Vol. 146 No. 25
COVER
ARCHAEOLOGY SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON MOSES, KING DAVID, THE EXODUS AND WHETHER JOSHUA REALLY FIT THE BATTLE OF JERICHO
THE NEW TESTAMENT'S UNSOLVED MYSTERIES (Cover Stories)
NATION
THE BUDGET DEAL COULD FALL APART OVER MEDICAID--AND NO WONDER. THE G.O.P.'S PLAN HAS ALARMED MANY PATIENTS, DOCTORS AND EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS
A TALE OF TWO STATES (Politics)
ARIZONA AND TENNESSEE REINVENT MEDICAID, BUT NOT WITHOUT PAIN AND PERILS
VOICE OF THE TORTURER (Investigation)
AN ABDUCTED GIRL'S MOTHER HELPS TRACK A MAN WHO MAY HAVE HARASSED HER BY PHONE FOR TWO DECADES
NEWT'S CASH MACHINE (Congress)
GOPAC WAS JUST A START. NOW GINGRICH IS MASTER OF THE BELTWAY MONEY GAME
WORLD
THE FATE OF REFORM MAY BE DECIDED IN A CHAOTIC BUT CRUCIAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
DIVIDED BY HATE (Bosnia)
THE DAYTON ACCORD INCLUDES GRAND PROVISIONS FOR UNITY AND RECONCILIATION--LARGELY IN VAIN
SOCIETY
A DOUBLE MURDER RAISES THE SPECTER OF RACE HATRED IN THE MILITARY
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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DIANA, SURROGATE PRINCESS
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LOOK, MA, I'M RUNNING!
THE WEEK
DECEMBER 3-9
MILESTONES
WINNERS & LOSERS
BUSINESS
SONY'S NEW BOSS OUSTS A SPENDTHRIFT AMERICAN AND TAKES DIRECT CONTROL OF THE U.S. OPERATIONS
SOUTH FOR THE WINTER? (Wall Street)
TECHNOLOGY STOCKS ARE THE DARLINGS OF THE MARKET, BUT THE ARDOR OF INVESTORS MAY BE BADLY MISPLACED
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
TWO NEW FILMS GO FOR THE HEART, AND JANE AUSTEN SHOWS HOLLYWOOD A THING OR TWO
DEATH OF A SALESMAN (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
OLIVER STONE'S NIXON PUTS WATERGATE BACK ON THE BIG CANVAS BUT LEAVES THE MAN WE'VE KNOWN FOR 50 YEARS AN ENIGMA
FUNK AND CHIC (The Arts & Media / ART)
CONTRASTING ROUGH-HEWN BLOCKS WITH SLEEKLY SOARING CURVES, BRANCUSI'S SCULPTURES ACHIEVE A HEALING WHOLENESS
THE PURPLE ROSE OF NORTHWESTERN (The Arts & Media / SPORT)
THE UNLIKELY WILDCATS GO TO PASADENA THANKS TO AN INSPIRATIONAL COACH AND A THEATRICAL BACK
TOY SCARY (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
KEEP THE KIDS (AND GROWNUPS) FROM THE BRASH, RASH JUMANJI
HOT NEWS IN CLASS (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
CHANNEL ONE HAS DRAWN FIRE FOR BRINGING COMMERCIALS INTO SCHOOL. THE SURPRISE IS THAT IT HAS BROUGHT JOURNALISM AS WELL
OPEN HEART, OPEN ARMS (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
IN A PROVOCATIVE NEW COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON BLACK CULTURE, MICHAEL ERIC DYSON SEES HOPE AND ARGUES FOR INCLUSION
LO! AN EVERGREEN BLOOMING (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
RICHARD PAUL EVANS WROTE IT, PUBLISHED IT AND PROMOTED IT. NOW HIS CHRISTMAS FABLE IS MAKING HIM A RICH AND BUSY MAN
EVER AFTER (The Arts & Media / THEATER)
A NEW HOLIDAY ON BROADWAY UNEASILY STRADDLES TWO WORLDS
BITTER WISDOM (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
IN WARTIME BUDAPEST A NOVEL FINDS UNSINKABLE HUMANITY
MUZZLING THE INTERNET (The Arts & Media / TECHNOLOGY)
CAN THIS CONGRESS FIND A WAY TO PRESERVE CIVIL LIBERTIES WHILE CURBING CYBERPORN? SO FAR, NO
YOUR TIME
A RECLUSE'S GIFT TO A UNIVERSITY REVEALS HER ASTONISHING EXPERTISE IN PLAYING THE STOCK MARKET