Vol. 146 No. 17
COVER
FROM OUT OF THE WEST COMES A STRIKE FORCE OF CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS WHO THINK NATURAL RESOURCES OUGHT TO BE EXPLOITED, NOT CODDLED
UNREST IN THE WEST (Cover Stories)
WELCOME TO NEVADA'S NYE COUNTY, WHOSE ANGRY RESIDENTS ARE SPEARHEADING THE REGION'S CHARGE AGAINST WASHINGTON
NATION
GINGRICH GAINS SWAY OVER DOLE, BUT IS IT THE WHITE HOUSE HE REALLY WANTS?
WORLD
IN GLOBAL TERMS, THE U.N. BUDGET IS SMALL CHANGE, BUT THE BLOAT AND INEFFICIENCY AMID ITS MORASS OF AGENCIES AND OTHER ENTITIES THREATEN TO BRING DISASTER
WAR & TERRORISM
EVEN AS A TRUCE TAKES EFFECT AND NEGOTIATIONS NEAR, THE FIGHTING AND ETHNIC CLEANSING HAVE BEEN FIERCE
AN OFFICER AND A CREEP? (The Military)
A NAVY CAPTAIN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT COULD LOSE MORE THAN JUST HIS CHANCE AT PROMOTION
SOCIETY
MYSTERIES AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES PROLIFERATE AFTER AN AMTRAK LINER SUFFERS A DEADLY DERAILMENT IN ARIZONA
TO THE BEAT OF HIS DRUM (Race)
LIKE IT OR NOT, LOUIS FARRAKHAN IS ONCE AGAIN FORCING THE NATION TO FOCUS ON HIM AND HIS MESSAGE
GENERATION EXCLUDED
A REPORT CHIDES AMERICA FOR NEGLECTING ADOLESCENTS
PRESS
AS HE BACKS OUT OF A TV INTERVIEW, SIMPSON FINDS THAT RESURRECTING HIS REPUTATION WILL NOT BE EASY
SIMPSON'S CIVIL WARS
TECHNOLOGY
ASKING HACKERS TO SHORE UP THE SECURITY OF THE NET
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A REAL KILLING
WINNERS & LOSERS
A MILLION MEN, MINUS ONE
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PUT YOUR PANTS ON, DEMONBOY
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THE WEEK
OCTOBER 8-14
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BUSINESS
BURNED OUT BY HIGH FINANCE, FUND SUPERSTAR MICHAEL STEINHARDT PUTS HIMSELF OUT TO PASTURE
LAW
AS THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS ONCE AGAIN FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES, THE PROSECUTION ALTERS ITS STRATEGY
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
MICROSOFT'S CHAIRMAN BUYS A PHOTO ARCHIVE AND PLANS TO TRANSFORM IT INTO A VAST DIGITAL LIBRARY
PURIFYING NATURE (The Arts & Media / ART)
A SUPERB EXHIBITION TRACES MONDRIAN'S QUEST FOR IMAGES THAT EXPRESS A UNIVERSAL ORDER
A "SCARLET" FOR THE UNLETTERED (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
WHO NEEDS HAWTHORNE? JUST MAKE HESTER P.C.--AND A BABE
WANNA BUY A DUCK--FOR $150? (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
YOU COULD HAVE FUN AT POMP DUCK AND CIRCUMSTANCE, IF YOU LIKE CIRCUSES, FANCY FOOD, HIGH PRICES AND GERMAN HUMOR
BROADWAY'S NEW BABIES (The Arts & Media / THEATER)
MISS THOSE SHOWS THAT SENT YOU OUT OF THE THEATER HUMMING THE TUNES? REGIONAL THEATERS ARE TRYING TO FILL THE VOID
GROWING INTO THE SILENCE (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
PRICKLY, PROTEAN AND ELUSIVE, JAZZ PIANIST KEITH JARRETT IS AT THE PEAK OF A CAREER THAT HAS SPANNED BAROQUE AND BEBOP
BRAIN LABOR (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A FLUKY MATHEMATICAL GENIUS WRESTLES THE ENIGMA CODE
TALKING DIRTY (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
THAT ALL-PURPOSE OBSCENITY GETS ITS VERY OWN DICTIONARY
THEY'VE GOT A SECRET (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
MORE AND MORE WRITERS ARE EXPOSING THEIR PRIVATE DEMONS
PEOPLE
A GERMAN, A DUTCHMAN AND SEVEN AMERICANS WIN THE SCIENCE PRIZES
PRINCE OF PUGWASH (Nobels)
THIS YEAR'S SURPRISE CHOICE IS A MAN WHOSE FIGHT AGAINST THE BOMB BEGAN BEFORE THE FIRST ONE WAS BUILT