COVER

THE OCEAN FLOOR: THE LAST FRONTIER (Cover Story)

LURED BY THE PROMISE OF MAJOR SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS AND GREAT MINERAL WEALTH, RESEARCHERS MOUNT AN ASSAULT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

NATION

ROSS PEROT: HE'S BACK (PART TWO) (Campaign '96)

BOTH PARTIES FLOCK TO PEROT'S HUGE POLITICAL BASH IN DALLAS, PAYING COURT TO THE TEXAN AND HIS CRUCIAL FOLLOWING

WORLD

ROCKED BY SCANDAL (Colombia)

SAMPER'S PRESIDENCY IS IN PERIL AS AN AIDE SAYS HIS BOSS TOOK CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DRUGLORDS

WAR & TERRORISM

THE GUNS OF AUGUST (The Balkans)

IT'S A WHOLE NEW WAR--WITH SERBS GETTING THE WORST OF IT THIS TIME--AS CROATIA LAUNCHES A HUGE OFFENSIVE

SOCIETY

PUBLISH OR PERISH (Crime)

THE UNABOMBER'S TREATISE ON SOCIETY CAUSES ANGUISH AT TWO NEWSPAPERS, BUT MAY HELP THE FBI

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

EASY AS ABC

IN ONE MEGADEAL, EISNER TURNS HIS MAGIC KINGDOM INTO A GLOBAL EMPIRE AND TAKES HIS SWEET REVENGE ON A CHOIR OF CRITICS

IT'S NETWORKING TIME

WITH LAST WEEK'S PLAYS FOR ABC AND CBS, SUDDENLY THE OLD-FASHIONED BROADCASTERS LOOK HOT AGAIN

LAW

THE MATTER OF TIM MCVEIGH (Justice)

AS LAWYERS PREPARE FOR AN INDICTMENT, NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THE MAIN SUSPECT IN THE BOMBING

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: ASIAN INVASION (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

THE FILM WORLD EMBRACES A BONANZA OF NEW TALENT FROM TAIWAN, HONG KONG AND MAINLAND CHINA

SECOND BANANA ON TOP (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)

IN THE LATEST OF TINSELTOWN'S SPECTACULAR COMEBACKS, LOUD, LOUTISH COMIC TOM ARNOLD HAS GONE FROM ROSEANNE TO RICHES

CINEMA: EVERYBODY'S GOOD GIRL (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

WHEN A SELF-SACRIFICING WOMAN DISCOVERS THAT HER HUSBAND IS A PHILANDERER, IT IS TIME TO REGROUP BACK AT THE RANCH

BOOKS: GOTHIC WHOOPEE (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

DRACULA WAS A PUSSYCAT COMPARED WITH THIS WOMAN AND HER HORRIFIC BEAUTY SECRETS

CINEMA: LIFE ALONG THE CATWALK (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

A SMART, DROLL DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWS A YOUNG DESIGNER AS HE PREPARES THE SHOW HE HOPES WILL CONQUER SEVENTH AVENUE

CINEMA: OUTLAWED! (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

INDIAN CENSORS CONSIGN A SEARING BIOPIC TO THE SHELF