Vol. 149 No. 4

NATION

PAYING THE PRICE
TALK ABOUT ETHICS CHARGES! BREAKING THE RULES WILL COST NEWT GINGRICH $300,000

GUESS WHO'S LISTENING
FOR MILLIONS OF SCANNERS, OVERHEARD CONVERSATIONS PROVIDE A FREE, UNFILTERED WINDOW ON THE WORLD

PRESIDENTIAL PEN PALS
THEIR LOYALTY HAS EARNED THEM ACCESS TO THE MOST EXCLUSIVE ZIP CODE AND FAX NUMBER IN AMERICA: THE ONES THAT GET LETTERS STRAIGHT TO THE OVAL OFFICE

"I'M OLD ENOUGH TO NEVER SAY NEVER"
DICK MORRIS' WIFE TALKS ABOUT STANDING BY HER MAN AND THEN TAKING HER LEAVE

SITUATION TRAGEDY
ENNIS COSBY'S MURDER VIOLATES THE COZY BARRIER BETWEEN SITCOM AND REALITY

'HE WAS MY HERO'
IT WAS ANOTHER L.A. MURDER, BUT WHEN THE VICTIM TURNED OUT TO BE THE SON OF A BELOVED TELEVISION FATHER, IT WAS AS IF AMERICA HAD SUFFERED A DEATH IN THE FAMILY

WORLD

WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS?
THEIR PRESIDENTS HAVE CHEMISTRY, AND THEY MAY AGREE ON THE "ESSENTIALS," BUT FRANCE AND THE U.S. HAVE FOUND PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS TO QUARREL ABOUT

BULGARIA'S BOUNCERS
A PAUPERIZED PEOPLE TAKE TO THE STREETS TO DRIVE THE SOCIALISTS OUT

HEALTH & MEDICINE

U.S. BEEF (Health)
COULD MAD COW DISEASE STRIKE HERE? A YEAR AFTER THE BRITISH CATTLE SCARE, SOME SCIENTISTS FEAR A BROADER OUTBREAK OF THE MYSTERIOUS DISEASE

SOCIETY

AND THEN THERE WERE TWO...
CLAIMING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND VICIOUS HAZING, HALF THE FEMALE CADETS QUIT THE CITADEL

THE PERILS OF PIZZA HUT
STRIVING TO PROTECT ITS DRIVERS, IT SENDS MIXED SIGNALS--AND NO PIES--TO A KANSAS CITY SCHOOL

POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL
THE AMERICANIZATION OF OKSANA HAS GONE AWRY, AND A DRUNKEN-DRIVING CHARGE IS THE LATEST CONSEQUENCE

SPORT

LEADERS OF THE PACK
HOW BRETT FAVRE AND REGGIE WHITE HAVE RETURNED A TOWN AND ITS TEAM TO GREATNESS

AN UNDERDOG HAS HIS DAY

TECHNOLOGY

TECH WATCH (TECH WATCH)

NOTEBOOK

NOTEBOOK

CONSPICUOUS CONVERSATION

MILESTONES (MILESTONES)

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

THERE IS A BALM IN CHILIAD
WILL THE CRESCENDO TOWARD 2000 HELP CLINTON BEAT THE SECOND-TERM JINX?

BUSINESS

YOUR FUND IS NOT UP TO PAR
YOU EXPECT THE PROS TO BEAT THE MARKET MOST OF THE TIME. MOST OF THE TIME, THEY DON'T

GUESS GETS OUT
THE JEANS COMPANY, BESET BY RIVALS AND UNION ORGANIZERS, BOLTS FOR MEXICO

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

ORCHESTRATING A REVIVAL (The Arts / MUSIC)
CAN SUPERTENOR PLACIDO DOMINGO AND CONDUCTOR LEONARD SLATKIN TURN WASHINGTON INTO THE NATION'S CAPITAL OF CULTURE?

C'MON, BABY, LIGHT MY FIRE (The Arts / MUSIC)
CIGARETTE GIANT PHILIP MORRIS GOES AFTER THE YOUTH MARKET BY STARTING ITS OWN RECORD LABEL

HUES YOU CAN USE (The Arts / DESIGN)
WILL THAT TAUPE FABRIC STILL BE HOT NEXT YEAR? STAND BY. THE COLOR CARTEL IS ON THE JOB

CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT (The Arts / CINEMA)
MURPHY'S METRO IS, ALAS, NOT "NUTTY" ENOUGH

PORNOGRAPHY AND ITS DISCONTENTS (The Arts)
THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT AIRBRUSHES OUT ITS HERO'S CONSIDERABLE BLEMISHES

DAYS OF ANTIC WEIRDNESS (The Arts / ART)
A LOOK BACK AT DADAISM'S BRIEF, OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT ON THE NEW YORK SCENE

HERO OR HUMBUG? (The Arts / BOOKS)
A DISCERNING BIOGRAPHY ANALYZES THE LIFE OF A FAMED CHILD THERAPIST

OPEN BOOK (The Arts / BOOKS)
WHY LIBERALS TOO SHOULD BE ABLE TO BIBLE-THUMP

ANIMAL RITES (The Arts / CINEMA)
NO FISH, BUT THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF FOOLISHNESS

PEOPLE

PEOPLE

LETTERS

LETTERS