WHAT DID CHINA WANT?
THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY JOHNNY CHUNG AND OTHERS TO THE CLINTON WHITE HOUSE BACKFIRE ON BEIJING

THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
THE PENTAGON'S REQUEST FOR $415 BILLION WORTH OF NEW PLANES GIVES BUDGET CUTTERS A FAT NEW TARGET

WHO IS MARSHA SCOTT?
ANOTHER ARKANSAS TRANSPLANT BECOMES MIRED IN SOME QUESTIONABLE WHITE HOUSE ACTIVITIES

WITH A TIP FROM A TAB
POLICE ARREST A SUSPECT IN THE COSBY MURDER--WITH HELP FROM THE ENQUIRER

RHYME OR REASON?
FIRST TUPAC. NOW BIGGIE. HAS GANGSTA RAP GONE TOO FAR?

ALL EYEZ ON US
IT'S TIME FOR THE HIP-HOP GENERATION TO GET REAL


WAITING FOR KABILA
AS HIS REBEL FORCES GOBBLE UP TERRITORY, LAURENT KABILA IS POISED TO END THE LONG, THIEVING RULE OF MOBUTU SESE SEKO AND PERHAPS BRING HOPE TO RUINED ZAIRE

NO LAW OR ORDER IN THE LAND
FOREIGNERS FLEE AS TINY ALBANIA DISSOLVES INTO MAD MAX-STYLE CHAOS


GIFT OF LOVE (Medicine)
A GROUP OF NUNS ARE DONATING THEIR BRAINS TO SCIENCE TO HELP FIGHT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

REAGAN'S LONG GOODBYE (Medicine)


A BOY WITHOUT A PENIS (Behavior)
THE EXPERTS HAD IT ALL WRONG, SAYS THE BELEAGUERED SURVIVOR OF A LANDMARK 1960S SEX-CHANGE OPERATION


DOES HEAVEN EXIST?
IT USED TO BE THAT THE HEREAFTER WAS VIRTUALLY PALPABLE, BUT AMERICAN RELIGION NOW SEEMS ALMOST ALLERGIC TO IMAGINING IT. IS PARADISE LOST?

OTHER FAITHS, OTHER VISIONS


PLENTY MORE AFTER NOMO
THANKS TO HIDEO NOMO, MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS NOW LOOK UPON JAPAN AS THE LAND OF THE RISING FASTBALL


TECH WATCH (TECH WATCH)


NOTEBOOK

BROOCHING THE SUBJECT DIPLOMATICALLY

PARTIAL-TRUTH ABORTION

PRIDE OF THE PUDGY

MILESTONES (MILESTONES)

OSCAR, THE SECRET STORY


SWEET HOME, MINNESOTA

LOSING ITS LUSTER
DESPITE EXQUISITE SERVICE, NORDSTROM HAS SUFFERED A PROFIT SLUMP. CAN THE TONY RETAILING CHAIN GET THE MAGIC BACK?

DOCTORING THE DOW
IT'S A NEW AGE: LOSERS, METAL BENDERS NEED NOT APPLY

DONORGATE IN THE TEAMSTERS
FISHY CONTRIBUTIONS COULD UNDO CAREY'S RE-ELECTION


!VIVA SELENA! (The Arts / CINEMA)
THE QUEEN OF TEJANO WAS MURDERED IN 1995. NOW HOLLYWOOD AND HER FATHER PRESENT THEIR VERSION OF HER LIFE

SLOW-MOVING VIOLATION (The Arts / CINEMA)
FOR ALL ITS KICKS AND KINKS, CRASH LACKS IMPACT

A TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT (The Arts / APPRECIATION)
A PARALYZED FRENCH JOURNALIST DIES JUST DAYS AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF HIS MEMOIR CELEBRATING LIFE

A CULTURAL GIFT FROM HITLER (The Arts / ART)
EXILED BY NAZISM, EUROPEANS IMMENSELY ENRICHED AMERICAN ART

STOP THE WORLD (The Arts / BOOKS)
SAVVY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, BUT NO REAL-LIFE SOLUTIONS

JIM-NASTICS (The Arts / CINEMA)
LIAR LIAR GOES FOR A LOVABLE CARREY. MISTAKE


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