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TO OUR READERS 4

LETTERS 6

CHRONICLES 9

MILESTONES 13

WHITEWATER: Culture of Deception 14

A tale of manipulation emerges -- and a new special prosecutor

HEALTH CARE: The 95% Solution 20

With the Clinton plan moribund, George Mitchell steps in

DIPLOMACY: All Ashore That's Going Ashore 22

Clinton must decide when and if the U.S. will invade Haiti

BOSNIA: NATO vs. the Serbs -- Again 24

The U.N. calls in air support after heavy weapons are seized

CUBA: Fidel at the Floodgates 24

After riots in Havana, Castro threatens the U.S. with refugees

RWANDA: Vanquished but Unbowed 25

Defiant in defeat, the Hutu army says the war is not yet over

BANGLADESH: Author's Ordeal 26

A feminist writer faces charges of blasphemy

NIGERIA: Strike for Democracy 27

Angry workers push to oust the military regime

BUSINESS: Come Together, Right Now 28

A new wave of mergers is transforming American industry

FRAUD: We've Got Your Number 30

Companies strive to disconnect thieves who rip off cellular calls

ENTREPRENEURS: The Whittling Down of Chris Whittle 31

A fast-talking media mogul is slowed by money troubles

SOCIETY: The Poorest Place in America 34

Lake Providence's poverty is extreme yet familiar in the South

PUBLIC EYE: Fighting to Fly 37

A sexual-harassment suit in the Navy scuttles two careers

RELIGION: A Laughing Revival 38

Services at the Anglican Church have never been like this

CRIME: The Friends of Paul Hill 39

Who are the antiabortion extremists who support murder?

SCIENCE: Dante in the Inferno 41

A slipup mars a robot's successful visit into a volcano

COVER: Why Love Doesn't Last 44

The new science of evolutionary psychology shows why

lifelong commitment is so hard for the human animal -- and why

adultery and divorce are so destructive

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Music: A new Ring cycle at Bayreuth, the Wagner shrine where strife

is always in the air, provokes cheers and boos 54

Television: Ten teen epics revisit the sordid suburban '50s

57

Books: The legend of Moe Berg, major leaguer and spy 59

A travel writer seeks the sources of Kubla Khan 59

Cinema: Clear and Present Danger is an absorbing thriller

61

A tart, sweet, generous, subtle comedy about cooking 61

PEOPLE 63

ESSAY 64