Vol. 147 No. 10

NATION

THE CASE AGAINST BUCHANAN (CAMPAIGN '96)
WITH HIS STAR RISING, PAT BUCHANAN IS UNDER GROWING FIRE, MOSTLY FROM REPUBLICANS. ARE THE CRITICS ON TARGET? LET'S REVIEW THE DETAILS

SISTERS-IN-ARMS (CAMPAIGN '96)
BAY BUCHANAN RUNS HER BROTHER'S PUBLIC CRUSADE, WHILE WIFE SHELLEY OVERSEES HIS PRIVATE LIFE

OPEN CONVENTION? (CAMPAIGN '96)
THE RULES ARE SUPPOSED TO FAVOR BOB DOLE. BUT IT COULD GET CHAOTIC

WHERE'S THE BEEF? (CAMPAIGN '96)
LAMAR ALEXANDER INSISTS HE HAS "NEW IDEAS," BUT MANY OF THEM DON'T LIVE UP TO THEIR BILLING

WHO'S MINDING THE SENATE? (CAMPAIGN '96)

WHERE HE RINGS TRUE: FREE TRADE ISN'T ALWAYS FAIR (CAMPAIGN '96)

BLOWN OUT OF THE SKY
CUBAN MIGS DOWN TWO CIVILIAN PLANES, FURTHER STRAINING WASHINGTON'S RELATIONS WITH CASTRO

WORLD

UNREFORMABLE REFORM (CAMPAIGN '96)
THE ELECTION IN RUSSIA WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF REFORM. YET THE PROCESS OF CHANGE HAS TAKEN ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN, AND WILL NOT EASILY BE ROLLED BACK

THE U.S.'S COY CAMPAIGN STRATEGY (CAMPAIGN '96)

DEAD ON ARRIVAL
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? SADDAM HUSSEIN'S SONS-IN-LAW RETURN AND ARE PROMPTLY MURDERED

TERMS OF WAR AND PEACE
CHECHEN LEADER JOKHAR DUDAYEV

SCIENCE

NASA'S CHEAPEST SHOT (Space)
A BOLD MISSION TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE ASTEROIDS LAUNCHES A NEW ERA OF COST-CONSCIOUS SPACE FLIGHT

CHICKEN OF THE SEA? (Environment)
A "DOLPHIN-SAFE" TUNA FLAP MAKES THE U.S. SQUIRM

G.O.P. HEARS NATURE'S CALL (Environment)
THE PARTY SCRAMBLES ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

HEALTH & MEDICINE

WHERE DOES EBOLA HIDE? (Medicine)
A DEAD CHIMPANZEE. A NEW OUTBREAK. AND A FRESH CLUE IN THIS CONTINUING MEDICAL DETECTIVE STORY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

FLAW IN THE FORMULA
WHY PAT'S PROTECTIONISM COULD STALL IN SOUTH CAROLINA

MOB SCENE
WHEN THE CAMPAIGN PRESS SWARM ARRIVES, CITIZENS BEWARE!

STINKING TO HIGH HEAVEN
WHY THE RHETORIC OF PEOPLE LIKE PAT BUCHANAN GIVES AMERICA A BAD ODOR

TO OUR READERS

Read the story

ELEPHANTS RUN AMUCK
AFTER KILLING BIG GOVERNMENT, THE G.O.P. SUDDENLY RISKS STAMPEDING ITSELF TO DEATH

Read the story

NOTEBOOK

AIRPORT, THE SEQUEL

WITH A BEAR IN MIND

MILESTONES

BUSINESS

NUCLEAR WARRIORS (SPECIAL INVESTIGATION)
TWO GUTSY ENGINEERS IN CONNECTICUT HAVE CAUGHT THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AT A DANGEROUS GAME THAT IT HAS PLAYED FOR YEARS: ROUTINELY WAIVING SAFETY RULES TO LET PLANTS KEEP COSTS DOWN AND STAY

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

LOWER EAST SIDE STORY (The Arts / THEATER)
RENT, A ROCK LA BOHEME IN THE AGE OF AIDS, IS A SENSATION NOW HEADED FOR BROADWAY. ALL THAT'S MISSING IS ITS CREATOR

SAINTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (The Arts / CINEMA)
A DOCUMENTARY SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON ANNE FRANK'S WORLD

GOLDEN OLDIES (The Arts / ART)
AN OVERAMBITIOUS SURVEY OF THE CENTURY'S DISTINCTIVE MOVEMENT: ABSTRACTION

HAIR TODAY, STAR TOMORROW (The Arts / CINEMA)
GLAMOUR IS BIG NEWS IN THE SHALLOW UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

OUT OF JAIL--AND IDEAS (The Arts / MUSIC)
THE FORMERLY INTERESTING TUPAC SHAKUR SPEWS GANGSTA CLICHES ON HIS NEW ALBUM, ALL EYEZ ON ME. IT'S NOT A PRETTY SIGHT

CYBERSPACE, 90210 (The Arts / MEDIA)
WILD PARTIES, LOVE TRIANGLES, SEX-CRAZED ASPIRING ACTORS--ONLINE SOAP OPERAS ARE ARRIVING TO DENERDIFY THE INTERNET

PAIN AND LOSS: THE UP SIDE (The Arts / BOOKS)
ANDRE DUBUS' NEW STORIES ARE HARROWING AND EXHILARATING

JUST CONNECT (The Arts / BOOKS)
A FUNNY, FLUENT NOVEL ABOUT A MAN WHOSE LIFE IS ON HOLD