Vol. 146 No.

COVER

THE POWELL FACTOR (Cover Story)
THE POLLS SHOW HE COULD WIN THE PRESIDENCY. BUT IS HE BOLD ENOUGH TO GO FOR THE TOP JOB AND TAKE ON THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT?

NATION

THE RUNNER STUMBLES (Investigations)
HOW A SYMBOL OF HOPE FOR DOWNTRODDEN NEWARK BECAME SUSPECTED OF OLD-FASHIONED CORRUPTION

OUTFOXING THE RIGHT (Politics)
MODERATES RECAPTURE A HANDFUL OF SCHOOL BOARDS BY PUBLICIZING THE OBSESSIONS OF ULSTRACONSERVATIVES

MESS A L'ORANGE (California)
BANKRUPTCY WAS PAINFUL. BUT COULD THIS WEALTHY COUNTY'S REACTION BE EVEN MORE EMBARRASSING?

WORLD

CONTROVERSY CRASHES THE PARTY (United Nations)
TWO HUMAN-RIGHTS WRANGLES MAR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHARTER'S SIGNING

THUMBS UP, HALFWAYS (Haiti)
A DISASTER BY THE STANDARDS OF STABLE DEMOCRACY, HAITI'S CHAOTIC ELECTIONS WERE STILL A SMALL TRIUMPH

A NEAR MISS, THIS TIME (Egypt)
A BAND OF ASSASSINS ALMOST KILLS MUBARAK IN ETHIOPIA. WILL HIS CRACKDOWN AT HOME WORK?

SCIENCE

EMBRACE IN SPACE (Space)
THE DRAMATIC DOCKING OF U.S. AND RUSSIAN SHIPS REVIVES A PROMISING PARTNERSHIP

SOCIETY

MURDERER'S MANIFESTO (Crime)
THREATENING MORE ATTACKS, UNABOMBER ISSUES A SCREED AGAINST TECHNOLOGY

SOBERING TIMES FOR A.A.
AMID CULTURE CLASHES AND GLOBAL GROWTH, THE GROUP TURNS 60

CAN A DRUNK LEARN MODERATION?

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

CLINTON'S TROOPS TURN AWAY

YIKES! IT'S JOEY BUTTA-HUGH-CO

I CAME, I SAW, I SPOILED EVERYTHING

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THE WEEK
JUNE 25 - JULY 1

MILESTONES

WINNERS & LOSERS

BUSINESS

LOOKS GOOD, BUT WHAT'S UNDER THE HOOD? (Trade)
THE LAST-MINUTE DEAL BETWEEN THE U.S. AND JAPAN EASES A CRISIS BUT LEAVES PLENTY OF ANXIOUS DOUBTS

HOW SUITE IT ISN'T
CITIES ARE WINNING AND LOSING TEAMS BASED ON HOW MANY LUXURY BOXES THEY CAN OFFER GREEDY OWNERS

LAW

THE SOUL OF A NEW MAJORITY
IN MOST OF THE SUPREME COURT'S IMPORTANT RULINGS THIS YEAR, THE COMBINATION WAS FIVE RIGHT, FOUR LEFT

WARREN BURGER: THE PRAIRIE WIND

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

OLD ROCK, NEW LIFE (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY AND CANNY MARKETING, DEAD PERFORMERS CAN KEEP ON TURNING OUT HITS

THE QUICK AND THE DREDD (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
SYLVESTER STALLONE'S BOMBASTIC NEW SUMMER THRILLER THINKS IT CAN LICK ANY MOVIE ON THE BLOCK--FOR ONE WEEK, ANYWAY

GRIEF AND REBIRTH (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
LATIN AMERICA'S FOREMOST WOMAN WRITER CHRONICLES THE DEATH OF A DAUGHTER-- AND HER OWN AWAKENING

THE KIROV LOSES FOCUS (The Arts & Media / DANCE)
THE RUSSIAN TROUPE, BACK FOR A U.S. TOUR, STILL HAS FINE DANCERS BUT IS SACRIFICING ARTISTRY IN AN EFFORT TO MODERNIZE

PERCHANCE TO DREAM (The Arts & Media / THEATER)
TWO VISUALLY ENTRANCING PRODUCTIONS DRAMATIZE A NIGHTMARE OF LATIN MACHISMO AND A CHILD'S PREMONITION OF DEATH

FIRE ON THE PODIUM (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
KENT NAGANO HAS A MAJOR CAREET UNDER WAY IN EUROPE. NOW U.S. AUDIENCES ARE GETTING A LOOK AT THE NEXT GREAT CONDUCTOR

ROSES, ROSES ALL THE WAY (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
MARGARET THATCHER LOOKS BACK ON HER EXTRAORDINARY RISE TO POWER, AS SHE ROILED THE TORY COUNCILS AND LAID DOWN THE LAW

WAYLAID TOUR (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
PEARL JAM FINDS THAT BATTLING TICKETMASTER ISN'T SO SIMPLE

FLOUNDERING (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A TOUCHING COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT LOVE IN THE CITY

TO OUR READERS

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