ARE WE READY FOR FAT-FREE FAT? (HEALTH)
THE FDA IS ABOUT TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU CAN EAT THESE CHIPS. THEY ARE FRIED IN A FAKE OIL THAT CAN'T MAKE YOU FAT. DIP, ANYONE?


TAX CUTS (The Budget)
WHO WILL GET THE BREAKS? IN THE BUDGET ENDGAME, TAXES ARE ON THE TABLE. REPUBLICANS WANT BOUNTEOUS CUTS. CLINTON SAYS THEY WILL GO MOSTLY TO THE RICH BUT IS TEMPTED TO GO ALONG WITH SOME. IS THIS GOOD

REACTIONARY ROMP (Politics)
LIBERALS HAVE LONG HELD A NEW YEAR'S RETREAT. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN CONSERVATIVES GOT ONE, TOO

SECRETS OF THE KEMP COMMISSION (The Budget)

TRAVEL ALARM (Investigations)
A CABINET SECRETARY FLIES HIGH. SOMETIMES, TOO HIGH


JIANG PLAYS BULLY (China)
AS PART OF A POWER PLAY TO SUCCEED DENG, THE COUNTRY IS IN THE THROES OF ANOTHER CRACKDOWN

HOW DARK A RED IS HE? (Russia)
THE COMMUNISTS NOW HOLD THE MOST SEATS IN THE DUMA. THEIR LEADER MAY NOT BE A STALINIST, BUT HE'S BAD NEWS


NUCLEAR NINJAS (Counterterrorism)
A NEW KIND OF SWAT TEAM HUNTS ATOMIC TERRORISTS. AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THEIR OPERATION


PARENTHOOD, DINO-STYLE
A FOSSIL DINOSAUR FOUND SITTING ON ITS NEST BOOSTS THE IDEA THAT THE TERRIBLE LIZARDS' NEAREST KIN ARE BIRDS


GAGGING THE DOCTORS (Health Care)
CRITICS CHARGE THAT SOME HMOS REQUIRE PHYSICIANS TO WITHHOLD VITAL INFORMATION FROM THEIR PATIENTS

THE COMMISH UNDER FIRE (Health)

SO, HOW DOES IT TASTE? (Health)


THE SUNBURST SACRIFICES (Cult)
A MURDER-SUICIDE RITUAL IN THE FRENCH ALPS REVIVES EUROPEAN ALARM ABOUT A SHADOWY, WELL-HEELED GROUP

FIGHTING WORDS
CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS ABOUT THE SIMPSON TRIAL SPLIT THE RANKS OF NOW

THERE IS NO SAFE SPEED (Crime)
THREE TODDLERS' DEATHS SPOTLIGHT THE NATION'S LATEST DRUG EPIDEMIC


FIESTA BAWL (Sports)
A STAR RUNNING BACK PLAYS A NEW POSITION--VICTIM


PULLING THE PLUG ON PORN
CAN GERMAN LAWS LIMIT WHAT WE SAY ONLINE?


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THE WEEK
DECEMBER 24 -30

MILESTONES

WINNERS & LOSERS

THE WINDSOR WARS

THE GLOW FROM A FIRE
A NEW ENGLAND TEXTILE MANUFACTURER TURNS TRAGEDY INTO A CHRISTMAS TALE OF WARMTH FOR HIS WORKERS

CHUFF CHUFF, PUFF PUFF (Marketing)
ALL ABOARD THE MARLBORO UNLIMITED, A HIGH-TECH TRAIN WHERE YOU CAN SMOKE IN NEARLY EVERY CAR


FED UP WITH LAWYERS
SUING IS A STATE SPORT. NOW THERE'S A BACKLASH


DUTCH TREAT (The Arts & Media / ART)
BUDGET POLITICS INTERRUPT BUT CANNOT DIM THE VISUAL MAGIC OF AN EPOCHAL VERMEER EXHIBITION

NO LATTES, NO BELLY BUTTONS (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)
TWO NEW SITCOMS, BOTH WITH TOP PEDIGREES, TURN THEIR BACKS ON TRENDINESS. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ALSO TURN THEIR BACKS ON WIT

THE EXECUTIONEE'S SONG (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
HERE'S A NEW YEAR'S SURPRISE: TIM ROBBINS WRITES AND DIRECTS A WRENCHING BUT UNPREACHY DRAMA ABOUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

THE HOST MAN'S BURDEN (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)
THANKS TO SABRINA, GREG KINNEAR IS MAKING THE DIFFICULT LEAP FROM LATE-NIGHT TV TO BIG-SCREEN DREAMBOAT-HOOD

MYSTERIES IN DRAG (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)
THREE MALE THRILLER WRITERS TAKE A STAB AT CREATING HEROINES--ONLY ONE SUCCEEDS

BACK TO THE BLEAK FUTURE (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
IF IT'S AS GROTTY AS IT IS IN 12 MONKEYS, WE'LL STAY PUT

EXHALING SUDS (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)
IN A TIRED TALE, THE AMAZING ANGELA BASSETT SHINES

BIRD LIVES! (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)
A CHARLIE PARKER HOMAGE THAT CAPTURES THE ORIGINAL'S VERVE


CROONING TOWARD OBLIVION (Obituary)
DEAN MARTIN 1917-1995