Vol. 145 No. 4
COVER
EARTHQUAKES STRIKE WHEN AND WHERE THEY WILL; PRECAUTIONS CAN EASE BUT NOT PREVENT THE DAMAGE
WHEN KOBE DIED (Cover Stories)
FOR A WHILE, JAPAN BELIEVED IT HAD MADE ITSELF QUAKEPROOF. THAT NATION'S FAITH WAS SHATTERED IN 20 SECONDS, AS A 7.2 TREMOR RAVAGED ITS SIXTH LARGEST CITY, COLLAPSING HOUSES, WRECKING ROADWAYS, IGNITI
NATION
AT MIDTERM, CLINTON STRUGGLES TO DEFINE HIMSELF TO AN ELECTORATE THAT REMAINS SKEPTICAL OF HIS MOTIVES
IT MAY BE PARTY TIME FOR PEROT (The Presidency)
SECRETS OF THE MUSEUM (Intelligence)
HOW A U.S. LIBRARIAN-TURNED-SPY UNCOVERED EVIDENCE THAT HELPED HEAL THE WOUNDS OF WAR
WORLD
YELTSIN CLAIMS VICTORY IN GROZNY. THE DEFIANT CHECHENS, HOWEVER, VOW YEARS OF GUERRILLA WAR
SUCH GOOD FRIENDS (France)
FRONT RUNNER BALLADUR THROWS HIS HAT INTO THE RING BUT FACES A BITTER STRUGGLE WITH A FORMER ALLY
RACISM IN THE RANKS (Canada)
VIDEOTAPES DOCUMENTING PREJUDICE AND BRUTALITY AMONG ELITE PEACEKEEPING TROOPS REOPEN AN OLD WOUND
THE WAGES OF REBELLION (Mexico)
THE BATTERED ZEDILLO GOVERNMENT SUDDENLY SEES THE WISDOM OF CONCESSIONS TO THE ZAPATISTAS
WAR & TERRORISM
THE MANUFACTURER OFFERS 20 MORE STEALTH BOMBERS AT BARGAIN PRICES. DOES THE AIR FORCE REALLY NEED THEM?
PRESS
IN SINGAPORE, FINES FOR AN ARTICLE ``SCANDALIZING'' THE JUDICIARY
RELIGION
THE POPE GAVE 30 TALKS DURING A 33,000-KM TOUR, DISPLAYING AN ACTOR'S SENSE OF IMPROVISATION
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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FORTY YEARS OF NONSENSE
THE WEEK
JANUARY 15-21
MILESTONES
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WINNERS & LOSERS
EL SUENO SE HA VUELTO PESADILLA
TALK OF THE STREETS
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MILLION-DOLLAR BOULEVARD
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE THE SWAN MUST GO ON SEEN & HEARD
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED
IRISH WRITER WILLIAM TREVOR BRINGS FRESHNESS TO AN OLD STORY
TRIPLE JUMP
TLC FOLLOWS UP ITS PLATINUM DEBUT WITH A FINE, SLINKY CD
LAW
HOW JOHNNIE COCHRAN QUESTIONS AUTHORITY AND CAPTIVATES JURIES
FOLLOW THE LEADER
WHOSE IDEA WAS IT TO KILL LOUIS FARRAKHAN? THE DAUGHTER OF MALCOLM X OR THE MAN SHE TRUSTED?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
MICROSOFT'S CHAIRMAN SAYS IT IS A MAKE-OR-BREAK BUSINESS FOR HIM, BUT THE INTERNET'S USERS MAY RESIST HIS LONG REACH
WINDOW ON THE STONE AGE (The Arts & Media Archaeology)
A STUNNING COLLECTION OF CAVE ART FOUND IN FRANCE COULD TELL TALES OF PREHISTORIC TIMES
TALKING TRASH (The Arts & Media Television)
RICKI LAKE AND HER DISCIPLES HAVE ACHIEVED THE IMPOSSIBLE: LOWERED THE STANDARDS OF TV GABFESTS
PRIME TIME (The Arts & Media Sport)
TWO-SPORTS STAR DEION SANDERS BRINGS BOTH STYLE AND SUBSTANCE TO THE SUPER BOWL
A SOARING WELL OF LIGHT (The Arts & Media Art)
MARIO BOTTA DESIGNS AN ELEGANT MUSEUM FOR SAN FRANCISCO. NOW THE INSTITUTION MUST LIVE UP TO ITS NEW ENVIRONS
TANTRIC MASSAGE FOR MR. BLAND (The Arts & Media Books)
ANITA BROOKNER TAKES A DROLL LOOK AT A LOVER'S CON GAME
GOSSIPING ON MOUNT OLYMPUS (The Arts & Media Books)
HANNAH ARENDT AND MARY MCCARTHY'S LETTERS ARE ELECTRIFYING
Read the story (The Arts & Media Cinema)
FALSETTOS AND FALSIES (The Arts & Media Opera)
THE ALL-MALE TROUPE LA GRAN SCENA SKEWERSCLASSICS TO SHOW THAT LOVING OPERA AND LAUGHING AT IT ARE ONE AND THE SAME
SPECIAL SECTION
THE STATE OF THE UNION (Special Report)
AS CLINTON REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS, CITIZENS ARE BUSY REMAKING AMERICA
WEALTH: STATIC WAGES, EXCEPT FOR THE RICH (Special Report)
CRIME: SAFER STREETS, YET GREATER FEAR (Special Report)
THE COSTLY CRISIS IN OUR SCHOOLS (Special Report)
OUR OWN WORST HEALTH ENEMIES (Special Report)
IN SO MANY GODS WE TRUST (Special Report)
THE EVER GROWING ELECTRONIC CULTURE (Special Report)