CONVENTION '96: SITTING PRETTY (THE DEMOCRATS)
WHY DO AMERICANS SEEM READY TO RE-ELECT THIS PRESIDENT DESPITE THE DISTRUST AND AMBIVALENCE HE AROUSES IN SO MANY OF THEM? WE OFFER SOME THEORIES

CONVENTION '96: WHO IS DICK MORRIS? (THE DEMOCRATS)
HOW A ROGUE GENIUS IN THE GAME OF POLITICAL STRATEGY BECAME THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PRIVATE CITIZEN IN AMERICA

CONVENTION '96: THE LEARNING CURVE (THE DEMOCRATS)
CLINTON'S RECORD SHOWS THAT THE FAILURES OF HIS BOLD, EARLY PLANS TAUGHT HIM THE SECRET OF HIS SUCCESS: THINK SMALL

CONVENTION '96: A VEEP WHO LEAVES PRINTS (THE DEMOCRATS)
AL GORE IS FIRMLY PARKED AT BILL CLINTON'S RIGHT HAND. AS THE PRESIDENT'S PARTNER AND ADVISER, GORE ALSO SERVES HIMSELF

RISING DEMOCRATS (THE DEMOCRATS)
SOME ARE UPSTARTS. OTHERS ARE DYNASTIC HEIRS. TWO HAVE TARGETED BIG TOBACCO. A COUPLE TALK LIKE REPUBLICANS. ALL OF THEM ARE GIVING THE G.O.P. CAUSE FOR WORRY

CONVENTION '96: IF YOU TRY IT ALL AT ONCE... (THE DEMOCRATS)

ATLANTA'S FED-UP SUSPECT
RICHARD JEWELL'S LAWYERS DEMAND A FEDERAL APOLOGY

ONE SMALL STEP CLOSER
CHEMICAL TRACES SUGGEST THAT A BOMB BROUGHT DOWN TWA FLIGHT 800


IS YELTSIN REALLY IN CHARGE?
THE KREMLIN SAYS HE IS. BUT A FEROCIOUS BATTLE AMONG HIS AIDES OVER HOW TO END THE WAR IN CHECHNYA SUGGESTS OTHERWISE


Anthropology: LOST AFRICA (Anthropology)
THE CONTINENT'S AGE-OLD TRIBAL CEREMONIES ARE DISAPPEARING--BUT MANY HAVE NOW BEEN PRESERVED ON FILM

ONE MEAN BITE
T. REX'S JAWS ARE CERTIFIED AS THE MOST POWERFUL EVER


BAD NEWS ON CHOLESTEROL (Health)
A FORM OF THE FATTY SUBSTANCE THAT'S HARD TO CHECK PUTS MEN IN DANGER OF A PREMATURE HEART ATTACK

NO WONDER YOU CAN'T RESIST (Health)
CHOCOLATE AND MARIJUANA SHARE SOME CHEMISTRY


THE WEB'S ANONYMOUS (THE NETLY NEWS)


CHELSEA CLINTON: THE WHITE HOUSE'S UNTROUBLED TEEN (Nation)
THE CLINTONS' FAMILY VALUES SHINE IN CHELSEA--AND IN NOT EXPLOITING HER

WE TAKE THE BRASH VIEW (Essay)
CHICAGO IS A TOWN THAT LOVES IRONY AND KNOWS FULL WELL THAT POLITICS IS A SHAM

THE POLITICAL INTEREST: THE PHONY DRUG WAR (Nation)
AS THE POLITICIANS TALK TOUGH, MORE KIDS TURN ON

DIVIDING LINE: LET THEM EAT BIRTHDAY CAKE (Nation)
CLINTON'S WELFARE REFORM DISMAYS THE PRESIDENT'S FAVORITE POVERTY SCHOLAR

People: Sep. 2, 1996 (People)

JANE AUSTEN, ANSWER YOUR BEEPER (Essay)
WHAT IF BILL CLINTON TURNED TO NOVELISTS TO WRITE HIS SPEECHES?

Letters, Sep. 2, 1996 (Letters)

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL (Notebook)

Milestones Sep. 2, 1996 (Milestones)

Notebook: Sep. 2, 1996 (Notebook)

THE PEROT BACKLASH (Notebook)

CONVENTION WISDOM (Notebook)

PARCHED FOR GROWTH
PEPSI HAD A GRAND PLAN FOR GLOBAL EXPANSION. ALAS, COKE WAS THIRSTIER

THE FIRST WEB WAR
IN THE BATTLE OF THE BROWSERS, GIANT MICROSOFT IS RELENTLESSLY NARROWING THE LEAD OF SMALLER NETSCAPE

PUT OUT THE BUTT, JUNIOR
WILL TOUGH NEW REGULATIONS AIMED AT TEEN SMOKING STAND UP? NOT IF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY CAN HELP IT


BOOKS: STEPHEN KING: MONSTER WRITER (The Arts / BOOKS)
STEPHEN KING OWNS THE BEST-SELLER LIST WITH HIS GREEN MILE SERIAL. GET READY: TWO MORE BOOKS ARE ON THE WAY

CINEMA: FOOLS FOR LOVE (The Arts / CINEMA)
EDWARD BURNS SCORES WITH A WRY ROMANCE

MUSIC: NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI (The Arts / MUSIC)
R.E.M. SHOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO MAINTAIN LONGEVITY IN THE HIT-AND-FADE WORLD OF ALTERNATIVE ROCK

MUSIC: THE BOOK OF LISZTS (The Arts / MUSIC)
FINALLY, A BIOGRAPHY THAT DOES JUSTICE TO ALL FACETS OF FRANZ LISZT'S MESSY LIFE AND PROTEAN WORK

TELEVISION: VIRTUAL VIRTUE (The Arts / TELEVISION)
A NEW SERIES FROM PBS PREACHES 'TOON MORALITY

BOOKS: A STAR-SPANGLED SNOOZE (The Arts / BOOKS)

THEATER: THE GODFATHER GOES SOLO (The Arts / THEATER)
PACINO ACTS AND DIRECTS O'NEILL ON BROADWAY

MUSIC: IDENTITY CRISIS (The Arts / MUSIC)
PEARL JAM'S LATEST LACKS CREATIVE ORIGINALITY