Vol. 144 No. 18
COVER
Bucking bureaucracy, brashly independent public schools have much to teach about saving education
Home Sweet School (EDUCATION)
Seeking excellence, isolation or just extra "family time," more and more parents are doing the teaching themselves
When Public Schools Go Private (EDUCATION)
NATION
Clinton's Blunt Instrument (Presidency)
Dispatches This Old Palace (Chronicles)
Health Report (Chronicles)
Inside Washington (Chronicles)
An Offer Roone Arledge Couldn't Refuse?
Judge Them Not By Their Covers (Chronicles)
Madeleine Albright: Muse (Chronicles)
(Chronicles)
News, Culture, Controversy on the Internet
Not the Love Boat (Chronicles)
Secrets of Highly Paid Campaign Consultants Revealed! (Chronicles)
Taking His Show on the Road (The Presidency)
Clinton's new success in juggling foreign problems is more than just good luck
The 10 Most Popular Halloween Costumes Sold Last Week At Toys "R" Us (Chronicles)
The Week October 16-22 (Chronicles)
Winners & Losers (Chronicles)
WORLD
Despite recession, high taxes and unemployment, the architect of unification wins four more years
The Prince of Wails (Royals)
The end draws near as a deeply self-pitying Charles bares his soul
The Torch of Terrorism (Israel)
With a shocking attack on civilians, Hamas militants try to blow up the peace process
SPORT
When it comes to greed and stupidity, professional-sports owners and pampered players are All-Stars
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Public Eye Alienable Rights
The Political Interest a Tough, Smart Deal
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BUSINESS
Did wake vortex contribute to the crash of USAir Flight 427?
Cable Gets Dished
As receivers shrink and channels multiply, direct-to-home satellites pose a fresh challenge to cable TV
The Town That Television Forgot
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Its doctors aren't glamorous and its stories aren't pretty, but ER is the season's surprise hit
Club Adriatic (Arts & Media / THEATER)
The Odyssey onstage? Yes, in Derek Walcott's adaptation
Eco Illogical (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Pamphleteer P.J. O'Rourke mocks environmental woes
In the Frazier Museum (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
After his parents' death, a New Yorker humorist finds meaning by studying the intricate branchings of his family tree
Judging the Man He Was (Arts & Media / BOOKS)
Tobias Wolff recalls his service as a Green Beret in Vietnam
Of Spirit and Blood (Arts & Media / CULTURE)
A Museum showcases Native American treasures while posing the question: Who is Indian?
Shylock on the Beach (Arts & Media / THEATER)
Peter Sellars audaciously reimagines The Merchant of Venic
The King of the Hill (Arts & Media / JAZZ)
Two multi-CD sets of recordings by bebop pianist Bud Powell chart the brilliant, tormented career of a great innovator
SPECIAL SECTION
A relentless storm delivers a devastating one-two punch to the swamped residents of Southeast Texas
PEOPLE
Clinton on his foreign policy gains
His Own Man Burt Lancaster 1913-1994 (Obituary)