Vol. 146 No.
COVER
FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS, SIMPLE CREATURES LIKE PLANKTON, BACTERIA AND ALGAE RULED THE EARTH. THEN, SUDDENLY, LIFE GOT VERY COMPLICATED
NATION
SEVEN PROMINENT POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN SECRETLY PLANNING AN INDEPENDENT RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
TARGET: NEWT (Campaign '96)
THE UNPOPULAR SPEAKER IS GIVING DEMOCRATS HOPE
WORLD
THE KILLING HAS FINALLY STOPPED, BUT NOW COMES THE HARD PART.CAN BITTER ENEMIES FORGET THE WRONGS THEY HAVE DONE TO ONE ANOTHER AND LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER?
REBELS WITHOUT A PAUSE (Chechnya)
BOMB BLASTS, MORE FIGHTING AND TERRORIST THREATS SIGNAL THE BREAKDOWN OF A FOUR-MONTH-OLD TRUCE
ROTTEN SAFETY NET (Israel)
WHY DID AN ALLEGED SECRET-SERVICE MOLE FAIL TO REPORT AN EXTREMIST'S THREATS TO KILL YITZHAK RABIN?
DROP MARX, GO FOR THE SOUND BITE (Poland)
RIDING A TREND, A FORMER COMMUNIST WRESTS THE PRESIDENCY AWAYFROM SOLIDARITY'S LECH WALESA
HEALTH & MEDICINE
DOCTORS GO TO HEROIC LENGTHS TO KEEP TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS ALIVE--OFTEN AGAINST THEIR WISHES
SOCIETY
GROUPS THAT HELP THE POOR ARE BRACING FOR A DOUBLE HARDSHIP:SURGING NEED AND FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS
RIPPED FROM THE WOMB (Crime)
A HORRENDOUS TRIPLE MURDER IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO FORCES AMERICANS TO PONDER THE DEPTHS OF EVIL
MONSTER MICE (Behavior)
SCIENTISTS BREED FEROCIOUS RODENTS THAT RAPE AND KILL
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
A BRASS-KNUCKLED GENTLEMAN STEVE FORBES, THE CANDIDATE OF GOOD CHEER, IS NOT SHY ABOUT USING ATTACK ADS AND HARD-NOSED ADVISERS
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LETTERS
MCSENIORS
THE WEEK
NOVEMBER 19-25
MILESTONES
WINNERS & LOSERS
BUSINESS
DISNEY WANTS TO SELL AMERICANS THE ULTIMATE FANTASY: A UTOPIAN COMMUNITY
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
WHITNEY HOUSTON HAS A NEW FILM AND NEW CD; SHE WANTS A NEW IMAGE
FREE. AS A BEATLE (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
THE "NEW" ALBUM PROVIDES AN OPEN MIKE INTO THE BIRTH OF ROCK'S GREATEST GROUP
SHORT BUT SWEET PROGRAM (The Arts & Media / SPORT)
HIS EARLY DEATH PUTS A TRAGIC END TO THE FAIRY TALE OF ONE OF FIGURE SKATING'S GREATEST PAIRS--GORDEEVA AND GRINKOV
IT'S VALUES, STUPID! (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
BEN WATTENBERG'S NEW SCREED IMPRESSED CLINTON. WHY?
A REVENANT ON MY BACK (The Arts & Media / TECHNOLOGY)
EXPLORING THE DUBIOUS--AND ADDICTIVE--PLEASURES OF DOOM
THE LAST OF THE SHOWMEN (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
PIANIST EARL WILD HARKS BACK TO THE GOLDEN AGE OF KEYBOARD VIRTUOSOS, AND AT 80 HE IS AS DAZZLING AS EVER
OUT WEST ON A BAD STAR TRIP (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
WALTER HILL'S COWBOY EPIC SHUTS OUT THE PRAIRIE AND THE BIG SKY IN FAVOR OF DARKNESS, HYSTERIA AND CLAUSTROPHOBIA
BACK CHAT (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
KICKING AND SCREAMING PUTS NEW LIFE INTO URBAN COMEDY
POLITICS IN THE VESTRY (The Arts & Media / THEATER)
DAVID HARE TACKLES THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN RACING DEMON
BORDER MUSIC (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
IN A SPARE NEW ALBUM, BRUCE IS AT HIS BLEAKEST AND BEST