Vol. 147 No.
NATION
AFTER A DISASTROUS REBUTTAL TO CLINTON, DOLE SEEKS TO FIX HIS CAMPAIGN BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE
WHAT CLINTON IS DOING RIGHT (CAMPAIGN '96)
HE SEIZES THE MIDDLE GROUND FROM FRUSTRATED REPUBLICANS AND SUDDENLY LOOKS PRESIDENTIAL
NOT A BANG BUT A WHIMPER (CAMPAIGN '96)
COMPASSION IS BACK (CAMPAIGN '96)
TO STAND A CHANCE IN '96, CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS ARE REALIZING THEY NEED TO SHOW A SOFTER SIDE
A VERY DIFFICULT PREGNANCY
SHOULD A WOMAN IN A COMA, IMPREGNATED BY A RAPIST, BEAR THE CHILD?
BLOOD ON THE MAT
THE KILLING OF AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST SUGGESTS THAT JOHN DU PONT, PATRON OF WRESTLING, WAS NO ANGEL
IF NOT DOLE, THEN WHO? (CAMPAIGN '96)
WORLD
BURUNDI, TORN BY THE SAME TRIBAL MIX AS RWANDA, THREATENS TO EXPLODE AS CIVIL WAR INTENSIFIES AND ETHNIC CLEANSING TAKES HOLD
DRUGS, MONEY AND A PRESIDENT'S RUIN
CARTEL CONTRIBUTIONS CORRUPTED SAMPER'S CAMPAIGN. WHAT DID HE KNOW, AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT?
SCIENCE
THE OBJECTIVE SCIENTIST AND THE TABLOID MYSTIC COLLABORATE IN OUR FASCINATION WITH EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
SEARCHING FOR OTHER WORLDS (Space)
ASTRONOMERS HAVE DETECTED WATER-BEARING PLANETS AROUND NEARBY STARS. NOW THEY'RE FOCUSED ON A DEEPER MYSTERY: WHERE ARE THE FRIENDLY, EARTHLIKE WORLDS?
THE HARMONY OF THE SPHERES (Space)
IF WE DISCOVER EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE, OUR WORLD WILL NEVER SEEM QUITE THE SAME
LISTENING FOR ALIENS (Space)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A PROMINENT RESEARCHER CHARGES THAT THE BENEFITS OF NATURE'S SLEEPING PILL HAVE BEEN BADLY OVERSOLD
FAT-FREE FAT (Health)
THE FDA APPROVES OLESTRA FOR USE IN CRISPY SNACKS
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
WHY IS THE U.S. STILL BOOSTING YELTSIN AND GIVING MOSCOW UNWANTED ECONOMIC ADVICE?
TO OUR READERS
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ZIPPED LIPS
SO YOU THINK YOU'RE GUARANTEED FREE SPEECH ON THE JOB? TRY TELLING THAT TO YOUR BOSS
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THE WEEK
JANUARY 21-27
MILESTONES
INTERVIEW: A PASSION FOR ANONYMITY
THE RESCUE BRIGADE
DOLE RUSHES TO BUILD A FIRE WALL TO STOP FORBES
SAY GOODNIGHT, O.J.
WE LEARNED NOTHING FROM SIMPSON ON BET. AND HE CLEARLY HASN'T LEARNED MUCH FROM HIS TRIAL. IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON
WINNERS & LOSERS/A SPEECH AND ITS AFTERMATH
BUSINESS
WOBBLY APPLE STILL MAKES GREAT COMPUTERS. SUN KNOWS THE NET. FINE ROMANCE OR FUTURE HEADACHE?
CUTTING OFF THE BRAINS
ALAN SIMPSON WANTS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF IMPORTED HIGH-TECH WORKERS. IT'S A TROUBLESOME IDEA
HIGH RIDE AND HANDSOME
TRUCKS (AND TRUCKOIDS) ACCOUNT FOR 40% OF DETROIT'S MARKET. NOW THEY'RE GETTING IN THE LUXE LANE
REHAB CENTERS RUN DRY
KICKING THE HABIT OF 30-DAY, INPATIENT TREATMENT, SUBSTANCE-ABUSE CLINICS RETOOL FOR MANAGED CARE
REAP AS YE SHALL SOW
PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ARE A JACKPOT THIS YEAR FOR EXECUTIVES, BUT NOT FOR WORKERS
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
AT LEAST IT SEEMS THAT WAY IN THE BOOMING WORLD OF TV AWARDS SHOWS, WHERE PROGRAMMERS NEVER MET A STATUETTE THEY DIDN'T LIKE REPORTED BY JEFFREY RESSNER/LOS ANGELES
THE NEW KID IN TOWN (The Arts / FASHION)
HIS FIRST COUTURE COLLECTION WAS UNEVEN, BUT GALLIANO PUT PARIS ON NOTICE
ATTENTION NAME DROPPERS (The Arts / ART)
IS A BATTERED CUPID REALLY BY MICHELANGELO? DID SHAKESPEARE WRITE A FUNERALL ELEGIE? AND HOW MUCH DOES IT ALL MATTER?
THEY HAD RHYTHM TOO (The Arts / MUSIC)
UNFAIRLY ECLIPSED BY HIS GENIUS, SOME OF GERSHWIN'S PIANO CONTEMPORARIES FINALLY GET THEIR TURN IN THE SPOTLIGHT
SHARPER THAN A SERPENT'S PEN (The Arts / BOOKS)
IN A FINE NEW NOVEL, JAMAICA KINCAID TAKES HER OBSESSION WITH POISONOUS MOTHER-DAUGHTER BONDS A STRANGE STEP FURTHER
GENERATION EXECRABLE (The Arts / BOOKS)
A FORMER GERMAN NEO-NAZI REFLECTS ON YOUTHFUL EXCESSES
AMERICA, FROM RIGHT TO LEFT (The Arts / BOOKS)
AN EXCITING FIRST NOVEL TURNS OUR STEREOTYPES OF JAPAN, AND OURSELVES, ON THEIR HEAD--ALL THAT AND AUDREY HEPBURN TOO
A SUMMONS TO AVOID (The Arts / CINEMA)
THE JUROR--A GRISHAM-WANNABE LEGAL THRILLER STARRING DEMI MOORE--CAN'T ROUSE ITSELF TO BE SUSPENSEFUL, OR EVEN COHERENT