Vol. 149 No. 16
NATION
WISCONSIN HAS CUT ITS ROLLS BY HALF. MANY FORMER RECIPIENTS ARE WORKING, BUT WHERE HAVE THE REST OF THEM GONE?
A BLUE-RIBBON COUNTY
HATCHING MISCHIEF
THE UTAH SENATOR ANGERS G.O.P. LEADERS BY PUSHING A HEALTH-INSURANCE BILL FOR KIDS. BUT, HEY, IT COULD PASS
DESTINATION UNKNOWN
WHAT MADE AN AIR FORCE PILOT BREAK FORMATION DURING A ROUTINE MISSION--AND SIMPLY DISAPPEAR?
THE CHEERFUL GIVER (MONEY & POLITICS)
A BUSINESSMAN WITH A CORNER ON PUBLISHING COURT DOCUMENTS WAS ALSO A MASTER OF POLITICAL DONATIONS
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY VIRUS
AN HIV-POSITIVE SEDUCER LEAVES A SHOCKING LEGACY
WORLD
A 30,000-STRONG, FEMALE-LED ARMY STANDS READY IN IRAQ TO BATTLE TEHRAN'S RULING MULLAHS
SCIENCE
THE DISCOVERY OF POSSIBLE SEAS ON JUPITER'S MOON EUROPA HEATS UP THE SEARCH FOR ALIEN ORGANISMS--AND THERE ARE MANY MOONS STILL TO EXPLORE
HEALTH & MEDICINE
BESET BY SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY EBBING HORMONES, WOMEN IN MIDLIFE TURN TO HERBS AND HEALTH FOODS TO SMOOTH OUT THE ROCKY ROAD TO MENOPAUSE
WEIGHING THE RISKS OF ESTROGEN (Health)
SOCIETY
A TOUCHING MOTHER-AND-CHILD REUNION ADDS FUEL TO THE DEBATE OVER ADOPTION-PRIVACY RULES
NOTEBOOK
LET'S MAKE A DEAL
ONLY IN MY BACKYARD
PASSING THE HAT FOR NEWT
MILESTONES (MILESTONES)
WHAT BECOMES A LETTER MOST
SPIT AND ABOLISH
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
DON'T BUILD IT HERE!
A WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL: GREAT IDEA, WRONG SPOT
BUSINESS
EVERYONE IS DOING IT. AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THE CHATTY, THE COWARDLY AND THE CONNIVING ARE CLOTTING THE ELECTRONIC-MAIL REVOLUTION
HOW TO BUY A SKYSCRAPER
AFRAID OF HEIGHTS ON WALL STREET? CONSIDER REITS
BIZ WATCH (BIZ WATCH)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
MORE PEOPLE ARE READING, OR AT LEAST PRETENDING TO, AND JUST ABOUT EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE PROFITING BUT PUBLISHERS
REAL-LIFE MISERY. READ ALL ABOUT IT! (The Arts / LEISURE)
THE LONGEST DAY (The Arts / CINEMA)
A CAMERAMAN'S DEATH HAS PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON HOLLYWOOD'S SWEATSHOP-STYLE WORK PRACTICES
DEATH IN THE CLOUDS (The Arts / BOOKS)
AN EVEREST SURVIVOR GIVES A GRIPPING ACCOUNT OF THE TERRIBLE NIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD
THE POPE OF FASHION (The Arts / FASHION)
BERNARD ARNAULT'S IS THE KINGDOM OF LUXURY, THE POWER TO SHAPE FASHION'S FUTURE--AND ALL THE FUN
SIDE TRIPS (The Arts / BOOKS)
AN AMIABLE TOUR OF SOME REAL AMERICAN ORIGINALS
THE TYRANNY OF STUPIDITY (The Arts / BOOKS)
A BRILLIANT RETELLING OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION IS BOUND TO ANTAGONIZE MONARCHISTS AND MARXISTS
SPECIAL SECTION
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF 1996? (The Time 25 / TIME 1996 MOST INFLUENTIAL)
SOME MEMBERS OF LAST YEAR'S TIME 25 PROSPERED, OTHERS PEAKED, EVEN AS FOOT FAULTS UNDID THE HAUGHTY, AND GRUNGE PRODUCED A CINDERELLA