Vol. 150 No. 6
NATION
YEP, CONGRESS AND CLINTON FINALLY BALANCED THE BUDGET. BUT IN THEIR HASTE TO HAND OUT GOODIES, THEY MISSED A CHANCE TO DEFUSE SOME TIME BOMBS
WHAT TAX CUT?
WHY SOME OF THE "WEALTHY" HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN
WORLD
SUICIDE BOMBERS DEVASTATE A JERUSALEM MARKET. WILL THE U.S. STEP IN TO REVIVE THE PEACE TALKS?
THE DARKNESS OF CAMBODIA
A JUNGLE SHOW TRIAL ENDS THE BLOODY REIGN OF POL POT, BUT HIS UGLY LEGACY OF VIOLENCE WILL NOT GO AWAY
SUBWAY SCARE: TERROR TAKES AIM AT NEW YORK
SCIENCE
IT'S HUMANS, NOT SHARKS, WHO ARE NATURE'S MOST FEARSOME PREDATORS
THE FISH CRISIS (Environment)
THE OCEANS THAT ONCE SEEMED A BOTTOMLESS SOURCE OF HIGH-PROTEIN, LOW-FAT FOOD ARE RAPIDLY BEING DEPLETED
CALLING ALL AMATEURS
WITH CHEAP INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, YOU TOO CAN BE PART OF A GRAND SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT
SOCIETY
SARAH BAN BREATHNACH IS TO THE SOUL WHAT THAT OTHER DOMESTIC GODDESS IS TO THE HOME--AND RICHLY SO
WHEN SIMPLE ABUNDANCE ISN'T ENOUGH, TRY THIS BOOK
SPORT
BIOMAGNETIC THERAPY MAY PULL IN THE BIG-NAME ATHLETES, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT ACTUALLY WORKS
TECHNOLOGY
NOTEBOOK
IRAQ (THE SCOOP)
GORE TO REBELS: WE'RE WITH YOU, MAYBE
GO, HOGS! CHOP SOOOOIE!
FORWARD SPIN
BARKLEY '98 WATCH
LOBBYING (THE SCOOP)
WORSHIPPING AT THE TEMPLESMAN
THE WEB (THE SCOOP)
SEARCH AND YE SHALL FIND, THE MICROSOFT WAY
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
WHY SHOULD ISRAEL NEGOTIATE WITH THOSE WHO DEPLOY TERROR AND VIOLENCE?
THE SCARIEST BIKER GANG OF ALL
THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO ERUPT IN CIVIL WAR AS BICYCLISTS TAKE ON DRIVERS
BUSINESS
GETTING LONG-DISTANCE INFORMATION IS A CRANK CALL, THANKS TO A FIGHT BETWEEN AT&T AND THE BABY BELLS
CENSOR'S SENSIBILITY
ARE WEB FILTERS VALUABLE WATCHDOGS OR JUST NEW ONLINE THOUGHT POLICE?
THE PRESS MUZZLES ITSELF
LAW
BILL COSBY OFFERS A BLOOD TEST, AND AUTUMN JACKSON GETS ANOTHER FATHER FIGURE OR TWO. IS THIS A SITCOM?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
ROCKY, RAMBO, RHINESTONE--SLY STALLONE DID ALL THAT; NOW, AT LAST, HE GETS TO BE AN ACTOR
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES (The Arts / CINEMA)
MIKE LEIGH'S FOLLOW-UP TO SECRETS & LIES IS A LESS MEMORABLE BUT STILL POTENT LOOK AT BRITAIN
NO MORE EAST OR WEST (The Arts / MUSIC)
CHINESE-BORN COMPOSER TAN DUN IS SHAKING THINGS UP WITH A MULTICULTURAL MIX OF HIS OWN
CALIFORNIA BAD DREAMING (The Arts / BOOKS)
NOVELIST AND POET DENIS JOHNSON SCORES WITH A DRUG-DRENCHED, CALAMITY-FILLED LITERARY THRILLER
ALL FALL DOWN (The Arts / BOOKS)
A FIRST NOVEL WEIGHS THE IMPACT OF A PLANE CRASH
PERFECT PITCH (The Arts / CINEMA)
AT LAST, A COMEDY THAT ISN'T DESPERATE FOR LAUGHS