Vol. 146 No.

COVER

THE EVOLUTION OF DESPAIR (Cover Story)
A NEW FIELD OF SCIENCE EXAMINES THE MISMATCH BETWEEN OUR GENETIC MAKEUP AND THE MODERN WORLD, LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE OF OUR PERVASIVE SENSE OF DISCONTENT

NATION

IN GOLF WE TRUST (The Presidency)
THE MOST DOGGED DUFFER SINCE IKE, CLINTON DOES SOME OF HIS BEST WORK WITH A CLUB IN HIS HANDS

ANATOMY OF A DISASTER (The FBI)
A SETTLEMENT AVOIDS A COURT CASE, BUT THE CRISIS OVER RUBY RIDGE CONTINUES

AN ARKANSAS ROUNDUP (Whitewater)
THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL SHIFTS THE FOCUS AWAY FROM THE CLINTONS, BUT HIS INVESTIGATION GOES ON

INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE (Campaign '96)
AS OTHERS PLOT PRESIDENTIAL DREAMS OUTSIDE THE TWO PARTIES, BILL BRADLEY HINTS HE MAY JOIN THE CROWD

WORLD

THE BORGIAS OF BAGHDAD (Iraq)
THE TRUSTED FAMILY CIRCLE IS SHRINKING, RIVALROUS AND VIOLENT

FINALLY, A REAL APOLOGY (Japan)
AFTER YEARS OF OFFICIAL HEDGING, A PRIME MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES THE COUNTRY'S GUILT IN WORLD WAR II

WAR & TERRORISM

SAME LAND, SAME FATE (The Balkans)
PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID TURNLEY'S GLIMPSES OF THE WAR'S NEWLY DISPOSSESED SUGGEST SHARED ORDEALS MAY CONQUER HATRED

SCIENCE

ON ITS OWN TWO FEET
KENYAN FOSSILS SUGGEST A NEW, EARLIER DATE WHEN A HUMAN ANCESTOR FIRST WALKED UPRIGHT

THE SECRET OF "LEAKEY LUCK"

SOCIETY

TO HELL WEEK AND BACK
A WOMAN'S LONG FIGHT TO ENTER THE CITADEL WITHERS IN THE HEAT, BUT THE CONTROVERSY MARCHES ON

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

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GENEROUS OLD LADY, OR REVERSE RACIST?

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THE WEEK
AUGUST 13-19

THE TRUTH ABOUT CHEEZ-WHIZ

MILESTONES

THE LOUTS OF DISCIPLINE

WINNERS & LOSERS

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BUSINESS

THE SPY WHO CRIED HELP
AFTER BLOWING THE WHISTLE AT ADM, MARK WHITACRE TRIES TO COMMIT SUICIDE

LAW

THE TALE OF THE TAPES (The O.J. Trial)
INFLAMMATORY STATEMENTS BY EX-COP MARK FUHRMAN THREATEN TO BRING THE SIMPSON CASE TUMBLING DOWN

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MICHAEL MOUSE (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
OVITZ, THE MAN WHO RAN HOLLYWOOD, JOINS EISNER TO MAKE DISNEY THE WORLD'S BEEFIEST MEDIA FRANCHISE

TUMBLING'S NEW TITANS (Arts & Media / SPORT)
TUNING UP FOR THE 1996 ATLANTA OLYMPICS, THE AMERICAN PIXIES OF '92 DISPLAY MATURITY, EXPERIENCE AND A BIT MORE POUNDAGE

THE INDIE 500 (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
THAT'S HOW MANY LOW-BUDGET MOVIES THERE SEEM TO BE THIS SUMMER, AND A GOOD THING TOO

SPECIAL SECTION

WINNING THE RIGHT TO FLY (History)
A NEW TV MOVIE, THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN, MAY HELP WORLD WAR II'S BLACK FIGHTER PILOTS GET THEIR DUE

THE STILL UNFRIENDLY SKIES (History)