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CHRONICLES 15

COVER: Scary Days on Wall Street 24

Why the robust U.S. economy is rattling the financial markets

Inside the Secret Money Machine: The market's supernerds have been playing a fast, bold game with flashy investments called derivatives that could increase the risks for everyone

Roots of Risk: It all began with pork-belly futures

Quantum Leap: Meet the masters of the universe: they're geeks

POLITICS: Clintonophobia! 38

Some people loathe Bill and Hillary extravagantly

THE WHITE HOUSE: Playing by the Numbers 40

From Whitewater to health care, Clinton turns to his pollster

LABOR: Rich Man, Poor Man 42

Why does the reformist Teamster boss have so much real estate?

PRISONS: Building the Better Thug? 47

Milwaukee wants to ban pumping iron among its prisoners

CRIME: Sorry, Wrong Apartment 47

An antidrug raid gone awry leads to the death of a clergyman

SOUTH AFRICA: Emergency in Zululand 48

The government tries to stifle the unremitting violence

HAITI: Still Punishing the Victims 55

The oil flows while the poor bear the brunt of the sanctions

MEXICO: The Ruling Party's New Man 56

A veteran insider, Zedillo vows to protect the Salinas legacy

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION: A Quiet Switch in Policy 58

The U.S. is willing to live with a North Korean bomb

ITALY: Victory to the Knight from the Right 59

Silvio Berlusconi sweeps the election lists

RELIGION: Letting God Back in School 60

Chinks are appearing in the wall between church and state

LAW: Doubts on Death Row 61

Disturbing questions follow a Georgia execution

MEDICINE: When Is Crib Death a Cover for Crime? 63

A bereaved mother may have been getting away with murder

HEALTH: Juice Is Not for Babies 64

If fruit drinks displace milk, infants suffer

SCIENCE: Lucy's Grandson 66

An ancient skull solves a mystery of prehistory

SPORT: A Cowboy Farewell 67

After two Super Bowl victories, coach Jimmy Johnson is out

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Cinema: New jock city: a recent crop of movies reduces the glory of sport to insipid, inspirational slapstick 68

Television: Middlemarch shines on Masterpiece Theatre 73

Theater: Eugene Ionesco transformed theater 76

Yoko Ono mourns John Lennon in a sweet if silly musical 76

Music: Cassandra Wilson is jazz's most exciting singer 78

Elvis Costello shakes off the cobwebs with Brutal Youth

Pygmy vocals meet techno-pop in Deep Forest

Books: Henry Kissinger's Diplomacy is a classic 80

The rise of Steve Ross from undertaker to mogul 83

PEOPLE 85

ESSAY 86