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TO OUR READERS 4
LETTERS 8
CHRONICLES 19
MILESTONES 29
COVER: The Gingrich Who Stole Christmas 30
The incoming Speaker of the House sets off a race to cut
programs for the poor. But most Americans don't agree with
harsh cutbacks.
Who Is Entitled? A bipartisan commission says welfare for the
well-off should be on the table too
THE ADMINISTRATION: Frantic Shuffle to the Middle 41
Clinton's reincarnation as a centrist is well under way
THE POLITICAL INTEREST: Newt's Believe It or Not 43
Gingrich sounds great, but he's loose with the facts
SOCIETY: Armed and Cantankerous 48
Politician-hating citizens are forming militias
DIPLOMACY: Dangers of a Cold Peace 50
Relations between the U.S. and Russia are turning sour
SOUTH AFRICA: Quiet Revolution 52
With government help, people change the way things were
BUSINESS: So Rich and So Broke 55
Orange County files the largest municipal bankruptcy petition
TECHNOLOGY: Trip Hawkins on the Ropes 58
It's make-or-break time in the video-game industry
LAW: Was Heidi Heave-Hoed? 59
Fleiss's stiff sentence has outraged even some of her jurors
CRIME: Grief and Questions in Union 60
A battered town steels itself for the Susan Smith trial
ENVIRONMENT: Damming the Yangtze 62
China launches its contested Three Gorges hydropower project
HEALTH: Backlash Against Campus Drinking 66
A study documents the damaging effects of secondhand booze
THE ARTS & MEDIA
Books: There is no frigate like a book, and this year's holiday
gift selection will take readers lands away 68
Opera: La Belle et la Bete is Philip Glass at his best 72
Cinema: Little Women is the year's unlikeliest triumph 74
Demi Moore victimizes Michael Douglas in Disclosure 75
Altman's fashion farrago: Ready to Wear, unfit to be seen 75
Music: Pearl Jam's expert mix of power and melody 76
TLC stands for pure funky fun 77
Theater: Physics, espionage and love drive Hapgood 78
Television: Woody Allen makes a funny return 78
Show Business: A "new" Beatles album, 30 years old 81
PEOPLE 83
ESSAY 84
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