Vol. 145 No. 11
COVER
THE NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP--AND THE POLITICIANS WON'T OWN UP. THE ONLY WAY TO AVERT DISASTER IS TO START CHANGING THE SYSTEM NOW
HOW CHILE GOT IT RIGHT
NATION
TURNING BACK THE CLOCK (Politics)
THE GOVERNMENT'S AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION PROGRAMS ARE UNDER SCRUTINY AND NOT LIKELY TO SURVIVE INTACT
PROMISES TO KEEP (Republicans)
CHECKS AND BALANCES-AND POLITICS-CONFOUND THE BRAVE NEWT WORLD
WORLD
TUDJMAN'S PLAN TO EXPEL U.N. PEACEKEEPERS THREATENS THE WORST BALKAN WAR YET--UNLESS HE RELENTS
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Russia)
YELTSIN AND HIS CRITICS VIE FOR THE TITLE OF LAW-AND-ORDER CHAMPION
WHEN THE BARBARIANS OVERRUN THE STREETS (Pakistan)
THE INTERNECINE FEUDS OF KARACHI CLAIM THE LIVES OF TWO U.S. EMBASSY EMPLOYEES IN A SUDDEN AMBUSH
THE WEST IS WILD AGAIN (Insurgencies)
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS FACED WITH LOCALITIES WILLING TO FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS THEIR LAND
BLOODY DAYS, SAVAGE NIGHTS (Algeria)
UNDER OFFICIAL PROTECTION, JOURNALISTS GET A RARE GLIMPSE INTO A VICIOUS WAR THAT PITS ISLAMIC VIOLENCE AGAINST GOVERNMENT REPRESSION, ALL WAGED IN PRIVATE
SCIENCE
A CHUNK THE SIZE OF A SMALL COUNTRY BREAKS OFF FROM ANTARCTICA, AS THE LONG-FROZEN CONTINENT HEATS UP
SOCIETY
A SHOCKING MURDER HIGHLIGHTS THE CORRUPTION AMONG NEW ORLEANS' UNDERPAID POLICE FORCE
COPS AND ROBBERS (Crime)
A SHOCKING MURDER HIGHLIGHTS THE CORRUPTION AMONG NEW ORLEANS' UNDERPAID POLICE FORCE
COPS AND ROBBERS (Crime)
A SHOCKING MURDER HIGHLIGHTS THE CORRUPTION AMONG NEW ORLEANS' UNDERPAID POLICE FORCE
COPS AND ROBBERS (Crime)
A SHOCKING MURDER HIGHLIGHTS THE CORRUPTION AMONG NEW ORLEANS' UNDERPAID POLICE FORCE
TECHNOLOGY
CIA OPERATIVES NOW HAVE INSTANT ONLINE ACCESS TO THE AGENCY'S SECRET FILES
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
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MORE AIR GOES OUT OF BASEBALL
THE WEEK
MARCH 5-11
MILESTONES
WINNERS & LOSERS
ONE MORE REASON TO HATE LAWYERS
UNDESIGNATED DIRECTOR
AFTER HIS NOMINEE TO HEAD THE AGENCY BOWS OUT, CLINTON CALLS ON A MAN WHO TURNED DOWN THE JOB
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BUSINESS
A RUN ON THE DOLLAR SENDS IT CRASHING TO NEW LOWS AND FURTHER REDUCES ITS ROLE AS THE WORLD'S LEADING CURRENCY
LAW
WHILE WASHINGTON DEBATES RULES ABOUT LITIGATION, DOWN IN ALABAMA, THE LAWSUITS GROW THICK AND WILD
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
NEUROLOGIST-ESSAYIST OLIVER SACKS IS A MASTER AT BLENDING SCIENCE WITH OLD-FASHIONED STORYTELLING
HOLLOW PITY, EMPTY TERROR (The Arts & Media Cinema)
A DIRGE IN THREE MOVEMENTS ON THE CAPRICIOUSNESS OF DEATH
FROM EMERALD TO GOLD (The Arts & Media Music)
AFTER THREE DECADES OF CULT STATUS AS AN IRISH FOLK BAND, THE CHIEFTAINS HAVE A HIT WITH HELP FROM MICK JAGGER AND STING
THIS VIRUS ISN'T CATCHING (The Arts & Media Cinema)
OUTBREAK IS A PALLID EPIC ABOUT AN APPALLING EPIDEMIC
THE HUMOR OF BILE AND BITE (The Arts & Media Theater)
SUICIDAL URGES AND SEXUAL PUT-DOWNS MARK A TRIO OF SHORT WORKS BY DAVID MAMET, ELAINE MAY AND WOODY ALLEN
FRIENDS AND LAYABOUTS (The Arts & Media Television)
IN THE NEW, POST-SEINFELD SITCOM WORLD, TWENTYSOMETHINGS SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME PRACTICING THE ART OF INDOLENCE
IN FROM THE COLD WAR (The Arts & Media Books)
JOHN LE CARRE'S IRRESISTIBLE NEW NOVEL DISPATCHES TWO EX-SPIES AND A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN INTO LITERAL AND ETHICAL RUBBLE