Vol. 148 No. 16
NATION
HIS RIVAL DICK GEPHARDT IS EYEING TO TAKE OVER THE HOUSE. BUT HAVE THE DEMOCRATS LEARNED FROM THEIR MISTAKES?
THE AD WARS TURN NASTY (CAMPAIGN '96)
DOLE SLAMS CLINTON ON DRUGS, BUT THE PRESIDENT WINS THE FIRST POLICE ENDORSEMENT EVER FOR A DEMOCRAT
THE GEORGIA PLAYBOOK (THE RACE FOR THE SENATE)
VYING FOR A SENATE SEAT, DEMOCRAT MAX CLELAND REACHES OUT TO MODERATE VOTERS, MAKING LIFE TOUGH FOR THE REPUBLICANS
THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST
MCGEORGE BUNDY, 1919-1996
NAYSAYER TO THE NATTERING NABOBS
SPIRO T. AGNEW, 1918-1996
POLITICS AND PRINCIPLE
THE PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION FIGHT IS BACK, BUT CAN IT REALLY HELP DOLE CUT CLINTON'S DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD?
A THEORY GONE TO THE DOGS
THE TWA FOCUS LOOKS ELSEWHERE AS THE BOMB ANGLE IS SHORT-CIRCUITED BY A STARTLING REVELATION
NEXT: THE ABORTION PILL
DEAR DIARY, I MADE BOMBS
UNABOM INVESTIGATORS UNVEIL THEIR BEST EVIDENCE
WORLD
NOT ONLY FOR BORIS YELTSIN BUT FOR RUSSIA'S STABILITY AS A POLITICAL WAR OF SUCCESSION BREWS
THE AGONY OF VICTORY
UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS WOULD THE COALITION SNAP TOGETHER AGAINST SADDAM--OR FALL APART?
THE SPIES FROM THE SEA
SOUTH KOREA DISCOVERS A COLD WAR SUB PLOT AS ARMED INFILTRATORS FROM THE NORTH RAISE HAVOC ON THE COAST
THE GULF WAR POISONS SEEP OUT
LOST PRISONERS OF WAR: "SOLD DOWN THE RIVER"?
SCIENCE
CORAL ECOSYSTEMS ARE IN DESPERATE TROUBLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD--AND GUESS WHO'S TO BLAME
MARATHON WOMAN (Space)
SHANNON LUCID MAY SET RECORDS IN ORBIT, BUT SHE DOESN'T DO PORTHOLES
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A CLUB DRUG CALLED GHB MAY BE A FATAL APHRODISIAC
SOCIETY
ARE PATIENTS AT RISK WHEN COST-CUTTING HOSPITALS REPLACE NURSES WITH "TECHNICIANS" AT THE BEDSIDE?
PLAYING HARD TO GET
A FAST-SELLING BOOK CALLED THE RULES SETS THE DATING GAME BACK 30 YEARS--BUT FANS SWEAR IT WORKS
SPORT
AS THE POSTSEASON NEARS, THE QUESTION IS, CAN THIS SCRAPPY, SELFLESS TEAM BE THE NEW YORK YANKEES?
TECHNOLOGY
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
WHEN IT COMES TO THE CIA AND DRUGS, ARE THE PARANOIDS ON THE RIGHT TRACK?
PEOPLE
CALL OF THE MILD
EVERY GRUNT YOU EMIT AS YOU STAND OR SIT HELPS NOURISH THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY
Read the story
CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK
THE GAY DIVORCES
SINGING ANOTHER TUNE
MILESTONES
NOTEBOOK
LIKE SHIPS IN THE NIGHT
OUT ON THE BLINK
BUSINESS
THE BIGGEST MUTUAL-FUND COMPANY AND ITS QUIET CHAIRMAN, NED JOHNSON, HAVE THE CASH, TECHNOLOGY AND AMBITION TO EXPAND. THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION, GIVEN RECENT SETBACKS AND DEFECTIONS: WILL THE FUNDS PERF
A QUIET PASSION FOR PERFORMANCE
TAKING STOCK OF FIDELITY'S FUNDS
THE SHELVES OF THE INVESTMENT SUPERMARKET ARE CHOCK-FULL THESE DAYS. FIDELITY HAS A VARIETY OF SUPERIOR FUNDS--BUT SO DO OTHERS
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
BRITAIN'S UNFLINCHING MIKE LEIGH MAY HAVE HIS BIGGEST U.S. HIT YET WITH SECRETS & LIES
THE LUCAS WARS (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)
EVERYONE IN HOLLYWOOD IS DYING TO SIGN UP HIS NEXT SPACE TRILOGY
FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE (The Arts / MUSIC)
GANGSTA-RAP MOGUL "SUGE" KNIGHT FINALLY BREAKS HIS SILENCE ON TUPAC SHAKUR'S UNSOLVED MURDER
DICK MORRIS, BUT PERKIER (The Arts / TELEVISION)
WITH MICHAEL J. FOX AS AN ETHICALLY LAX POLITICAL AIDE, SPIN CITY IS THE SEASON'S BEST NEW SITCOM
PAIN, NO GAIN (The Arts / BOOKS)
A WELFARE MOM'S GRIM TALE OFFERS NO SOLUTIONS
FRANGLAIS SPOKEN HERE (The Arts / BOOKS)
ART BUCHWALD RELIVES HIS CAREER AS A BEMUSED, HEMINGWAY-BAITING COLUMNIST IN '50S PARIS
CLAIRE BLOOM'S COMPLAINT (The Arts / BOOKS)
IN A DISHY NEW MEMOIR, THE ACTRESS UNLOADS ON HER HARROWING MARRIAGE TO NOVELIST PHILIP ROTH
ALL BIG YUKS (The Arts / TELEVISION)
SURPRISINGLY, A FROTHY TV MOVIE FROM JOHN WOO