A TIME BOMB EXPLODES
THE SERENITY OF A SMALL, CLOSE-KNIT NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN IS SHATTERED WHEN THE LOCAL CRANK BECOMES THE DEMON NEXT DOOR

GOOD COP, BAD COP
HEADLINES ABOUT BRUTALITY HAVE OVERSHADOWED THE REAL NEWS: MORE CITIES ARE REINING IN POLICE MISBEHAVIOR

AN INEDIBLE BEEF STEW
THE LARGEST RECALL OF CONTAMINATED HAMBURGER MEAT RAISES TROUBLING QUESTIONS ABOUT FOOD SAFETY

IN LOS ANGELES, A NEW ERA

A VETERAN CHIEF: TOO MANY COPS THINK IT'S A WAR


AN AFRICAN FOR AFRICA
HERDSMAN AND PHILOSOPHER, YOWERI MUSEVENI HAS REVIVED UGANDA AND HAS BIG IDEAS FOR THE CONTINENT

UNDER THE VOLCANO
A PARADISE IS LOST AS DEVASTATING ERUPTIONS FORCE MONTSERRAT'S PEOPLE TO ABANDON THEIR ISLAND

CRUSADE AGAINST MINES
CLINTON SIGNS UP FOR TALKS TO BAN LAND MINES, BUT THE REAL EFFORT SHOULD BE TO CLEAR THE ONES THAT EXIST


PATCHING UP THE SHIP (Space)
AFTER A SUCCESSFUL INTERNAL SPACE WALK, RUSSIA'S SICKLY MIR SPACE STATION GETS A LITTLE HEALTHIER


THE IMMORTALITY ENZYME (Medicine)
A NEWLY DISCOVERED GENE MAY HELP SCIENTISTS COMBAT CANCER AND AILMENTS LINKED TO AGING

GERM WARFARE (Medicine)
A DRUG-RESISTANT STAPH STRAIN HAS DOCTORS ON EDGE


IT AIN'T US, BABE
THIRTY YEARS AFTER THE SUMMER OF LOVE, THE FLOWER CHILDREN'S KIDS ENVISION--NOTHING


NOTEBOOK

THE WHITE HOUSE (THE SCOOP)
THAT INVISIBLE MACK SURE CAN LEAVE HIS MARK

A FREE GOLF LESSON (WELL, $2.95) FOR THE PREZ

MILESTONES (MILESTONES)

DIPLOMACY (THE SCOOP)
MADELEINE PLANS TO TELL THEM WHERE TO GET OFF

HOLLYWOOD (THE SCOOP)
AUTHOR! AUTHOR! EISNER'S DISAPPEARING ACT


CONTRIBUTORS (Contributors)

LIFE AFTER MIR
IN WHICH COMMANDER AND MRS. TSIBLIYEV SHARE A QUIET EVENING ON EARTH

A BANDWIDTH BONANZA
HOW THE NETWORKS PLAN TO MAKE EVEN MORE FROM A $70 BILLION HANDOUT

TURNING DOLLARS INTO CHANGE
SAVVY FINANCIER GEORGE SOROS GAVE AWAY $1 BILLION IN EUROPE. NOW HE'S TURNED HOMEWARD WITH SOME UNUSUAL IDEAS AND DEEP POCKETS

WIN ONE, LOSE ONE
RON CAREY'S ELECTION AS TEAMSTERS PRESIDENT IS VOIDED, TAKING THE SHINE OFF LABOR'S VICTORY AT UPS

HEDGE FUNDS--OR, HOW THE RICH GET RICHER


SLEIGHTS OF SILICONE
THE LEGAL WRANGLING OVER BREAST IMPLANTS MAY TEST THE ABILITY OF SCIENCE TO STAND UP IN COURT


THE NEW VIDEO WIZARDS (The Arts / VIDEO)
FOUR HOT YOUNG DIRECTORS ARE BRINGING FRESH VERVE TO MTV. HOLLYWOOD COULD BE NEXT

HAVE GIGABYTES, WILL ACT (The Arts)
IS A DIGITAL GEORGE BURNS THE ANSWER TO THE MOVIES' MALAISE? WE'LL FIND OUT!

LADY SCREENS THE BLUES (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)
DOROTHY DANDRIDGE, HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST BLACK GODDESS, WAS DEAD AT 42. NOW SHE'S BACK IN STYLE

OLD SHOWS, NEW SPIRIT (The Arts / THEATER)
IF BROADWAY MUST STAY ALIVE ON REVIVALS, LET THEM BE AS CANNY AS 1776, AS VIVACIOUS AS ON THE TOWN

FINALLY HAVING THEIR SAY (The Arts / BOOKS)
THEY ARE NO LONGER INVISIBLE WOMEN. BUT BEING MIDDLE CLASS, FEMALE AND BLACK STILL ISN'T EASY


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