COVER

Smoking: The Butt Stops Here (Cover Stories)

Threatening to snuff out smoking for good, the crusade against tobacco shifts into higher gear

NATION

A State of Instability $ (Politics)

Ghosts from their pasts torment Chuck Robb and Oliver North in Virginia's bizarre Senate contest

Bill's Revival Hour (The Administration)

Taking his health-care-reform plan on the road, the President aims to win back some believers

WORLD

Dangerous Rumors (Guatemala)

Suspicions rise over the origin of antiforeigner hostility that provoked assaults on American women

Descent into Mayhem (Central Africa)

Tribal slaughter erupts in Rwanda, trapping foreigners and forcing the U.S. to send troops to the region

Peace Postponed (Middle East)

As violence escalates, Israeli forces prepare to redeploy, but P.L.O. police are yet to be seen in Gaza

WAR & TERRORISM

SCIENCE

HEALTH & MEDICINE

The Combination Punch (Medicine)

As if devastating the immune system were not enough, the AIDS virus may also trigger cancer

The Crucial Early Years (Health)

A disturbing new report dramatizes the perils facing American children under three -- and calls for action

PRESS

A Head of the Times

Joe Lelyveld moves up at the nation's premier daily and brings in a surprising old hand as his deputy

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

Can You Blame Him? (The Economy)

Alan Greenspan, the man who helped trigger the stock slide, now faces questions about his judgment and his political independence

Russian Air Roulette (Aviation)

Service on Aeroflot was once considered just riotously bad. These days, it's getting downright dangerous.

LAW

Come on in. No, Stay Out. (Law Enforcement)

Many Chicago tenants back no-warrant searches of apartments for guns, but a judge orders a halt

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: Hacienda Melodrama (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

The House of the Spirits is stilted and cliched, but fine performances and an honorable gravity give it merit

MUSIC: Never Mind (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)

Kurt Cobain was the dour, brilliant leader of Nirvana, the multiplatinum grunge band that defined the sound of the 1990s. Last week he killed himself.

CINEMA: Soloist (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

A film explores the curious life of great pianist Glenn Gould

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