Vol. 146 No. 20

COVER

SOLDIER OF PEACE (Cover Stories)

THOU SHALT NOT KILL (Cover Stories)
THE ASSASSINATION OF YITZHAK RABIN HITS AT THE SOUL OF ISRAEL AND ITS TORTUROUS QUEST FOR PEACE

MAN OF ISRAEL (Cover Stories)
RABIN'S STIRRING LIFE STORY MARKS OUT THE MILEPOSTS IN THE HISTORY OF HIS NATION

ROOTS OF ISRAELI EXTREMISM (Cover Stories)

"A MAJORITY OF ONE" (Cover Stories)

NATION

BEATING THE DOLE-DRUMS (Campaign '96)
AS POWELL CLOSES IN ON A DECISION TO RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY, BOB DOLE STRUGGLES TO SHARPEN HIS MESSAGE AND OPERATION. BUT CAN HE DEFINE HIMSELF?

FOR YOUR DISINFORMATION (Espionage)
IN ITS LATEST SCANDAL, THE CIA ADMITS IT WAS SERVING UP DUBIOUS INTELLIGENCE THAT LED TO FAULTY DECISIONS

WORLD

GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS (Bosnia)
THREE BALKAN PRESIDENTS GATHER AT AN OHIO AIR FORCE BASE TO TALK PEACE. WILL IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?

SEEING IS NOT BELIEVING (Russia)
BORIS YELTSIN APPEARS BRIEFLY ON TV, WHICH DOES LITTLE TO QUIET WORRIES ABOUT HIS FUTURE--AND THE NATION'S

SCIENCE

TRAPPED IN THE BODY OF A MAN?
TRANSSEXUALS OFTEN CLAIM THEY WERE BORN THE WRONG GENDER. MICROSCOPIC STUDIES OF A KEY REGION OF THE BRAIN SUGGEST THEY MAY BE RIGHT

NEW EVIDENCE OF A "GAY GENE"

HEALTH & MEDICINE

MORTAL COMBAT AT THE VA ("Health Care The Doctor Of Last Resort For Poor, Injured Vets Is Struggling To Do Its Duty")
THE DOCTOR OF LAST RESORT FOR POOR, INJURED VETS IS STRUGGLING TO DO ITS DUTY

TECHNOLOGY

NIELSEN RATES THE NET
THE FOLKS WHO MEASURE TV USAGE PRODUCE THE FIRST SOLID SURVEY OF THE INTERNET. THEIR FINDING: IT'S NEARLY READY FOR PRIME TIME

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

QUEBEC AND THE DEATH OF DIVERSITY

THE SEX-CRIME CAPITAL

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THE WEEK
OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER 4

MILESTONES

OLYMPIC MONITOR

WINNERS & LOSERS

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BUSINESS

BOOTING OUT THE BANK
THE U.S. GIVES DAIWA 90 DAYS TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY AND ACCUSES IT OF COVERING UP $1.1 BILLION IN LOSSES

EDUCATION

PRIVATIZED LIVES
HARTFORD'S GRAND EXPERIMENT IN LETTING BUSINESS RUN THE SCHOOLS SENDS STOCK IN THIS IDEA PLUNGING

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

WOMEN OF THE YEAR (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
THEY'RE GAINING POWER IN HOLLYWOOD AND USING IT TO MAKE FILMS THAT WOMEN--AND MEN--WANT TO SEE

LIGHTS, CAMERA, REACTION (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
TRADITIONAL PAPARAZZI HAVE GIVEN WAY TO A NEW BREED OF VIDEORAZZI, WHO ENRICH THEMSELVES BY ENRAGING CELEBRITIES

THE ALMIGHTY TO THE RESCUE (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
THERE'S NO SEX, NO PROFANITY, NO GRATUITOUS VIOLENCE, BUT WITH THE LORD'S HELP, CHRISTIAN NOVELS ARE RACKING UP BIG SALES

A DISASTER IN THE MAKING (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
HOW THE FIRST REPORTERS WHO COVERED VIETNAM LOST THE FAITH

A JOURNEY, NOT A JOYRIDE (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
WITH A SPRAWLING, GUTSY NEW ALBUM, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS CONFIRM THEIR PLACE AS ONE OF ROCK'S BEST YOUNG BANDS

BALANCING ACT (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
VANESSA DAOU'S JAZZ AND POP MAKE AN EXHILARATING MIX

TEACUP TRYST (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
AH, WHEN THE BRITERATI FALL IN LOVE, THEY BEHAVE SO VERY WELL

ONE SICK CAT (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
A PSYCHO IS ON THE LOOSE AGAIN (YAWN) IN COPYCAT