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Table of Contents: November 30, 1998
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Edition: U.S.
Vol. 152 No. 22
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COVER
The Age Of Ritalin (Cover Story / The Age of Ritalin)

Next Up: Prozac (Cover Story / The Age of Ritalin)

How Does It Work? (Cover Story / The Age of Ritalin)

Rx: A Shelf Load Of Books (Cover Story / The Age of Ritalin)


NATION
The Lone Starr Hearings
Ken Starr took his case to Congress and lost: he became the target, and few people paid attention

Now, Repeat After Me
Washington is trapped in Groundhog Day without a Hollywood ending

The Watts Solution
Republicans want to show that they care. J.C. Watts is their man or the moment


WORLD
Taking Out Saddam
Clinton is about to bet $97 million on Iraq's opposition. The odds aren't good

The Last, Worst Hope: How an Invasion Might Go

A Legacy of Blowbacks
Iraqi dissidents have paid for U.S. indecision with their life


SCIENCE
A Chip off the Doomsday Rock

Unscrambling the Past
Scientists piece together a picture of dinosaur life from a trove of ancient eggs


SPORT
Should Kids Hunt?
Parents debate whether the sport connects children to nature or makes them cruel


NOTEBOOK
Eulogy (Eulogy)

Notebook

Campaign Watch (The Scoop)
Behind-the-Scenes Fray In Smoke-Filled Rooms

With Respect, You Moron...

Milestones (Milestones)

Adventures In Accounting (The Scoop)
Minus 50 Years Of Banking Fees, That's...

Near Miss (The Scoop)
Did I Say Israel? What I Meant Was...


ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
To Our Readers

Who's in Charge Here, Anyway?
America risks blood and treasure in the gulf. Kofi Annan calls the shots

Not Doing as the Romans Do
A woman's place at the altar challenges a 2,000-year-old Catholic tradition

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BUSINESS
Dial I for Internet
Scared of PCs? Here's how to surf the Web with user-friendly smart appliances

If Gates Loses, Then What?
As trustbusters build their case against Microsoft, speculation rages about the possible remedies

How The Furby Flies
There's a plot behind this year's hot new plaything, and it's one that we fall for again and again

Sun Pours Java All Over Bill


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bugs Funny (The Arts / Cinema)

Will Power Wins Again (The Arts / Cinema)
How could our hero be an Enemy of the State?

Animators, Sharpen Your Pixels (The Arts / Cinema)
From bug fables to princely epics, the computer screen is changing the way animated films look on the movie screen

Fatal Flaws (The Arts / Cinema)
Men behave very badly in Very Bad Things

An Elegant Execution (The Arts / Show Business)
Updike cries "Wolfe" at an awards dinner

Selling Short (The Arts / Theater)
The onetime chameleon of SCTV comes to Broadway and proves he's a star

Rocking into Middle Age (The Arts / Music)
John Mellencamp has a new album and a new outlook. But he's kept his old outspoken ways

Killing Time (The Arts / Music)
Beck is unexpectedly low-key on his latest CD

Quiet Virtues (The Arts / Books)
Superb short stories about stoic women

Mistress of Her Domain (The Arts / Books)
Few Americans know Britain's Beryl Bainbridge. Her Master Georgie shows why more should

Bobby Digital In Stereo (The Arts / Short Takes)
RZA

Joshua Redman (The Arts / Q&A)

Comeback Kid? (The Arts / Show Business)
Mike Ovitz bids to be a player again

I Will Bear Witness (The Arts / Short Takes)
Victor Klemperer

Edgar Degas, Photographer (The Arts / Short Takes)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

James Galway Plays Lowell Liebermann (The Arts / Short Takes)
James Galway

Waking Ned Divine (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Kirk Jones


YOUR TIME
Tisch's Bad Bet (Personal Time / Your Money)
He lost $1.2 billion. Ouch. Here's what you can learn from a savvy investor's costly blunder

Next Year's Model (Personal Time / Your Technology)
The high-tech world flocked to Las Vegas for the industry's biggest trade show. Here's what's hot

Facing the Knife (Personal Time / Your Health)
Could eating potatoes affect your recovery from surgery? Maybe. Here's a list of dos and don'ts

Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)

Your Money (Personal Time / Your Money)

Your Technology (Personal Time / Your Technology)


SPECIAL SECTION
Life Stretchers (Time Select / Health Report)
Yoga, Qi Gong, Pilates and a new wave of water exercises are fast becoming the post-50 generation's choice workouts

The Empire Of The Pigs (Special Report / Corporate Welfare)
A LITTLE-KNOWN COMPANY IS A MASTER AT MILKING GOVERNMENTS FOR WELFARE

Five Ways Out (Special Report / Corporate Welfare)
THERE ARE SOLUTIONS TO THE CORPORATE WELFARE MESS--BUT WHO GOES FIRST?


PEOPLE
People


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