Vol. 145 No.

NATION

THE POINT OF NO RETURN (Taxes)
AS A HELLISH TAX SEASON ENDS, POLITICIANS PROPOSE RADICAL OVERHAULS OF THE WAY AMERICANS PAY FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT

AN UNWHOLE NEW BALL GAME (Labor)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS BACK, BUT WITH A SHORTENED SEASON, A CAMP FOR THE UNEMPLOYED, AND STILL NO DEAL

TAX CUTS AND CIRCUSES (Taxes)
AS THE 100 DAYS END, REPUBLICANS ARE TORN BETWEEN CONFLICTING IDEALS

WORLD

DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON (The Philippines)
A RAID BY SEPARATIST MUSLIMS LEAVES A PROVINCIAL TOWN IN RUINS

WAR & TERRORISM

ALL HANDS ON DECK (Military)
A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT OF MEN AND WOMEN ABOARD THE U.S.S. EISENHOWER

SOCIETY

WHATEVER EDGAR WANTS (Takeovers)
SEAGRAM'S HEIR WILL TRY TO GET. NOW HE'S MAKING HIS OWN MOVIE MELODRAMA: THE TAKING OF MCA

A NEW TOUCH OF CLASS (Fashion)
FASHION AFTER YEARS OF DRIVING WOMEN AWAY WITH GIMMICKS AND EXCESS, THE LATEST TURN IN FASHION IS -- SURPRISE! -- BACK TO ELEGANT, WEARABLE CLOTHES

THE RUNWAY GIRLS TAKE OFF (Fashion)
LITHE BUT CLEARLY NOT LAZY, SUPERMODELS HAVE BECOME FULL-SERVICE CELEBRITIES FOR THE '90S

MEMORY ON TRIAL (Behavior)
IN A CLOSELY WATCHED CASE, A JUDGE WILL RULE ON THE CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES WHO REPRESS AND THEN REMEMBER INCIDENTS OF RAPE, INCEST AND MURDER

THE MUSE AND THE MASTER (Fashion)

TECHNOLOGY

BACK TO THE REAL WORLD
NEW BOOKS FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION URGE CYBERSPACE CADETS TO GET A LIFE

THE DEVIL IN THE NETWORK (The Internet)
A PROGRAM CALLED SATAN, WHICH THREATENED TO POKE HOLES IN CYBERSPACE, MAY PLUG THEM INSTEAD

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CRAZY? HEY, YOU NEVER KNOW (Dispatches)

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BUSINESS

WILL MURDOCH BE OUTFOXED?
A LITTLE-NOTICED FEDERAL PROBE HAS STALLED THE MOGUL'S U.S. EMPIRE-AND PERHAPS IMPERILED IT

TALES FROM THE ELEVATOR (Corporations)
TWO WOMEN FILL IN DETAILS OF SEXUAL-HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE FORMER CHIEF OF W.R. GRACE

EDUCATION

PLAYING THE NUMBERS
THE CLOUT OF COLLEGE GUIDEBOOKS IS TEMPTING SOME SCHOOLS TO PULL RANK BY INFLATING SAT AVERAGES

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

PAINTING THE TOWN BLUE (Music)
A NEW CROP OF YOUNG ROCKERS IS DISCOVERING THAT FOR ANGST AND EXISTENTIAL MISERY, THERE'S NOTHING QUITE LIKE THE BLUES

HOW HIGH THE MOO? (Books)
JANE SMILEY SKEWERS COLLEGE LIFE AND PORK BY-PRODUCTS

PECULIAR BUT GRAND (The Arts & Media)
UNKNOWN OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA, THE PROUD AND ISOLATED IAN FAIRWEATHER BRILLIANTLY MIXED THE STYLES OF EAST AND WEST

WHEN HARRY MET TEDDY (The Arts & Media)
TIME EDITOR HENRY LUCE AND PRIZED REPORTER THEODORE WHITE WERE,A NEW BOOK REVEALS, PERHAPS JOURNALISM'S ODDEST COUPLE

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