Vol. 153 No. 5
NATION
After a few weeks with the Clinton case, even reasonable Senators get wiggy
Not Gone, but Forgotten?
Why Americans have stopped talking about homelessness
The Al And Dick Show
Once archrivals, Gore and Gephardt are on the verge of becoming close allies
Fasten Your Seat Belts
Tom Daschle is trying to help Trent Lott land the impeachment plane. But hang on--it's going to be bumpy
Older and Wiser, Monica Returns
The Other N Word
Buckwheat comes to D.C. to end a STUPID fight
WORLD
America's new subs are wonders, but the Navy is wrestling with doubts about their role
Meet The Next King
Battling cancer, Hussein shocks Jordan by naming a new heir
Troops or Consequences
NATO issues a remarkable ultimatum to Milosevic and the Kosovars: Make peace, or we'll bomb you
SCIENCE
Other probes have visited comets, but this is the first to try to bring back comet dust
HEALTH & MEDICINE
The A.M.A. flap isn't all that's amiss. Physicians are fed up, dropping out and even selling Amway
The First Chimpanzee (Health)
Scientists zero in on the source of the AIDS virus
Smart Pill (Health / In Brief)
RELIGION
One woman's pilgrimage to the heart of her faith and the place of the Pontiff in Catholic America
NOTEBOOK
Marital Moscow (The Scoop)
While Yeltsin's Cooped Up, Grandkid Ties Knot
The Year of Living Foolishly
Milestones (Milestones)
Middle East (The Scoop)
Delayed Gratification For Yasser Arafat
Publishing (The Scoop)
Larry's Watching, but Keeping Quiet--for Now
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Hard Times At J. Peterman
The catalog fantasist of "comeliness and the passions of the past" sounds a lacrimae rerum note
In Snow, in Ice, in Rain, One Mother's Trip
In 18 years Mrs. Rosado has missed the weekly ride to prison only three times
BUSINESS
A trade fight over fruit threatens to spread to other food groups, clothes and even hobbies
Global Motors
First Daimler-Benz and Chrysler. Now Ford and Volvo. What next?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A collection of gleefully misanthropic stories
Hip-Hop Nation (The Arts / Music)
There's more to rap than just rhythms and rhymes. After two decades, it has transformed the culture of America
Clash Of The Titans (The Arts / Cinema)
Why is Michael Ovitz waging war on the agency he once made the most powerful in Hollywood?
Manifest Destiny (The Arts / Books)
Kevin Phillips explains how three wars put Anglo-America on top
The Dialect Of Garlic (The Arts / Books)
A magical first novel about a vanished way of life
The '60s (Short Takes / Television)
NBC, Feb. 7, 8
Lauryn Hill (The Arts / Music)
Ten Grammy nominations, a multiplatinum CD and a drive to make lasting music
Puffy (The Arts / Music)
Streetwise, boardroom savvy, he is the music's ambassador of cool
Be Cool (Short Takes / Books)
By Elmore Leonard
Mosquito (Short Takes / Books)
By Gayl Jones
Still Crazy (Short Takes / Cinema)
Directed by Brian Gibson
Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Schumann (Short Takes / Music)
Evgeny Kissin
Aisle Of Style (Short Takes)
Jitney (Short Takes / Theater)
By August Wilson.
YOUR TIME
How one man gave away a tidy sum without a blink, and what it says about our money habits
A Web of Deceit (Personal Time / Your Health)
The latest e-mail scare campaign attacks an artificial sweetener. Here's how to find the truth
Going Private (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Worried about who knows what you see and spend online? Here's how to disguise yourself
Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)
Your Money (Personal Time / Your Money)
Your Technology (Personal Time / Your Technology)
PEOPLE
LETTERS
Amy Musher's Mailbag (Amy Musher's Mailbag)