Vol. 145 No.

NATION

"WE WILL SURVIVE" (Special Report The Budget Revolution)
HOW ONE COMMUNITY FEELS ABOUT THE COMING CUTBACKS: FARGO'S CITIZENS ADOPT A CAN-DO ATTITUDE BUT WORRY ABOUT THE POOREST AMONG THEM

TEARING INTO THE DEFICIT (Special Report The Budget Revolution)

DETOURS ON THE TRAIL OF THE BOMBERS (Oklahoma City)
AS TERRY NICHOLS IS CHARGED, LAWYERS GATHER AND INVESTIGATORS SIFT THE EVIDENCE

BEYOND THE PAIN, A REVIVAL OF THE AMERICAN DREAM (Special Report The Budget Revolution)

SUFFER THE CHILDREN (Immigration)
HAITIAN ORPHANS ARE STRANDED IN GUANTANAMO

"WE ARE REALLY CATCHING A WAVE" (Special Report The Budget Revolution)

FOR PRIDE OF SERVICE (Oklahoma City)

WAR & TERRORISM

THE BATTLE FOR POISON (The Military)
IN A PUBLIC RELATIONS DUEL, ALABAMA AND MISSOURI SQUABBLE OVER A NERVE-GAS TRAINING FACILITY

HEALTH & MEDICINE

RETURN TO THE HOT ZONE (Medicine)
THE GRUESOME EBOLA VIRUS, DORMANT FOR 16 YEARS, HAS ARISEN TO KILL AGAIN IN ZAIRE. WILL IT SPREAD?

PRESS

BART SIMPSON CALLING (Media)
MCI HAS THE PIPELINE. NEWS CORP. HAS THE CONTENT. NOW THAT THEY ARE UNITED, MURDOCH HAS THE MONEY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

SUMMIT-TIME BLUES

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A CONSPIRACY OF DUNCES

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THE WEEK
MAY 7-13

MILESTONES

MILESTOONS

WINNERS & LOSERS

BUSINESS

MORTAL KOMBAT (TECHNOLOGY)
FIVE HEAVILY ARMED WARRIORS MANEUVER TO SEIZE THE ADVANTAGE IN THE NEXT GREAT VIDEO-GAME WAR

WALL STREET'S BONUS BABIES (On The Money)

EDUCATION

ROLE OF A NEW MACHINE
CALCULATORS FOR MATH TESTS PUSH SOME BUTTONS

LAW

UNTRUE CONFESSIONS (Justice)
MENTALLY IMPAIRED SUSPECTS SOMETIMES MAKE FALSE ADMISSIONS. IS GIRVIES DAVIS ABOUT TO DIE FOR ONE?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

THE AMES SPY HUNT (Book Excerpt)
THE CIA'S EIGHT-YEAR SEARCH FOR ITS MOST NOTORIOUS TRAITOR WAS LED TO SUCCESS BY A "LITTLE GRAY-HAIRED LADY" WHO JUST WOULDN'T QUIT

CHRONICLE OF A WITCH HUNT (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
AN HBO MOVIE GRIPPINGLY, IF TOO ZEALOUSLY, RETRIES A NOTORIOUS SEX-ABUSE CASE OF THE '80S

STAR LITE, STAR BRIGHT (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
HITMAKER AND HOMEMAKER, AIRY COMIC AND ADEPT DRAMATIC ACTRESS, MEG RYAN CELEBRATES THE '90S WOMAN IN CLASSIC STYLE

LEAVING LITTLE TO CHANTS (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
THE BENEDICTINE MONKS WHO SCORED A HIT WITH THEIR RELIGIOUS MUSIC ARE BACK WITH A NEW ALBUM-- AND A SPAT OVER MONEY

LOVE AMONG THE RUINS (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
RETURNING TO HIS MAGICAL BACKWATER OF MACONDO, GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ CONTINUES TO EXPAND THE MAP OF FICTION

FOOD FOR THOUGHT (The Arts & Media / ART)
IN 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY SPANISH STILL LIFES, EVERYDAY OBJECTS ARE SET AGAINST A PERSPECTIVE OF FLEETING TIME AND DEATH

ONE DOUBLE AGENT'S TALE: "HE SAVED AMERICAN LIVES" (Book Excerpt)

STARING DOWN LONELINESS (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
REYNOLDS PRICE ROUNDS OFF A POWERFUL SAGA OF ISOLATION

VICTIMS OF ALDRICH AMES (Book Excerpt)

TO OUR READERS

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