Vol. 146 No. 16
COVER
AMERICANS, BLACK AND WHITE, MAY BE ABLE TO USE THE O.J. VERDICT AS A CHANCE TO EMBARK ON A PILGRIMAGE TOWARD CANDOR AND CHARITY
MAKING THE CASE (Cover Stories / SPECIAL REPORT THE SIMPSON VERDICT)
A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE MISSTEPS, TRIUMPHS, ANIMOSITIES AND EGOS OF THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY
THE LESSONS OF THE TRIAL (Cover Stories / SPECIAL REPORT THE SIMPSON VERDICT)
NEVER MIND THAT THE CASE IS LIKE NO OTHER, EVERYONE IS EAGER TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM AFTER O.J.
THE TRIALS TO COME (Cover Stories / SPECIAL REPORT THE SIMPSON VERDICT)
O.J. FACES CIVIL SUITS AND A POSSIBLE CUSTODY BATTLE AMID A QUEST TO RESTORE HIS IMAGE
IS ALL DISCRIMINATION CREATED EQUAL? (Cover Stories / SPECIAL REPORT THE SIMPSON VERDICT)
HEAT ON THE BEAT (Cover Stories / SPECIAL REPORT THE SIMPSON VERDICT)
LOOKING MORE CORRUPT AND INEPT THAN EVER, THE L.A.P.D. RESISTS CHANGE
RIDING THE BACKLASH (Cover Stories / SPECIAL REPORT THE SIMPSON VERDICT)
WILL THE TRIAL'S FALLOUT HELP OR HINDER COLIN AND THE CANDIDATES?
NATION
AS CHARGES OF IMPROPRIETY FESTER, THE SPEAKER IS LIKELY TO FACE A PROBE BY AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
WORLD
SINCE RETURNING TO POWER, ARISTIDE HAS SURPRISED HIS CRITICS AND INSPIRED A NATION
WAR & TERRORISM
PEACE DRAWS A BIT CLOSER AS THE U.S. BROKERS AN AGREEMENT ON A CEASE-FIRE AND THE START OF NEGOTIATIONS
SCIENCE
WHO'S STEERING THE SHIP, THE OLD-LINE ECOWARRIORS OR THE NEW-STYLE "SUITS"?
HEALTH & MEDICINE
AFTER MONTHS ON THE SIDELINES, SENIORS BEGIN TO LASH OUT AGAINST G.O.P. PLANS TO CURB MEDICARE BENEFITS
SOCIETY
HE HAS SUMMONED A MILLION BLACK MEN TO WASHINGTON. POWERFUL PASTORS WISH THEY WOULD STAY HOME
RELIGION
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THE WEEK
OCTOBER 1-7
MILESTONES
WINNERS & LOSERS
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
THE ONETIME TEEN IDOL HAS HAD HIS SHARE OF CAREER UPS AND DOWNS. GET SET FOR A BIG UP IN GET SHORTY
A POET OF THE THRESHOLD (The Arts & Media / NOBEL PRIZE)
SEAMUS HEANEY WINS THE LITERATURE AWARD FOR A BODY OF POEMS ROOTED IN HIS CATHOLIC CHILDHOOD IN NORTHERN IRELAND
TIME SHIFT (The Arts & Media / THEATER)
COMPANY ONCE HAD PUNCH; NOW IT OFFERS PLEASANTRIES
A KINGDOM FOR HIS HORSE (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
NICHOLAS EVANS HAS A SMASH FIRST NOVEL AND A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR DEAL WITH HOLLYWOOD. SO WHO NEEDS GOOD REVIEWS?
RAGE INSIDE, RAGE OUTSIDE (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A MEDICAL CRISIS LAUNCHES A WRITER'S EXPLORATION OF SELF
NOT YOUR PARENTS' PUNK (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
GREEN DAY, ABOUT TO RELEASE ITS NEW CD, IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL YOUNG BANDS THAT ARE UPDATING ROCK'S '70S REBELLIOUSNESS
SPECIAL SECTION
CAPPING THIS RECORD SEASON OF STORMS, A KILLER HURRICANE CATCHES FLORIDA'S GULF COAST BY SURPRISE