Vol. 148 No. 6

NATION

WORKING OUT WELFARE
CLINTON IS GETTING CORNERED ON A REFORM BILL. BUT WOULD PROPOSED CHANGES REALLY UNDO THE SYSTEM?

WORLD

SEEDS OF EVIL
THE OPPORTUNISTIC AND ALLEGEDLY CRIMINAL CAREER OF RADOVAN KARADZIC MAY BE COMING TO AN END

SCIENCE

AS THE EARTH TURNS (Geology)

HEALTH & MEDICINE

CHILDREN'S CANCER, BABIES' BLOOD (Medicine)
A TREATMENT FOR LEUKEMIA MAY OFFER HOPE FOR AIDS

SMOKE & DOPE (Health)
A NEW REPORT SHOWS DOLE IS WRONG ABOUT TOBACCO

SPORT

AN OLD SWEET SONG (The Olympics)
THE OPENING CEREMONY EVOKES BOTH GEORGIA AND ANCIENT GREECE

DAN VS. DAN (The Olympics)
THE DECATHLETE MEETS HIS TOUGHEST COMPETITION NEXT WEEK: HIMSELF

CUBAN LONG JUMP (The Olympics)
SEVEN ATHLETES HAVE ALREADY DEFECTED FROM CASTRO'S 1996 TEAMS. HOW MANY WILL BOLT IN ATLANTA?

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME
DOLE IS MORE FOCUSED, BUT ONLY WITH A SCRIPT

"RAGE MAKES ME STRONG"
A MOTHER WHO LOST A DAUGHTER AT LOCKERBIE TELLS THE TRUTH ABOUT GRIEF

CONTRIBUTORS (Contributors)

PEOPLE

NATURAL EVIL, OR MAN-MADE?
IT TAKES AN INTELLIGENT AND CIVILIZED EYE TO IDENTIFY THE MONSTERS

SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE
ANONYMOUS NO LONGER, COLUMNIST JOE KLEIN TAKES SOME HEAT



MILESTONES

NOTEBOOK

DUTCH TREAT, NATURALLY

BUSINESS

STARS' SALARIES: SWISH!
A RUN OF HUGE CONTRACTS GIVES THE TOP PLAYERS A TALLER PORTION OF THE N.B.A.'S EVER RICHER REVENUES

A MARRIAGE IS BLESSED
ITS OBJECTIONS MET, THE FTC GREEN-LIGHTS TIME WARNER'S DEAL WITH TURNER BROADCASTING

NEW NEWS BREAKS IN
MSNBC LAUNCHED WELL BUT HIT A FEW BUMPS DURING THE TWA CRASH

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

SUMMONS TO JUSTICE (The Arts / CINEMA)
A COURTROOM DRAMA WITH OLD-FASHIONED APPEAL

A TOUCH OF CLASS (The Arts / CINEMA)
AT 23, GWYNETH PALTROW EMERGES IN EMMA AS THE MOST ELEGANT ACTRESS OF HER GENERATION

WISE BEYOND HER YEARS (The Arts / MUSIC)
STILL A TEEN, FIONA APPLE BITES INTO ADULT PASSIONS

THE NUTTY BIOGRAPHEE (The Arts / BOOKS)
HERE AT LAST--A SERIOUS LIFE OF JERRY LEWIS

A NEW FAMILY'S VALUES (The Arts / BOOKS)
THE GODFATHER OF MAFIA FICTION MAKES A TERRIFIC COMEBACK WITH A NOVEL THAT YOU SHOULDN'T REFUSE

THE MAKING OF MATTHEW (The Arts / CINEMA)

"I'M NOT A GANGSTA" (The Arts / MUSIC)

SPECIAL SECTION

TERROR ON FLIGHT 800 (Special Report / TERROR ON FLIGHT 800)

TERROR ON FLIGHT 800 (Special Report / TERROR ON FLIGHT 800)
A PLANEFUL OF PEOPLE--CHILDREN, STUDENTS, EXECUTIVES, MUSICIANS--GATHERED TO SHARE A COMMON FATE ON THAT HUMID WEDNESDAY EVENING. THEIR DIVERSE LIVES CAME TO A SWIFT, VIOLENT CLOSE

WHO WISHES US ILL? (Special Report / TERROR ON FLIGHT 800)
THE CIA IS CASTING A WIDE NET FOR THOSE WHO HATE AMERICA, INCLUDING GROUPS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

NO BARRIER TO MAYHEM (Special Report / TERROR ON FLIGHT 800)
U.S. AIRPORT SECURITY IS LAX COMPARED WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. THE FAA IS IN NO HURRY TO IMPROVE IT

MORE TROUBLE FOR RESURGENT TWA (Special Report / TERROR ON FLIGHT 800)

SNUFFED OUT WHILE EMBRACING THE WORLD (Special Report / TERROR ON FLIGHT 800)

DEATH ON A SUMMER'S NIGHT (Special Report / TERROR ON FLIGHT 800)
A NATIONAL SORROW BEFALLS A SMALL AND QUIET LONG ISLAND TOWN