Vol. 151 No. 17
NATION
Strictly Hush-Hush
Ken Starr wants Secret Service agents to testify about Clinton. Should they be alowed to say no?
Sex, The Army And A Double Standard
A general allegedly coerced an officer's wife into an affair. Why did he get off so easy?
James Earl Ray, Cause Celebre?
Some stand to profit by blaming King's murder on a government conspiracy
Was the Fix Really In?
Clinton pals helped a fallen Hubbell pay bills. But was it hush money?
A Father's Treachery
Did a man inject his son with HIV to save money?
End Of An 18-Year Illusion
Stephen Fagan led a charmed life in Palm Beach; now he's accused of kidnapping his own children
WORLD
The Rush For Caspian Oil
Clinton started late, but the U.S. is gaining in the Great Game in central Asia
HEALTH & MEDICINE
The Viagra Craze
(Medicine)
A pill to cure impotence? Afflicted men are saying Yesss! But is this the end of sex as we know it?
Choke! Gouge! Smash!
(Fitness)
A brutal but effective self-defense system created by the Israeli military is the latest urban-fitness fad
The Downside Of Viagra
(Medicine)
Drug Quest: Magic Bullets For Boomers
(Medicine)
SOCIETY
A Matter Of Hearts
(Crime)
An intimate look at the illicit affair that has pitted the vagaries of love against the unsentimentality of the law
Love Is A Catastrophe
(Crime)
Why romance thrives when it breaks all the rules
TECHNOLOGY
First Peek At Windows 98
WIZARDS OF OS: This summer Microsoft plans to release its latest operating system, featuring new digital-videodisc and cable extensions, a more richly "integrated" browser, better speed and memory--an
Rumble In The Beltway
NOTEBOOK
Notebook
Chicago
(The Scoop)
Donations Failed to Reach Brutalized Girl
On Capitol Hill, They'll Drink To That
Looking For Leonardo
(Techwatch)
Milestones
(Milestones)
Asia's Burning, And The Whole World Suffers
(Planet Watch)
Eulogy
(Eulogy)
Health Report
(Health Report)
It Hasn't Been This Sizzling In Centuries
(Planet Watch)
Moscow
(The Scoop)
Winning the Battle May Cost Yeltsin the War
Unfriendly Skies
(The Scoop)
The Military Wants More Wild Blue Yonder
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
The Mouse That Roared
A tiny jumping rodent is cramping development at the foot of the Rockies
Five Finales
How to wrap up Seinfeld? We offer some suggestions
BUSINESS
Bronfman Stirs Universal
Despite weak films and a rash of firings, the young boss keeps insisting that his studio will do just fine
Why Is The Boss Selling?
Insiders are dumping their stock. This isn't good
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The 10 O'Clock News
(The Arts / Television)
Dateline NBC keeps multiplying. Barbara and Diane may team up. Can a prime-time network newscast be far behind?
Boogie Nights Are Back
(The Arts / Fashion)
Halston, onetime prince of American fashion, gets revived by a Duke
Strike Up the Band!
(The Arts / Theater)
Want to hear great old Broadway shows with gifted young stars? Head for the Encores! series
Wilde About Oscar
(The Arts / Show Business)
On the screen, on the boards and on the page, the 19th century aesthete emerges as a superstar
The Merry Modernist
(The Arts / Art)
By setting sculpture in motion, Alexander Calder made it fluent, witty and supremely friendly
A Saga of Loss And Recovery
(The Arts / Books)
John Irving's vivid ninth novel tells a tale worthy of Garp
PEOPLE
People
LETTERS
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