Vol. 146 No. 24

COVER

FIXING THE SYSTEM (Cover Stories)
LOS ANGELES COUNTY CREATES A MODEL PLAN TO GET HELP INTO TROUBLED HOMES

ABANDONED TO HER FATE (Cover Stories)
NEIGHBORS, TEACHERS AND THE AUTHORITIES ALL KNEW ELISA IZQUIERDO WAS BEING ABUSED. BUT SOMEHOW NOBODY MANAGED TO STOP IT

MAKING THE TOUGH CALLS (Cover Stories)
BESET BY BUDGET CUTS AND BURNOUT, CASEWORKERS WEIGH WHETHER TO SAVE THE FAMILY--OR THE CHILD

NATION

BACK TO THE BENCH (Congress)
AS THE BUDGET BATTLE INTENSIFIES, GINGRICH LOWERS HIS PROFILE

THE APPETIZERS BETTER BE GOOD... (Congress)

THE VISION THING (Intelligence)
TEN YEARS AND $20 MILLION LATER, THE PENTAGON DISCOVERS THAT PSYCHICS ARE UNRELIABLE SPIES

WORLD

FACING UP TO A VIOLENT PAST (South Africa)
POWERFUL MEMBERS OF THE OLD GUARD ARE INDICTED FOR A 1987 MASSACRE

THE PEACEKEEPING PARADOX (Bosnia)
CAN THE U.S. MAINTAIN ITS NEUTRALITY AND AVOID PROVOKING THE SERBS IF IT ARMS AND TRAINS THE MUSLIMS?

IS THIS A CROSSROADS--OR THE EDGE OF A CLIFF? (France)
IN DISTURBANCES THAT RECALL THE ANARCHY OF 1968, STRIKES AND DEMONSTRATIONS SWEEP THE COUNTRY

A CELEBRATION OF HOPE (Northern Ireland)
CLINTON GREETS THE MOST ECSTATIC CROWDS OF HIS PRESIDENCY AS HE VISITS A PEOPLE IN SEARCH OF PEACE

TEMPEST IN A GOLDEN URN (China)
UNDER BEIJING'S EYE, TIBETAN MONKS NAME A PANCHEN LAMA TO RIVAL THE DALAI LAMA'S CHOICE

SCIENCE

BY JUPITER, IT'S GALILEO! (Space)
SURMOUNTING DELAYS, DISASTER AND CRANKY EQUIPMENT, A PLUCKY SPACECRAFT FINALLY ARRIVES

HEALTH & MEDICINE

ARE YOUR TEETH TOXIC? (Medicine)
A COLORADO DENTIST BUILT A SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE PULLING OUT SILVER FILLINGS. NOW HE'S IN TROUBLE

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

THE REAL MONEY TRAIN

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SPARE US THE CHEAP GRACE

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THE WEEK
NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 2

MILESTONES

WINNERS & LOSERS

THE ART OF SELLING BOSNIA

A TAX CUT FOR JOE AVERAGE

BUSINESS

BURNING UP THE ROAD (Trade)
NAFTA IS ABOUT TO UNLEASH UNSAFE MEXICAN TRUCKS THAT MAY BECOME A NIGHTMARE FOR BORDER STATES

BAD BOUNCES FOR THE N.F.L.
COMING SOON TO A PRO FOOTBALL STADIUM NEAR YOU: BALTIMORE BROWNS, NASHVILLE OILERS AND GARY BEARS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

SEASON'S READINGS (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A BOUNTY OF ART BOOKS PAYS TRIBUTE TO TREASURES OF THE PAST AND THE HANDIWORK OF DREAMERS

WONDROUS RIDES (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A CAT HEADS FOR THE BIG CITY, A CAROUSEL COMES TO LIFE, A HAYSTACK DWINDLES IN A NIFTY BATCH FOR KIDS

DUEL IN THE BLANKNESS (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
EMPTY STREETS, EMPTY SOULS: IN HEAT, DIRECTOR MICHAEL MANN FILLS THEM BOTH WITH A MASTERLY SYMPHONY OF VIOLENCE

SISTER, SISTER (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
JENNIFER JASON LEIGH MAKES A SPECTACLE OF HERSELF IN GEORGIA

RESERVOIRS OF EMOTION (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
GROOVE THEORY IS MORE THAN JUST A ONE-SINGLE WONDER

SEDUCTIVE STRINGS (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
A NEW CROP OF ALLURING YOUNG WOMEN IS GIVING THE STODGY MALE WORLD OF CLASSICAL MUSIC A DOSE OF SEX APPEAL

BEYOND THE ONE-LINERS (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
COMEDY CENTRAL HAS A NEW SHRINK AND A NEW HIT

YOUR TIME

IS YOUR 401(K) AT RISK? (Personal Finance)
SOME RAPACIOUS BOSSES HAVE DECIDED THAT EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT FUNDS ARE THERE FOR THE TAKING

PEOPLE

"WE ARE NOT AN AVERAGE NATION" (Interview)
AN EXCLUSIVE TALK WITH JACQUES CHIRAC