COVER

The Trials of Hillary Clinton (Cover Stories / THE WHITE HOUSE)

The First Lady's way of doing business and dealing with others helps explain why Whitewater grew so messy

NATION

Not in The Cards? (Chronicles)

Clip and fold your first Chronicles baseball trading card.

Parodies Regained (Supreme Court)

Ruling on a Roy Orbison send-up, Justice Souter alights elegantly on the side of satire

Spies At an Inquisition (Espionage)

After Ames' arrest, legislators demand that the CIA admit to -- and clean up -- sloppy security procedures

WORLD

Apartheid Apocalypse (South Africa)

The attempt to salvage a vestige of racial separatism ends in blood

WAR & TERRORISM

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Are Smokers Junkies? (Health)

Citing the addictive power of nicotine, the FDA and Congress may tighten the regulation of cigarettes

SOCIETY

Left Holding the Bag (Takeovers)

In the fight to take over Grumman, two Chicago traders come up short. Is insider dealing to blame?

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

LAW

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC: A Different Drummer (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)

Scotland's Evelyn Glennie is pounding out a rare and brilliant career as a percussion soloist, never mind that she is deaf

CINEMA: Dashing Daniel (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

He can play it all, from Hamlet to Hawkeye. For Daniel Day-Lewis, acting is a very serious game.

TELEVISION: Manson Family Values (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)

Diane Sawyer revisits the notorious mass-murder case as the network prime-time news shows go crazy for crime

MUSIC: The Lone Rangers Ride Again (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)

Still bristly after all these years, a revived ZZ Top gets back to its boot-stompin' roots with a gloriously gritty new album

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