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TO OUR READERS 4

CHRONICLES 13

MILESTONES 19

HAITI: Psychological Warfare 20

Clinton and Cedras play a bluffing game over invasion

The Fugitives: Aristide supporters hide in their homeland

HEALTH CARE: Is Abortion a Deal Breaker? 24

The explosive issue threatens Clinton's reform plan

CRIME: Keeping Kids Out of Harm's Way 25

Cities impose curfews and create diversions for teenagers

NATIONAL PARKS: Turning Back the Clock 26

Rangers are removing amenities to restore America's parks

DISASTERS: Hell and High Water 28

Georgians will not soon forget the Great Flood of '94

THE POLITICAL INTEREST: How the Chicken Got Loose 29

Tyson's Washington friends help it get into Puerto Rico

RWANDA: First Genocide, Then Evacuation 34

The war's victors may rule an empty land

MIDDLE EAST: Hands Across the Bridge 37

Jordan and Israel take a big step toward peace

FORMER SOVIET UNION: Back to the U.S.S.R. 40

Former republics are seeking closer ties with Moscow

Interviews: Two leaders ponder the path to true independence

BUSINESS: More Frustration for Barry Diller 44

His own partners block his attempt to join forces with CBS

COMPANIES: United's Employees Buy the Carrier 46

But now that they own it, can they do what it takes to run it?

COMMERCE: The Importance of Being Nice 48

Extra! Extra! Some auto dealers woo customers with honesty

COVER: Battle for the Soul of the Internet 50

There's trouble in cyberspace. Tensions are rising on the

world's largest and most bizarre computer network as new

users (and their lawyers) arrive at the rate of 2 million a month.

Guide to the Net: Answers to the frequently asked questions

SCIENCE: Collisions in the Cosmos 57

All eyes are on Jupiter as the comet bombardment begins

SPACE: Why We Went to the Moon 58

A correspondent watched Kennedy make the decision

Will We Return? Europe and Japan may lead the way

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Cinema: In Hollywood when a movie like Speed or Wolf is sick, there's only one thing to do: call a script doctor 60

Television: The director of Roger & Me comes to prime time 64

Absolutely Fabulous, a British sitcom, may subvert America 64

Books: The Roosevelts provides dispiriting gossip 67

A Russian writes a bad imitation of a Russian novel 67

Music: Van Cliburn is back, enigmatic as ever 71

PEOPLE 73

ESSAY 74