CUTTING EDGE
BUDGET CHIEF FRANKLIN RAINES IS THE NEW WHITE HOUSE PROTOTYPE: COURTLY, CENTRIST AND KEEN ON A DEAL. BUT WILL HE GET ROLLED? A PORTRAIT OF THE MAN ON THE

ON YOUR MARK, GET SET...

THE GOOD PROVIDER
ALAN SOLOMONT, THE NEW DEMOCRATIC FUND-RAISING CHIEF, WORKED HARD FOR HIS PARTY. AND HIS INDUSTRY

OPENING SHOTS
WITH THE OKLAHOMA TRIAL ON THE HORIZON, THE DEFENSE AND THE GOVERNMENT STEP UP THEIR SPARRING

THE CURSE OF GOOD TIMES
BILL CLINTON, BEWARE: PEACE AND PROSPERITY WON'T BUY YOU A PLACE IN HISTORY

THE FRINGE CONNECTIONS

JUST LIKE STARTING OVER
AS THE SIMPSON CIVIL TRIAL SEEMS TO BE WINDING TO A CLOSE, JUROR MISHAPS THREATEN THE PROCEEDINGS

MARINE BLOOD SPORTS
ANOTHER REVELATION OF THE NAKED SADISM THAT GOES UNDER THE NAME OF HAZING IN THE ARMED FORCES

BLOOD ROSES
A CORRESPONDENCE ON THE INTERNET LEADS TO CARNAGE


Does Germany Have Something Against These Guys?
Scientology, that's what. The government's handling of a group championed by John Travolta and Tom Cruise produces charges of Nazism, and the U.S. is caught in the middle

HOLLYWOOD'S GLITTERATI CIRCLE THE WAGONS

AN UNHEALTHY IMPULSE
BORIS YELTSIN MAY BE TOO ILL TO LAST, SO RIVALS FOR POWER WOULD LIKE TO AMEND RUSSIA'S CONSTITUTION

UNMASKING A GUILTY PAST
THE KILLERS OF ANTIAPARTHEID HERO STEVE BIKO FINALLY CONFESS BEFORE SOUTH AFRICA'S TRUTH COMMISSION


DEEP DIVIDE (Environment)
ROGUE ROAD BUILDERS ARE SCARRING A WILDERNESS IN UTAH, RUSHING TO MARK THE PRISTINE LAND BEFORE WASHINGTON CAN TURN IT INTO A MONUMENT

INTELLECTUAL CHAIN GANG
CONVICTED OF STEALING HIS OWN IDEAS AND NOTEBOOKS, AN IDEALISTIC YOUNG SCIENTIST SITS IN JAIL

FLU STOPPER
A NEW COMPOUND IS SET FOR HUMAN TESTING THIS YEAR


WHERE'S MADALYN?
THE MISSING ATHEIST LEFT BEHIND AN AILING EMPIRE AND A TRAIL OF TANTALIZING CLUES


LIFE AND DEATH ON THE WEB


NOTEBOOK

MILESTONES (MILESTONES)

THE CAPITOL'S NEWEST ODD COUPLE

STEALING BY NUMBERS


CONTRIBUTORS (Contributors)

HILTON HAS ROOM FOR ITT
CEO STEPHEN BOLLENBACH MAKES A BOLD BID FOR RIVAL SHERATON'S OWNER. LOOK FOR A BARROOM BRAWL

TIPS FROM UNCLE SAM
A NEW INFLATION-PROOF BOND PROVES TO BE A BIG HIT WITH INSTITUTIONS. BUT IS IT A WIN-WIN IDEA FOR YOU?

AOL BUYS SOME TIME
BESIEGED AMERICA ONLINE HAS TO COPE WITH A NOVEL PROBLEM--TOO MANY CUSTOMERS--BUT REMAINS THE BIGGEST THING IN CYBERSPACE


THE FORCE IS BACK (The Arts / CINEMA)
WITH STAR WARS, GEORGE LUCAS PLAYED TO OUR FANTASIES; NOW, AS THE NEW VERSION IS RELEASED, HE REVEALS HIS

OUR CRITIC RIDES A TIME MACHINE (The Arts / CINEMA)

BILLY BOB...OLIVIER? (The Arts / CINEMA)
NO, THORNTON. BUT WITH SLING BLADE, THE GENIAL ARKANSAS ACTOR SHOWS HIS OSCAR-WORTHY CHOPS

BIRTH OF A NEW SOUL (The Arts / MUSIC)
SINGER ERYKAH BADU WANTS TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES OF R. AND B.

WILD WARRIORS (The Arts / BOOKS)
INDIANS WEAR THE WHITE HATS IN A ZANY WESTERN

NERD WITHIN (The Arts / BOOKS)
A FUNNY, WISTFUL VENTURE INTO THE INTERNET CULTURE

COMIC BEWILDERMENTS (The Arts / BOOKS)
NINE ENGAGING STORIES TACKLE MODERN ABSURDITIES


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