CUTS

THE MAN ON THE LINE (Policy)
OFTEN DERIDED LARRY PRESSLER LEADS THE SENATE'S EFFORT TO RESHAPE THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY

WORLD

AFTERLIFE OF VIOLENCE (Northern Ireland)
THE CEASE-FIRE MAY HAVE HALTED THE KILLINGS, BUT THE HARD MEN ARE STILL PREYING ON THEIR COMMUNITIES

ENGINEER OF DOOM (Japan)
CULT LEADER SHOKO ASAHARA DIDN'T JUST FORECAST ARMAGEDDON, HE PLANNED IT

UNSHAKABLE VACILLATION (Bosnia)
THE SERBS RELEASE HOSTAGES, BUT DOWN A U.S. PLANE; THE U.S. OFFERS TROOPS, THEN RENEGES; AND NATO DOES LESS BY DOING MORE

NO PEACE FOR THE PEACEKEEPERS (Bosnia)

SCIENCE

SEARCH FOR A GAY GENE
A DNA TRANSPLANT MADE THESE MALE FRUIT FLIES TURN AWAY FROM FEMALES. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF HOMOSEXUALITY?

TECHNOLOGY

BETTING ON VIRTUAL VEGAS
TO GET AROUND U.S. GAMBLING LAWS, THE FIRST ONLINE CASINOS ARE SETTING UP THEIR CARD TABLES OFFSHORE

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THE WEEK
MAY 28-JUNE 3

MILESTONES

A SOLUTION IN THREE PARTS

WINNERS & LOSERS

EDUCATION

CHANGE THE WORLD, AND GODSPEED (Commencements)
HERE'S THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THAT RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATE: A COMPLETE SET OF SPEAKERS

LAW

DISORDER IN THE COURT (Justice)
A COTTAGE INDUSTRY IN O.J. SIMPSON BOOKS MAKES PUBLISHERS HAPPY BUT MAY JEOPARDIZE THE TRIAL

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CAROLINA'S GRAND NEW OPRY (The Arts & Media / FESTIVALS)
WITH ITS MERCURIAL FOUNDER IN EXILE, CHARLESTON'S SPOLETO FESTIVAL GROWS UP, BRANCHES OUT AND CATCHES ON

LOVE IS MORE IMPORTANT (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
A SUPERB FRENCH DRAMA REDISCOVERS TEEN RAPTURE

CAROUSING WOMEN (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
THE FINAL EPISODES OF THE HIT BRIT-COM ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS ARE ABOUT TO AIR IN THE U.S.--NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON

THE WRONG WRIGHT? (The Arts & Media / ARCHITECTURE)
MORE THAN 50 YEARS AFTER HE FIRST CONCEIVED IT, A DESIGN BY AMERICA'S MASTER BUILDER IS RAISING A RUCKUS IN HIS HOME STATE

A FLOOR PLAN OF THE HEART (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
ALAIN DE BOTTON'S NEW NOVEL TAKES A RIGHT ANGLE ON LOVE

THE CLINICIAN OF EXCESS (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
AS A NEW BIOGRAPHY SHOWS, THE LIFE OF ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, LIKE HIS X-RATED PHOTOGRAPHS, WAS NOT A PRETTY PICTURE

CASPER THE FRIENDLY CORPSE (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
JOLLY AND JOKEY ON ITS SLICK SURFACE, THE NEW KIDS' HIT IS ALSO A FABLE ABOUT CHILDREN'S FASCINATION WITH DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE

LIVE WIRES (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
AN ANCIENT MYTH IS GIVEN A CYBER-UPDATE IN GALATEA 2.2

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