TIME International

COVER - THE 25: Profiles of Influence
They range in age from 31 to 67, some are worth tens of millions, others make do on a teacher's salary. What the TIME 25 share is the ability to show us the world anew, to educate us, to change the ways we think about ourselves and others

ASIA

JAPAN: What Will Be Done for the Comfort Women?
Forced to give sexual "comfort" to soldiers during World War II, they demand compensation but get ambivalence

TAIWAN: Flaunting President Lee
Parliament cancels his plan to build a nuclear power plant

CAMBODIA: The Twilight of Pol Pot
Reported to be dead, the killer remains an enigma to the end

BUSINESS

LABOR: Suffer the Little Children
American critics of the pursuit of cheap labor in the Third World have discovered new lightning rods for their cause: first Kathie Lee Gifford, now Michael Jordan

INVESTING: Fools and Their Money
How online forums are beating Wall Street at its own game

Motley Fool: A chorus of true believers

SOCIETY AND SCIENCE

MEDICINE: How Dangerous Is Oral Sex?
The risk of transmitting AIDS is high--at least in monkeys

ARCHAEOLOGY: The World's Oldest Wine
Scientists find a vintage dating to the 5th millennium B.C.

THE ARTS

CINEMA: With four movies coming out, actress Liv Tyler is living it up as the "It" girl of the '90s

CINEMA: One life to Liv--But can she act?

BOOKS: A scientist's take on prehistoric potboilers

BOOKS: J.F.K. and Nixon had more in common than you'd think

BOOKS: Rose, a richly textured Victorian thriller from Martin Cruz Smith

SHOW BUSINESS: It's Grisham vs. Stone in a battle over movie violence

SPORT: The Holocaust sinks a synchronized-swim team

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THE 25: Profiles of Influence
They range in age from 31 to 67, some are worth tens of millions, others make do on a teacher's salary. What the TIME 25 share is the ability to show us the world anew, to educate us, to change the ways we think about ourselves and others

POWER: Now for the Folks Who Have Clout
Why Bill Clinton, Alan Greenspan, Rupert Murdoch and Bill Gates didn't make the TIME 25. They're on the Power List

EUROPE

NATO: Stepping Out of the American Shadow
A flexible new structure lets Europeans police their own backyard without having the U.S. call the shots

RUSSIA: The Yeltsin Surge
The President transforms himself into the Comeback Kid

The Voters: Four ordinary Russians speak

LATIN AMERICA

CHILE: An Export Powerhouse
Chile is becoming the Singapore of Latin America.

BUSINESS

BANKING: France's Floundering Moneylenders
The worst may be over, but they still face ruinous competition

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

FOOTBALL FRENZY: Euro 96 Kicks Off
As a billion viewers tune in worldwide, the game returns to its birthplace--England--for a footloose European championship

THE ARTS

BOOKS: A scientist's take on prehistoric potboilers

BOOKS: J.F.K. and Nixon had more in common than you'd think

BOOKS: Rose, a richly textured Victorian thriller from Martin Cruz Smith

TRAVELER'S ADVISORY
NOTEBOOK
MILESTONES
SIGHTINGS
PEOPLE