Vol. 145 No. 14
COVER
THE PRICE OF FANATICISM
NOW THAT EXTREMISTS ARE WILLING TO USE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, THEY HAVE CROSSED A THRESHOLD THAT EXPERTS HAVE WATCHED WITH DREAD FOR TWO DECADES
PROPHET OF POISON
AFTER TOKYO SUFFERS A NERVE-GAS ATTACK, SUSPICION FOCUSES ON THE LEADER OF AN APOCALYPTIC CULT
LOST WITHOUT A FAITH
IN THE SPIRITUAL VACUUM OF THE POSTWAR YEARS, SOME JAPANESE SEEK NEW GODS
NATION
THE FALL AND RISE OF BOB PACKWOOD (Congress)
THE REBELS WITH COLD FEET (Congress)
AS UNPOPULAR POINTS IN THE CONTRACT COME DUE, REPUBLICANS FIND IT HARDER AND HARDER TO HANG TOGETHER
SCIENCE
FRUIT FLIES WITH EYES IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES ARE HELPING BIOLOGISTS UNDERSTAND HOW EVOLUTION WORKS
HEALTH & MEDICINE
A TEST FOR EARLY ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MAY CREATE A DILEMMA FOR PATIENTS UNLESS TREATMENTS ARE FOUND
THE DISTURBING CASE OF THE CURE THAT KILLED THE PATIENT (Medicine)
A DEATH AT A BOSTON HOSPITAL RAISES THE QUESTION, ARE FRAZZLED DOCTORS MAKING TOO MANY FATAL MISTAKES?
SPORT
MICHAELS TYSON AND JORDAN CELEBRATE QUITE DIFFERENT HOMECOMINGS A FEW HOURS AND 200 MILES APART
TECHNOLOGY
THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE WANTS TO BAN PORNO IN CYBERSPACE. BUT IS IT CONSTITUTIONAL?
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
MARCH 19-25
MILESTONES
WINNERS & LOSERS
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THE END OF THE VIGIL
JENNIFER HARBURY FOUGHT TO KNOW HER HUSBAND'S FATE, AND THE ANSWER HAS SET OFF A WASHINGTON FUROR
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BATTERED WELFARE SYNDROME
BUSINESS
THE WRECK OF MORRISON KNUDSEN
AS THE DUST SETTLES FROM THE BOARD REVOLT THAT OUSTED BILL AGEE, THE BLAME GAME GETS SERIOUS
EDUCATION
RATTLED BY LAWSUITS, COLLEGES ARE CRACKING DOWN ON FACULTY-STUDENT LOVE AFFAIRS
LAW
SURVIVORS OF VIOLENT CRIMES FIND THAT FACING AN ATTACKER IN COURT IS JUST THE MEDICINE THEY NEED
DUNNING DEADBEATS (Law Enforcement)
CONGRESS GIVES NEW CHILD-SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO STATES--AND A NEW TYPE OF BILL COLLECTOR
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
HIGH FINANCE IS BYTE-DRIVEN HYSTERIA IN BOMBARDIERS
THE SPOILS OF WAR (The Arts & Media Art)
RUSSIA'S NEW DISPLAYS OF ART LOOTED FROM GERMANY REIGNITE A DEBATE OVER WHO RIGHTFULLY OWNS SUCH PLUNDER
SOUTHERN GOTHIC, INC. (The Arts & Media Books)
THE ECCENTRIC, FACT-BASED BEST SELLER MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL SPARKS A RUSH TO SEE WHERE IT ALL TOOK PLACE
BOARDROOM BOUND (The Arts & Media Theater)
MATTHEW BRODERICK IS AN ENGAGING CORPORATE CLIMBER IN A BRASSY BROADWAY REVIVAL OF HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS ...
OUT OF THIS WORLD (The Arts & Media Television)
SPARKED BY THE REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF THE X-FILES, A NEW ARMADA OF SCIENCE-FICTION SHOWS IS INVADING PRIME TIME
PROMISE KEPT (The Arts & Media Music)
JULIANA HATFIELD GETS MORE ELUSIVE, AND MORE INTERESTING
WHEN LIBERALISM RULED (The Arts & Media Books)
HISTORIAN ALAN BRINKLEY TAKES AN UNPOPULAR VIEW IN THE AGE OF NEWT: THAT THE NEW DEAL REFORMERS DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH