Vol. 147 No. 3
NATION
THIS WAS SURE NOT POLITICS AS USUAL. IN AN EPIC BATTLE OF EGOS AND AGENDAS, IT WAS EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF
HOW DOLE COULD STUMBLE (IOWA)
HIS LEADERSHIP WINS POINTS IN WASHINGTON, BUT HIS AGE AND A WEAK CAMPAIGN STAFF SPELL TROUBLE IN IOWA
AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR
SLIPS ON THE PAPER TRAIL
JUST AS HILLARY CLINTON HITS THE BOOK CIRCUIT, FRESHLY FOUND DOCUMENTS OPEN OLD WOUNDS
WORLD
CONFRONTED WITH ITS TRICKIEST TASK IN BOSNIA, THE U.S. HAS MADE PLANS TO PAY SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT
WARM WELCOME, COLD FEET (BOSNIA)
DEATH COMES CALLING (ISRAEL)
THE UNTOLD STORY OF HOW ISRAEL HUNTED DOWN AND BLEW UP HAMAS' FABLED BOMBER "THE ENGINEER"
SCIENCE
PEOPLE WHO CRAVE THRILLS, NEW EVIDENCE INDICATES, MAY BE PROMPTED AT LEAST PARTLY BY THEIR GENES
TAKING A BIG RISK FOR A CURE (Science And Society / MEDICINE)
UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS (Science And Society / SPORT)
LEGENDARY COACH DON SHULA RESIGNS UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE IN MIAMI
LAW AND ORDER (Science And Society / CRIME)
CRIME RATES ARE DOWN ACROSS THE U.S.--SOME DRAMATICALLY. IS THIS A BLIP OR A TREND? WITH SO MANY FACTORS IN PLAY, IT MAY BE A BIT OF BOTH
SEX AS SUICIDE (Science And Society / NATURE)
WHY SELF-SACRIFICE MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR SPIDERS
HEALTH & MEDICINE
CRITICS OF TRANSPLANTS FEAR THAT VIRUSES COULD JUMP FROM OTHER SPECIES TO HUMANS AND TRIGGER DEADLY EPIDEMICS
SOCIETY
ONE GOOD APPLE (Crime)
POLICE COMMISSIONER WILLIAM BRATTON SET OUT TO PROVE THAT COPS REALLY CAN CUT CRIME. THE EXPERTS SCOFFED--BUT FELONY RATES HAVE DROPPED SO FAR, SO FAST, THAT NO OTHER EXPLANATION MAKES SENSE
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
FORGET THE TURKEY FUND AND THE BOND MARKET. THINK MORGAN STANLEY AND JAPAN
TO OUR READERS
Read the story
THINKING LOCALLY, ACTING GLOBALLY
AN EX-COWBOY AND ROCK LYRICIST TURNED INTERNET ACTIVIST TAKES ON THE CENSORS OF CYBERSPACE
HEAVY BREATHING
FORGET ABOUT SISTERHOOD AND NO-GOOD GUYS. WAITING TO EXHALE IS ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE
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MILESTONES
THE WEEK
DECEMBER 31-JANUARY 6
WINNERS & LOSERS
AMID THE BUDGET DEBACLE
BUSINESS
HOW AT&T IS PLANNING TO PUT 40,000 MEMBERS OF ITS WORK FORCE OUT OF SERVICE
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
WAIT--THERE'S A SIX-HOUR PRIDE AND PREJUDICE MINI-SERIES STILL TO GO, AND YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS A CRINOLINED MOMENT
OUT WITH THE SLEAZE (The Arts / TELEVISION)
OR SO SOME PEOPLE HOPE. BUT ARE WE READY FOR A NEW GENERATION OF LESS TAWDRY TALK SHOWS?
PULP ELIZABETHAN FICTION (The Arts / CINEMA)
WANT YOUR SHAKESPEARE R-RATED? TRY A SEXY OTHELLO AND A RICHARD III SO WITTILY VIOLENT YOU COULD CHOKE WITH LAUGHTER
BEDTIME STORY (The Arts / CINEMA)
IT'S FRENCH. IT'S SEXY. AND THIS TIME THE WIFE HAS THE MISTRESS
WRITING TO SAVE HIS LIFE (The Arts / BOOKS)
SALMAN RUSHDIE'S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE SATANIC VERSES IS ABOUT A TALE-TELLER FACING DEATH. BUT DON'T THINK IT'S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
TRADING PLACES (The Arts / BOOKS)
WOMEN PINE FOR OTHER LIVES IN STORIES FROM A YOUNG WRITER