Vol. 147 No. 13

NATION

BOB & BILL'S BELTWAY BAKE-OFF
HOW DO YOU COOK UP LAWS AND ROAST EACH OTHER AT THE SAME TIME? DOLE AND CLINTON ARE ABOUT TO SHOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CAMPAIGN COMES TO WASHINGTON

LEADER OF THE BLOCK PARTY

HOW (VERY) GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
BOTTOMING OUT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE CAN STILL PAY OFF BIG TIME FOR THE LOSING CANDIDATES

THE LONE RANGER
BOB DOLE WAS NEVER ONE TO SURROUND HIMSELF WITH ADVISERS. BUT NOW? THEY'VE GOT HIM SURROUNDED

WORLD

CHINA: WAKING UP TO THE NEXT SUPERPOWER
CONTAINMENT WILL NEVER WORK. APPEASEMENT WILL NEVER WORK. WHAT SHOULD WASHINGTON DO?

THE LOST CHILDREN
A MONSTER GOES ON THE RAMPAGE, AND A SMALL TOWN IN SCOTLAND IS SCARRED FOREVER

HEALTH & MEDICINE

THE MOST INTIMATE BOND (Medicine)
CONJOINED FOR LIFE, THE HENSEL TWINS ARE A MEDICAL MYSTERY AND A LESSON IN COOPERATION FOR US ALL

TECHNOLOGY

CAN MACHINES THINK?
MAYBE SO, AS DEEP BLUE'S CHESS PROWESS SUGGESTS. AND THAT SPARKS A FRESH DEBATE ABOUT THE NATURE OF MIND. IS IT JUST NEURONS?

THE DAY THAT I SENSED A NEW KIND OF INTELLIGENCE

THE RACE TO BUILD INTELLIGENT MACHINES
COMPUTERS CAN'T READ THE BRITANNICA OR TALK ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS--BUT THEY'RE WORKING ON IT

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

CONTRIBUTORS (Contributors)

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THE UNCONSCIOUS HUMS, "DESTROY!"
ONLY THE VOCABULARY OF EVIL COULD EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED AT DUNBLANE

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NOTEBOOK

HOUSEHOLD FINANCE

MILESTONES

BILL'S NEMESIS: NADER?

ALL THE LOVELY PIGEONS

BUSINESS

LUXURY'S GAUDY TIMES
BACK IN FORM, THE RICH HAVE DECIDED THAT MODEST SPENDING IS BETTER LEFT TO THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT

WHY SUBSIDIES SURVIVE
CONGRESS HAS SURRENDERED IN THE WAR AGAINST CORPORATE WELFARE

A FORK IN TOBACCO ROAD
LIGGETT BREAKS RANKS AND SETTLES SEVERAL LAWSUITS. CAN THE OTHER CIGARETTE MAKERS STILL HANG TOUGH?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

RELICS OF CAMELOT (The Arts / CULTURE)
THE FAITHFUL SEEK TROPHIES IN THE SALE OF JACQUELINE ONASSIS' HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS

THE KINDEST CUTS (The Arts / CINEMA)
THEY'RE AS OBSCURE AS GAFFERS, AS SEXY AS GRIPS. BUT IT'S EDITORS WHO GIVE MOVIES THEIR SHAPE AND SNAP. AND THE NOMINEES ARE...

NATHAN LANE--UNCAGED (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)
HIS BRILLIANT DRAG TURN IN THE BIRDCAGE HAS MADE LANE A TRUE MOVIE STAR. BUT WILL WE EVER LOOK AT BARBARA BUSH THE SAME?

THE SMOKE FROM CIGAR (The Arts / SPORT)
THE BEST RACEHORSE IN AMERICA IS OFF TO DUBAI TO CHASE DOWN HISTORY

BRINGING NATURE HOME (The Arts / ART)
IN PARIS, A MAJOR NEW LOOK AT COROT, WHO MOVED FROM NYMPHS TOWARD MODERNISM

GOOD: A SPOTTER'S GUIDE (The Arts / BOOKS)
ONE OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S UNOFFICIAL HOUSE MORALISTS HAS A NEW BOOK OUT ON INTEGRITY. (NO WISECRACKS, PLEASE)