Vol. 145 No. 17
COVER
AMERICA WORRIES ABOUT GETTING STUCK IN "ANOTHER VIETNAM," BUT ALL CONFLICTS ARE UNIQUE
A LOST WAR
SAIGON
THE FINAL 10 DAYS A LOOK AT THE STORM BEFORE THE LONG QUIET--THROUGH THE EYES OF THE VICTORS, THE LOSERS, THE ONES WHO GOT OUT AND THE ONES WHO DIDN'T
BACK IN BUSINESS
RISEN FROM THE RUINS OF WAR, THE NATION'S ECONOMY AND SPIRITS ARE FINALLY THRIVING. BUT PROGRESS IS UNEVEN AND HAS A LONG WAY TO GO
WASHINGTON: THE LAST POW
NATION
ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE (Politics)
AS ANOTHER DEMOCRAT DEFECTS AND THE CAMPAIGN LOOMS, CLINTON ADDS A CONTROVERSIAL FRIEND--A REPUBLICAN-- TO HIS PALETTE OF CONSULTANTS
WORLD
DENG XIAOPING'S RIVAL DIES, AND THE SUCCESSION BATTLE HEATS UP WITH A PUTATIVE DRIVE AGAINST CORRUPTION
RELIGION
OAKHURST PRESBYTERIAN IS THAT RAREST OF INSTITUTIONS: HALF BLACK, HALF WHITE AND ENTIRELY HARMONIOUS
SPORT
ON THE EVE OF THE DRAFT, THE N.F.L. BIDS FAREWELL TO A FORMER THIRD-ROUND PICK NAMED JOE MONTANA
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THE WEEK
APRIL 9-15
BUSINESS
AN UNCONTROLLABLE YEN (Trade)
JAPAN PLEDGES ANEW TO REIN IN ITS CURRENCY, EVEN AS THE HIGH PRICE BRINGS BENEFITS TO MANY COMPANIES
THE SUNSHINE BOYS
KIRK KERKORIAN AND LEE IACOCCA GO AFTER CHRYSLER; NOW EVERYONE IS ASKING, WHAT ARE THEY REALLY UP TO?
EDUCATION
PARENTS AND PRINCIPLES COLLIDE AS FUND RAISING BECOMES A WAY OF LIFE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
LAW
A COURT RULES THAT HARTFORD'S TROUBLED SCHOOLS CANNOT LOOK TO THE WHITE SUBURBS FOR SALVATION
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
FOR BROADWAY MUSICALS WITH COMEDY, DANCING AND SPECIAL-EFFECTS PIZAZZ, WHERE DO YOU GO? NEVADA!
BEING A NUISANCE (The Arts & Media Art)
HIS WORK IS DELIBERATELY OFF-PUTTING, BUT BRUCE NAUMAN HAS BECOME THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN ARTIST OF HIS GENERATION
THE CALL OF NATURE (The Arts & Media Books)
A BRILLIANT HISTORIAN LOOKS AT THE WAYS PEOPLE HAVE FOUND MYTH AND MEANING IN WOODS, RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS
HIS CUP RUNNETH OVER (The Arts & Media Books)
MARK HELPRIN'S FUNNY, EXCESSIVE NEW NOVEL CHRONICLES A LIFE OF CAPERS, CALAMITIES AND--WHY NOT?--A WAR AGAINST COFFEE
DEBBIE DOES VEGAS (The Arts & Media Show Business)
THE MELODIES OF NIETZSCHE (The Arts & Media Music)
THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER WAS ALSO A NICE LITTLE COMPOSER