Magazine Contents Page

TO OUR READERS 2

LETTERS 4

CHRONICLES 11

MILESTONES 15

HEALTH CARE: Less Than 100% Will Do 16

Clinton gets ready to compromise on universal coverage

WHITEWATER: Now Come Congressional Hearings 20

Big question: Have Treasury officials told the truth?

Clinton Tapes: Many accusations, no evidence

INTELLIGENCE: Enemies on All Sides 22

Spymaster Woolsey struggles to change his agency's "culture"

JUSTICE: Across the Black-White Divide 24

The race issue in the O.J. Simpson case

The Prosecution: The D.A.'s office is thrown on the defensive

POSTAL SERVICE: Signed, Sealed, Diverted, Dumped 26

Missing mail has got Congress in a state of indignation

COVER: Apocalypse Now 28

The world finally stirs in horror at the toll taken by the most

massive human exodus in generations. Can relief possibly reach

millions of desperate Rwandans in time?

Boutros-Ghali: The U.N. chief speaks his mind

BOSNIA: Ultimatum? Phooey 38

The Serbs do not accept a "final" proposal for partition

MIDDLE EAST: Make Money, Not War 39

Economics is driving the peace process for Arabs and Israelis

INTERVIEW: Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams 40

He won't say no to violence

BUSINESS: Another Monarch for the Magic Kingdom 44

Pressure builds on Disney's ailing Eisner to find a partner

THE ECONOMY: Where's the Money? 46

The triumph of capitalism could lead to a global credit crunch

EDUCATION: Everybody Into the School! 48

It's summer, but for many kids classes haven't stopped

Competitions: Six U.S. students win a math Olympiad

SCIENCE: Surprises from Jupiter's Fireworks 50

Was Shoemaker-Levy 9 really a comet -- or an asteroid?

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Show Business: Making audiences cheer and weep, Forrest Gump has

become the summer's unexpected sensation 52

Sport: Baseball's stats whiz takes on the Hall of Fame 56

Cinema: The Client and two other films feature lost boys

58

Books: The Bird Artist is a polished tale of love and murder

59

A wide-eyed, witty tour through Los Angeles 59

Ideas: A feminist says her sisters have derailed the cause

61

PEOPLE 63

ESSAY 64