Vol. 150 No. 26
NATION
A SPARK PROBABLY DOOMED TWA 800--AND OTHER 747S MAY NOT BE IMMUNE
LIES MY AMBASSADOR TOLD ME
WHY DO SOME SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE NEED TO FABRICATE THEIR DEFINING MOMENTS?
WHY TALK IS NOT CHEAP (RACE IN AMERICA)
THE TURMOIL OF CLINTON'S RACE INITIATIVE IS THE LATEST EVIDENCE OF AMERICA'S BLACK-WHITE DISTRUST
NOT ENOUGH CONVERSATION? (RACE IN AMERICA)
ON MATTERS OF RACE, WE NEED CIVILITY, NOT MORE SELF-EXPRESSION
WORLD
WITH KOREA ON THE BRINK, CAN JAPAN CHANGE QUICKLY ENOUGH TO SAVE ITSELF AND THE WORLD ECONOMY?
THE PERILS OF CATCHING COLD
IF YELTSIN'S ILLNESS IS MORE SEVERE THAN THE KREMLIN ADMITS, RUSSIA'S LONG-TERM HEALTH WILL BE UNCERTAIN
SCIENCE
TO THEIR SURPRISE, NEGOTIATORS IN KYOTO HAMMER OUT A HISTORIC PACT TO CURB GLOBAL WARMING. BUT WILL IT EVER GO INTO EFFECT?
A TREATY MEETS A SOUR CONGRESS (Environment / CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT)
RELIGION
A VISIT WITH THE LEADER OF TIBET, THE SUBJECT OF A NEW MOVIE, BUT A STAR WITHOUT A STAGE
NOTEBOOK
CAPITOL LOVE FEAST (THE SCOOP)
BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A PAYROLL CUT?
THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING (TECHWATCH)
MILESTONES (MILESTONES)
CUBA LIBRE (THE SCOOP)
IS FIDEL GETTING RELIGION, OR JUST TOURIST DOLLARS?
THE MICROSOFT CHRONICLES (THE SCOOP)
WORLD DOMINATION MAY JUST HAVE TO WAIT
THE GLORIOUS INVALID (THE SCOOP)
SIMON AGONISTES?
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
THE URGE TO DRESS UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
TIS THE SEASON FOR BIG, AMBITIOUS FILMS. SHALL WE HANG THEM FROM THE CHRISTMAS TREE? OR JUST PLAIN HANG 'EM?
GRABBING HIS MOMENT (The Arts / THEATER)
HE'S GOT TWO MUSICALS ON BROADWAY AND TONS OF FANS. MAYBE IT'S TIME FRANK WILDHORN GOT RESPECT
EMBEDDED IN NATURE (The Arts / ART)
ARTHUR DOVE, A PIONEERING U.S. MODERNIST, TOOK HIS ABSTRACT FORMS FROM ROCKS, TREES, SEA AND SUN
SINNING FLAMBOYANTLY (The Arts / BOOKS)
BARNEY PANOFSKY IS A WRY SCOUNDREL, A POSSIBLE MURDERER AND MORDECAI RICHLER'S BEST HERO YET
ROBERTS RULES (The Arts / MUSIC)
AN UPDATE ON THE BLUES WITH BRAINS AND BRAWN
SPECIAL SECTION
SUDDENLY THE WORLD TURNED INTO A GLOBAL VILLAGE WHERE IT WAS NO LONGER COOL TO BE COOL
IMAGES (Images '97)