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TO OUR READERS 4

LETTERS 6

CHRONICLES 13

SUPREME COURT: The Second Time Around 24

Stephen Breyer, last year's also-ran, is this year's new Justice

Welcome to the Club: What the freshman judge will face

CITIES: Honey, I Shrunk the Government 29

Across America, mayors of all parties are acting like CEOs

CONGRESS: So Long to the Freebies 31

The Senate votes itself out of lobbyists' perks -- for now

THE PRESIDENCY: Woe to the Chief? 31

Clinton says he is the most assaulted of Presidents. Not!

HAITI: Thumbing a Nose at the U.S. 32

The country's strongmen install their own, illegal President

IRAQ: Can't Fence Him In 36

Saddam is back in business rebuilding his military might

YEMEN: Shooting Down Democracy 43

The union between the North and South is broken by war

TECHNOLOGY: The Trials of Two-Way TV 44

Is the information superhighway ready for prime time?

THE ECONOMY: Fighting the Wrong Demon? 47

The Fed's fixation on inflation may be hurting the recovery

ARMED FORCES: When Home Becomes a Battlefield 48

A study shows a high incidence of wife abuse in the Army

LAW: Casting Doubts on Memories 51

A father wins a lawsuit against his daughter's therapists

CRIME: Tales from the Execution Chamber 52

Gacy's death raises the issue of cruel and unusual punishment

LAW: Death by the Numbers? 52

Congress debates the controversial Racial Justice Act

COVER: Collision Course for Jupiter 54

Twenty-one mountain-size comet fragments are speeding toward the giant planet. Their arrival in July could trigger the most spectacular celestial encounter ever seen in the solar system

HISTORY: Did Oppenheimer Really Reveal Secrets? 63

The tales of a KGB spymaster ignite a storm of criticism

MUSEUMS: Bombs Along the Potomac 64

The Smithsonian's Hiroshima commemoration draws fire

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Culture: Novelist Reynolds Price discusses his new book, an account of his 10- year struggle with spinal cancer 66

Theater: Stephen Sondheim's Passion is exceedingly grim 68

Music: Folk-rock duo Indigo Girls talk about each other 70

Books: A rueful close to a trilogy on Irish history 71

Henry Louis Gates Jr. recalls his segregated hometown 73

Obituary: Lewis B. Puller Jr.'s last days 75

PEOPLE 77

ESSAY 78

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