Vol. 148 No. 16

NATION

NEWT'S NIGHTMARE (THE RACE FOR THE HOUSE)
HIS RIVAL DICK GEPHARDT IS EYEING TO TAKE OVER THE HOUSE. BUT HAVE THE DEMOCRATS LEARNED FROM THEIR MISTAKES?

THE AD WARS TURN NASTY (CAMPAIGN '96)
DOLE SLAMS CLINTON ON DRUGS, BUT THE PRESIDENT WINS THE FIRST POLICE ENDORSEMENT EVER FOR A DEMOCRAT

THE GEORGIA PLAYBOOK (THE RACE FOR THE SENATE)
VYING FOR A SENATE SEAT, DEMOCRAT MAX CLELAND REACHES OUT TO MODERATE VOTERS, MAKING LIFE TOUGH FOR THE REPUBLICANS

THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST
MCGEORGE BUNDY, 1919-1996

NAYSAYER TO THE NATTERING NABOBS
SPIRO T. AGNEW, 1918-1996

POLITICS AND PRINCIPLE
THE PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION FIGHT IS BACK, BUT CAN IT REALLY HELP DOLE CUT CLINTON'S DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD?

A THEORY GONE TO THE DOGS
THE TWA FOCUS LOOKS ELSEWHERE AS THE BOMB ANGLE IS SHORT-CIRCUITED BY A STARTLING REVELATION

NEXT: THE ABORTION PILL

DEAR DIARY, I MADE BOMBS
UNABOM INVESTIGATORS UNVEIL THEIR BEST EVIDENCE

WORLD

UNHEALTHY PROGNOSIS
NOT ONLY FOR BORIS YELTSIN BUT FOR RUSSIA'S STABILITY AS A POLITICAL WAR OF SUCCESSION BREWS

THE AGONY OF VICTORY
UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS WOULD THE COALITION SNAP TOGETHER AGAINST SADDAM--OR FALL APART?

THE SPIES FROM THE SEA
SOUTH KOREA DISCOVERS A COLD WAR SUB PLOT AS ARMED INFILTRATORS FROM THE NORTH RAISE HAVOC ON THE COAST

THE GULF WAR POISONS SEEP OUT

LOST PRISONERS OF WAR: "SOLD DOWN THE RIVER"?

SCIENCE

WRECKING THE REEFS
CORAL ECOSYSTEMS ARE IN DESPERATE TROUBLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD--AND GUESS WHO'S TO BLAME

MARATHON WOMAN (Space)
SHANNON LUCID MAY SET RECORDS IN ORBIT, BUT SHE DOESN'T DO PORTHOLES

HEALTH & MEDICINE

LIQUID X (Health)
A CLUB DRUG CALLED GHB MAY BE A FATAL APHRODISIAC

SOCIETY

THE NEW HANDS-OFF NURSING
ARE PATIENTS AT RISK WHEN COST-CUTTING HOSPITALS REPLACE NURSES WITH "TECHNICIANS" AT THE BEDSIDE?

PLAYING HARD TO GET
A FAST-SELLING BOOK CALLED THE RULES SETS THE DATING GAME BACK 30 YEARS--BUT FANS SWEAR IT WORKS

SPORT

A CHANGE IN STRIPES
AS THE POSTSEASON NEARS, THE QUESTION IS, CAN THIS SCRAPPY, SELFLESS TEAM BE THE NEW YORK YANKEES?

TECHNOLOGY

PANIX ATTACK

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

CRACK, CONTRAS AND CYBERSPACE
WHEN IT COMES TO THE CIA AND DRUGS, ARE THE PARANOIDS ON THE RIGHT TRACK?

PEOPLE

CALL OF THE MILD
EVERY GRUNT YOU EMIT AS YOU STAND OR SIT HELPS NOURISH THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY

Read the story

CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK

THE GAY DIVORCES

SINGING ANOTHER TUNE

MILESTONES

NOTEBOOK

LIKE SHIPS IN THE NIGHT

OUT ON THE BLINK

BUSINESS

THE MONEY MACHINE
THE BIGGEST MUTUAL-FUND COMPANY AND ITS QUIET CHAIRMAN, NED JOHNSON, HAVE THE CASH, TECHNOLOGY AND AMBITION TO EXPAND. THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION, GIVEN RECENT SETBACKS AND DEFECTIONS: WILL THE FUNDS PERF

A QUIET PASSION FOR PERFORMANCE

TAKING STOCK OF FIDELITY'S FUNDS
THE SHELVES OF THE INVESTMENT SUPERMARKET ARE CHOCK-FULL THESE DAYS. FIDELITY HAS A VARIETY OF SUPERIOR FUNDS--BUT SO DO OTHERS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

FAMILY VALUES (The Arts / CINEMA)
BRITAIN'S UNFLINCHING MIKE LEIGH MAY HAVE HIS BIGGEST U.S. HIT YET WITH SECRETS & LIES

THE LUCAS WARS (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)
EVERYONE IN HOLLYWOOD IS DYING TO SIGN UP HIS NEXT SPACE TRILOGY

FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE (The Arts / MUSIC)
GANGSTA-RAP MOGUL "SUGE" KNIGHT FINALLY BREAKS HIS SILENCE ON TUPAC SHAKUR'S UNSOLVED MURDER

DICK MORRIS, BUT PERKIER (The Arts / TELEVISION)
WITH MICHAEL J. FOX AS AN ETHICALLY LAX POLITICAL AIDE, SPIN CITY IS THE SEASON'S BEST NEW SITCOM

PAIN, NO GAIN (The Arts / BOOKS)
A WELFARE MOM'S GRIM TALE OFFERS NO SOLUTIONS

FRANGLAIS SPOKEN HERE (The Arts / BOOKS)
ART BUCHWALD RELIVES HIS CAREER AS A BEMUSED, HEMINGWAY-BAITING COLUMNIST IN '50S PARIS

CLAIRE BLOOM'S COMPLAINT (The Arts / BOOKS)
IN A DISHY NEW MEMOIR, THE ACTRESS UNLOADS ON HER HARROWING MARRIAGE TO NOVELIST PHILIP ROTH

ALL BIG YUKS (The Arts / TELEVISION)
SURPRISINGLY, A FROTHY TV MOVIE FROM JOHN WOO