Vol. 146 No. 19
COVER
PAT BUCHANAN, G.O.P. BLAME THROWER, SAYS HE KNOWS WHO'S AT FAULT FOR AMERICA'S ECONOMIC BLUES
WHO'S REALLY TO BLAME? (Cover Stories)
JOB-STEALING ALIENS AND JOB-EXPORTING CEOS ARE EASY TARGETS, BUT GROWING INCOME INEQUALITY HAS DEEPER ROOTS
NATION
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON IS MAKING A SPECTACLE OF HERSELF AS GINGRICH'S MUSE AND DOLE'S BANE
A LITTLE DIP IN THE CESSPOOL (Politics)
A WEEK OF UNEXPECTED REVELATIONS AND SLIPUPS EXPOSES THE WAY THE NATION'S CAPITAL REALLY WORKS
PICK ONE OF THE ABOVE (Cities)
THE RACE FOR MAYOR IN SAN FRANCISCO PITS SEASONED POLITICIAN AGAINST SOCIAL ACTIVIST AGAINST TECHNOCRAT
WORLD
AMID PROFOUND ECONOMIC DISLOCATION, DENG FADES AWAY, AND HIS HEIR APPARENT FACES A POWER STRUGGLE
GOBLINS TO SAINTS (Bosnia)
THEY STILL CAN'T LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE EYE, BUT ALL SIDES GATHER FOR A CONFERENCE AT AN OHIO AIR BASE TO CONSIDER A PEACE PLAN AND STOP THE SLAUGHTER--MAYBE
FIDEL TAKES MANHATTAN (Cuba)
DESPERATE TO PERSUADE THE U.S. TO LIFT ITS EMBARGO, CASTRO SHEDS HIS FATIGUES AND GOES ON A P.R. BLITZ
END OF THE YELTSIN ERA? (Russia)
SHOULD HE RECOVER FROM HIS LATEST BOUT OF HEART TROUBLE, HE MAY STILL BE FINISHED POLITICALLY
SCIENCE
SCIENTISTS FIND AN INCA GIRL FROZEN FOR 500 YEARS
AN EARY TALE
A BIZARRE CREATURE SHOWS A NEW WAY TO REPLACE ORGANS
SOCIETY
SURPRISE! THE GURUS WHO PROMOTE THE PLEASURES OF UNADORNED LIVING ARE BUSIER (AND RICHER) THAN EVER
RELIGION
A NEW CHRISTIAN MEN'S MOVEMENT, PROMISE KEEPERS, GRAPPLES WITH PHENOMENAL GROWTH AND PUTS DOWN COMMUNITY ROOTS
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IN AUTUMN WE ALL GET OLDER AGAIN
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THE WEEK
OCTOBER 22-28
MILESTONES
WINNERS & LOSERS
BUSINESS
INVESTCORP HAS A RECORD OF SPECTACULAR SUCCESSES, BUT THE BANK'S PRACTICES RAISE SERIOUS QUESTIONS
FIRE IN THE BELLY, MONEY IN THE BANK (Marketing)
GET READY FOR DOOR-TO-DOOR COMBAT AS DRUG COMPANIES GET THEIR BRAND NAMES READY FOR A (STOMACH) ACID TEST IN THE NONPRESCRIPTION MARKET
DIFFERENT WAYS TO SPELL RELIEF (Marketing)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
CAROLINE KENNEDY--WHO KNOWS HER SUBJECT--AND ELLEN ALDERMAN OFFER A PRIMER ON PRIVACY
BARB'S WIRED (The Arts & Media / PROFILE)
WITH A STRING OF COUPS, BARBARA WALTERS SHOWS SHE WON'T RELINQUISH HER TITLE AS TV'S CHAMP INTERVIEWER
LE JAZZ NOT SO HOT (The Arts & Media / THEATER)
JULIE ANDREWS STILL COMMANDS THE STAGE, BUT THE BROADWAY VERSION OF VICTOR/VICTORIA FOUNDERS ON A HUMDRUM SCORE
A BRAVURA SEASON (The Arts & Media / SPORT)
ATLANTA WASN'T THE ONLY WINNER DURING A YEAR THAT RESTORED LUSTER TO THE GAME
THE IRRITABLE YOUNG MAN (The Arts & Media / OBITUARY)
KINGSLEY AMIS 1922-1995
DEAD DRUNK (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
FEAR AND SELF-LOATHING IN LEAVING LAS VEGAS
ONCE MORE WITH FEELING (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
CLAUDE LELOUCH'S UPDATING OF LES MISARABLES HAS THE SWEEP AND ROMANCE OF CLASSIC FILMS. HOW UNFASHIONABLE!
ELEGY FOR DEGENERATION X (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
THREE NEW FILMS FROM PROMISING YOUNG DIRECTORS CAPTURE THE RAGE, DESPAIR AND WILD WIT OF THE TWENTYSOMETHING CROWD
MAIL-ORDER MAPPLETHORPE (The Arts & Media / ART)
A FOUNDATION TRIES CATALOG SHOPPING TO SUPPORT THE ARTS
ELITIST ON A GRAND TOUR (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
PAUL THEROUX EXERCISES HIS MISANTHROPY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
OLD TRUNK (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
PETER HOEG SATIRIZES DANISH PROVINCIALISM IN HIS FIRST NOVEL
TARGET: TRASH (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
REFORMERS DECRY THE "CULTURAL ROT" OF DAYTIME TALK SHOWS