Vol. 146 No.

NATION

MEDICARE: SELLING A PAINFUL CURE (Politics)
GINGRICH STARTS PUSHING A SKETCHY PRESCRIPTION TO "SAVE" THE PROGRAM, BUT WILL THE ELDERLY SWALLOW IT?

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE (The CIA)
AN "ASSET" WHO MAY ALSO BE A KILLER CAUSES CRITICS TO QUESTION THE PRICE OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE

SHE CALLS AT MIDNIGHT (The White House)
A "FRIEND OF HILLARY'S" MAY BE A KEY TO THE VINCE FOSTER MYSTERY. BUT SHE MAY NOT BE FORTHCOMING.

WORLD

SORRY, NO VACANCIES (The West)
WORRIED THAT THEIR WAY OF LIFE IS THREATENED, ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESIDENTS FIGHT GROWTH

WAR ON ALL FRONTS (Bosnia)
THE WITHERING BATTLE FOR BIHAC IS JOINED, AND THE BALKAN CONFLICT WIDENS

WAR & TERRORISM

DOOMSDAYS (V-J Day)
A MERCILESS WAR COMES TO AN APPALLING END WITH THE USE OF ATOMIC BOMBS AND THE INSTANT INCINERATION OF TWO CITIES

WAR OF THE WORLDS (V-J Day)
HIROSHIMA WAS SIMPLY THE END OF A FEROCIOUS CLASH OF CULTURES, FUELED BY INTENSE HATREDS AND A HISTORY OF HUMILIATION

SCIENCE

WEIGHT-LOSS NIRVANA?
A SUBSTANCE THAT MAKES FAT MICE THIN JUST MIGHT WORK FOR HUMANS TOO

HEALTH & MEDICINE

ASTHMA: THE HIDDEN KILLER (Medicine)
MODEL KRISSY TAYLOR'S DEATH UNDERSCORES HOW LETHAL AND DECEPTIVE THIS COMMON AILMENT CAN BE

SOCIETY

NO CASTING OF STONES (Crime)
AFTER HEARING HEART-WRENCHING TESTIMONY, A JURY SENTENCES SUSAN SMITH TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT

RELIGION

MOTHER KNOWS BEST
WATCH OUT, LIBERALS. THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CATHOLIC WOMAN IN AMERICA HAS HER OWN TELEVISION NETWORK

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

WHEN BLACKS PERSECUTE BLACKS

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SUSAN SMITH: CORRUPTED BY LOVE?

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THE WEEK
JULY 23 - 29

MILESTONES

WINNERS & LOSERS

LAW

MUMIA ON THEIR MIND (Justice)
A PHILADELPHIA JOURNALIST ON DEATH ROW INSPIRES A CELEBRITY-PACKED CAMPAIGN FOR A NEW TRIAL

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

PULLING THE FUSE ON CULTURE (The Arts & Media / COVER STORY)
THE CONSERVATIVES' ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON FEDERAL FUNDING IS UNENLIGHTENED, UNECONOMIC AND UNDEMOCRATIC

LOGGERS BY THE LAKE (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
AT THE GLIMMERGLASS OPERA, HARD BY BASEBALL'S HALL OF FAME, EVERYONE FROM HANDEL TO PAUL BUNYAN GETS A FRESH AIRING

ABSOLUTE PITCH (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
PIANIST CHARLES ROSEN TURNS MUSICOLOGY INTO AN ART FORM

LONG ROAD TO A MIRACLE (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A COMIC MASTER FINDS AN OLD CURE FOR A MODERN MALAISE

VIVA THE DIVAS! (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
THEY FIND BEAUTY IN A LYRIC AND BRING CLASS TO THE BAD-BOY WORLD OF POP