Vol. 149 No. 23

NATION

THE START OF THE DEAL
A PAULA JONES V. CLINTON TRIAL WOULD BE A DIVE INTO A SEWER, SO IT MAY NOT HAPPEN. THE OUTLINES OF A DEAL ARE EMERGING FROM TESTY EXCHANGES

THE VEEP TREATMENT (TIME INVESTIGATION)
DESPITE DOUBTS ABOUT ITS TECHNOLOGY, THE COMPANY OF A GORE CONTRIBUTOR RAKES IN BIG FEDERAL CONTRACTS

NOWHERE TO RUN
THIS YEAR'S TWISTER DID NOT HAVE ANY HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR. IT WAS A WHIRLING TERRORIST THAT TURNED A TOWN INTO RUBBLE IN MINUTES

THE MERITS OF THE CASE
WITH ASTONISHING SPEED, THE MCVEIGH TRIAL RE ACHES ITS CLIMAX. HAS JUSTICE BEEN SERVED?

ON THE CASE

LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE...
EVEN PEOPLE UNKNOWN TO THE TABLOIDS HAVE TROUBLE BEING HONEST ABOUT SEX

GOODBYE NEWT, HELLO CBS
ALTHOUGH A REPUBLICAN RISING STAR, CONGRESSWOMAN SUSAN MOLINARI WOULD RATHER BE KATIE COURIC

WORLD

WHY WE SHOULD CARE

UNITY AND DIVISION
FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE MARSHALL PLAN BEGAN, EUROPE IS FEELING THE PAIN OF POLITICAL INTEGRATION

SCIENCE

THE GENTLE COSMIC RAIN
DON'T WORRY IF YOU MISSED HALE-BOPP; AS MANY AS 43,000 SMALLER COMETS COULD REACH EARTH TODAY

BRANCHING OUT
SPANISH FOSSILS MAY REDRAW THE HUMAN FAMILY TREE

SOCIETY

Great Xpectations of So-Called Slackers
SLACKERS? HARDLY. THE SO-CALLED GENERATION X TURNS OUT TO BE FULL OF GO-GETTERS WHO ARE JUST DOING IT--BUT THEIR WAY

"MY GOAL IS TO EXPAND INTO A CUTTING-EDGE, FULL COSMETICS COMPANY. I WANT TO DOMINATE."

"WE CAN SIT HERE BEMOANING BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD OR WE CAN LEARN FROM THEIR APPEAL."

"MY GENERATION BELIEVES WE CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING."

PEACE IS AN XCELLENT ADVENTURE
IN THE ABSENCE OF WAR, A GENERATION FINDS ITS PLACE IN THE WORLD

RELIGION

DECIPHERING GOD'S PLAN
A NEW BOOK SAYS RABIN'S MURDER WAS PREDICTED AND THERE ARE DREADFUL THINGS TO COME. SHOULD WE FEAR?

SPORT

HI HO SILVER CHARM
THE GRAY COLT COULD BECOME THE FIRST HORSE SINCE 1978 TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN

TECHNOLOGY

CISCO GUARDS THE GATES
DATA WOULD GO NOWHERE ON THE NET WITHOUT THE COMPANY'S ROUTERS. IT AIMS TO KEEP THINGS THAT WAY

A ROM OF THEIR OWN
SMART, SOCIALLY ORIENTED COMPUTER GAMES CHALLENGE THE NOTION THAT GIRLS WON'T PLAY

NOTEBOOK

NOTEBOOK

JONBENET (THE SCOOP)
AND THEN THERE WERE...HUNDREDS?

MILESTONES (MILESTONES)

FLASHBACK

IRAN (THE SCOOP)
SPEAKING SOFTLY AND HIDING THE BIG STICK

MISSISSIPPI (THE SCOOP)
PRESS A LEVER, ANY LEVER, AND YOU'VE GOT A MILESTONE

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

AMERICAN BUSINESS UNBOUND (Quarterly Report)

AIRBORNE PROFITS (Quarterly Report / AIRLINES)
MIDWEST EXPRESS HAS DONE WELL BY TREATING ITS UPSCALE PASSENGERS WELL

THE COLORS OF MONEY (Quarterly Report / TRUCKING)
A TEXAS TAX WRITE-OFF HAS BECOME AN INTERSTATE MONEYMAKER ON THE DEREGULATED HIGHWAY SYSTEM

POWER PLAYER (Quarterly Report / COMMUNICATIONS)
A COLORADO UPSTART IS GETTING INTO THE TELEPHONE BUSINESS IN A BIG WAY--VIA POWER LINES

BALANCING ACT (Quarterly Report / PHARMACEUTICALS)
CUTTING RED TAPE AT THE FDA HAS GIVEN A BIG BOOST TO AN AIDS-FIGHTING BIOTECH FIRM

COMPETITIVE JOLTS (Quarterly Report / ELECTRIC POWER)
A MASSACHUSETTS UTILITY HAS BECOME A LEADER IN THE MOVEMENT FOR CONSUMER CHOICE AT THE OUTLET PLUG

THE BEST UPTURN EVER (Quarterly Report / BOARD OF ECONOMISTS)
OUR BOARD OF ECONOMISTS AGREES: THIS U.S. EXPANSION IS SOMETHING SPECIAL

KEY WEST GOES BALLISTIC
THE AIR FORCE AND RESIDENTS SQUARE OFF FOR COMBAT IN THE HIBISCUS ZONE

SPEECH FOR A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE
A PARENT GIVES HIS SON SEVERAL WORDS OF INDISPENSABLE ADVICE

BUSINESS

FALLEN ARCHES
WITH MARKET SATURATION AND CHANGING TASTES SLICING INTO MCDONALD'S ONCE CERTAIN GROWTH, NO WONDER SOME FRANCHISEES ARE CRANKY

BIZ WATCH (BIZ WATCH)

PHONE PRANKS
WHY WE SHOULD HANG UP ON A PLAN TO REBUILD MA BELL

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CAGED HEAT (The Arts / CINEMA)
AS OSCAR-WINNING ACTOR TURNED ACTION-FILM HERO, NICOLAS CAGE IS RIDING HIGH

HOT PLANES, CRASHING CARS AND BURLY GUYS (The Arts / CINEMA)

ARE WE NOT MEN'S MAGAZINES? (The Arts)
HOW GQ, ESQUIRE AND MEN'S HEALTH HELP MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR MOISTURIZERS

NOT NIRVANA (The Arts / MUSIC)
FOO FIGHTERS OFFERS UP AN UNEVEN SECOND ALBUM

GRAY IN A GOLDEN VOICE (The Arts / MUSIC)
THE BOYISH BEATLE IS BACK--OLDER AND A LITTLE SADDER. WE LIKE PAUL MCCARTNEY THIS WAY

THE HILL CODE (The Arts / BOOKS)
A GOOD MAN, AN IMPELLED CRIME: A FIERCE FIRST NOVEL

INSPIRED NATURALIST (The Arts / EXHIBITIONS)
A SMITHSONIAN SHOW CELEBRATES THE SCIENCE AND ART OF AMERICA'S BIRDMAN, JOHN JAMES AUDUBON

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