Vol. 149 No. 2

NATION

WHO KILLED THIS CHILD?
THE MURDER OF THE YOUNG DAUGHTER OF A PROMINENT COLORADO COUPLE PROMPTS SHOCK AND SPECULATION

HOUSE SQUEAKER
GINGRICH WORKED THE PHONE HARD TO SAVE HIS JOB, BUT NO MATTER WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE FOR SPEAKER, HIS INFLUENCE IS ALREADY GREATLY DIMINISHED

NO RETURN ADDRESS
WHO IS MAILING LETTER BOMBS TO AMERICA?

THE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST NEWT
THE FIRST THREE CHARGES ARE NOW BEFORE THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE. THE FOURTH HAS OFTEN BEEN RAISED BY DEMOCRATS IN RECENT WEEKS

THE REVOLUTION GOES GOOEY

WATER WORLD
HOW THE WEST WAS BATTERED, NOT TO MENTION FLOODED AND SNOWED IN

WORLD

SORRY FOR THE INTRUSION
NORTH KOREA'S UNCHARACTERISTIC APOLOGY COULD SIGNAL AN END TO DECADES OF HOSTILITY. MAYBE

WITH PEACE IN THE CROSS FIRE
A DISTURBED GUNMAN IN A HEBRON MARKETPLACE FAILS TO DISRUPT TALKS, BUT ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATING TACTICS AGAIN RESULT IN AN IMPASSE

SOCIETY

EBONICS ACCORDING TO BUCKWHEAT
A NEW FUROR OVER BLACK ENGLISH PROVOKES SOME STEREOTYPICAL THINKING

IS THERE A RIGHT TO DIE?
THE SUPREME COURT WEIGHS AN ISSUE THAT MAY PROVE TO BE AS CONTENTIOUS--AND ETHICALLY MURKY--AS ABORTION RIGHTS

SPORT

AMERICA'S REAL TEAM
FORGET THE COWBOYS. THE PACK IS BACK, NOT ONLY IN THE HUNT FOR THE SUPER BOWL BUT ALSO IN OUR HEARTS

NOTEBOOK

DEEP POCKET, SHORT REACH

MILESTONES (MILESTONES)

NOTEBOOK

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

HOORAY FOR BILL GATES...I GUESS
IN WHICH MR. BADGER ADVISES MR. TOAD TO LIGHT THE CANDLES AND READ BOOKS

TO OUR READERS

BUSINESS

BIZWATCH (BIZWATCH)

IN SEARCH OF THE REAL BILL GATES

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

FLYING LESSON (The Arts / BOOKS)
"NEW" STORIES FROM THE AUTHOR OF INVISIBLE MAN

HIDE AND GO SUE (The Arts / PRESS)
WILL FOOD LION'S LAWSUIT AGAINST PRIMETIME LIVE SQUELCH TV'S AGGRESSIVE UNDERCOVER REPORTERS?

MRS. MILLER IS NOW HAMLET'S MOM (The Arts / CINEMA)

NOTES ON NETIQUETTE (The Arts / BOOKS)
MISS MANNERS ENTERS CYBERSPACE AND CONFRONTS THE FAX. GENTLE READER IS ADVISED NOT TO FLAME

SWAMI, MEET GARBO (The Arts / BOOKS)
IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE BOTH HOLY MAN AND HOLLYWOOD BON VIVANT? CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD DID HIS BEST

THE WHOLE DANE THING (The Arts / CINEMA)
AT FOUR HOURS, BRANAGH'S HAMLET IS A BRISK AFFAIR

FELLINI GO HOME! (The Arts / CINEMA)
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILMS HAVE LOST THEIR ONCE BIG U.S. AUDIENCE. PERCHE? (SUBTITLE: WHY?)

PEOPLE

PEOPLE

LETTERS

LETTERS