Vol. 150 No. 18
NATION
REPUBLICANS WANT IRS REFORM AS A HOT ISSUE NEXT YEAR. BILL CLINTON IS DETERMINED TO DEDUCT IT
THE SECRET G.O.P. CAMPAIGN
NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT IN '96, REPUBLICANS WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH GROUPS PURPORTING TO BE INDEPENDENT
DEAD WRONG?
THE IRS SWOOPS DOWN ON A PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY TO EXAMINE AN ALLEGEDLY COLOSSAL FRAUD SCHEME AND A MYSTERIOUS ACCIDENT INVOLVING A TOP PATHOLOGIST
A HEART AND A KIDNEY
THE SUITOR ALLEGEDLY OFFERED LOVE AND MONEY. BUT WAS HE REALLY JUST LOOKING FOR AN ORGAN DONOR?
WHY THE ASIAN CRASH MATTERS TO YOU
CATCHING THE ASIAN FLU
THE SICKNESS THAT PUT THE TIGERS IN THE TANK CAUSES A BIG SNEEZE IN THE U.S. MARKET
HOW HOT-MONEY GUYS GET BURNED
WORLD
CHINA'S LEADER WANTS RESPECT. CLINTON WANTS SOME "DELIVERABLES"
SOROS TO THE RESCUE, AGAIN
THE BILLIONAIRE INVESTOR PROMISES A $500 MILLION GIFT TO RUSSIA, BUT WILL IT MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE?
COURTING DISASTER
CLINTON AT LAST MAKES A STAND AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING-- BUT HIS CRITICS AT HOME AND ABROAD FEAR IT MAY BE TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
SCIENCE
MICHAEL FOALE HAD ALREADY BEEN ORDERED INTO THE SOYUZ LIFEBOAT IN PREPARATION FOR ABANDONING SHIP. BEFORE HE COULD GET THERE, HE FELT THE SICKENING THUD OF SOMETHING HITTING MIR. ONE OF SPACE TRAVEL'S
THE RUSSIANS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? (Space)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR DOGS, CATS AND COCKATOOS? WELL, YES--MORE AND MORE AMERICANS BELIEVE IN IT
MORE THAN A FUNNY NAME (Health)
GINKGO, LONG REVERED IN THE EAST, GETS ITS FIRST PLUG IN A U.S. MEDICAL JOURNAL--AS AN ALZHEIMER'S DRUG
WHAT'S UP, DOC? (Medicine)
IT'S EVERY SURGERY PATIENT'S NIGHTMARE: YOU'RE AWAKE ENOUGH TO FEEL THE KNIFE BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SCREAM
NOTEBOOK
DONORGATE (THE SCOOP)
BEHIND THE BLUNDER, A BID FOR INFLUENCE?
SEEING SPILLS, IGNORING ILLS
TECHWATCH (TECHWATCH)
MILESTONES (MILESTONES)
CYBERSPACE (THE SCOOP)
THE V CHIP, COMING TO A COMPUTER NEAR YOU
THE DRUG WAR (THE SCOOP)
COLOMBIA'S FRONT RUNNER IS NOT OUR KIND OF GUY
HOLLYWOOD (THE SCOOP)
KATZENBERG'S PARTING MAY BE PROFITABLE SORROW
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
IN MONTANA, TED KACZYNSKI'S ACQUAINTANCES INSIST HE WAS NORMAL
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING ADDRESS BOOK
NUMBERS, NUMBERS, EVERYWHERE, AND NOT A SPACE TO THINK
BUSINESS
JUSTICE'S CHALLENGE TO MICROSOFT'S STRONG-ARM BROWSER TACTICS HINT AT A LARGER SHOWDOWN ON THE HORIZON
THE TRUSTBUSTER WHO ROARED
BIZWATCH (BIZWATCH)
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
ON A HILL IN LOS ANGELES AND BY A RIVER IN SPAIN, TWO LEADING ARCHITECTS UNVEIL GRANDLY INNOVATIVE, KNOCKOUT BUILDINGS THAT CLIMAX THE AGE OF AMERICAN MUSEUM EXPANSION
DOMESTICATED DARING (The Arts / TELEVISION)
KEN BURNS' NEW FILM ON LEWIS AND CLARK HAS TOO MUCH KEN BURNS
WHERE THE ELITE MEET TO BE AESTHETES (The Arts)
THE ARTS ARE CHARGED WITH BEING OUT OF TOUCH--THIS TIME BY THE NEA...DUH!
NAUGHTY, BUT ALSO NICE (The Arts / BOOKS)
AS DONALD E. WESTLAKE OR RICHARD STARK, THIS CRIME NOVELIST GIVES THE BEST LINES TO THE BAD GUYS
TALES OF THE LIVING DEAD (The Arts / BOOKS)
A SURREAL NOVEL PORTRAYS JAPAN AS A POSTMODERN WASTELAND OF CROOKED DEALS AND LISTLESS SOULS
NOT SO SICK (The Arts / CINEMA)
MASOCHIST BOB FLANAGAN WAS ALSO A SUFFERING HERO
IN A WAY, EXTRAORDINARY (The Arts / CINEMA)
ANGELS. AN HEIRESS. LOVERS DANCING IN A KARAOKE BAR. THE TRAINSPOTTING CREW GETS ROMANTIC. WELL, KIND OF
HELP! HE'S NOT DOING FINE (The Arts / MUSIC)
EVEN WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM SOME FRIENDS, THE FORMER BEATLE'S LATEST CLASSICAL EFFORT FALLS FLAT
STILL KNOCKIN' THEM OUT (The Arts / MUSIC)
LL COOL J HAS A BOOK, A CD AND CROSSOVER DREAMS