COVER

How Man Began (Cover Stories / SCIENCE)

New evidence shows that early humans left Africa much sooner than once thought. Did Homo sapiens evolve in many places at once?

NATION

A Friend of Bill's (Politics)

The powerful committee boss struggles for a 19th term with the help of an ally who needs him: the President

Shadow of Doubt (Whitewater)

The Administration's judgment is in question again as the special counsel fires a volley of subpoenas

WORLD

Raging Against Peace (Middle East)

Still furious over the Hebron massacre, Palestinians insist Rabin's concessions are not enough

Score One for the Indians (Mexico)

Zapatista rebels win government pledges to transform the political and economic climate of Chiapas

WAR & TERRORISM

Four for Four (Terrorism)

A long, tedious trial ends with a jury convicting all the defendants in the World Trade Center bombing

SCIENCE

Burned By Warming (Environment)

Big losses from violent storms make insurers take global climate change seriously

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Oh Noooo! (Health Care)

The public grows fearful of Clinton's plan and shows little faith in alternatives. Is reform doomed this year?

TECHNOLOGY

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BUSINESS

War of the Wireless

By staking a position in the cellular-phone market, MCI takes its battle against AT&T to new heights

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC: The Sound of Russian Fury (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)

Against all odds, the spiky, eclectic music of Alfred Schnittke is enthralling -- and terrifying -- audiences worldwide

DANCE: Thoroughly Modern Misha (The Arts & Media / DANCE)

Mikhail Baryshnikov has left ballet behind, but with his White Oak troupe he dances just about everything else

SPECIAL SECTION

Schindler Comes Home (History)

In its German and Israeli premieres, Spielberg's Holocaust epic spurs tears, controversy and hope

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