Vol. 152 No. 10
NATION
The President tries to survive the tempest, but his party support is fraying as candidates worry about his coattails
A Pair of Quick Arrests
The FBI brings home suspects in the Nairobi bombing, but the evidence in Sudan is shaky
Starr's Report to Congress: Author! Author!
WORLD
Free Fall (Russia In Crisis)
As Russia's economy melts, Yeltsin vows he will stay on. But to do what?
The Price Of Failure (Russia In Crisis)
The ruble's free fall triggers a very scary global financial panic
Russian Roulette (Russia In Crisis)
Thanks to rapacious bankers, Chernomyrdin is back. But few believe he can do what's right for the country
Can Anyone Replace Diana?
The Windsors have learned lessons, and there is even room for Camilla, but a spell has been broken
SCIENCE
Waiting For Hurricane X
Bonnie wasn't the disaster she might have been. But the Big One is inevitable, and could hit anytime
SOCIETY
When his daughter was murdered, John Ramsey turned to a friend who now declares his misgivings
SPORT
Martina, Serena, Venus and Anna are getting all the attention, but guess which players are hotter than ever
NOTEBOOK
Notebook
Mideast (The Scoop)
The P.L.O. Fights Terrorism
Milestones (Milestones)
Royalty (The Scoop)
Di-Spiracy Watch
Show Biz (The Scoop)
Yikes!! Is Mike Back?
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Our reporter puts herself on the line at the National Poetry Slam
Go, and Spin No More
BUSINESS
With audiences fragmenting and costs soaring, the broadcasting business has never been tougher. So why does everybody want in?
Porn Goes Mainstream
Real movies are using adult-film stars, while adult films market themselves like real movies. How did pornography become acceptable?
LAW
A friend told David Cash he had committed murder. Cash kept quiet
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Foreign Student (The Arts / Short Takes)
Susan Choi
Songs In The Key Of Lauryn Hill (The Arts / Music)
Rapper. Singer. Maverick. Mom. Doing things her way has made her the Queen of Hip-Hop
His Own Private Psycho (The Arts / Cinema)
Same script, different shower--Will Gus Van Sant's take on Hitchcock still be cutting edge?
At the Head of the Pack (The Arts / Cinema)
Robert Towne's Without Limits isn't just your average movie about sports. It's a real winner
Ah, Dull Revenge (The Arts / Books)
Joyce Maynard lets it rip about her shattering affair with J.D. Salinger. But do we really care?
Smiling Amid Corpses (The Arts / Books)
Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat exhumes the past in a powerful, haunting novel
Elegy and Affirmation (The Arts / Books)
Two writers whose roots are in the subcontinent but whose lucent visions transcend geography
Follow The Leader (The Arts / Short Takes)
Korn
Down-Home Populist (The Arts / Art)
With his vignettes of rural Yankee life, William Sidney Mount was America's first genre painter
Slums Of Beverly Hills (The Arts / Short Takes)
Written and Directed by Tamara Jenkins
That '70s Club (The Arts / Cinema)
A nostalgia trip to Studio 54--all glitz, no glory
Nothing But Love (The Arts / Short Takes)
The Wilkinsons
What's The Word (The Arts / Short Takes)
JK
YOUR TIME
Two-way pagers are supposed to bail out the beeper industry. But what can they do for you?
Muscle Madness (Personal Time / Your Health)
O.K., so Mark McGwire's use of androstenedione is legal. That doesn't make it right--or safe
Beating The Rush (Personal Time / Your Money)
If you haven't sold some of the year's loss leaders yet, you might want to do it this month
Your Money (Personal Time / Your Money)
Your Technology (Personal Time / Your Technology)
SPECIAL SECTION
Though nobody wants to admit it, older workers--some only in their 40s--still have trouble getting good jobs. Or even holding on to posts in which they have accumulated a career's worth of experience.