A FRIEND IN NEED
AN OLD CLINTON PAL AND ENERGETIC DONOR MAY HAVE TRIED TOO HARD TO BE HELPFUL

THE APOLOGY STRATEGY
AS NERVOUS COLLEAGUES PONDER HIS RE-ELECTION, GINGRICH ADMITS VIOLATING HOUSE ETHICS RULES


GALA AT GUNPOINT
PERU'S PRESIDENT FUJIMORI CONFRONTS A HOSTAGE CRISIS CREATED BY A BAND OF REBELS HE THOUGHT HE HAD DEFEATED


AWAY TO DADDY'S HOUSE
AS O.J. SIMPSON IS GRANTED FULL CUSTODY OF HIS CHILDREN, THEIR GRANDPARENTS PREPARE TO APPEAL


NOTEBOOK

THE REAL CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

CHILD'S PLAY

MILESTONES (MILESTONES)

A YEAR WITHOUT MUTTER


TO OUR READERS

IMPERFECT, IRRESISTIBLE (Appreciation)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI: 1924-1996

BULL BONUS BONANZA
WALL STREET NEVER UNDERPAYS ITSELF. BUT THIS YEAR'S BOUNTY MAKES THE GREEDY 1980S LOOK VIRTUOUS

RULING OUT "JUNK SCIENCE"
THE EVIDENCE THAT BREAST IMPLANTS CAUSE SERIOUS ILLNESS ISN'T WORTH CONSIDERING, SAYS A FEDERAL JUDGE


A RICH FILM FEAST (Cinema)

MAD FOR EVITA (Cinema)
YOU'VE HEARD THE MUSIC, SEEN THE CLOTHES, READ THE HYPE. BUT CAN THIS MOVIE REVIVE MADONNA'S CAREER?


IMAGES (The Year In Review)

TURNING THE TIDE (Man Of The Year)

THE DISEASE DETECTIVE (Man Of The Year)
AS THE AIDS EPIDEMIC UNFOLDED, DR. DAVID HO HAD A KNACK FOR ASKING JUST THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

THE TAO OF HO (Man Of The Year)
HIS TENACITY AND LEGENDARY TRANQUILLITY BOTH SPRING FROM THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE

A TEAM EFFORT (Man Of The Year)
HO IS ONE OF DOZENS OF RESEARCHERS WHO DESERVE RECOGNITION FOR THEIR HEROIC AND GROUNDBREAKING WORK BATTLING THE AIDS EPIDEMIC. HERE ARE JUST A FEW

THE GLOBAL EPIDEMIC (Man Of The Year)
AIDS IS TIGHTENING ITS GRIP ON THE DEVELOPING WORLD-- WHERE THE COSTLY NEW DRUGS WON'T DO MUCH GOOD AT ALL

HOPE WITH AN ASTERISK (Man Of The Year)
FIFTEEN YEARS INTO THE AIDS EPIDEMIC, OPTIMISM IS A FOREIGN STATE. SHOULD WE LET THE NEW DRUGS TAKE US THERE?

NOW IT'S AIDS INC. (Man Of The Year)
THE PASSAGE OF TIME AND THE GROWTH OF AWARENESS HAVE TURNED THE DISEASE INTO AN INDUSTRY. WILL THE POST-PLAGUE YEARS SOON BEGIN?

TO BE OR NOT TO BE...WHATEVER (The Year In Review)
IN A YEAR MAINLY STARRING FOOLS, KNAVES AND DOLTS, HAMLET'S ENTRANCE WAS BEAUTIFULLY TIMED

SECOND ACTS (The Year In Review)
INTEREST IN MOST NEWS STORIES (O.J. EXCEPTED) FADES AFTER A WEEK OR TWO. BUT LIVES, CASES AND ISSUES KEEP UNFOLDING. WE REVISIT SOME OF 1996'S MOST INTRIGUING STORIES


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