Vol. 146 No.

COVER

THE LAST FRONTIER (Cover Story)
LURED BY THE PROMISE OF MAJOR SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS AND GREAT MINERAL WEALTH, RESEARCHERS MOUNT AN ASSAULT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

NATION

HE'S BACK (PART TWO) (Campaign '96)
BOTH PARTIES FLOCK TO PEROT'S HUGE POLITICAL BASH IN DALLAS, PAYING COURT TO THE TEXAN AND HIS CRUCIAL FOLLOWING

ROSS PEROT, THIRD-PARTY POOPER (Campaign '96)

WORLD

ROCKED BY SCANDAL (Colombia)
SAMPER'S PRESIDENCY IS IN PERIL AS AN AIDE SAYS HIS BOSS TOOK CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DRUGLORDS

WAR & TERRORISM

THE GUNS OF AUGUST (The Balkans)
IT'S A WHOLE NEW WAR--WITH SERBS GETTING THE WORST OF IT THIS TIME--AS CROATIA LAUNCHES A HUGE OFFENSIVE

SOCIETY

Adoption in Black and White
AN ODD COALITION TAKES AIM AT THE DECADES-OLD PREJUDICE AGAINST TRANSRACIAL PLACEMENTS

PUBLISH OR PERISH (Crime)
THE UNABOMBER'S TREATISE ON SOCIETY CAUSES ANGUISH AT TWO NEWSPAPERS, BUT MAY HELP THE FBI

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

"FIXING WELFARE RIGHT"

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THE MUSEUM OF SLAVERY?

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MILESTONES

WINNERS & LOSERS

THE WEEK
JULY 30-AUGUST 5

BUSINESS

EASY AS ABC
IN ONE MEGADEAL, EISNER TURNS HIS MAGIC KINGDOM INTO A GLOBAL EMPIRE AND TAKES HIS SWEET REVENGE ON A CHOIR OF CRITICS

IT'S NETWORKING TIME
WITH LAST WEEK'S PLAYS FOR ABC AND CBS, SUDDENLY THE OLD-FASHIONED BROADCASTERS LOOK HOT AGAIN

LAW

THE MATTER OF TIM MCVEIGH (Justice)
AS LAWYERS PREPARE FOR AN INDICTMENT, NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THE MAIN SUSPECT IN THE BOMBING

AWAITING HIS DAY IN COURT (Justice)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

ASIAN INVASION (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
THE FILM WORLD EMBRACES A BONANZA OF NEW TALENT FROM TAIWAN, HONG KONG AND MAINLAND CHINA

SECOND BANANA ON TOP (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
IN THE LATEST OF TINSELTOWN'S SPECTACULAR COMEBACKS, LOUD, LOUTISH COMIC TOM ARNOLD HAS GONE FROM ROSEANNE TO RICHES

EVERYBODY'S GOOD GIRL (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
WHEN A SELF-SACRIFICING WOMAN DISCOVERS THAT HER HUSBAND IS A PHILANDERER, IT IS TIME TO REGROUP BACK AT THE RANCH

A VOICE OUT OF REYKJAVIK (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
ICELANDIC SINGER BJORK CROSSES MUSICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES WITH HER EXHILARATING NEW ALBUM, POST

GOTHIC WHOOPEE (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
DRACULA WAS A PUSSYCAT COMPARED WITH THIS WOMAN AND HER HORRIFIC BEAUTY SECRETS

LITTLE RASCALS (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
SATIRIST CARL HIAASEN KNOWS LIZARDS WHEN HE SEES THEM

LIFE ALONG THE CATWALK (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
A SMART, DROLL DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWS A YOUNG DESIGNER AS HE PREPARES THE SHOW HE HOPES WILL CONQUER SEVENTH AVENUE

OUTLAWED! (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
INDIAN CENSORS CONSIGN A SEARING BIOPIC TO THE SHELF