Vol. 142 No. 17
COVER
A young, vibrant alternative scene has turned music on its ear. But are the new stars too hot to be cool?
WHERE'S THE NEXT SEATTLE (Cover Music)
NATION
Dispatches (The Week)
Hash Slinger to the Stars
Health Report (The Week)
NEWS DIGEST OCTOBER 10-16 (The Week)
WINNERS & LOSERS
SERIES KILLERS
RAW DATA
THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? JIMMY CARTER.
INFORMED SOURCES
MAP
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THE GRIM ESCAPE (Georgia)
An army of the dispossessed faces cold and hunger after the Abkhazian triumph in Sukhumi
SPOTLIGHT
VOX POP
NEW WORLD VOICE MAIL
SLAMMING THE DOOR (Immigration)
A border blockade in El Paso reduces crime but also threatens the region's fragile economic balance
WORLD
In and Out with the Tide
Bloody rebukes in Somalia and Haiti raise questions about the lack of guiding principles behind Clinton's zigzagging foreign policy
SURFING INTO THE MELANCHOLY PAST (Vietnam)
A sports competition, of all things, lures a journalist into Vietnam, where all is smiles and sadness, and nobody can find Hamburger Hill
WAR & TERRORISM
For this trading tycoon, a $3.5 billion military sale to China is only one chapter in a story of rags-to-riches success and nonstop wheeling and dealing
HEALTH & MEDICINE
As he delays turning it into law, Clinton loses momentum for his plan
SOCIETY
Beavis and Butt-head, Ted and Whoopi, Howard Stern and his Private Parts: Whatever happened to political correctness -- and good manners?
SPORT
The Phillies, baseball's biker brigade, make road kill of the Braves and meet Toronto in the Series
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
SPECTATOR ROCK AND ROLL DEJA VU
BUSINESS
Trading favors: Clinton is not so much selling his trade pact with Mexico as he is buying it, with goodies for key lawmakers and special interests
Confessions of a 21st Century Couch Potato
WIRED!
Bell Atlantic's bid for cable giant TCI is the biggest media deal in history; it's also a peek at the future
LAW
Judges warn parents to stub out their cigarettes around the children -- or risk losing custody
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Glimpses into Lost Souls (Reviews Theater)
THE BOHO DANCE (Reviews Music)
THE WILD MAN WITHIN (Reviews Books)
MADONNA GOES TO CAMP (Show Business)
She had shocked, then almost lost her audiences. Now the Queen of Burlesque just wants to be a clown.
''WHO WILL GO WITH ME!'' (Reviews Cinema)
THE GREATEST PIANIST OF ALL? (Reviews Music)
THE PUREST DREAMER IN PARIS (Art)
On his centenary, a lavish show celebrates the precise yet hauntingly poetic vision of Catalan artist Joan Miro
SPECIAL SECTION
THEY GAVE PEACE A CHANCE (Nobel Prizes)
Mandela and De Klerk are honored for bringing South Africa to the brink of freedom for all
MILESTONES
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PEOPLE
THE SEXIEST MAN: HIS STORY
TOP INFANT
CHILD IN NEED
TO OUR READERS
LETTERS
THE MAKING OF A ZEALOT
HONORED ENGLISHMEN
NEW MENSTRUAL THEORY
FRAMING THE BOUNDARIES OF EVIL
DANGEROUS TIMES
WARNINGS ABOUT NIGERIA