Vol. 150 No. 2

NATION

PHANTOM WITNESS
SENATORS AT HEARINGS THIS WEEK WILL HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT JOHN HUANG, THE ARCHITECT OF ASIAN FUND RAISING, BUT HE MAY NOT SUPPLY THE ANSWERS

12 STEPS TO RECOVERY
THE G.O.P.'S TOP FUND RAISER, WAYNE BERMAN, OFFERS HIS PLAN TO FIX THE SYSTEM

HEY, BILL, THAT'S OURS!
REPUBLICANS HAVE WON THE BIG BATTLES OVER TAX CUTS; NOW THEY NEED TO LEARN TO TAKE YES FOR AN ANSWER

ARE THE CUTS UNKIND?
NEW RULES MAY HALT BENEFITS TO MORE THAN 100,000 DISABLED CHILDREN. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM NOW?

PAULA, WE HARDLY KNEW YOU
NEW ACCOUNTS PAINT A FRESH PORTRAIT OF BILL CLINTON'S ACCUSER--AGAIN

WORLD

NATO PLUS THREE
THIS WEEK THE ALLIANCE WILL BEGIN TO EXPAND. SOME SENATORS WANT TO KNOW WHY AND WHAT IT WILL COST

HOW CLINTON DECIDED ON NATO EXPANSION

THE CASE FOR EXPANDING NATO
ENLARGING THE ALLIANCE WOULD BENEFIT THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS EUROPE

SCIENCE

UNCOVERING THE SECRETS OF MARS (Space / SPECIAL REPORT)
THIS JULY 4, THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF NASA SCIENTISTS--AND SPACE BUFFS AROUND THE WORLD--RODE WITH PATHFINDER AND ITS TINY ROBOT SOJOURNER. THEIR TRIUMPHANT TOUCHDOWN HERALDS A NEW ERA OF SPACE EXPLORA

THE LAST TIME WE SAW MARS (Space / SPECIAL REPORT)

AL GORE'S HAPPY HOLIDAY (Space / SPECIAL REPORT)

VISIT TO A SMALLER PLANET (Space)
PICTURES SENT BACK FROM MARS PROVE JUST HOW ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE WE ARE

SPORT

AFTER THE BITE
MIKE TYSON BEGS FOR MERCY, BUT NO ONE IS BETTING HIS LUCRATIVE CAREER IS OVER

NOTEBOOK

NOTEBOOK

JUSTICE (THE SCOOP)
HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING BEHIND MY BACK?

SMEAR WINDOW

MILESTONES (MILESTONES)

DEFENSE (THE SCOOP)
PAINTING BY THE WRONG NUMBERS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

IN THE NAME OF HER FATHER
AN ATLANTIC CITY HOMEOWNER PREPARES TO FACE DOWN A CASINO KING

GETTING OFF EASY IN TOBACCO LAND
IS JUSTICE BLINDFOLDED OR JUST BLINDED BY THE SMOKE?

CHARLES KURALT: 1934-1997 (Appreciation)

BUSINESS

WHAT CHEAP SEATS?

THEY'VE GOT A SECRET
THE STREET'S WHISPER NUMBERS ARE FOR MEMBERS ONLY

LOSING ALTITUDE
DISCOUNT AIRLINES ARE STRUGGLING, EVEN AS THE MAJOR CARRIERS RAISE FARES. THE VALUJET CRASH STILL HAUNTS THEM, AND THE BIG GUYS CAN PLAY DOWN AND DIRTY

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A WONDERFUL FELLA (The Arts / APPRECIATION)
JAMES STEWART: 1908-1997

TWO SIDES OF INNOCENCE (The Arts / APPRECIATION)

ETERNALLY COOL (The Arts / APPRECIATION)
ROBERT MITCHUM: 1917-1997

LET US PRAISE INCIVILITY (The Arts / TELEVISION)
SO WHAT IF POLITICALLY INCORRECT OFTEN LENDS ITSELF TO SHOUTING MATCHES? AMERICA IS TUNING IN

JUST ONE WORD (The Arts)
WHAT GENERATION GAP? AT 30, THE GRADUATE'S CAREER ADVICE DOESN'T LOOK SO BAD

RED BLUES (The Arts / CINEMA)
SOVIET-ERA MUSICALS LIVE AGAIN IN EAST SIDE STORY

ALL WIRED UP (The Arts / BOOKS)
ARE VIDEO GAMES MORE THAN A BLIP IN HISTORY?

ACADEMIC BURLESQUE (The Arts / BOOKS)
FOR THESE PROFS, THE BEST REVENGE IS ON EACH OTHER

HYMNS FOR THE INDIGO HOUR (The Arts / BOOKS)
ANTICIPATING THE END OF HIS LIFE, A NOBEL LAUREATE FINDS SOLACE IN THE EDEN THAT SUSTAINED HIS WORK

PEOPLE

PEOPLE

LETTERS

LETTERS