Vol. 151 No. 9
NATION
Ken Starr now hopes to bring Monica back center stage, since last week's slugfest helped distract him in ways the White House could have only dreamed
Caught In The Town's Most Thankless Job
WORLD
To everyone's relief, Kofi Annan strikes a bargain in Baghdad. Will Saddam keep his word this time?
A Star Turn For The Peace Broker
Kofi Annan speaks softly, but he showed in Iraq that he plays tough
Uncovering Iraqi Intrigue
Dealing With Saddam
In an exclusive TIME interview, Kofi Annan defends a pact made with "difficult customers"
SCIENCE
California's cliffs are so saturated that the landslides could get even worse
Twisters, Tragedies And Miracles (Environment)
HEALTH & MEDICINE
An FBI sting operation uncovers what Chinese activists say is a grisly trade: human organs for cash
SOCIETY
What do a bunch of college professors know about fixing public-housing projects? A lot, it turns out
SPORT
A gift basket for a gifted player initiates a scrum about women's sports
NOTEBOOK
Clash Of The Titans (The Scoop)
Gates Rehearses His Smile for His D.C. Debut
Floating Down Memory Lane
Milestones (Milestones)
Eulogy (Eulogy)
Health Report (Health Report)
Washington (The Scoop)
Paxon, Once Ambitious, Decides No Mas
The Global Economy (The Scoop)
Eyeing Profits, Murdoch Drops Likely Best Seller
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
BUSINESS
To get action, Clinton sends Mondale to Jakarta and stern words to Tokyo
Measuring The New CPI
It's official: inflation is even lower than you thought
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Gayl Jones has always written about obsession and violence. Now she's living a tragic version of them
MISCELLANY
SPECIAL SECTION
To See And Know Everything (75 Years / A History)
Henry R. Luce had an insatiable curiosity, with the drive and ambition to match
Exuberance (75 Years / 1923-1929 Exuberance)
In the aftermath of the Great War, America discovered an ebullient culture and an ambitious, courageous spirit
A Passion For The New (75 Years / 1923-1929 Exuberance)
In the jazz age, America discovered its cultural voice
Witness (75 Years / 1923-1929 Exuberance)
Books (75 Years / 1923-1929 Exuberance)
Play-Boy
Despair (75 Years / 1929-1939 Despair)
Its economy crumbling, America struggled to escape the global Depression and find its place in a violently changing world
Taking Care of Our Own (75 Years / 1929-1939 Despair)
The New Deal probed the limits of government
The Last Good War (75 Years / 1939-1948 War)
World War II set a standard that has been difficult to match
WAR (75 Years / 1939-1948 War)
The evils of Nazism and the shock of Pearl Harbor drew the nation into a conflict that would establish America as a world power
Victory (75 Years / 1939-1948 War)
The Peace The Bomb
Witness (75 Years / 1939-1948 War)
Somewhere Over The Dashboard (75 Years / 1948-1960 Affluence)
History through America's once and future dream machines
Affluence (75 Years / 1948-1960 Affluence)
America boomed as the world's economic superpower even as it contended with the specter of expanding Communist empires
Revolution (75 Years / 1960-1973 Revolution)
The civil rights movement and the Vietnam War sparked an unprecedented upheaval in politics, culture and mores
A Question Of Authority (75 Years / 1960-1973 Revolution)
The tumult of the time assaulted America's social stability
Witness (75 Years / 1960-1973 Revolution)
Limits (75 Years / 1973-1980 Limits)
Morally, politically, militarily, diplomatically--and almost literally--the U.S. just ran out of gas
The Can't-Do Mentality (75 Years / 1973-1980 Limits)
In the '70s, doubts began to darken the nation's psyche
Witness (75 Years / 1973-1980 Limits)
Comeback (75 Years / 1980-1989 Comeback)
In Reagan's Washington and on Gordon Gecko's Wall Street, it was a time of risk and reward. In the end, the payoffs were big
A Tectonic Shift (75 Years / 1980-1989 Comeback)
Moscow collapsed under the staggering cost of the cold war
Transformation (75 Years / 1989-1998 Transformation)
In the post-Soviet era, American capitalism and American technology have become the world's engine of change
Technology, Democracy, Money (75 Years / 1989-1998 Transformation)
History is not over. In fact, there's more of it than ever technology
Luce's Values--Then And Now (75 Years)
We still believe "the world is round" and embrace "an interest in the new"
Art And History (75 Years)
75 years of portraits on the cover of TIME
An Editorial (75 Years / 1973-1980 Limits)
The President Should Resign
Art (75 Years / 1973-1980 Limits)
Picasso Comes Home to MOMA
Witness (75 Years / 1929-1939 Despair)
Witness (75 Years / 1980-1989 Comeback)
Witness (75 Years / 1989-1998 Transformation)