JULIUS SPEAKER?
UH-OH, NEWT GINGRICH IS IN TROUBLE AGAIN, AND GUESS WHICH "FRIEND" HAS THAT LEAN AND HUNGRY LOOK

SORRY, PARDNER
BIG TOBACCO FESSES UP AND PAYS UP--$368.5 BILLION, BUT CONGRESS MUST APPROVE THE DEAL

GOING WITHOUT A PRAYER
AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW THE FBI AND CIA NABBED AN INFAMOUS SUSPECT AFTER A GLOBAL, FOUR-YEAR MANHUNT

SORRY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH
A SIMPLE APOLOGY FOR SLAVERY LEAVES UNPAID DEBTS

HOW TOBACCO FIRMS WILL MANAGE

IS IT REALLY A GOOD DEAL?
YES, SAYS A PULITZER-PRIZEWINNING EXPERT--BUT FORGET THE MONEY. THE KEY IS FDA CONTROL

PARDON ME IF I (STILL) SMOKE
FOR SOME, IT'S A BADGE OF HONOR--A REFUSAL TO GIVE IN


THE BIG HANDOVER (ONE COUNTRY, MANY SYSTEMS)
FOR THE FIRST TIME BRITAIN IS GIVING A COLONY TO A COMMUNIST STATE. THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ARE BOTH PROUD AND ANXIOUS

INSIDE CHINA (ONE COUNTRY, MANY SYSTEMS)
AS HONG KONG IS REUNITED WITH CHINA, IT WILL CHANGE THE MAINLAND AS MUCH AS CHINA CHANGES IT

THE SECRET MISSILE DEAL
THE CIA HAS DISCOVERED THAT CHINA IS HELPING PAKISTAN BUILD A MISSILE PLANT. WILL THE U.S. OBJECT?


OH, MY ACHING HEAD! (Medicine)
STRESS. HORMONES. PARENTS. GENES. THE LATEST ABOUT WHAT GIVES US HEADACHES--AND MAKES THEM GO AWAY

EVERY WOMAN'S DILEMMA (Health)
IT'S A CHOICE BETWEEN THE RISKS OF TAKING ESTROGEN AND THE RISKS OF NOT. A NEW STUDY CLARIFIES THE ISSUES

WATER HAZARD? (Health)
FINNISH SCIENTISTS LINK CHLORINE TO CANCER IN RATS


TECH WATCH (TECH WATCH)


NOTEBOOK

THE WHITE HOUSE (THE SCOOP)
JUST CALL ME THE ANNIVERSARY PRESIDENT

MAMA MIA, THAT'S A MEA CULPA

AND THEN I TOLD THEM...

MILESTONES (MILESTONES)

HAVE I GOT A TUSK FOR YOU! (POSTSCRIPT)

POSTCARD FROM THE EDGE

HOLLYWOOD (THE SCOOP)
WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE LUNCH IN THIS TOWN AGAIN?

THE KING ASSASSINATION (THE SCOOP)
SMOKING GUN, BUT WHO'S THE CULPRIT?


TO OUR READERS

A MYSTIC OF HOUSES
A GHOST HAS TURNED UP, BUT HE'S JUST A HAPPY MEMORY THE HOUSE HASN'T FORGOTTEN

ONE DUMB SUMMER (The Arts / CINEMA)
MOST OF THE NEW ACTION FILMS ARE BIG, LOUD AND DOPEY, NEAR EXHAUSTION IF NOT EXTINCTION. SPIELBERG DOESN'T HAVE THE ONLY DINOSAURS AROUND

BACK TO THEIR ROOTS (The Arts / DANCE)
THE AILEY COMPANY'S TOUR LEAVES SOUTH AFRICA DANCING IN THE AISLES

DO WE NEED MORE OPRAHS? (The Arts / BOOKS)
IN PROMISCUITIES, FEMINIST NAOMI WOLF DEMANDS MORE GIRL TALK

THIS DICK IS A JANE (The Arts / BOOKS)
THE CROSS-CULTURAL HEROINE OF THE JANE WHITEFIELD SERIES CAN BREAK A GUY'S HEART AS WELL AS HIS LEG

ON THE ROAD (The Arts / BOOKS)
AN ACERBIC NOVEL OF A RAFFISH FAMILY PILGRIMAGE

THE DRABINSKY RAG (The Arts / THEATER)
THE CANADIAN SHOWMAN HAS ALREADY SHAKEN UP BROADWAY. BUT WAIT TILL IT SEES HIS NEXT MUSICAL


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