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TO OUR READERS 4

LETTERS 6

CHRONICLES 15

MILESTONES 21

COVER: America's First Lady 22

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a last link to a certain kind of past, and that is part, but only part, of why she is mourned.

A Profile in Courage: The testament of her strength and mystery

The White House Years: Hugh Sidey on J.F.K.'s First Lady

A Friend Remembers: John Russell on the private Jackie

DIPLOMACY: China Trade 40

Clinton mulls a compromise that will please nobody

HEALTH CARE: Learning to Think Small 42

For the President, half a plan may be better than none

Endangered Chairman: Can Clinton prevail without Rosty?

NORTH KOREA: Pushing It to the Limit 45

Pyongyang and Washington collide again over nukes

MIDDLE EAST: Changing of the Guard 47

Israel completes its pullback from Jericho and the Gaza Strip

THE POLITICAL INTEREST: Is It Time for Him to Go? 48

Warren Christopher's days at State may be numbered

BUSINESS: Is Coke's OK Soda the Real Thing? 50

The new soft drink uses irony to woo skeptical teens

ON THE MONEY: Rooting for the Federal Expresses 53

For the price of a seat, you can own a share of a sports team

TECHNOLOGY: Brave New Tomato 54

Genetically altered food moves from lab to grocery

SCIENCE: Cosmic Hula Hoops 55

The Hubble telescope finds mysterious rings of light in space

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Cinema: From Maverick and The Flintstones to Gomer Pyle and Mission: Impossible, rerun mania grips Hollywood 58

Music: Why is Pink Floyd still around and so successful? 61

Art: A retrospective of works by Willem de Kooning 62

Books: V.S. Naipaul is a great writer, but his latest fails 64

A young novelist's portrait of affluent suburbia in the 1970s 65

Television: Political comics Dennis Miller and Bill Maher 67

PEOPLE 69

ESSAY 70

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