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TO OUR READERS 19

CHRONICLES 21

HAITI: Fate of a Nation 28

For Aristide, a triumphant return and a formidable challenge

Great Expectations: Joy and fear in the new Haiti

IRAQ: Putting Saddam Back in His Cage 34

A forceful U.S. response averts a crisis, but the threat remains

THE POLITICAL INTEREST: Why Iran's a Threat Too 39

Removing Saddam would let Tehran dominate the gulf

ISRAEL: Peace Held Hostage 40

Hamas kidnappers and their captive soldier die

CULTS: Remains of the Day 42

Mystery surrounds the death of Jouret and his followers

NORTHERN IRELAND: Orange Light for Peace 43

Protestant paramilitary groups join the I.R.A. in a cease-fire

RUSSIA: Ruble Run 43

The problems underlying the currency panic

ELECTIONS: Republican Dreams 44

A brace of Governor's races spells trouble for Clinton in 1996

Idaho: A Democrat flies high over enemy territory

INTELLIGENCE: Bumbling the Ames Case 49

Shocking new details about how the CIA ignored its mole

COVER: We're No. 1 -- and It Hurts 50

Finally, Americans are beating their Japanese, German, South

Korean, Taiwanese, name-the-country business rivals -- and in

products like autos, machine tools and computer chips. But for

many ordinary Americans, beating overseas competitors has

carried a bitterly high price

The Outlook: TIME's economists foresee solid growth in 1995

Clinton: Grudging thanks for the expansion

HEALTH: Crippled by Computers 60

With keyboard injuries rising, the government is set to step in

NOBEL PRIZES: Bittersweet Honors 64

The pain, tragedy and lost promise behind this year's winners

IDEAS: Are Intelligence and Race Linked? 66

; A new book breaks the taboo, but how sound are its arguments?

THE ARTS & MEDIA

Show Business: Hurrah for Mogulwood as Steven Spielberg,

David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg found a studio 68

Television: Anne Bancroft in a Paddy Chayevsky classic 71

Theater: Racing Demon, by David Hare, is a play with ideas

71

Books: Our best writer of Vietnam fiction returns 74

Cinema: Searing documentary about ghetto basketballers 76

Warren Beatty and Annette Bening star in Love Affair

Caro Diario is an amusing personal journal on film

George Lucas' Radioland Murders

Music: Mary Chapin Carpenter works the dark corners 80

Walter Becker (once of Steely Dan) gives fusion a good name

Joyful rock 'n' roll on Veruca Salt's debut

Press: Robert MacNeil will leave his NewsHour 85

PEOPLE 87

ESSAY 88