Vol. 146 No.

COVER

THE TORTURED LAND (Cover Story)
AN EPIC LANDSCAPE STEEPED IN TRAGEDY, SIBERIA SUFFERED GRIEVOUSLY UNDER COMMUNISM. NOW THE WORLD'S CAPITALISTS COVET ITS VAST RICHES

SIBERIA UNDERCOVER (Cover Story)

NATION

MORALIST ON THE MARCH (Politics)
THE SILVER-TONGUED ALAN KEYES HAS SURPRISED THE G.O.P. BY MOUNTING A VIGOROUS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

WORLD

DEATH ENDS ITS HOLIDAY (Middle East)
AFTER A LULL, HAMAS RADICALS HAVE RESUMED A FULL-SCALE PROGRAM OF VIOLENCE

HE'S OUT (Diplomacy)
CHINA PLACATES THE U.S. BY EXPELLING HARRY WU, SO HILLARY CLINTON WILL TRAVEL TO BEIJING

SADDAM SPILLS SECRETS (Iraq)
HE REVEALS MORE ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

HEALTH & MEDICINE

THE BEST WAY TO FIX MEDICARE (Health Care)
IN LESS THAN A MONTH, THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO MAKE THE MOST DRASTIC CHANGES IN THE PROGRAM SINCE 1965. HERE IS WHAT THEY SHOULD DO

ARE SURGEONS TOO CREATIVE? (Medicine)
NEW OPERATIONS DON'T FACE THE SAME SCRUTINY AS NEW DRUGS--AND CRITICS ARE INCREASINGLY WORRIED ABOUT RISKS TO PATIENTS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

WHY DOLE HASN'T LOST IT

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THE WEEK
AUGUST 20-26

MILESTONES

WINNERS & LOSERS

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BUSINESS

TRYING TO TOP THE TAURUS
FORD HAS BET THE COMPANY ON AN EXPENSIVE--AND HIGHLY STRESSFUL--REDESIGN OF ITS LONGTIME BEST SELLER

LAW

THE REAL HARD CELL (Prisons)
LAWMAKERS ARE STRIPPING INMATES OF THEIR PERKS

A GOVERNOR WITH A MISSION (Prisons)

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

HOT 'ZINES ON THE WEB (The Arts & Media / TECHNOLOGY)
CHEAP AND EASY TO PRODUCE, ONLINE PUBLICATIONS ARE BLOSSOMING--AND DOING SURPRISINGLY WELL

STILL ALIVE, BARELY (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
FACING CRITICISM AND NEW COMPETITION, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE TRIES TO REBOUND ONCE MORE

FOREVER ROCKIN' (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
AFTER YEARS OF PLANNING, ROCK FINALLY GETS ITS OWN MUSEUM--IN CLEVELAND!

CLIMBING THE FOOTHILL (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
IN A PREQUEL TO LONESOME DOVE, LARRY MCMURTRY CONTINUES TO REINVENT THE OLD STORY OF LAWMEN AND GUNMEN ON THE RANGE

SNOBS AND WETBACKS (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
SNEERING AT THE CLASS DIVIDE

CHILD OF THE CENTURY (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
EDWARD ROBB ELLIS BEGAN WRITING A DIARY IN 1927 AND NEVER STOPPED. NOW IT PROVIDES A UNIQUE CHRONICLE OF OUR ERA

AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE (The Arts & Media / THEATER)
WAR IS HELL, BUT THE MUSIC IS BREEZY IN SWINGTIME CANTEEN

BEYOND BELIEF (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
TOP DIRECTOR JOHN BOORMAN GETS LOST IN WAR-TORN BURMA

PEOPLE

A POET AND HIS CAMERA (Obituary)
ALFRED EISENSTAEDT: 1898-1995