Vol. 148 No. 3
NATION
THE BOMB IN SAUDI ARABIA RAISES TWO QUESTIONS: HOW SAFE WERE THE TROOPS? HOW SAFE IS THE REGIME?
WHY THE BIG U.S. BUILDUP IN THE GULF IS SO RISKY
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED...
SCANDAL-HUNGRY REPUBLICANS HOPED TO GET TO BILL AND HILLARY BUT ARE WAYLAID BY LOW-LEVEL BUNGLERS--FOR NOW
NEWT'S COOKIE MONSTER (CAMPAIGN '96)
WILL GEORGIA VOTERS THROW THE SPEAKER OUT? BUSINESSMAN MICHAEL COLES IS RICH ENOUGH TO TRY
WORLD
THE CIVIL WARS OF RWANDA AND BURUNDI SPREAD TO EASTERN ZAIRE, IN A BLOODY CONFLICT THE WORLD IGNORES
SCIENCE
CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS MORE THAN MEGASTORMS, FLOODS AND DROUGHTS. THE REAL PERIL MAY BE DISEASE
HEALTH & MEDICINE
MULTIDRUG THERAPY SEEMS TO OFFER THE BEST HOPE SO FAR OF BEATING BACK THE DEADLY VIRUS
WHAT'S IT WORTH TO FIND A CURE? (Medicine)
PUTTING BACKS ON TRACK (Health)
ENTREPRENEURS UNVEIL A HOST OF NEW GADGETS TO EASE THE TWEAKS AND TWINGES OF AGING BABY BOOMERS
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
WHY CLINTON HAS SO FAR BEEN IMPERVIOUS TO SCANDAL
BIZWATCH
TO OUR READERS
PEOPLE
DIG, MUST WE?
THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS ARE GOING UNDERGROUND
Read the story
SORRY, NO GATE HERE
MILESTONES
LITERARY YEARNINGS: ROCK STARS AND THE AUTHORS WHO LOVE THEM
NOTEBOOK
OLYMPIC MONITOR
HAMMER: A FOLK TALE
BUSINESS
A GIFTED DEALMAKER, HILTON CEO STEPHEN BOLLENBACH BRINGS HIS SAVVY TO A HOT INDUSTRY
DEADBEAT AND UPBEAT
PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY, THE CONSUMER'S NEW FINANCIAL TOOL, IS REACHING RECORD LEVELS. DOES ANYONE CARE?
LAW
EVEN ON A CONSERVATIVE COURT, ANTONIN SCALIA MANAGES TO SEEM EMBATTLED
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
INDEPENDENCE DAY ARRIVES TO LEAD THE ASSAULT OF SCIENCE-FICTION MOVIES, TV SHOWS AND BOOKS ON THE CULTURAL MAINSTREAM
THE LITERATURE OF NERDS GOES MAINSTREAM (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)
THE FUNNY PROFESSOR (The Arts / CINEMA)
EDDIE MURPHY BOUNCES BACK IN A SMART REMAKE
FROM A CUBAN HEART (The Arts / MUSIC)
GLORIA ESTEFAN OPENED THE DOORS FOR LATIN POP MUSIC; NOW HER REACH IS GOING FOR OLYMPIC GLORY
BECOMING SOMEBODY (The Arts / BOOKS)
MARSHALL FRADY'S SYMPATHETIC BUT UNSPARING BIOGRAPHY EXAMINES WHAT MAKES JESSE RUN
CONFRONTING THE BEAUTY MYSTIQUE (The Arts / BOOKS)
NANCY FRIDAY COMBINES A PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH A PSYCHOSOCIAL ANALYSIS
MOSH! BORK! (The Arts / BOOKS)
WORDSMITHING IN POST-CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH
ONLY THE BARE ESSENTIALS (The Arts / CINEMA)
STRIPTEASE ISN'T RAUNCHY, BUT IT ISN'T WITTY EITHER