Vol. 146 No.

COVER

GLIMPSES OF THE MIND (Cover Story)
WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS? MEMORY? EMOTION? SCIENCE UNRAVELS THE BEST-KEPT SECRETS OF THE HUMAN BRAIN

HOW GENDER MAY BEND YOUR THINKING (Cover Story)

NATION

HERE COMES THE PORK (Congress)
THE REPUBLICANS WHO PROMISED TO MAKE HISTORIC BUDGET CUTS ARE CUTTING SOME SWEET DEALS AS WELL

WHERE POWER GOES ... (Politics)
... MONEY FOLLOWS, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE G.O.P. ADOPTED ITS NEW, SCORCHED-EARTH FUND-RAISING TACTICS

LONG-DISTANCE CALLING (Miami)
MORE CUBAN EXILES ARE SAYING IT'S TIME TO TALK TO CASTRO. MANY OTHERS WISH THEY WOULD HANG UP

THE SUNSHINE BOYS (Campaign '96)
FORGET NEW HAMPSHIRE. FLORIDA IS THE STATE TO WIN

WORLD

OUTWITTING CALI'S PROFESSOR MORIARTY (Colombia)
THE MASTERMIND OF THE WORLD'S NO. 1 DRUG CARTEL, WHO HAS AWED POLICE FOR YEARS, FINALLY LANDS IN JAIL

WAR & TERRORISM

MESSAGE FROM SERBIA (The Balkans)
PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC OFFERS HIMSELF AS A PEACE BROKER, BUT WILL ANYONE BUY?

"I AM JUST AN ORDINARY MAN" (The Balkans)

A SECRET O'GRADY POSTMORTEM (The Balkans)

HEALTH & MEDICINE

TEACHING HOSPITALS IN CRISIS (Medicine)
THE FACILITIES THAT TRAIN DOCTORS AND PIONEER NEW PROCEDURES SCRAMBLE TO SURVIVE MANAGED CARE AND CUTBACKS

SOCIETY

SEX, BETRAYAL AND MURDER (Crime)
AS HER TRIAL BEGINS, HER HOMETOWN GRAPPLES WITH THE FALLOUT FROM SUSAN SMITH'S TANGLED EMOTIONAL HISTORY

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NEWT THE BLAMELESS

THE WEEK
JULY 2-8

MILESTONES

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WINNERS & LOSERS

BUSINESS

CORPORATE CREEP SHOW
REVLON'S BILLIONAIRE HEAD RON PERELMAN AND ONE OF HIS FORMER EXECUTIVES TAKE A NASTY TUSSLE TO COURT

LAW

THE CASE IS MADE, FOR NOW (Justice)
THE PROSECUTION RESTS. BUT THE DEFENSE MAY OFFER SOME SURPRISES INCLUDING O.J.'S OWN TESTIMONY

GARCETTI SIZES IT UP (Justice)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

AHAB'S HARPOONERS (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
THE INTERBRAIDED STORIES OF FIVE NOTED ANNAPOLIS MEN EVINCE THE DILEMMAS OF AMERICAN HEROISM AND THE POLITICS OF WAR

UNDER THE CRACK OF REALITY (The Arts & Media / ART)
EDWARD HOPPER SAW AN AMERICA THAT NO OTHER PAINTER HAD GOT RIGHT. NOW WE CAN'T SEE IT WITHOUT SEEING HIM

FUGITIVE ALIEN IN L.A. (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
THE NEW SCI-FI MELODRAMA SPECIES HAS HORROR, SUSPENSE, A LITTLE SEX--AND LOTS OF SMART PEOPLE DOING REALLY DUMB THINGS

THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
IN A UNIQUE NEW COLLECTION OF SPIRITUALS AND HYMNS, JAZZ VETERANS HANK JONES AND CHARLIE HADEN RAISE A JOYFUL NOISE

JAUNTY RIDE (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
IN FIRST KNIGHT, NOBODY SINS, AND EVERYBODY'S TERRIBLY NICE

TO OUR READERS

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