COVER

The Last Eden: a remote African rain forest (Cover Story)

A trip into a remote African rain forest is a journey back in time to a world where the animals have never encountered humans. Will this treasure be preserved?

NATION

A Close Call (The Week: Nation)

Despite restrictions, the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling is upheld

Dallas On The Line (U.S. Campaign)

As Perot's Texas headquarters attempts to win control of the crusade, many of the candidate's early supporters feel pushed aside

Inside the Court (U.S. Supreme Court)

Justice Kennedy flipped positions to uphold abortion rights. Why did he change his mind?

Judging Thomas (U.S. Supreme Court)

Clarence Thomas disgusted civil rights activists with an obstreperous first year in which he let the world know just how conservative he could be

Not Quite the Big One (The Week: Nation)

But the worst jolt in 40 years gives Californians a real scare

Reso's Last Days (The Week: Nation)

How an $18.5 million kidnapping was botched from the start

State Of Suspense (The Week: Nation)

Sacramento tries a Depression-era gimmick: IOUs to pay its bills

The Struggle Over Who Will Rebuild L.A. (Cities)

Raising the money is only half the battle. South Central's blacks and Hispanics want an end to the practice of redlining and a stake in the action.

WORLD

A Thin Ray of Hope (The Week World)

In Sarajevo U.N. troops secure the airport to open the way for relief flights

Brother, Can You Spare a Ruble? (Russia)

The capitalist revolution is bringing the plagues of poverty, homelessness and unemployment to Russians, who miss the safety net of the old system

Herd About Mongolia? (The Week World)

The communists win in a landslide as nomadic democrats are cowed

The Dark Side of Spain's Fiesta (Europe)

As Barcelona stages an Olympics and Seville a world's fair, Spain celebrates its comeback. But domestic discontent casts a pall on the party.

WAR & TERRORISM

Saving Bosnia -- At What Price? (The Balkans)

There is a moral case for intervention, but neither the U.S. nor Europe is ready to shoulder the military cost

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A Life for a Life (The Week Health & Science)

The first baboon-to-human liver transplant looks successful so far

Brittle Bones (The Week Health & Science / Et Cetera)

Brittle Bones

SOCIETY

Stop That Grunt! (The Week: Society)

Is Monica Seles' most formidable weapon her racquet -- or her racket?

PRESS

SI And Tina's Newest Act

By picking Vanity Fair's editor to head the New Yorker, S.I. Newhouse hopes to rejuvenate America's best unread magazine

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

C'est Non! (The Week: Business)

The Pentagon nixes the sale of LTV to the French on secrecy grounds

Is This Bird a TURKEY?

A market in, yes, ostriches has taken off. But investors may be in for a hard landing.

Long Arm of The Law (The Week: Business)

A top Saudi banker is indicted in the still simmering B.C.C.I. scandal

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

PEOPLE

Bringing It All Back Home: RICHARD PRICE (Profile)

Author and screenwriter Richard Price returned to his roots to write Clockers, an unblinking tale of black teenage cocaine dealers and the white cops who pursue them

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