Vol. 145 No.
COVER
BOB DOLE'S BROADSIDE AGAINST SEX AND VIOLENCE IN POPULAR CULTURE SETS OFF A FURIOUS DEBATE ON RESPONSIBILITY
TOUGH TALK ON ENTERTAINMENT (Cover Stories Time Forum)
EVERYBODY AGREES IT'S VULGAR AND VIOLENT. THE QUESTION IS WHY, AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT
A COMPANY UNDER FIRE (Cover Stories)
TARGETED AS THE CHIEF CULTURAL OFFENDER, TIME WARNER STRUGGLES TO DEFINE ITSELF
NO, BUT HE READ THE POLLS (Cover Stories)
NATION
SEEKING TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM, FEMALE SPIES SUE THE CIA FOR DISCRIMINATION
HOME FIRES SPUTTERING (Politics)
BACK IN THEIR DISTRICS, REPUBLICAN FRESHMEN FIND NERVOUSNESS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF BUDGET CUTS
THE MAN ON THE LINE (Policy)
OFTEN DERIDED LARRY PRESSLER LEADS THE SENATE'S EFFORT TO RESHAPE THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
WORLD
THE CEASE-FIRE MAY HAVE HALTED THE KILLINGS, BUT THE HARD MEN ARE STILL PREYING ON THEIR COMMUNITIES
ENGINEER OF DOOM (Japan)
CULT LEADER SHOKO ASAHARA DIDN'T JUST FORECAST ARMAGEDDON, HE PLANNED IT
UNSHAKABLE VACILLATION (Bosnia)
THE SERBS RELEASE HOSTAGES, BUT DOWN A U.S. PLANE; THE U.S. OFFERS TROOPS, THEN RENEGES; AND NATO DOES LESS BY DOING MORE
NO PEACE FOR THE PEACEKEEPERS (Bosnia)
SCIENCE
A DNA TRANSPLANT MADE THESE MALE FRUIT FLIES TURN AWAY FROM FEMALES. WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF HOMOSEXUALITY?
TECHNOLOGY
TO GET AROUND U.S. GAMBLING LAWS, THE FIRST ONLINE CASINOS ARE SETTING UP THEIR CARD TABLES OFFSHORE
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THE WEEK
MAY 28-JUNE 3
MILESTONES
A SOLUTION IN THREE PARTS
WINNERS & LOSERS
EDUCATION
HERE'S THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THAT RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATE: A COMPLETE SET OF SPEAKERS
LAW
A COTTAGE INDUSTRY IN O.J. SIMPSON BOOKS MAKES PUBLISHERS HAPPY BUT MAY JEOPARDIZE THE TRIAL
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
WITH ITS MERCURIAL FOUNDER IN EXILE, CHARLESTON'S SPOLETO FESTIVAL GROWS UP, BRANCHES OUT AND CATCHES ON
LOVE IS MORE IMPORTANT (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
A SUPERB FRENCH DRAMA REDISCOVERS TEEN RAPTURE
CAROUSING WOMEN (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
THE FINAL EPISODES OF THE HIT BRIT-COM ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS ARE ABOUT TO AIR IN THE U.S.--NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON
THE WRONG WRIGHT? (The Arts & Media / ARCHITECTURE)
MORE THAN 50 YEARS AFTER HE FIRST CONCEIVED IT, A DESIGN BY AMERICA'S MASTER BUILDER IS RAISING A RUCKUS IN HIS HOME STATE
A FLOOR PLAN OF THE HEART (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
ALAIN DE BOTTON'S NEW NOVEL TAKES A RIGHT ANGLE ON LOVE
THE CLINICIAN OF EXCESS (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
AS A NEW BIOGRAPHY SHOWS, THE LIFE OF ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, LIKE HIS X-RATED PHOTOGRAPHS, WAS NOT A PRETTY PICTURE
CASPER THE FRIENDLY CORPSE (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
JOLLY AND JOKEY ON ITS SLICK SURFACE, THE NEW KIDS' HIT IS ALSO A FABLE ABOUT CHILDREN'S FASCINATION WITH DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE
LIVE WIRES (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
AN ANCIENT MYTH IS GIVEN A CYBER-UPDATE IN GALATEA 2.2