Vol. 139 No. 11
NATION
What's Up, Doc?
American Notes Law
Choosing Castration
American Notes Politics
No Laughing Matter
American Notes Trials
Tale of The Tape
Bring on the Grownups (Grapevine)
Brother's Helper
Forward Spin (Grapevine)
Maybe He's Not So Bad After All (Grapevine)
Seat-of-the-Pants Politics (Grapevine)
Spookier Than We Thought (Grapevine)
The Challenger What Does Pat Want?
Buchanan has already drawn blood and divided the G.O.P., but he won't be satisfied until the party embraces his arch-conservative agenda
The Democrats Southern Fried Feuding
As Tsongas and Clinton pull ahead, they begin hurling negatives at each other -- and reveal a lot about themselves
The Political Interest
Onward to the Rust Belt
The President Why Is This Man Smiling?
With his campaign in turmoil, Bush not only has little to cheer about but also has no apparent plan to pull himself out of the doldrums
The Spirit of '76
Trials Why Is "Sammy the Bull" Singing?
Copping a plea for 19 murders, a high-ranking Mafia turncoat offers testimony that may finally scrape the Teflon off Gambino boss John Gotti
Vox Pop (Grapevine)
Who Shot J.R.?
WORLD
More than food and financial aid is needed. The reformers must feel that the world is at their side in the struggle for democracy.
France Meddling with the Marseillaise
A proposal to bowdlerize France's barn-burning anthem provokes an indignant Mon Dieu! from traditionalists
Saudi Arabia A Modest Step Forward
King Fahd loosens his grip on the government
Tragedy Massacre in Khojaly
The blood feud between Armenians and Azerbaijanis claims 200 civilians
World Notes Germany
The Right to Get High
World Notes Russia
End of the Party Line?
World Notes Turkey
Underground Morgue
World Notes Yugoslavia
Another Vote To Leave
SCIENCE
Top Russian scientists and hardware that NASA covets are available at bargain-basement prices, but the U.S. government is dragging its heels
HEALTH & MEDICINE
New speculation links polio vaccine to the birth of AIDS
SOCIETY
Rescuing Jews during World War II took a special kind of heroism: ordinary human compassion
The Hidden Hurdle
Talented black students find that one of the most insidious obstacles to achievement comes from a surprising source: their own peers
PRESS
A U.S. Senator cries foul to sexual-misconduct charges, but the accusers are not the usual anonymous sources
RELIGION
Does it matter that the campus chaplain is gay? Some conservatives say it does, and he should resign.
TECHNOLOGY
A tiny virus called Michelangelo whips the computer world into a frenzy but in the end creates more hype than havoc
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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BUSINESS
Battle for Young Minds
Business Notes Newspapers
Free Ads for The Asking
Business Notes Settlements
Let's Not Make A Deal Yet
Business Notes Telecommunications
Dial 0 For Robot
Hard Times The Great Energy Bust
More than any previous recession in the U.S. oil and gas industry, this one smells dangerously permanent
Trials A Lawyer's Precipitous Fall from Grace
Harvey Myerson faces as much as 20 years on charges of swindling $3.5 million
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
And What a Reign It Was (Television)
In his 30 years, Carson was the best, providing a bedtime blanket of amusing rituals and quirks, and a barometer of the national mood
Midnight's Mayor (Television)
Jay Leno, succeeding Johnny Carson as late-night host to millions, has already won the office of Most Popular Regular Guy in America
Critics' Voices (Critics' Voices)
Doing It Right the Hard Way (Cinema)
The radiant Howards End caps 30 years of Merchant Ivory filmmaking: on the cheap, but with style
Summoning The Glory Days (Cinema)
The Battle to Film Malcolm X (Show Business)
To portray the black hero his way, Spike Lee has taken on rival directors, black activists, the studio and the budget
Two Who Are On Their Way (Theater)
Plays by Howard Korder and Jon Robin Baitz acidly etch how we live now
PEOPLE
LEON BING spent four years with the Crips and the Bloods to find out why thousands of American teenagers are waging war on one another in the desolate heart of the City of Dreams