Vol. 147 No. 21
NATION
THERE'S NO MAGIC RECIPE FOR A VICE PRESIDENT. BUT DOLE'S ADVISERS DREAM OF SOMEONE CATHOLIC, ANTIABORTION, YOUNG AND, ABOVE ALL, WILLING
CAN LIDDY SAVE BOB'S CAMPAIGN? (CAMPAIGN '96)
THE SCREEN TEST (ISSUES '96)
WILL PROVIDING CANDIDATES FREE ACCESS TO THE AIRWAVES ENNOBLE THE DEBATE AND INSPIRE VOTERS?
DEATH IN THE EVERGLADES
THE FATAL CRASH OF A VALUJET PLANE WITH 109 PEOPLE ABOARD RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT NO-FRILLS FLYING
WORLD
PERES AND NETANYAHU WOO THE UNDECIDED MIDDLE WHO WILL CHOOSE ISRAEL'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER
QANA: WAS THE ATTACK DELIBERATE?
SCIENCE
ARMED WITH POWERFUL COMPUTERS, DOPPLER RADAR AND PLENTY OF NERVE, METEOROLOGISTS ARE GETTING A HANDLE ON NATURE'S MOST TERRIFYING STORMS
BOX-OFFICE BLOWHARD
GET AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS!
HEALTH & MEDICINE
STUDIES SUGGEST THERE MAY BE A NEW AND PAINLESS WAY TO DEAL WITH MAN'S MOST EMBARRASSING PROBLEM
TECHNOLOGY
NINTENDO'S GAMBLE ON A 64-BIT VIDEO-GAME PLAYER JUST MAY PAY OFF
THE SPIELBERG OF VIDEO GAMES
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
SOME OF THOSE PLEDGED TO MAKE THE DAYTON ACCORDS SUCCEED ARE FALTERING
FEAR OF INFLATION IS STIFLING THE NATION
AN OUTDATED OBSESSION IS DEPRIVING US OF GREATER WEALTH
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EVERYTHING THAT COULD GO WRONG... (Ideas)
A HISTORIAN EXPLAINS WHY THE TECHNOLOGICAL SNAFU WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US
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I AM A TIP-TOP STARLET
IN WHICH SOMETHING IS LOST, BUT MUCH IS GAINED, IN THE TRANSLATION
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THE NEW WAVE
MILESTONES
NOTEBOOK
OLYMPIC MONITOR
TRUTH IN MEMORY
OMISSION OF F.D.R.'S HANDICAP IS A CRIME AGAINST HIS SPIRIT
FUEL FOR THOUGHT
BUSINESS
AT A COMMAND PERFORMANCE IN WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT CLINTON ASKS BUSINESS LEADERS TO DO MORE FOR THEIR WORKERS
LAW
A MICHIGAN COUPLE IS FINED FOR A SON'S CRIMES
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
FOX HAS A FLEDGLING SUNDAY SHOW AND BIG PLANS. BUT IN TV NEWS, RUPERT MURDOCH STILL HAS LOTS TO PROVE
BRAINSTORM: WHAT IF TV SPORTS WERE FUN? (The Arts / TELEVISION)
THE RETURN OF THE B-SIDE (The Arts / MUSIC)
MUSICIANS, PERHAPS NOSTALGIC FOR THE DAYS OF VINYL 45S, ARE EMBRACING CD SINGLES AND LOADING THEM WITH EXTRA TRACKS
SYBIL IN A WONDERBRA (The Arts / TELEVISION)
A NEW HBO MOVIE TELLS US MARILYN MONROE WASN'T ONE WOMAN BUT TWO
BEFORE THE NETWORK FALL (The Arts / BOOKS)
EDWARD R. MURROW AND HIS PROTEGES PIONEERED BROADCAST JOURNALISM. A NEW BOOK TELLS HOW THEIR LEGACY WAS FUMBLED
THE DIVISION OF TONGUES (The Arts / BOOKS)
AFTER THE VICTORIAN ENCHANTMENTS AND RUNAWAY SUCCESS OF POSSESSION, A.S. BYATT TURNS TO MODERN, MESSIER OBSESSIONS
TWIN TERRORS (The Arts / THEATER)
IN TWO ASTRINGENT REVIVALS, THE PLAYWRIGHTS ARE THE STARS
GO FISH (The Arts / CINEMA)
WILLY--NO, FLIPPER!--IS BACK, AND ELIJAH WOOD'S GOT HIM
DIM LIGHTS (The Arts / BOOKS)
JAY MCINERNEY'S AMBITIOUS NEW NOVEL COMES UP SHORT