COVER

Cubans, Go Home (Cover Stories)

Clinton is determined to turn the rafters back rather than open talks with Fidel Castro

Splits in the Family (Cover Stories)

Cuban Americans disagree on the wisdom of Clinton's new refugee policy

Cuba: You Can't Eat Doctrine (Cover Stories)

Why some Cubans stay and some go, when everyone on the island is struggling desperately just to survive

NATION

Checking Out (Politics)

With all hope vanished for universal health care, Bill Clinton will settle for less. But how much less?

Evolution of a Crime Bill (Time On Capitol Hill)

How major legislation addressing the nation's No. 1 concern ran the congressional gauntlet -- and how your Representative and Senators voted:

Learning to Be Lazy (The Presidency)

He finally knows how to relax, but that won't stop him from using a vacation to rethink his goals

Netwatch (Chronicles)

News, Culture, Controversy on the Internet

WORLD

Hope Amid the Rubble (Northern Ireland)

Rumors of a cease-fire raise expectations of a settlement that will finally bring peace to Ulster

Lies and Whispers (North Korea)

Is Kim the Successor in charge? Amid mixed signals and ambiguous evidence, only the question is clear.

SCIENCE

Showdown in Cairo (Environment)

A feminist agenda at next week's population conference stirs protests

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A Deadly Virus Escapes (Medicine)

Concerns about lab security arise as a mysterious disease from Brazil strikes a Yale researcher

Is a Low-Fat Diet Risky? (Health)

A controversial new study suggests that making meals too lean could be dangerous to your health

SOCIETY

A Daughter's Last Gift (Families)

A young woman killed in a car accident saves her father's life by donating her heart for a transplant

Down and Out in Telluride

In America's tourist boomtowns, low wages and high rents are leaving the working class out in the cold

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Dawn Upshaw: The Diva Next Door (Music)

American soprano Dawn Upshaw, a fast-rising opera star, releases a gorgeous album of little-known songs from musicals

BUSINESS

Lights! Camera! Dial Tone! (Telecommunications)

The Baby Bells turn to Hollywood in their race with cable companies to wire America's homes for two-way TV

Shopping Spoken Here (Commerce)

A weak dollar and efficient buying tours have made the U.S. the favorite bargain basement of tourists

LAW

Not in My Backyard! (Justice)

Citizens rally to keep paroled murderers and sex offenders from settling in their communities

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BOOKS: Anti-Gravity (Arts & Media / BOOKS)

Devices Despite its charm, a novel about a levitating boy still sinks

BOOKS: Bio Noir (Arts & Media / BOOKS)

A notorious Hollywood producer tells all (almost)

CINEMA: Film Clipped (Arts & Media / CINEMA)

How everything went wrong when Robert Redford, Jodie Foster and a star director tried to make a $50 million movie based on a thrilling true story

It's a Small World After All (Disney)

Disney turned out not to be big enough for Michael Eisner and his protege. Now Jeffrey Katzenberg is striding into the unknown.

BOOKS: Likely Story (Arts & Media / BOOKS)

Mysteries strain credulity, but a best seller abuses the license

ROYALS: Sorry, Wrong Number (Arts & Media / ROYALS)

A British newspaper reports that police believe the Princess of Wales made 300 crank phone calls to a married male friend

IDEAS: Zine But Not Heard (Arts & Media / IDEAS)

Edgy and underground, homemade fanzines mine punk-rock love and crepe-sole shoes to make words on paper radical again

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