COVER

NATION

Gloom Under the Dome (Congress)

Despite Rostenkowski's alleged sins, Congress is trying to clean itself up. But is it getting any more effective?

WORLD

All the Hatred in the World (Rwanda)

As Tutsi rebels pursue their fast-moving offensive, they find they are taking over a once populous country that is now both deserted and embittered

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Thalidomide's Return (Medicine)

Three decades after maiming thousands of children, the drug is increasingly useful -- but perilous as ever

RELIGION

Saints Preserve Us

The Mormons are likely to choose another aged, ailing leader, but nevertheless their church is thriving

SPORT

Going, Going, Not Quite Gone

Young sluggers are assaulting some of baseball's most cherished records. But can the big bad boys stay hot all summer?

TECHNOLOGY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

The Home Front (D-Day)

Without the helping hands of 60 million Americans in factories and farms back home, there would have been no D-day, no march toward Berlin and no victory

LAW

Military Ins and Outs (Justice)

The Pentagon ponders its options after a court orders the reinstatement of a gay National Guard colonel

Unlicensed To Kill

Outraged by some tragic accidents, states look for ways to clamp down on a hard-core class of scofflaws

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

DESIGN: An American in Paris (Arts & Media / DESIGN)

Inspired by the city where it's set, Frank Gehry builds an elegant home for U.S. culture. But what will happen inside it?

CINEMA: Brain Dead but Not Stupid (Arts & Media / CINEMA)

If making mindlessly enjoyable summer movies is so easy, why can't they all be as satisfying and well executed as Speed?

THEATER: Farce Person Singular (Arts & Media / THEATER)

A U.S. premiere in Chicago of Communicating Doors, his 46th play, shows British wit Alan Ayckbourn in vintage form

OPERA: Smiles of A Summer Night (Arts & Media / OPERA)

A handsome new theater opens at Glyndebourne, the musically superb, socially colorful festival set in the English countryside

MUSIC: Spike Up the Band (Arts & Media / MUSIC)

Fifty years after he demolished pop hits by orchestrating them for tubas, kazoos and pie pans, Spike Jones is again the rage

BOOKS: Tale of a Sacrifical Llama (Arts & Media / BOOKS)

In a bittersweet memoir, Mario Vargas Llosa recalls his early life and his quixotic campaign for the presidency of Peru

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