Vol. 148 No.

NATION

HIS WAY OR NO WAY
PEROT HAS BEEN LYING LOW, BUT COME FALL, ROSS WILL OPEN HIS WALLET AND PRESTO! HE'LL BE EVERYWHERE

RIPPING UP WELFARE
WITH NOT A LITTLE DRAMA, CLINTON GRUDGINGLY APPROVES THE G.O.P. BILL, AND THE U.S. STARTS A VAST AND RISKY EXPERIMENT

FROM FAME TO INFAMY
THE FBI SIFTS EVIDENCE TO SEE IF A MAN LIONIZED AS A CENTENNIAL PARK HERO COULD BE THE OLYMPIC BOMBER

IF IT WAS A BOMB, THEN WHODUNIT?
THE UNFINISHED SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE IS ALREADY RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT CULPRITS

THE COVERAGE THAT TRAVELS

SOCIETY

SORRY, YOUR TIME IS UP (Ethics)
A CONTROVERSIAL BRITISH LAW TARGETS 3,000 HUMAN EMBRYOS FOR DISPOSAL

SPORT

DOUBLE FAST (The Olympics)
LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE IN ATLANTA AS MICHAEL JOHNSON BECOMES THE FIRST MAN IN OLYMPIC HISTORY TO WIN BOTH THE 400 AND 200--THE LATTER RACE IN WORLD-RECORD TIME

THE GIRLS OF SUMMER (The Olympics)
WHO NEEDS THE DREAM TEAM? AMERICA'S FEMALE SQUADS WERE THE GAMES' HOTTEST ACTS

THE GAMES TRIUMPHANT (The Olympics)
FINALLY THE PURE GLORY OF SPORT ECLIPSES ATLANTA'S AFFLICTIONS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

WITHOUT A CLUE
WHY CONGRESS BALKS AT A METHOD FOR TRACING BOMBS

THE BIRDMAN OF AMERICA
ROGER TORY PETERSON: 1908-1996

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
IF IT'S MIDDLE-AGED URBAN WOMEN VS. BEARS, BET ON THE BEARS

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DOLE: THE MOVIE, PART II

MILESTONES

NOTEBOOK

COALITION CHAMELEON

NUN BUT THE BRAVE

BUSINESS

THE BIGGEST THING SINCE COLOR?
READY OR NOT, COMPUTER AND TELEVISION MAKERS ARE RACING TO BRING THE INTERNET TO THE BOOB TUBE

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER (The Arts / MUSIC)
SUBLIME COULD BE ROCK'S NEXT BIG THING--EXCEPT THE GROUP'S LEAD SINGER IS ALREADY DEAD FROM AN OVERDOSE

IT'S A SKA WORLD AFTER ALL (The Arts / MUSIC)

DOLE'S BOMB SQUAD (The Arts / CINEMA)
VIRTUECRATS NOTWITHSTANDING, IT'S BEEN A TOUGH SUMMER FOR KID-FRIENDLY MOVIES

HER MASTER'S VOICE (The Arts / BOOKS)
NIXON IS BACK YET AGAIN, SETTLING OLD SCORES AND SERVING NEW POLITICAL DISH IN AN UNUSUAL MEMOIR

BIRDS DO IT, CREEPS DO IT (The Arts / BOOKS)
IN SEX AND THE CITY, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE MATE AND THE RESULTS ARE UGLY

RECESS YET? (The Arts / CINEMA)
JACK COULD USE A BREAK FROM DEEP THINKING