Vol. 147 No. 19

NATION

MASTER OF THE GAME
THE FORMIDABLE JOHN DEUTCH IS BECOMING THE MOST POWERFUL CIA CHIEF EVER

WHO CAN TAKE HELMS? (CAMPAIGN '96)
TWO NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS VIE FOR THE SPORTING HONOR OF RUNNING AGAINST THE POWERFUL SENATOR

THE BIG FUNK (CAMPAIGN '96)
AS DEMOCRATS RETAKE THE AGENDA AND DOLE STILL STRUGGLES TO CATCH FIRE, THE G.O.P. IS GROWING WORRIED

FISHING FOR CONVERTS (CAMPAIGN '96)

WORLD

THE PALADIN OF JIHAD
FEARLESS AND SUPER-RICH, OSAMA BIN LADEN FINANCES ISLAMIC EXTREMISM. A TIME EXCLUSIVE

ENDING THE PAIN?
THE LEBANON CEASE-FIRE EASES A CRISIS. THE P.L.O. DROPS ITS STANCE AGAINST ISRAEL. DO PEACE AND BROTHERHOOD REIGN IN THE MIDDLE EAST? NOT QUITE

CRUSHING LEBANON'S DREAM

CUTTING OFF THE HEAD
THE RUSSIANS HAVE KILLED CHECHNYA'S SHREWD, RUTHLESS LEADER. THAT MAY BE BAD FOR PEACE AND FOR BORIS YELTSIN

HEALTH & MEDICINE

WHO'S LOOKING AT YOUR FILES? (Medicine)
PRYING EYES FIND COMPUTERIZED HEALTH RECORDS AN INCREASINGLY TEMPTING TARGET

BIG BROTHER WANTS YOU HEALTHY (Medicine)

SOCIETY

THE STALLED REVOLUTION
A PANEL FINDS THAT CORPORATE AND PUBLIC POLICIES HAVE DONE LITTLE TO EASE THE WORK-FAMILY DILEMMA

FROM THE FISTS OF BABES (Crime)
CAN A SIX-YEAR-OLD BE PROSECUTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER? A TRAGIC BEATING TESTS THE LIMITS OF LAW

PIPE DREAMS? (Crime)
AN ALLEGED BOMB FACILITY TRIGGERS OLYMPIC ANXIETY

STYLE & DESIGN

JUST WHAT VEGAS NEEDED (Architecture)
THE WORLD'S TALLEST CASINO, IT MAY ALSO BE THE ANSWER TO AN OLD-STYLE, LOW-RENT VISIONARY'S PRAYERS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

WHOSE GAP IS IT, ANYWAY?
THE GENDER SPLIT IN POLITICS, ONE MIGHT ARGUE, IS THE RESULT OF A MALE FANTASY TRIP

TO OUR READERS

PEOPLE

TURN ON, TUNE IN, TRASH IT!
MOST DECADES HAVE THE GOOD GRACE TO GO AWAY. WHY WON'T THE '60S?

PRISONERS OF STORYTIME (Appreciation)

Read the story

USING YOUR CREDIT CARD ON THE INTERNET

STARR WARS

NOTEBOOK

MILESTONES

FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL

BUSINESS

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
THE BABY BELLS ARE NOW IN THEIR TEENS AND ARE LEARNING TO TEAM UP TO FACE A DEREGULATED FUTURE

ASSEMBLY-LINE SEXISM?
CHARGES OF ABUSING WOMEN--AND ANGRY DENIALS--ROCK A MIDWESTERN MITSUBISHI AUTO PLANT

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

SOME GROOVE (Books)
WITH HER NEW BOOK, MONEY AND MAN, IS TERRY MCMILLAN GOING ALL HAPPY ON US?

IS IT TAPS FOR BROADWAY? (Theater)
THE MUSICAL NEWS AS THE THEATER SEASON WINDS DOWN: BRING IN 'DA NOISE HAS POWER TO SPARE; BIG, ALAS, IS TOO MUCH SO

WHAT PRICE CAMELOT? (Arts & Media)
AN AUCTION OF JACKIE KENNEDY'S PERSONAL BELONGINGS DRAWS THRONGS EAGER TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR HISTORY

ALL-AMERICAN BARBARIC YAWP (The Arts / ART)
RAUCOUS, CORNY, SOMETIMES BRILLIANT, ED KIENHOLZ ASSEMBLED JUNK INTO POWERFUL METAPHORS

O.K., LADIES--GET REAL! (The Arts / CINEMA)
THREE GLAMOROUS MOVIE STARS, THREE APPROACHES TO ACTING

HEROIC JACKIE, TACKY JACKIE (Arts & Media)

THE TAXMAN COMETH (Arts & Media)