Vol. 145 No. 5
COVER
DID HE OR DIDN'T HE? (Cover Stories)
AS MILLIONS WATCHED--AND BEGAN TO WONDER WHERE THE TRUTH MIGHT LIE--COURTROOM TEMPERS FLARED, A LAWYER FELL ILL AND O.J. BARED HIS KNEE. THE WILD RIDE HAS BEGUN
NATION
TAMING THE TROOPS (Politics)
A ZEALOUS CROP OF HOUSE FRESHMEN WANTS TO YANK THE AGENDA RIGHTWARD
FROM NEW JERSEY, THE GREAT WHITMAN HOPE (Politics)
THE $135,000 QUESTION (Investigations)
ARE RON BROWN'S FINANCES DUBIOUS, OR JUST COMPLEX? THE GROWING CONTROVERSY MAY COST HIM HIS JOB
WORLD
UNDER THE GUISE OF ISLAM, SADDAM ENACTS A BRUTAL LAW
MORE THAN REMEMBRANCE (Europe)
NEITHER THE HOLOCAUST NOR COMMUNISM COULD WIPE OUT THE JEWS OF EASTERN EUROPE. NOW THEIR FAITH IS FLOURISHING
INTERVIEW WITH A FANATIC (Middle East)
CAN PEACE SURVIVE? (Middle East)
PALESTINIAN BOMBINGS AND THE EXPANSION OF ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS ARE KILLING SUPPORT ON BOTH SIDES
PICKING UP THE PIECES (Japan)
SHATTERED KOBE BEGINS GRADUALLY TO PUT ITSELF BACK TOGETHER, BUT THE JOB--AND THE PRICE TAG--WILL BE ENORMOUS
QUAKE-PROOFING A HOUSE (Japan)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
POLIO'S CONQUEROR IS TAKING ON TODAY'S PLAGUE, BUT EXPERTS DOUBT HIS TREATMENT WILL PASS THE NEXT TEST
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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CLASS WARFARE? TELL ME ABOUT IT
THE WEEK
JANUARY 22 -28
MILESTONES
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WINNERS & LOSERS
THE WEEK
JANUARY 22-28
RETURN TO AUSCHWITZ (Remembrance)
AFTER A HALF-CENTURY, SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST HONOR THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE NAZIS' MOST NOTORIOUS DEATH CAMP
TALK OF THE STREET
SHOULD TIGERS BE A CASH CROP?
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BUSINESS
THE BIG THREE ARE INVENTING AUTOS THAT THINK FOR THEMSELVES AND COMPENSATE FOR THEIR DRIVERS' FAILINGS
THAT SINKING FEELING (Economy)
LURKING BELOW ROSY REPORTS OF BUSY FACTORIES AND NEW JOBS ARE SIGNS THAT THE ECONOMY IS SLOWING
A CASE OF NERVES (Markets)
MEXICO'S PESO COLLAPSE AND JAPAN'S EARTHQUAKE HELP SPOOK MANY INVESTORS INTO A GLOBAL FLIGHT FROM RISK
LAW
ACCUSED L.I.R.R. KILLER COLIN FERGUSON IS DEFENDING HIMSELF, AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING OF A CRIME
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
WITH HIS PEDIGREE, HIS VISION AND HIS BACKSTAGE EBULLIENCE, GIANCARLO DEL MONACO PROVES HIMSELF A THRILLING DIRECTOR
DEATH AND THE BLUES (The Arts & Media Theater)
IN A VIBRANT BUT FLAWED NEW PLAY, AUGUST WILSON CONTINUES HIS DECADE-BY-DECADE EXPLORATION OF THE BLACK EXPERIENCE
PUSH COMES TO SHOVE (The Arts & Media Culture)
DECRYING A CHOREOGRAPHER FOR MAKING "VICTIM ART," AN ESTEEMED CRITIC STARTS ANOTHER BATTLE IN THE CULTURE WARS
THEY ASKED, SHE TOLD (The Arts & Media Television)
SERVING IN SILENCE, WITH GLENN CLOSE, IS AN UNCONTRIVED ACCOUNT OF A GAY OFFICER'S OUSTER FROM THE MILITARY
A WORLD OF HUMOR AND LOSS (The Arts & Media Books)
GEORGES PEREC WROTE IT; GILBERT ADAIR TRANSLATED IT; AND NOW HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHES A 285-PAGE STORY WITH AN ODD OMISSION
COMPLICATIONS (The Arts & Media Books)
CRIMES OF LOVE, POLITICS AND MEDICINE FLARE IN OLD MANILA
WEAK HEARTS (The Arts & Media Books)
ANGEL ANGEL IS A TOUCHING PORTRAYAL OF A FAMILY'S INERTIA
SEX! CONTROVERSY! BOX OFFICE! (The Arts & Media Cinema)
BASIC ATTRACTION? NO. FATAL INSTINCT? NO. IN DISCLOSURE MICHAEL DOUGLAS AGAIN PLAYS THE VICTIM OF ONE HOT BROAD
GROSSING OUT (The Arts & Media Cinema)
DUMB AND DUMBER SCORES HIGH WITH LOW, LOW COMEDY
EAST OF EDEN, SOUTH OF CANADA (The Arts & Media Cinema)
LEGENDS OF THE FALL IS A SILLY MELODRAMA TRYING TO BE AN EPIC
HURRICANE CAMILLE BLOWS AGAIN (The Arts & Media Books)
CAMILLE PAGLIA'S LATEST COLLECTION IS ONE BLISTERING READ
TANTRIC MASSAGE FOR MR. BLAND (The Arts & Media Books)
ANITA BROOKNER TAKES A DROLL LOOK AT A LOVER'S CON GAME
ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (The Arts & Media Spectacles)
FRANCE'S THEATRE EQUESTRE ZINGARO BEGUILES WITH DARING FEATS AND SPELLBINDING IMAGES
SPECIAL SECTION
WITH AT LEAST $100 BILLION IN DAMAGE, EVEN JAPAN WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO COPE
PEOPLE
ROSE FITZGERALD KENNEDY 1890-1995