THE INNER GAME (BUDGET)
THIS WAS SURE NOT POLITICS AS USUAL. IN AN EPIC BATTLE OF EGOS AND AGENDAS, IT WAS EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF

HOW DOLE COULD STUMBLE (IOWA)
HIS LEADERSHIP WINS POINTS IN WASHINGTON, BUT HIS AGE AND A WEAK CAMPAIGN STAFF SPELL TROUBLE IN IOWA

AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR

SLIPS ON THE PAPER TRAIL
JUST AS HILLARY CLINTON HITS THE BOOK CIRCUIT, FRESHLY FOUND DOCUMENTS OPEN OLD WOUNDS


GENERALS FOR HIRE (BOSNIA)
CONFRONTED WITH ITS TRICKIEST TASK IN BOSNIA, THE U.S. HAS MADE PLANS TO PAY SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT

WARM WELCOME, COLD FEET (BOSNIA)

DEATH COMES CALLING (ISRAEL)
THE UNTOLD STORY OF HOW ISRAEL HUNTED DOWN AND BLEW UP HAMAS' FABLED BOMBER "THE ENGINEER"


WHAT MAKES THEM DO IT (Science And Society / BEHAVIOR)
PEOPLE WHO CRAVE THRILLS, NEW EVIDENCE INDICATES, MAY BE PROMPTED AT LEAST PARTLY BY THEIR GENES

TAKING A BIG RISK FOR A CURE (Science And Society / MEDICINE)

UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS (Science And Society / SPORT)
LEGENDARY COACH DON SHULA RESIGNS UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE IN MIAMI

LAW AND ORDER (Science And Society / CRIME)
CRIME RATES ARE DOWN ACROSS THE U.S.--SOME DRAMATICALLY. IS THIS A BLIP OR A TREND? WITH SO MANY FACTORS IN PLAY, IT MAY BE A BIT OF BOTH

SEX AS SUICIDE (Science And Society / NATURE)
WHY SELF-SACRIFICE MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR SPIDERS


ARE ANIMAL ORGANS SAFE FOR PEOPLE? (Medicine)
CRITICS OF TRANSPLANTS FEAR THAT VIRUSES COULD JUMP FROM OTHER SPECIES TO HUMANS AND TRIGGER DEADLY EPIDEMICS


NOW FOR THE BAD NEWS: A TEENAGE TIME BOMB (Crime)

ONE GOOD APPLE (Crime)
POLICE COMMISSIONER WILLIAM BRATTON SET OUT TO PROVE THAT COPS REALLY CAN CUT CRIME. THE EXPERTS SCOFFED--BUT FELONY RATES HAVE DROPPED SO FAR, SO FAST, THAT NO OTHER EXPLANATION MAKES SENSE


WHERE TO LOOK IN '96
FORGET THE TURKEY FUND AND THE BOND MARKET. THINK MORGAN STANLEY AND JAPAN

TO OUR READERS

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THINKING LOCALLY, ACTING GLOBALLY
AN EX-COWBOY AND ROCK LYRICIST TURNED INTERNET ACTIVIST TAKES ON THE CENSORS OF CYBERSPACE

HEAVY BREATHING
FORGET ABOUT SISTERHOOD AND NO-GOOD GUYS. WAITING TO EXHALE IS ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE

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MILESTONES

THE WEEK
DECEMBER 31-JANUARY 6

WINNERS & LOSERS
AMID THE BUDGET DEBACLE

DISCONNECTED (AT&T)
HOW AT&T IS PLANNING TO PUT 40,000 MEMBERS OF ITS WORK FORCE OUT OF SERVICE


SICK OF JANE AUSTEN YET? (The Arts / TELEVISION)
WAIT--THERE'S A SIX-HOUR PRIDE AND PREJUDICE MINI-SERIES STILL TO GO, AND YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS A CRINOLINED MOMENT

OUT WITH THE SLEAZE (The Arts / TELEVISION)
OR SO SOME PEOPLE HOPE. BUT ARE WE READY FOR A NEW GENERATION OF LESS TAWDRY TALK SHOWS?

PULP ELIZABETHAN FICTION (The Arts / CINEMA)
WANT YOUR SHAKESPEARE R-RATED? TRY A SEXY OTHELLO AND A RICHARD III SO WITTILY VIOLENT YOU COULD CHOKE WITH LAUGHTER

BEDTIME STORY (The Arts / CINEMA)
IT'S FRENCH. IT'S SEXY. AND THIS TIME THE WIFE HAS THE MISTRESS

WRITING TO SAVE HIS LIFE (The Arts / BOOKS)
SALMAN RUSHDIE'S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE SATANIC VERSES IS ABOUT A TALE-TELLER FACING DEATH. BUT DON'T THINK IT'S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL

TRADING PLACES (The Arts / BOOKS)
WOMEN PINE FOR OTHER LIVES IN STORIES FROM A YOUNG WRITER