SHOKO ASAHARA: THE MAKING OF A MESSIAH

THE PRICE OF FANATICISM
NOW THAT EXTREMISTS ARE WILLING TO USE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, THEY HAVE CROSSED A THRESHOLD THAT EXPERTS HAVE WATCHED WITH DREAD FOR TWO DECADES

PROPHET OF POISON
AFTER TOKYO SUFFERS A NERVE-GAS ATTACK, SUSPICION FOCUSES ON THE LEADER OF AN APOCALYPTIC CULT

LOST WITHOUT A FAITH
IN THE SPIRITUAL VACUUM OF THE POSTWAR YEARS, SOME JAPANESE SEEK NEW GODS


THE POLITICS OF CEREAL: WHEN SUGAR ISN'T SWEET (Congress)

THE FALL AND RISE OF BOB PACKWOOD (Congress)

THE REBELS WITH COLD FEET (Congress)
AS UNPOPULAR POINTS IN THE CONTRACT COME DUE, REPUBLICANS FIND IT HARDER AND HARDER TO HANG TOGETHER


JEEPERS! CREEPY PEEPERS!
FRUIT FLIES WITH EYES IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES ARE HELPING BIOLOGISTS UNDERSTAND HOW EVOLUTION WORKS


TO KNOW YOUR OWN FATE (Health)
A TEST FOR EARLY ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MAY CREATE A DILEMMA FOR PATIENTS UNLESS TREATMENTS ARE FOUND

THE DISTURBING CASE OF THE CURE THAT KILLED THE PATIENT (Medicine)
A DEATH AT A BOSTON HOSPITAL RAISES THE QUESTION, ARE FRAZZLED DOCTORS MAKING TOO MANY FATAL MISTAKES?


TWO CHAMPS ARE BACK
MICHAELS TYSON AND JORDAN CELEBRATE QUITE DIFFERENT HOMECOMINGS A FEW HOURS AND 200 MILES APART


VICE RAID ON THE NET
THE SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE WANTS TO BAN PORNO IN CYBERSPACE. BUT IS IT CONSTITUTIONAL?


THE WEEK
MARCH 19-25

MILESTONES

WINNERS & LOSERS

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THE END OF THE VIGIL
JENNIFER HARBURY FOUGHT TO KNOW HER HUSBAND'S FATE, AND THE ANSWER HAS SET OFF A WASHINGTON FUROR

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BATTERED WELFARE SYNDROME

HOW SMART IS WARREN BUFFETT? (On The Money)

THE WRECK OF MORRISON KNUDSEN
AS THE DUST SETTLES FROM THE BOARD REVOLT THAT OUSTED BILL AGEE, THE BLAME GAME GETS SERIOUS


ROMANCING THE STUDENT
RATTLED BY LAWSUITS, COLLEGES ARE CRACKING DOWN ON FACULTY-STUDENT LOVE AFFAIRS


CONFRONTING THE KILLER (Justice)
SURVIVORS OF VIOLENT CRIMES FIND THAT FACING AN ATTACKER IN COURT IS JUST THE MEDICINE THEY NEED

DUNNING DEADBEATS (Law Enforcement)
CONGRESS GIVES NEW CHILD-SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TO STATES--AND A NEW TYPE OF BILL COLLECTOR


BONDS AWAY! (The Arts & Media Books)
HIGH FINANCE IS BYTE-DRIVEN HYSTERIA IN BOMBARDIERS

THE SPOILS OF WAR (The Arts & Media Art)
RUSSIA'S NEW DISPLAYS OF ART LOOTED FROM GERMANY REIGNITE A DEBATE OVER WHO RIGHTFULLY OWNS SUCH PLUNDER

SOUTHERN GOTHIC, INC. (The Arts & Media Books)
THE ECCENTRIC, FACT-BASED BEST SELLER MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL SPARKS A RUSH TO SEE WHERE IT ALL TOOK PLACE

BOARDROOM BOUND (The Arts & Media Theater)
MATTHEW BRODERICK IS AN ENGAGING CORPORATE CLIMBER IN A BRASSY BROADWAY REVIVAL OF HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS ...

OUT OF THIS WORLD (The Arts & Media Television)
SPARKED BY THE REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF THE X-FILES, A NEW ARMADA OF SCIENCE-FICTION SHOWS IS INVADING PRIME TIME

PROMISE KEPT (The Arts & Media Music)
JULIANA HATFIELD GETS MORE ELUSIVE, AND MORE INTERESTING

WHEN LIBERALISM RULED (The Arts & Media Books)
HISTORIAN ALAN BRINKLEY TAKES AN UNPOPULAR VIEW IN THE AGE OF NEWT: THAT THE NEW DEAL REFORMERS DIDN'T GO FAR ENOUGH