Vol. 145 No. 6

NATION

OF BARBS AND BARBRA (Public Eye)

MAKING BOOK ON CLINTON (Politics)

EYES ON THE PRIZE (Politics)
AS OTHER REPUBLICANS MAKE PLANS, BOB DOLE REVS UP HIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE

NEWT INC. (Lobbying)
A GINGRICH-FRIENDLY FOUNDATION COMES UNDER ETHICAL SCRUTINY

D.C.--DISTRICT OF CALAMITIES (The States)

DEVOLVE AND CONQUER (The States)
NO LONGER SUPPLICANTS, GOVERNORS ARE FAST BECOMING THE HEROES OF THE NEW POLITICAL ORDER

WORLD

DON'T PANIC: HERE COMES BAILOUT BILL (Mexico)
FACED WITH A RECALCITRANT CONGRESS, CLINTON PUTS TOGETHER HIS OWN PACKAGE OF MEXICAN LOANS AND HOPES THE CURE WILL STICK

RHINE, RHINE GO AWAY (Europe)
EUROPE'S RIVERS RAMPAGE IN THE CENTURY'S HEAVIEST FLOODS, STRAINING DIKES TO THE BREAKING POINT

SOAKED IN BLOOD (Russia)
AMID THE WRECKAGE OF THE CHECHEN CITY OF GROZNY, ONLY DEATH AND DESTRUCTION PREVAIL

ALL TOGETHER NOW (Middle East)
IN A SYMBOLIC AND DESPERATE SUMMIT, PEACEMAKERS SOLVE NOTHING BUT AGREE TO KEEP ON TALKING

RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE (Conflicts)
PERU AND ECUADOR SQUARE OFF IN A LONG-STANDING TERRITORIAL DISPUTE, BUT NO ONE IS EXACTLY SURE WHY

IS ZEDILLO SUFFERING A MELTDOWN? (Mexico)

A GREAT FIND? (Egypt)
CLAIMS AND DOUBTS ABOUT ALEXANDER'S BURIAL PLACE

SCIENCE

BEHOLD THE STONE AGE
POWERFUL PAINTINGS IN A LONG-HIDDEN CAVE OFFER GLIMPSES INTO THE MINDS OF OUR EARLY ANCESTORS

ANCIENT ODYSSEYS
AS EARLY HUMANS MIGRATED AROUND THE GLOBE, IMAGE MAKING SPREAD RAPIDLY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

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HISTORY HIJACKED

THE WEEK
JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4

LET'S SCRAP THE N.A.A.C.P. (Dividing Line)

MILESTONES

THE FATAL SHORE (Tragedy)
NATURE INTERVENES AS A FAMILY ATTEMPTS TO MOURN

WINNERS & LOSERS

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THE WEEK
JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4

NIGHT OF THE ``CHRIST BOMBS''

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MILESTONES

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ONE OF EACH
A CLEVER NOVEL EXPLORES THE MONOMANIA OF COLLECTING

WHEN LOVE ISN'T ENOUGH
SHOULD THE STATE TAKE CHILDREN FROM A CARING, MIXED-UP MOM?

THE CYCLONE
ON CONEY ISLAND, THE LIVES OF BASKETBALLERS SOAR AND FALL

TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION
WINONA RYDER STARS IN LITTLE WOMEN, AN ENTRANCING VERSION OF A CLASSIC THAT, DESPITE ITS GENTILITY, SPEAKS RIGHT TO OUR TIME

FINANCIAL PANIC IN LATIN AMERICA

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WIRED DEMOCRACY

WIRED DEMOCRACY

LAW

TEARS AND DREAMS (Justice)
IN A DRAMATIC WEEK, DEFENSE MISSTEPS AND HARSH PROSECUTION TESTIMONY TARNISH A CELEBRITY ICON

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

JACKIE CAN! (The Arts & Media Cinema)
DO DEATH-DEFYING STUNTS! BREAK ALL HIS BONES! REIGN AS ASIA'S NO. 1 STAR!

WHEN CHICAGO WAS HEAVEN (The Arts & Media Television)
THE GREAT, LARGELY UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION OF BLACKS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IS MOVINGLY RECOUNTED IN THE PROMISED LAND

MOLIERE LITE (The Arts & Media Theater)
TWO ONE-ACT FARCES BRIGHTEN A LACKLUSTER BROADWAY SEASON

POINT PERFECT (The Arts & Media Dance)
A NEW GENERATION OF DAZZLING BALLERINAS STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT

GENTLEMAN SLAM DUNKER (The Arts & Media Sport)
NASTINESS IS ROUTINE IN THE N.B.A., BUT THE LEAGUE'S MOST POPULAR PLAYER, DETROIT'S GRANT HILL, IS BOTH AN ALL-STAR AND A NICE GUY

MOSES IN SAN FRANCISCO (The Arts & Media Music)
DESPITE AN EFFORT TO TURN HIM INTO A LEGEND, HARVEY MILK WAS NO OTHELLO OR WOTAN, AND HIS LIFE MAKES FOR UNINSPIRED OPERA

LULU'S EROTIC LITTLE SISTER (The Arts & Media Music)
LOLITA, THE LATEST OPERATIC SIREN, STILL NEEDS A COMPOSER

SPECIAL SECTION

MAN THE DIKES! (Disasters)
HIGHEST FLOODS OF THE CENTURY IN EUROPE STRAIN THE DUTCH DEFENSES