Vol. 148 No. 19
NATION
THIS YEAR MORE THAN EVER, CANDIDATES GET HELP FROM SPECIAL-INTEREST GROUPS THAT S-T-R-E-T-C-H THE RULES
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
TASTING VICTORY, MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION ARE PLOTTING THEIR CAREER MOVES. HERE'S THE LATEST THINKING
FROM SAVIOR TO SCAPEGOAT (CAMPAIGN '96)
DISPIRITED BY DOLE, REPUBLICANS HAD PUT THEIR HOPES ON HIS ENERGETIC RUNNING MATE. BUT THEN THEY WATCHED HIM DEBATE
WILL TEXAS PULL A HOLDUP? (THE RACE FOR THE HOUSE)
THE STATE'S ELECTION WAS THROWN INTO OVERTIME, SO WHO WINS THE HOUSE MIGHT NOT BE KNOWN ON NOV. 5
JUSTICE, TALK RADIO-STYLE
AFTER HEARING AN EMOTIONAL BROADCAST ABOUT A GIRL'S KILLING, AN INMATE MURDERS THE MAN RESPONSIBLE
CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK (Campaign Notebook)
WORLD
IN A CRITICAL ELECTION, ALL JAPAN IS OUT TO TAME THE SCLEROTIC BUREAUCRATS AT LAST
THE SPLIT PEACE PRIZE PAIR (NOBEL PRIZES)
A NOBEL RENEWS THE SPOTLIGHT ON EAST TIMOR, BUT THE WINNERS ARE DIVIDED ON THE ISLAND'S FUTURE
"I AM VERY, VERY, VERY UPSET"
EGYPT'S PRESIDENT ON DEALING WITH ISRAEL
SCIENCE
TWO BRITONS, A SWISS, AN AUSTRALIAN AND SIX AMERICANS WIN THIS YEAR'S $1.12 MILLION PRIZES IN SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS
OFFERING A HEALING HAND
RELIGIOUS GROUPS CAN BOLSTER THE HEALTH OF THEIR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
NOTEBOOK
NO MORE TEACHERS' SILLY RULES
DON'T COUNT THAT VOTE!
MILESTONES (MILESTONES)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
TO OUR READERS
TOTE THAT BALL, LIFT THAT REVENUE
WHY NOT PAY COLLEGE ATHLETES, WHO PUT IN LONG HOURS TO FILL STADIUMS--AND COFFERS?
CONTRIBUTORS (Contributors)
TO OUR READERS
BUSINESS
AN ICON OF THE FIRST O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL RETURNS
TIME FOR TURNER
IN BUYING TURNER BROADCASTING, TIME WARNER'S JERRY LEVIN GOT WHAT HE ALWAYS WANTED. BUT IN TED, DID HE GET MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR?
HOW I LEARNED TO HATE THE DOW
EVERYONE LOVES THE STOCK MARKET, BUT IT MAY BE TOO POPULAR FOR ITS OWN GOOD
BIZWATCH (BIZWATCH)
THE NEWS WARS
ON TV AND RADIO, IN PRINT AND OVER THE INTERNET, NEWS IS EVERYWHERE. BUT ARE WE BETTER INFORMED OR JUST OVERWHELMED?
TUNE OUT, TURN OFF, ZONE OUT?
READ ALL ABOUT IT
THE BIGGEST STORY IN THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY THESE DAYS IS ABOUT DOWNSIZING, COST SLASHING AND CUTTHROAT COMPETITION. WILL THE DAILIES SURVIVE?
MAN BITES WEB
INFORMATION ONLINE IS A DIFFERENT BEAST THAT WON'T DEVOUR THE NEWS
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
SWEET GEENA DAVIS KICKS CIA BUTT IN A NIFTY THRILLER
FIRST-CLASS FLYERS (The Arts / MUSIC)
ADAM DURITZ HAS CONQUERED HIS WRITER'S BLOCK, AND COUNTING CROWS IS BACK WITH AN ALBUM THAT SOARS
IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT (The Arts / CINEMA)
INSPIRED BY ITS MESSAGE, BLACK MEN FINANCE SPIKE LEE'S FILM ABOUT THE MILLION MAN MARCH
ALL NEW TRIALS BY FIRE (The Arts / TELEVISION)
MURDER ONE'S LATEST DEFENSE TACTICS INCLUDE A SEXIER STAR AND MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD CASES
MEN BEHAVING COOLLY (The Arts / CINEMA)
A RETRO ROMANCE FILLED WITH WIT, CRAFT AND HEART
MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE (The Arts)
THE RERELEASE OF VERTIGO REVEALS THE HOPELESSNESS OF MODERN ROMANCE
SHOTS THROUGH THE HEART (The Arts / PHOTOGRAPHY)
A NAN GOLDIN RETROSPECTIVE AFFIRMS THAT IN EAST VILLAGE LOFTS OR EAST ASIAN DRAG CLUBS, SHE'S DEEPLY ABSORBED BY HER OWN WORLD. MAYBE TOO DEEPLY
BACK ON THE RECORD (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)
NO JOKE--COMEDY ALBUMS ARE THRIVING AGAIN
SURVIVING IN DIGITAL TIMES (The Arts / BOOKS)
IF ANDY GROVE'S DANDY HOW-TO DOESN'T HELP, MAYBE A RABBIT'S FOOT WILL
LOST HERITAGE (The Arts / BOOKS)
RAGE SOURS THE ELOQUENT NOVEL INDIAN KILLER