Vol. 143 No. 19

COVER

Birth of a Nation (Cover Stories)

The Making of a Leader (Cover Stories)
Fond of the symbolic gesture, Nelson Mandela plays up his dreams but never plays down to his countrymen

The Ugly Fight for White Rights (Cover Stories)

Time to Take Charge (Cover Stories)
At long last, the black majority moves from repression into the halls of government

NATION

A Hero's Unwelcome (Intelligence)
Washington's shabby handling of a Palestinian informant undercuts U.S. antiterrorism efforts

A Not-So-Hot Potato (Republicans)
Is Dan Quayle's cranky book an opening shot for a '96 presidential run? A lot of G.O.P. colleagues hope not.

A Star -- Or Maybe a Historic Footnote -- Is Born (Chronicles)

Are They Better Off Now Than They Were Four Months Ago? An Unofficial Paramount-Viacom-QVC Takeover Deal of the '90s Alumni Bulletin (Chronicles)

Dispatches (Chronicles)
No Herring. Care for a Lawyer?

Fanfare for an Uncommon Man (The Presidency)
Nixon's poignant funeral revives half a century of history and brings together a rare assembly of American Presidents

Golden State Warriors (Elections)
Kathleen Brown has everything going for her, but the race with % Pete Wilson is getting scrappy

Health Report (Chronicles)

Informed Sources (Chronicles)

Inside Washington (Chronicles)

Is That Smoke, Or Do I Smell a Rat? (Investigations)
Two scientists say their research was snuffed out by Philip Morris

Kids These Days (Chronicles)

Spotlight (Chronicles)

The Retirement Crisis (The Senate)
With so many Democrats leaving at once, Clinton stands a chance of losing an effective majority

The Week April 24-30 (Chronicles)

Winners & Losers (Chronicles)

Zhirinovsky Beat (Chronicles)

WORLD

Filling in the Blanks (Middle East)
After months of wrangling, Israel and the P.L.O. set terms for self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho

Hostage to Violence (Haiti)
In the wake of the Gonaives massacre, Washington veers toward tougher sanctions against the junta

SCIENCE

Gotcha!
After 17 years of searching, physicists believe they have found a missing building block of matter

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Know What You Eat (Health)
With large type and revealing figures, the new food labels take much of the mystery out of nutrition

RELIGION

After the Fall
Faced with lawsuits and struggling to treat clerics accused of sexual abuse, the Catholic Church lags behind in forging a policy on priestly pedophilia

SPORT

Between The Lines (Inside Baseball)

Hubbub on The Cubs (Inside Baseball)

Saving Grace (Inside Baseball)

Sending A Message (Inside Baseball)

Short Hops (Inside Baseball)

Who Is Mr. Clutch? (Inside Baseball)

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Dark Days in La-La Land (Point After)
Will the last team to leave Los Angeles please turn out the lights

The Political Interest Clinton's House Rules

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BUSINESS

No Checks. No Cash. No Fuss? (The Economy)
Despite glitches and issues of privacy, more Americans are turning to cards and computers to pay their bills

The Fee of Free Flying (Commerce)
Cash-strapped carriers boost the mileage travelers need to earn a ticket without paying

What's Up Doc? Retail!
First Disney, then Warner, struck gold with studio stores at the mall. Now everybody wants to join the Toon Age.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Dream Album (Arts & Media / MUSIC)
Johnny Cash, the country music legend, was all but washed up. Now he has a great record, improbably produced by a rock wunderkind.

Equal Opportunity Evil (Arts & Media / CINEMA)
In Red Rock West, a young director furiously revives the cynical conventions of film noir, and the result is a subversive sleeper

Flatfoots and Footlights (Arts & Media / THEATER)
In Cincinnati, a blunt, gay-themed play attracts the vice squad

Following the Leaders (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Garry Wills explains how 16 great figures made an impact

Furthermore (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)

Knocking Away the Pigeons (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
In a nonfiction collection, Nobelist Saul Bellow is ornery

No Software (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Harold Brodkey's new novel is erotic -- but not to everybody

Slouching Towards Vegas (Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
The Stand, Stephen King's apocalyptic novel, becomes an often gripping, occasionally overblown mini-series

Sylvia Suffers (The Arts & Media / THEATER)
Five decades after his debut, Arthur Miller is on Broadway

PEOPLE

A Rigorous Case for Morality (Interview)
Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew speaks out on caning

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