PLAYING THE ENDGAME (Congress)
BEYOND LAST WEEK'S BIPARTISAN GESTURES LOOMS THE BIGGEST SHOWDOWN WASHINGTON HAS SEEN IN YEARS. THE RISING FIGHT OVER MEDICARE IS JUST PART OF IT

NEW YORK OR BUST (Campaign '96)
AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE FEUDS AND MONEY WOES PLAGUING WILSON'S RUN

TOP HAT IN THE RING (Candidates)
STEVE FORBES, MILLIONAIRE SON OF MALCOLM, IS POISED TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AS THE SAVIOR OF SUPPLY-SIDERS

CAN HE STAY ON THE PEDESTAL? (Campaign '96)


UNFORGIVEN TRESPASS (Belarus)
IN A THROWBACK TO THE COLD WAR, TWO BALLOON RACERS ARE DEEMED A SECURITY RISK AND BRUTALLY SHOT DOWN


SILENCE OF THE GUNS (The Balkans)
THE U.S. BROKERS A CEASE-FIRE IN SARAJEVO, AND THE WEST DARES TO HOPE FOR A NEGOTIATED PEACE IN BOSNIA

AMERICA'S NEW SHUTTLE MASTER (The Balkans)


ARSENIC AND OLD MINES (Environment)
AS MONTANANS BATTLE A NEW GOLD RUSH, CALIFORNIANS ARE DEALING WITH THE POISONOUS LEGACY OF THE PAST

SEEDS OF CONFLICT
CRITICS SAY A U.S. COMPANY'S PATENT ON A PESTICIDE FROM AN INDIAN TREE IS "GENETIC COLONIALISM"


IS HOMEOPATHY GOOD MEDICINE? (Health)
AN ECCENTRIC SYSTEM OF HEALING IS STAGING A COMEBACK, BUT MANY EXPERTS STILL DISMISS IT


THE NITTANY LION KING
IN HIS 30TH YEAR AS PENN STATE COACH, JOE PATERNO INSISTS HIS PLAYERS HIT THE BOOKS AS WELL AS THEIR FOES

A NEW HIGH FOR CHESS
WORLD CHAMPION GARY KASPAROV TAKES ON INDIAN WHIZ VISHY ANAND IN AN UNUSUALLY LOFTY SETTING


NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE (Tourism)
WITH OTHER TOURISTS SHYING AWAY, MIAMI BEACH WOOS THE NATION'S $17 BILLION GAY AND LESBIAN TRAVEL MARKET

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DOWN WITH MODERATION!

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ALAS, NO "THANK YOU, JESUS"

MOTHERS' WORK

THE WEEK
SEPTEMBER 10-16

MILESTONES

WINNERS & LOSERS

HUNTING SEASON OVER?
AFTER A MONTH OF DOGGED PURSUIT, TIME WARNER APPEARS TO HAVE TURNER BROADCASTING IN THE BAG


SHE SPOKE VOLUMES (Justice)
AN EMBATTLED LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COPES WITH A WHISTLE BLOWER'S ACCOUNT OF LOST AND MUTILATED BOOKS


MEET MISTER WIZARD (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
WITH HIS JURASSIC PARK SEQUEL ROARING INTO STORES, MICHAEL CRICHTON GETS SET FOR ANOTHER MONSTER HIT

DYSFUNCTIONING JUST FINE (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
FAMILY VALUES ARE OUT OF KILTER, BUT THE ECCENTRICITY IS ESSENTIAL IN DIANE KEATON'S FLAKY, CHARMING UNSTRUNG HEROES

POP'S PRINCESS GROWS UP (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
MARIAH CAREY, CREATOR OF SLICK, SUGARY HITS, REVEALS A MORE SOULFUL SIDE ON HER REFRESHINGLY UNDERSTATED NEW ALBUM

YOU LOG ON HERE OFTEN? (The Arts & Media / LIVING)
FORGET THE NEIGHBORHOOD COFFEE BAR; COMPUTER CAFES ARE GETTING CYBER-MINDED CUSTOMERS WIRED ON MORE THAN JUST CAFFEINE

FIRST STOP, GREENWICH VILLAGE (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
WRITER MARY CANTWELL WAXES NOSTALGIC ABOUT THE DAYS OF VIVALDI AND VOGUE

THE CRAFT BEHIND THE VOICE (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
AT LAST, A BOOK THAT TAKES FULL MEASURE OF FRANK SINATRA'S ART

TROUBLE IN ACADEMIA (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
ANN BEATTIE'S OLD TRICKS WEAR THIN IN HER LATEST NOVEL

CAGED HEAT (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
WHEN MARSHALL CHAPMAN SINGS, THE JAILHOUSE ROCKS

HOW GOOD IS HIS SCIENCE? (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)

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VILE BODIES (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
A HIGH-CONCEPT SERIAL KILLER PROWLS THE MURK IN SEVEN