FACING THE AGE ISSUE (Cover Story)
THE REPUBLICAN FRONT RUNNER TURNS 72. IS HE TOO OLD TO BE PRESIDENT? AND IS HE TOO OLD-FASHIONED A POLITICIAN TO LEAD HIS RADICALIZED PARTY?

MEDICAL VERDICT: ONE VERY HEALTHY SEPTUAGENARIAN (Cover Story)

"I THINK I'VE MOVED WITH IT" (Cover Story)


MORE HEAT THAN LIGHT (Cities)
AFTER A HELLISH FIVE DAYS THAT LEFT 457 DEAD, CHICAGO SWEATED OUT A WEEK OF RECRIMINATIONS

OH! MADAME FIRST LADY! (West Virginia)
WITH HER STEAMY REVELATIONS IN A NEW BOOK, THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE RACHAEL WORBY HAS RAISED A STORM


CAN A REBEL BE A RULER? (Middle East)
A YEAR AFTER TAKING CHARGE IN THE GAZA STRIP AND WITH HIS WEST BANK ROLE GROWING, YASSER ARAFAT STRUGGLES TO GOVERN

BOMBS AND BLUSTER (Bosnia)
WITH ANOTHER "SAFE" AREA AT RISK, THE ALLIES THREATEN TO STRIKE THE SERBS AND SAY THEY MEAN IT THIS TIME


WHERE DO TOES COME FROM?
LINKING FISH FINS TO MOUSE PAWS, RESEARCHERS MAY HAVE SOLVED AN IMPORTANT EVOLUTIONARY PUZZLE


NOBLE AIMS, MIXED RESULTS
FIVE YEARS AFTER A HISTORIC ACT, THE DISABLED ARE DOING BETTER, BUT STILL NEED JOBS

UNDER THEIR OWN POWER


DECLINE OF THE TIMES (Newspapers)
AS THE INDUSTRY AILS, TIMES MIRROR CLOSES DOWN A NEW YORK CITY TABLOID AND SLASHES ITS L.A. FLAGSHIP


GOOD SHOW AT THE COPA
THE U.S. SOCCER TEAM WINS SOME BIG GAMES AND A LITTLE RESPECT IN A TOP SOUTH AMERICAN TOURNAMENT


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WHY WE MUST CONTAIN CHINA

THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT (Ideas)
DID THE EARLY CHRISTIANS TEACH US TO CALL ENEMIES SATAN -- AND TO GIVE THEM HELL?

MILESTONES

WINNERS & LOSERS

THE WEEK
JULY 16-22

READY, WILLING, CABLE (Telecommunications)
IN LETTING LOOSE THE GIANTS, DOES CONGRESS HAVE CONSUMERS IN MIND?

NEED A NEW DRUG? (Marketing)
YOU MAY GET ONE NOW THAT THE FDA IS PRIMED TO CLEAR MORE MEDICINES FOR OVER-THE-COUNTER SALE

TV AND NOT TV
AT ITS NADIR, ZENITH GIVES WAY TO A KOREAN COMPANY


ELEGY FOR LOST BOYS (Justice)
A SWIFT, DRAMATIC TRIAL FINDS SUSAN SMITH GUILTY OF MURDERING HER SONS

TAKING IT ALL BACK (Affirmative Action)
AT PETE WILSON'S URGING, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALFIORNIA NO TO RACIAL PREFERENCES

MEND IT, DON'T END IT (Affirmative Action)


THEIR SO-CALLED LIVES (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
WITH THE REAL WORLD AND A NEW SPIN-OFF, ROAD RULES, MTV TURNS TOTAL STRANGERS INTO STARS OF THEIR OWN SOAPS

WHAT A WORLD! (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
KEVIN COSTNER'S ILL-STARRED, OVERPRICED EPIC FINALLY ARRIVES. WILL IT SAIL TO SUCCESS OR GO DOWN IN FLAMES?

TINY PIECES OF FLESH (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
A STARTLING NONFICTION BOOK ABOUT FOUR HELL'S KITCHEN FRIENDS PROMPTS CHARGES THAT THE STORY IS TOO TERRIBLE TO BE TRUE

TO LIVE AND BUY IN L.A. (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
CONSUMING IS A MATTER OF STYLE FOR THE TEENS IN CLUELESS

DELETE KEY (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
SANDRA BULLOCK DISCOVERS THE DOWNSIDE OF THE INTERNET

CATHARSIS FROM THE CHOIR (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
JODECI AND XSCAPE, TWO GOSPEL-INFLUENCED R.-AND-B. QUARTETS, BRING THE PASSION OF CHURCH MUSIC TO SONGS OF LOVE AND LUST

BROKEN PEACE (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)

PUTTING FIRE IN THE CANON (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
FROM PARIS COMES THE LATEST JAZZ PHENOM, JACKY TERRASSON, WHOSE ICONOCLASTIC PIANO SOLOS BRING NEW LIFE TO THE STANDARDS