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Table of Contents: June 15, 1998
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Edition: U.S.
Vol. 151 No. 23
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NATION
Revolt Of The Gentry
In Vermont a new law meant to equalize public school funding has set off a ferocious class war

Change Partners And Dance
Monica Lewinsky's new lawyers are ready and willing to cut an immunity deal with Ken Starr. For Bill Clinton, that's not good news

DWB: Driving While Black
Incidents in New Jersey and Maryland heat up the issue of racial profiling by state highway patrols

Jacob Stein
...AND THE LACONIC WASHINGTONIAN

Plato Cacheris
THE COURTROOM IMPRESARIO...


WORLD
Did The U.S. Drop Nerve Gas?
A CNN investigation charges that the U.S. used gas in 1970 to save troops sent into Laos to kill defectors

Man With A Grand Plan
Pino Arlacchi, the U.N.'s new drug boss, has ambitious ideas for winning the war in 10 years


SCIENCE
Weighing The Universe
Scientists discover mass in the tiny neutrino--maybe even enough to reverse the Big Bang

Fruit Flies In The Fountain Of Youth

First AIDS Vaccine: Better Than Nothing


SOCIETY
Where'd You Learn That?
American kids are in the midst of their own sexual revolution, one leaving many parents feeling confused and virtually powerless

Listening In On Boy Talk

Dr. Drew, After-Hours Guru


TECHNOLOGY
Apocalypse Not
For most private computers, the notorious Year 2000 glitch won't be the end of the world. For the feds, however, it could be a disaster

Why The Government's Machines Won't Make It


NOTEBOOK
Notebook

Right At Home (The Scoop)
Pro-Family in Utah, Anti-Gay in Colorado

"Look At Those Little Polkehs"
A Glance Back at the William Ginsburg Era

Just The Owner, Not The Boss

Putting The Spotlight On "Scorched Earth Fishing" (Planet Watch)

Milestones (Milestones)

Chicago (The Scoop)
While Michael Ponders, Pippen Plans Last Dance

The West Bank (The Scoop)
Tests Say Hamas Bomber Was Killed by Accident

Planet Watch (Planet Watch)
All About Oceans


ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
High Tension In A Company Town
Black workers at a nuke plant say they're fed up with being kept down

Our New TV Show
Catch us on CNN every Sunday and Monday

Will It Be Coffee, Tea Or He?
Religion was once a conviction. Now it is a taste

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BUSINESS
Smile, You're A Winner!
Whether he's taking home Winston Cups or pitching toothpaste, Jeff Gordon is helping drive stock-car racing to the top

Disney's Brain Drain
Some of Eisner's top executives have shipped out, but the company's profit machine rolls on

An Unhittable Pitch
The Cleveland Indians have just gone public. Too bad the IPO business isn't as hot as their record

Winner By A Nose
The sweet smell of success at the 26th annual FiFi awards in honor of the world fragrance industry


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Modern Romance (The Arts / Cinema)
Two births, two deaths, five affairs: The Opposite of Sex adds up to a wickedly delightful comedy

An Escapist's Dreamworld (The Arts / Art)
Modern taste rediscovers the work of Edward Burne-Jones

Out On Her Own (The Arts / Cinema)
Yep, she's Ellen's girlfriend. The question now is, Will moviegoers accept Anne Heche as Harrison Ford's?

Been There, Seen That (The Arts / Cinema)

Raking Up The Ashes (The Arts / Books)
Frank McCourt's younger brother Malachy tries his hand at creating a blockbuster Irish memoir

Life After Winfrey? (The Arts / Books)
Two novelists test the waters with their first new books after hitting it big on Oprah's Book Club

Oil In The Family (The Arts / Books)
John D. Rockefeller gets a biography that's nearly as rich--metaphorically speaking--as he was

Nicely Naughty (The Arts / Cinema)


YOUR TIME
Diary Of A Mid-Life Checkup (Personal Time: Select Health)

The Evils Of Milk? (Personal Time: Your Health)
A new antidairy group calls it poison. Here's a less hysterical look at its pluses and minuses

Tell The Kids To Fib (Personal Time: Your Technology)
A U.S. agency says laws are needed to protect children's privacy online. But you can do better

Trade Or Invest? (Personal Time: Your Money)
I do both for a living, but you can beat me, and the market, through long-term stock investing

Your Health (Personal Time: Your Health)

Your Money (Personal Time: Your Money)

Your Technology (Personal Time: Your Technology)

How A Woman's Exam Would Differ (Personal Time: Select Health)
Breast cancer and bone loss will top the agenda, but if she brings a list of her own concerns, doctors will custom-tailor her physical


PEOPLE
People


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