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TO OUR READERS 4

LETTERS 6

CHRONICLES 11

MILESTONES 17

THE PRESIDENCY: Getting Out of Town 223

Beset by Republicans, Clinton hopes for an upbeat trip

THE POLITICAL INTEREST: The Courage to Change 263

Clinton's new China policy is smart and welcome

CONGRESS: The Fall of Chairman Dan 273

Legal woes are pushing Rostenkowski out at Ways and Means

PUBLIC EYE: The Man Who Would Be Ambassador 283

Margaret Carlson on the congressional travails of Sam Brown

HEALTH CARE: One Premium for All? 293

Congress girds to tackle the wild variations in insurance costs

LAW: Has Oprah Changed the Way Juries Think? 303

Prosecutors complain of a pervasive talk-show mentality

Black Rage: A novel defense for a mass murderer

HAITI: Golden Opportunity 323

The embargo helps those it was designed to hurt

RWANDA: Who Will Stop the Slaughter? 343

The international community has neither the will nor the way

COVER: Eisenhower's War 36

Ike the General planned, argued for and directed the D-day invasion of 50 years ago. As Supreme Commander, he led the Allies to victory in Europe and changed the course of history.

D-Day: Fascism Lives

The extreme right lurks in the wings of European politics

BUSINESS: A Master Move by Murdoch 543

He grabs 12 stations from the astonished Big Three

AUTOS: New Kings of the Road 573

Sport-utility vehicles are hotter than ever and heading upscale

ENVIRONMENT: Whose Trees Are These? 583

A young activist fights to save an ancient redwood forest

SCIENCE: The Monster Swallowing a Galaxy 603

Astronomers see the first hard evidence of a giant black hole

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Profile: Fame comes calling on Cormac McCarthy, but he is hiding out in order to write his violent, exquisite novels 62

Theater: John Malkovich takes on Lee Harvey Oswald 64

Cinema: Bertolucci's Little Buddha is a ravishing film 66

Beverly Hills Cop III may spell doom for Eddie Murphy

Books: An exhaustive biography of Leonard Bernstein 67

Will Japan come back from its troubles stronger than ever?

A doctor treats AIDS in a Bible Belt town

Show Business: At Cannes, a John Travolta film triumphs 73

PEOPLE 75

ESSAY 76

COVER: Photograph of Eisenhower in 1946 (c) KARSH -- Woodfin Camp & Assoc.

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