NEW PARTY BOSSES (MONEY AND POLITICS)
CLASS OF '96 WHO REALLY CONTROLS POLITICS? MEET THE POWER BROKERS WHO WILL HELP DECIDE THIS YEAR'S CONTEST

STATE OF SIEGE
CAN FEDERAL AGENTS CAPTURE MONTANA'S BAND OF HOLED-UP FREEMEN WITHOUT TRIGGERING ANOTHER TRAGIC WACO?

SUGAR'S SWEETEST DEAL
THE LANDMARK FARM BILL LEFT SUGAR SUBSIDIES STANDING. REFORMERS WONDER WHAT WENT WRONG


THE UNDEAD RED (CAMPAIGN '96 RUSSIA)
RUSSIA'S COMMUNIST PARTY HAS RISEN AGAIN AND THREATENS TO TAKE POWER

YELTSIN'S SECRET REPORT ON HOW TO CALL OFF THE VOTE (CAMPAIGN '96 RUSSIA)


GHOST HUNTERS
PHYSICISTS SET OUT TO TRAP THE MOST ELUSIVE PARTICLE IN THE UNIVERSE


THE GOSPEL TRUTH?
THE ICONOCLASTIC AND PROVOCATIVE JESUS SEMINAR ARGUES THAT NOT MUCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CAN BE TRUSTED. IF SO, WHAT ARE CHRISTIANS TO BELIEVE?

THE SECRET LIVES OF JESUS CHRIST

EYEWITNESSES TO JESUS?
A GERMAN SCHOLAR ARGUES THAT THREE BITS OF PAPYRUS ARE THE OLDEST FRAGMENTS OF ST. MATTHEW'S GOSPEL


NEW POWER FOR THE PEN
HOW PRESIDENTS CAN USE--AND ABUSE--THE LINE-ITEM VETO

CONTRIBUTORS (Contributors)

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IN DEFENSE OF SPLITTING UP
THE GROWING ANTIDIVORCE MOVEMENT IS BLIND TO THE COSTS OF BAD MARRIAGES

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NOTEBOOK

THEY STILL DON'T GET IT

OLYMPIC MONITOR

DAMN THE TUXEDOS!

MILESTONES

A NO-WIN WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
POLITICIANS ARE HANDING OUT FATTER TAX BREAKS THAN EVER TO LURE JOBS TO THEIR AREAS. THEY MAY BE DEVASTATING U.S. CITIES IN THE PROCESS

JAPAN'S TRILLION-DOLLAR HOLE
A BANKING SCANDAL IS MAKING WALL STREET NERVOUS

THE QE2 GOES ON THE BLOCK
BRITAIN'S CUNARD IS CRUISING FOR A NEW OWNER


DEBATING STANDARDS
POLITICIANS AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVES AGAIN TRY TO FIX PUBLIC EDUCATION


LOOK WHO'S TALKING
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ROBERT SHAPIRO AND CHRISTOPHER DARDEN HAVE LOTS TO SAY


HERE'S THE REAL BEST PICTURE (The Arts / CINEMA)
NICK PARK'S ANIMATED DELIGHTS EARN THEIR THIRD ACADEMY AWARD

MAKING A SPLASH (The Arts / ARCHITECTURE)
REM KOOLHAAS SHOWS WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN A VISIONARY FINALLY GETS TO PUT UP A BUILDING OR TWO

MANNIX LIVES! (The Arts / TELEVISION)
TV RETURNS TO THE VIRTUES OF KNUCKLE-SANDWICH PROBLEM SOLVING

MOTOWN WITH ANGELS' WINGS (The Arts / MUSIC)
CISSY HOUSTON TAKES GOSPEL BACK TO ITS ROOTS IN THE BLUES

MANN'S FATE (The Arts / MUSIC)
HER SONGS ARE CAPTIVATING, BUT AIMEE MANN IS OVERLOOKED

HER STRONG SUIT AFTER ALL (The Arts / BOOKS)
RANDOM HOUSE SAID HER FICTION WAS UNPRINTABLE. BUT JOAN COLLINS' NEW NOVEL PROVES SHE'S NOBODY'S LITERARY CABBAGE

WHITEWASH? (The Arts / BOOKS)
AL SHARPTON WANTS US TO SEE HIM AS THE NEW DR. KING

ODD COUPLE (The Arts / CINEMA)
CAN JAMES EARL JONES ACCEPT ROBERT DUVALL AS HIS BROTHER?