Vol. 148 No. 15

NATION

CAMPAIGN 2000
FOR MEANINGFUL DRAMA, KEEP AN EYE ON GORE-KEMP

PAROCHIAL POLITICS (ISSUES '96)
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS DO A GOOD JOB. BUT SHOULD THEY SIPHON MONEY FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION? THAT IS THE REAL "CHOICE"

HAIL, MARY AND REGINA
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC NUNS WERE REALLY ON TO SOMETHING

WHAT DOLE WON'T CUT
WHY VOTERS HAVE REASON TO DOUBT HE CAN BALANCE THE BUDGET AND REDUCE TAXES

THE CORPORATE DOLE (MONEY AND POLITICS)
SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH HANDING OUT FAVORS? BOB DOLE, MASTER OF THE GAME, SAYS NOW THE GAME SHOULD END

EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF (CAMPAIGN '96)
WITH DOLE SO FAR BEHIND, VULNERABLE G.O.P. CANDIDATES ARE KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE AND COZYING UP TO THE PRESIDENT

FINAL CHOICE
ECONOMIST PAT CHOATE IS PEROT'S RUNNING MATE

"WHAT GOES 'ROUND ..."
SUPERSTAR RAPPER TUPAC SHAKUR IS GUNNED DOWN IN AN UGLY SCENE STRAIGHT OUT OF HIS OWN LYRICS

WORLD

OPERATION WAIT AND SEE
IF YELTSIN HAS COME CLEAN ON HIS HEALTH, WHY ARE THERE SO MANY QUESTIONS?

SADDAM'S CIA COUP
THE AGENCY HOPED TO TURN KURDISTAN INTO A BASE FOR HUSSEIN'S OPPONENTS. THE DICTATOR'S INCURSION, HOWEVER, HAS WIPED OUT THE AMERICANS' OPERATIONS

THE BAGHDAD BLUES

OF DEATH AND DEFIANCE
HATE KILLS BURUNDI'S RELIGIOUS FIGHTER FOR PEACE

HEALTH & MEDICINE

THE NEW MIRACLE DRUG? (Health)
THERE'S GREAT EXCITEMENT ABOUT REDUX, THE FIRST DIET PILL APPROVED BY THE FDA IN 23 YEARS. BUT IT'S HARDLY THE IDEAL WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT. HERE'S WHY

HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S ON REDUX (Health)

CAN THIS PILL REALLY MAKE YOU YOUNGER? (Health)

SOCIETY

SCHOOLS FOR SCANDAL (Crime)
A COUPLE ATTENDING THE NATION'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MILITARY ACADEMIES STAND ACCUSED OF MURDER

TECHNOLOGY

POCKET-SIZE MEDICINE
MINIATURIZED DEVICES LET DOCTORS TAKE THE E.R. WITH THEM--AND MAY EVEN BRING BACK THE HOUSE CALL

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

PEOPLE

THE CHEATIN' SIDE OF TOWN
EVERY AGE HAS ITS STYLE OF SEX AND INFIDELITY. BUT MOSTLY IT COMES DOWN TO COUNTRY MUSIC

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CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK

MILESTONES

NOTEBOOK

RED TAPE AND VOLLEYBALL

BUSINESS

WHAT'S DRIVING THE ROSEN BOYS?
THEY SAY THEIR ENGINE IS REVOLUTIONARY. DETROIT HAS DOUBTS. THE ROSENS HAVE THE BETTER RECORD

CASHLESS, NOT BANKLESS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ARE TRYING TO MASTER THE TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD RENDER SOME OBSOLETE

WIRED FOR SPEED
CABLE-TV OPERATORS HAVE STARTED SELLING SOMETHING COMPUTER USERS ARE DYING FOR--BLISTERINGLY FAST ACCESS TO THE INTERNET

EDUCATION

LESSONS LEARNED ON DEATH ROW
A REPENTANT FOUNDER OF THE CRIPS WRITES BOOKS TO WARN KIDS OFF GANGS

LAW

A SIMPSON REMAKE
THE CIVIL TRIAL WILL HAVE SOME NEW WITNESSES--INCLUDING THE ACCUSED

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MIDAS TOUCH (The Arts / TELEVISION)
CARSEY AND WERNER, LAST OF THE MOM-AND-POP PRODUCERS, HAVE A HOT HAND THIS FALL

NEW (AND NOT) FOR '96 (The Arts / TELEVISION)

A MOVIE TO DINE FOR (The Arts / CINEMA)
BIG NIGHT MAKES BABETTE'S FEAST LOOK LIKE PIZZA HUT

WATER TORTURE (Show Business)
A CLUMSY FIRING MAY NOT HELP SONY'S COLUMBIA PICTURES

THE GUITAR GOD IS BACK (The Arts / MUSIC)
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE'S TOM MORELLO IS THE '90S ANSWER TO JIMI HENDRIX AND ERIC CLAPTON

RELIVING HIS BAD EIRE DAYS (The Arts / BOOKS)
A COLD AND CATHOLIC BOYHOOD IN LIMERICK

JUST THE FACTS (MAYBE...) (The Arts / BOOKS)
FROM A TIRED CONCEIT PAUL THEROUX PLUCKS HIS BEST NOVEL TO DATE

THE MAN WE LOVE TO HATE (The Arts / BOOKS)
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO FIGURE OUT ROBERT MCNAMARA

WHAT THEY REALLY WANT... (The Arts / CINEMA)