Vol. 147 No. 24
NATION
ACROSS GREAT SWATHS OF THE LOWER PLAINS AND SOUTHWEST, A WITHERING DROUGHT IS SLOWLY, STEADILY ERODING HOPES AND WAYS OF LIFE
GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY
A WHITEWATER VERDICT PORTENDS TROUBLE FOR CLINTON
ESTRANGED BEDFELLOWS (CAMPAIGN '96)
THE TWO REPUBLICANS WERE ALLIES IN '94. NOW MILLER HAS TURNED ON WARNER AND WANTS HIS SENATE SEAT
GETTING SQUARED AWAY FOR BATTLE (CAMPAIGN '96)
MAVERICK BOB KERREY WAS AN ODD CHOICE TO HEAD THE DEMOCRATIC EFFORT TO TAKE BACK THE SENATE, BUT HE'S PROVING THAT HE CAN BE A TEAM PLAYER AFTER ALL
SAILORS TURNED SMUGGLERS
HOW THE NAVY BROKE UP A RING OF COURIERS THAT HELPED NIGERIAN GANGSTERS MOVE HEROIN INTO EUROPE
ECHOES OF THE GREAT DUST BOWL
CRASH FALLOUT
THE RON BROWN DISASTER BRINGS AN AIR FORCE PURGE
WORLD
PLEDGING TO BOTH SUPPORT AND THWART THE PROCESS, NETANYAHU SQUEAKED INTO POWER. WHICH CAMPAIGN PROMISES WERE FOR REAL?
THE MAKING OF BIBI
NETANYAHU'S FAMILY IS FIERCELY ZIONIST, AND HE WAS AN ISRAELI COMMANDO. BUT THE KEY TO HIM MAY BE THE TIME HE SPENT IN THE U.S.
ACROSS THE SPECTRUM
LEAH RABIN, ELIE WIESEL AND OTHERS, PRO AND CON, ASSESS NETANYAHU'S VICTORY
SCIENCE
BY REMOVING AND FREEZING TESTICULAR CELLS, DOCTORS MAY BE ABLE TO BESTOW "BIOLOGICAL IMMORTALITY"
HAIR APPARENT
BEETHOVEN'S LOCKS COULD REVEAL WHY HE WENT DEAF
HEALTH & MEDICINE
NOT NECESSARILY, DESPITE THE $450 MILLION AMERICANS SPEND EACH YEAR TO PURIFY WHAT FLOWS FROM THEIR TAPS
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
THE PALESTINIANS DID ALL THEY COULD TO HELP PERES, INCLUDING KEEP QUIET. NOW WHAT?
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TO OUR READERS
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I'M JUST THAT SIMPLE
AMERICAN POLITICIANS SHOW GENIUS AT PRETENDING TO BE MODEST, HOMESPUN HEROES
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VEEP MADE TO ORDER?
MILESTONES
NOTEBOOK
OLYMPIC MONITOR
POPCORN CANDIDATES
'TIS THE SEASON FOR BIG PROMISES FROM POLS AND MOVIES
REPUBLICAN VOTERS, CLASS OF 1994: WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO NEXT
APOCALYPSE, NO?
BUSINESS
A FEDERAL PROBE IS LOOKING AT ONE COMPANY'S DOMINATION OF SNACK FOODS. BUT IS IT REALLY A CRIME TO BE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE?
EDUCATION
MORE THAN THE COST OF HARVARD, IT IS THE RISING TUITION AT STATE SCHOOLS THAT SUBVERTS THE DEMOCRATIC IDEAL
BLACKBOARDS AS BILLBOARDS
AS BRAND NAMES INVADE THE CLASSROOM, KIDS LEARN ECOLOGY WITH EXXON AND SPELLING WITH TACO BELL
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
THE CEZANNE EXHIBITION IN PHILADELPHIA IS AN EPIC, HUMBLING EVENT, FULLY WORTHY OF ITS GREAT SUBJECT
GOOD ROCKIN' (The Arts / CINEMA)
FINALLY, SUMMER HAS A SMART, ALMOST HUMAN ACTION MOVIE
NOW, THE SEX FILES (The Arts / TELEVISION)
ON PAY CABLE, AFTER HOURS, MEN AND WOMEN DO MUCH MORE THAN COMMUNICATE
THE FIERCEST FOLKIE (The Arts / MUSIC)
THE BIG TIME BECKONS, BUT ANI DIFRANCO REMAINS LOYAL TO HER OWN RECORD LABEL AND HER OBSESSIONS
AND SHE SWINGS TOO (The Arts / MUSIC)
SINGER-PIANIST DIANA KRALL HAS A ROMANTIC STYLE AND A THOUGHTFUL WAY WITH THE WORKS OF NAT KING COLE
SEARCHING FOR (AND FINDING) A HIGHER POWER (The Arts / MUSIC)
TRUMP, THE EARLY DAYS (The Arts / BOOKS)
A NEW NOVEL CELEBRATES THE RISE AND FALL OF A TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY REAL ESTATE BARON