Vol. 149 No. 13
NATION
AFTER ROGER TAMRAZ PUT UP $150,000, DEMOCRATIC PARTY OFFICIALS BATTLED THE CIA AND THE NSC TO GET HIM INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. GUESS WHO PREVAILED?
THE BUSY BACK-DOOR MEN
SMOKING GUN
A CIGARETTE MAKER FINALLY ADMITS THAT ITS PRODUCT IS DANGEROUSLY HABIT-FORMING. IS THIS THE END OF BIG TOBACCO'S LEGAL INVINCIBILITY?
POPULIST HERO OR BOTTOM FEEDER?
WHY THE SENATE LOVES AN UNDERSTUDY
WORLD
CRISES AND SCANDAL HAVE PLAGUED NETANYAHU, AND NOW PALESTINIAN TERROR HAS RETURNED
NYET TO A NEW NATO
TWO RECUPERATING PRESIDENTS AGREE TO DISAGREE AND INSIST THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS. WE'LL SEE
HEALTH & MEDICINE
AIDS STRIKES THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN THE U.S., BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET THE LATEST TREATMENT
SOCIETY
FROM EAU CLAIRE TO ORLANDO, ROBBERIES ARE UP SHARPLY THIS YEAR. IS HOLLYWOOD TO BLAME?
RELIGION
A DIVISIVE PRESBYTERIAN VOTE OVER GAY ORDINATION MAY HAVE FATALLY WOUNDED A WIDER CHRISTIAN UNITY
SPORT
PAST MEETS FUTURE AS ARNOLD PALMER IS HOST TO HEIR TIGER WOODS
TECHNOLOGY
SOME SURPRISINGLY WIRED JUSTICES HEAR AN ANTIPORN CASE THAT WOULD RESTRICT FREE SPEECH IN CYBERSPACE
WIRED FOR WAR
DIGITAL SOLDIERS WILL MAKE THE ARMY SMARTER AND DEADLIER--IF THE COMPUTERS WILL JUST STOP CRASHING
NOTEBOOK
MCVEIGH: DIARIES DEAREST
MILESTONES (MILESTONES)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
OUTSPOKEN JACKIE ROBINSON PLAYED THE ROLE OF SYMBOL AS WELL AS HE HIT A BALL
BUSINESS
FLYING INTO TROUBLE
WITH ITS TOOTHLESS INSPECTIONS AND DEAF EAR TO SAFETY WARNINGS, THE FAA HAS MADE AIR TRAVEL MORE PERILOUS THAN IT NEED BE
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
IRISH-DANCE EXTRAVAGANZAS ARE SELLING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY--AND MICHAEL FLATLEY ISN'T SHY ABOUT STEPPING UP TO TAKE THE CREDIT
DESIRE AT FULL STRETCH (The Arts / APPRECIATION)
WILLEM DE KOONING: 1904-1997
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (The Arts / CINEMA)
BRAD PITT AND HARRISON FORD BRING THE IRISH TROUBLES HOME IN A FINE, GROWNUP THRILLER
CROSS OVER, BEETHOVEN (The Arts / MUSIC)
JACKIE O COMPOSER MICHAEL DAUGHERTY BRINGS A POP-CULTURE SENSIBILITY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
PRIME VINTAGE (The Arts / BOOKS)
A ROBUST NOVEL OF LOVE AND LOSS IN WINE COUNTRY
LIFE AMONG THE RUINS (The Arts / BOOKS)
TWO JOURNALISTS LOOK BEHIND THE SOVIET COLLAPSE AND THE UNRULY EFFORTS TO BUILD SOMETHING NEW