Vol. 150 No. 5

NATION

BOOT CAMP GOES SOFT
EMPATHETIC DRILL SERGEANTS MAKE BASIC TRAINING EASIER, BUT THE RECRUITS MAY NOT BE READY FOR WAR

MARINES STILL DO IT THEIR WAY

BACK INTO THE TAX MAZE
REMEMBER THE '86 SIMPLIFICATION? FORGET IT--AND BUY A NEW CALCULATOR BEFORE APRIL 15. CONGRESS AND CLINTON ARE BRINGING BACK THE BAD OLD DAYS

REMAKING A MESS
WHY WASHINGTON SHOULD RESIST THE TEMPTATION

DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
AMERICA'S MOST-WANTED MAN, SEEN EVERYWHERE, ENDED HIS LIFE IN A HOUSEBOAT A COUPLE OF MILES FROM HIS LAST CRIME SCENE. ANDREW CUNANAN'S LIFE MAY BE OVER, BUT THE QUESTIONS REMAIN

THE LOVE CONNECTION
JESSE DOESN'T LIKE WELD. BUT COULD HIS FONDNESS FOR MADELEINE SOFTEN HIM UP?

SUFFERING IN SILENCE
DEAF SLAVES ARE SET FREE, BUT ARE THERE MORE?

HEALTH & MEDICINE

BEYOND CHOLESTEROL (Medicine)
AN AMINO ACID CALLED HOMOCYSTEINE MAY BE AS CLOSELY LINKED TO HEART DISEASE--AND EASIER TO TREAT

RELIGION

KINGDOM COME
SALT LAKE CITY WAS JUST FOR STARTERS--THE MORMONS' TRUE GREAT TREK HAS BEEN TO SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE AND A $30 BILLION CHURCH EMPIRE

WALKING A MILE IN THEIR SHOES
A LAPSED MORMON TAKES A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY TO THE HOLY SITES

TECHNOLOGY

IS DENNY REALLY DEAD?
AN EDGY E-MAIL PRANK (OR IS IT ART?) RUFFLES FEATHERS WHILE TESTING THE LIMITS OF ONLINE STORYTELLING

NOTEBOOK

NOTEBOOK

FUND RAISING (THE SCOOP)
MIND TELLING ME HOW I CAN GET A JOB LIKE THAT?

THE CELLULOID SENATOR

THE ATLANTA BOMBING (THE SCOOP)
HE MIGHT JUST REAPPEAR WITH A VENGEANCE

JONBENET (THE SCOOP)
TAKING THE HUNT INTO HIS OWN HANDS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

PUBLISHED AND PERISHED
THE DEMISE OF AN OLD PRINTING PRESS KINDLES REMEMBRANCES OF TIMES PAST

ME TARZAN, YOU MINIVAN
FOR THE LATEST IN MALE FANTASIES, SPORT-UTES PROVE THAT SIZE STILL MATTERS

BUSINESS

THE N.B.A.'S SISTER ACT
PRO HOOPS GETS A NEW SEASON AND A NEW GENDER WITH THE SUCCESSFUL START-UP OF THE W.N.B.A.

WALL STREET'S DOOMSDAY SCENARIO
BELIEVE IT: THE MARKET COULD CRASH, AND POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL CHIEFS ARE MAKING CONTINGENCY PLANS

CRASH CASE
MAYBE, UM, AN ALIEN LANDING WOULD DO IT

A BITTER PRESCRIPTION
FACED WITH SEVERAL FEDERAL PROBES INTO ITS PRACTICES, COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE OUSTS ITS DYNAMIC CEO

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

LOVE ME LEGAL TENDER (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)
IF ELVIS REVOLUTIONIZED POP, HIS ESTATE HAS REVOLUTIONIZED CELEBRITY MERCHANDISING. DEAD FOR 20 YEARS, THE KING IS RICHER THAN EVER

FROM HOUND DOG TO LOUNGE ACT (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)

THE TRACKS OF HIS TEARS (The Arts / MUSIC)
"PUFFY" COMBS SOUNDS OFF ON HIS DEATH-HAUNTED NEW CD AND HIS SLAIN FRIEND, RAP STAR BIGGIE SMALLS

FOR EVER GODARD (The Arts / CINEMA)
IN TWO FILMS--ONE NEW, ONE RESTORED--THE MASTER OF MOVIE MODERNISM DISPLAYS HIS LASTING VIGOR

THREE FOR THE SHOW (The Arts / THEATER)
TONY BLAIR? OASIS? BORING. THIS SUMMER, A TRIO OF YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS IS BRITAIN'S HOTTEST TICKET

MILESTONES

MILESTONES

LION OF LIBERALISM (EULOGIES)

THE MASTER (EULOGIES)

PEOPLE

PEOPLE

LETTERS

LETTERS