Vol. 148 No. 4
NATION
SPECIOUS CLAIMS AND STRANGE MASCOTS HAVE TURNED THE RACE TO FARCE AT TIMES. BUT THERE ARE SERIOUS LESSONS TOO. WILL THE CANDIDATES LEARN THEM?
A REAL CANDIDATE OR PEROT'S SACRIFICIAL LAMM? (CAMPAIGN '96)
A NEST OF VIPERS
FEW HAD HEARD OF THE PARAMILITARY GROUP. ARE THERE MORE LIKE THEM AROUND?
WORLD
THE SECRET STORY OF HOW FOUR U.S. ADVISERS USED POLLS, FOCUS GROUPS, NEGATIVE ADS AND ALL THE OTHER TECHNIQUES OF AMERICAN CAMPAIGNING TO HELP BORIS YELTSIN WIN
YELTSIN CAN GET RE-ELECTED, BUT IS HE ABLE TO GOVERN? (EXCLUSIVE)
SCIENCE
LOCKHEED MARTIN, NOT NASA, WILL CONSTRUCT THE SPACESHIP OF THE FUTURE--IF WALL STREET BUYS IT
THE FLOWERING CRISIS (Environment)
A PRECIPITOUS DECLINE IN HONEYBEE COLONIES HAS FOCUSED ATTENTION ON OTHER, "FORGOTTEN" POLLINATORS
HEALTH & MEDICINE
THE FDA ENCOURAGES THE EMERGENCY USE OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES UP TO 72 HOURS AFTER UNPROTECTED SEX
BERRY PUZZLING (Health)
THIS SUMMER'S STOMACH BUG IS STILL ON THE LAM
SPORT
HERE THEY COME, 2 MILLION PEOPLE, TO SEE IF ATLANTA IS A PROPER HOST FOR THE SUMMER GAMES
NO PAYNE, NO GAMES (The Olympics)
THE CHARISMATIC LEADER WHO WON THE OLYMPICS FOR HIS CITY IS POISED ON THE EDGE OF THE PROMISED LAND
TECHNOLOGY
A GENERATION AFTER THE TOFFLERS' FUTURE SHOCK, PROFESSIONAL PROGNOSTICATORS SEE NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
PEOPLE
SHOWTIME IN THE TUNNELPLEX
A VISITOR TO VIETNAM UNEARTHS A CINEMA FOOTNOTE TO A LONG-AGO WAR
Read the story
NEW LOWS FOR NEWS
MILESTONES
NOTEBOOK
ALL PUFFED UP
BUSINESS
GROWTH SOARS, UNEMPLOYMENT PLUNGES. GREAT! BUT WILL INFLATION EAT UP THE GAINS? THE ODDS SEEM AGAINST IT, BUT TRY TELLING WALL STREET
LABOR'S YOUTH BRIGADE
IN 1964 "FREEDOM SUMMER" VOLUNTEERS FLOODED THE SOUTH. NOW "UNION SUMMER" PUTS YOUNG ACTIVISTS ON THE JOB
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
HARROWING AND HILARIOUS, THE SCOTTISH TRAINSPOTTING BRINGS ITS CONTROVERSIAL TAKE ON DRUG ADDICTION TO AMERICAN MOVIE SCREENS
THE NEXT BRIT BRIGHT STAR (The Arts / CINEMA)
"IT HURTS SO MUCH" (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)
MARGAUX HEMINGWAY INHERITED GOOD LOOKS AND FAMILY FAME BUT DIED WITH NO IDENTITY OF HER OWN
TONI'S SECRET WORLD (The Arts / MUSIC)
HOW DID A SHY MINISTER'S KID BECOME ONE OF THE SULTRIEST SINGERS AROUND? TONI BRAXTON TELLS ALL
AN ASSAULT ON RECOVERY (The Arts / BOOKS)
LEAVING LAS VEGAS AUTHOR JOHN O'BRIEN LEFT BEHIND ANOTHER DARK TALE OF THE DRINKING LIFE
MISPLACED CONFIDENCES (The Arts / BOOKS)
A WHODUNIT IS DONE IN BY A WHINY HEROINE