WHEN LIFE EXPLODED (Cover Story)
FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS, SIMPLE CREATURES LIKE PLANKTON, BACTERIA AND ALGAE RULED THE EARTH. THEN, SUDDENLY, LIFE GOT VERY COMPLICATED


A PLOT TO LIVEN UP THE RACE (Campaign '96)
SEVEN PROMINENT POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN SECRETLY PLANNING AN INDEPENDENT RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE

TARGET: NEWT (Campaign '96)
THE UNPOPULAR SPEAKER IS GIVING DEMOCRATS HOPE


A PERILOUS PEACE (Diplomacy)
THE KILLING HAS FINALLY STOPPED, BUT NOW COMES THE HARD PART.CAN BITTER ENEMIES FORGET THE WRONGS THEY HAVE DONE TO ONE ANOTHER AND LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER?

REBELS WITHOUT A PAUSE (Chechnya)
BOMB BLASTS, MORE FIGHTING AND TERRORIST THREATS SIGNAL THE BREAKDOWN OF A FOUR-MONTH-OLD TRUCE

ROTTEN SAFETY NET (Israel)
WHY DID AN ALLEGED SECRET-SERVICE MOLE FAIL TO REPORT AN EXTREMIST'S THREATS TO KILL YITZHAK RABIN?

DROP MARX, GO FOR THE SOUND BITE (Poland)
RIDING A TREND, A FORMER COMMUNIST WRESTS THE PRESIDENCY AWAYFROM SOLIDARITY'S LECH WALESA


KNOWING WHEN TO STOP (Health)
DOCTORS GO TO HEROIC LENGTHS TO KEEP TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS ALIVE--OFTEN AGAINST THEIR WISHES


CAN CHARITY FILL THE GAP?
GROUPS THAT HELP THE POOR ARE BRACING FOR A DOUBLE HARDSHIP:SURGING NEED AND FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS

RIPPED FROM THE WOMB (Crime)
A HORRENDOUS TRIPLE MURDER IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO FORCES AMERICANS TO PONDER THE DEPTHS OF EVIL

MONSTER MICE (Behavior)
SCIENTISTS BREED FEROCIOUS RODENTS THAT RAPE AND KILL


CAMPAIGN '96
A BRASS-KNUCKLED GENTLEMAN STEVE FORBES, THE CANDIDATE OF GOOD CHEER, IS NOT SHY ABOUT USING ATTACK ADS AND HARD-NOSED ADVISERS

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NOW ON TV: DIANA, GODDESS OF THE HAUNT

IN DEFENSE OF TALK SHOWS

LETTERS

MCSENIORS

THE WEEK
NOVEMBER 19-25

MILESTONES

WINNERS & LOSERS

A MOUSE IN THE HOUSE
DISNEY WANTS TO SELL AMERICANS THE ULTIMATE FANTASY: A UTOPIAN COMMUNITY


NO MISS PRISSY (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
WHITNEY HOUSTON HAS A NEW FILM AND NEW CD; SHE WANTS A NEW IMAGE

FREE. AS A BEATLE (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
THE "NEW" ALBUM PROVIDES AN OPEN MIKE INTO THE BIRTH OF ROCK'S GREATEST GROUP

SHORT BUT SWEET PROGRAM (The Arts & Media / SPORT)
HIS EARLY DEATH PUTS A TRAGIC END TO THE FAIRY TALE OF ONE OF FIGURE SKATING'S GREATEST PAIRS--GORDEEVA AND GRINKOV

IT'S VALUES, STUPID! (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
BEN WATTENBERG'S NEW SCREED IMPRESSED CLINTON. WHY?

A REVENANT ON MY BACK (The Arts & Media / TECHNOLOGY)
EXPLORING THE DUBIOUS--AND ADDICTIVE--PLEASURES OF DOOM

THE LAST OF THE SHOWMEN (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
PIANIST EARL WILD HARKS BACK TO THE GOLDEN AGE OF KEYBOARD VIRTUOSOS, AND AT 80 HE IS AS DAZZLING AS EVER

OUT WEST ON A BAD STAR TRIP (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
WALTER HILL'S COWBOY EPIC SHUTS OUT THE PRAIRIE AND THE BIG SKY IN FAVOR OF DARKNESS, HYSTERIA AND CLAUSTROPHOBIA

BACK CHAT (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
KICKING AND SCREAMING PUTS NEW LIFE INTO URBAN COMEDY

POLITICS IN THE VESTRY (The Arts & Media / THEATER)
DAVID HARE TACKLES THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN RACING DEMON

BORDER MUSIC (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
IN A SPARE NEW ALBUM, BRUCE IS AT HIS BLEAKEST AND BEST