Vol. 149 No. 18
NATION
THE ARMY, ALREADY TROUBLED BY SEXUALLY PREDATORY DRILL SERGEANTS, HAS A PROBLEM WITH ITS RECRUITERS TOO
DEATH AND LOWER TAXES
THE ESTATE LEVY SEEMS SURE TO BE CUT AS MORE NONPLUTOCRATS DISCOVER IT WILL HIT THEIR KIDS TOO
THE CITY THAT WOULDN'T DROWN
WHAT THE HECK--THE WATERLOGGED RESIDENTS OF GRAND FORKS STILL BOAST ABOUT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE
HER DYING PRAYERS
FAITH IS NO DEFENSE AS A COUPLE ANSWERS FOR THE LOSS OF A DAUGHTER
THE G.O.P.'S OWN CHINA CONNECTION
A HONG KONG MOGUL RESCUED REPUBLICANS DURING TWO CAMPAIGNS
"I'M JUST WHO I AM"
WHITE BLACK ASIAN OTHER RACE IS NO LONGER AS SIMPLE AS BLACK OR WHITE. SO, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR AMERICA?
WORLD
IN A QUICK AND BRUTAL ASSAULT, FUJIMORI'S TROOPS RESCUE ALL BUT ONE OF THE 72 HOSTAGES
READY TO IMPLODE?
STARVATION AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY UNDERLINE A DEFECTOR'S WARNING THAT NORTH KOREA IS DESPERATE
SCIENCE
SCIENTISTS TAKE A PICTURE OF DEPRESSION AND DISCOVER THAT IT ACTUALLY CHANGES THE SHAPE OF THE BRAIN
BUYING TIME
THE ONSET OF ALZHEIMER'S IS DELAYED BY VITAMIN E
HEALTH & MEDICINE
WHY DO PEOPLE GET HOOKED? MOUNTING EVIDENCE POINTS TO A POWERFUL BRAIN CHEMICAL CALLED DOPAMINE
SPORT
PROPONENTS OF TITLE IX SCORE A MAJOR VICTORY DESPITE A FULL-COURT PRESS BY BROWN UNIVERSITY
NOTEBOOK
LET'S UNMAKE A DEAL
THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD MOM
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT?
MILESTONES (MILESTONES)
AND A BABY-FACED CONSULTANT SHALL LEAD THEM
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A SMALL TOWN IS OVERCOME BY MURMURS AFTER TWO APPARENT THRILL KILLINGS
CLASS TRASH
WITH COLLEGE REUNIONS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, A CLASS SECRETARY GETS BUSY
TURN-OFF OF THE CENTURY
WHAT IF THEY GAVE A MILLENNIUM AND NOBODY CAME?
BUSINESS
COMPANIES ARE DOING MORE GOOD, AND DEMANDING MORE BACK
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
THEY'RE ALL OVER THE DIAL, SPEAKING OUT, CRACKING WISE AND CASTING SPELLS
BRING IN 'DA TUNESMITHS (Theater)
A YEAR AFTER RENT, BROADWAY'S VETS ARE BACK WITH A FLOATING (AND SINKING) ARMADA OF NEW MUSICALS
WITH THE LAUGHING VOICE (The Arts / MUSIC)
IN HER NEW CD, NANCI GRIFFITH FINDS DEPTHS IN SWEETNESS, AND A RAINBOW ON THE FAR SIDE OF DEATH
BLUES AND DUES (The Arts / MUSIC)
AT 79, JOHN LEE HOOKER SHOWS HE'S STILL THE BOSS
EVERYBODY SAY YEOH! (The Arts / CINEMA)
A HONG KONG ACTION HEROINE AIMS TO BE HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST TOP FEMALE ASIAN STAR
DRAWING THE LINE (The Arts / BOOKS)
THOMAS PYNCHON'S LONG-AWAITED MASON & DIXON IS A TALE OF SCIENTIFIC TRIUMPH AND AN EPIC OF LOSS
NO MAN'S LAND (The Arts / BOOKS)
THREE NEW NOVELISTS TAKE ON ASIAN-AMERICAN LIFE