COVER

NATION

WHERE IT MAY REALLY HURT (Politics)

THE BUDGET DEAL COULD FALL APART OVER MEDICAID--AND NO WONDER. THE G.O.P.'S PLAN HAS ALARMED MANY PATIENTS, DOCTORS AND EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS

A TALE OF TWO STATES (Politics)

ARIZONA AND TENNESSEE REINVENT MEDICAID, BUT NOT WITHOUT PAIN AND PERILS

VOICE OF THE TORTURER (Investigation)

AN ABDUCTED GIRL'S MOTHER HELPS TRACK A MAN WHO MAY HAVE HARASSED HER BY PHONE FOR TWO DECADES

NEWT'S CASH MACHINE (Congress)

GOPAC WAS JUST A START. NOW GINGRICH IS MASTER OF THE BELTWAY MONEY GAME

WORLD

DEMOCRACY IN A WHIRL (Russia)

THE FATE OF REFORM MAY BE DECIDED IN A CHAOTIC BUT CRUCIAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

DIVIDED BY HATE (Bosnia)

THE DAYTON ACCORD INCLUDES GRAND PROVISIONS FOR UNITY AND RECONCILIATION--LARGELY IN VAIN

SOCIETY

ENLISTED KILLERS (Crime)

A DOUBLE MURDER RAISES THE SPECTER OF RACE HATRED IN THE MILITARY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

SOUTH FOR THE WINTER? (Wall Street)

TECHNOLOGY STOCKS ARE THE DARLINGS OF THE MARKET, BUT THE ARDOR OF INVESTORS MAY BE BADLY MISPLACED

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

KISSING COUSINS (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)

TWO NEW FILMS GO FOR THE HEART, AND JANE AUSTEN SHOWS HOLLYWOOD A THING OR TWO

CINEMA: DEATH OF A SALESMAN (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

OLIVER STONE'S NIXON PUTS WATERGATE BACK ON THE BIG CANVAS BUT LEAVES THE MAN WE'VE KNOWN FOR 50 YEARS AN ENIGMA

ART: FUNK AND CHIC (The Arts & Media / ART)

CONTRASTING ROUGH-HEWN BLOCKS WITH SLEEKLY SOARING CURVES, BRANCUSI'S SCULPTURES ACHIEVE A HEALING WHOLENESS

CINEMA: TOY SCARY (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

KEEP THE KIDS (AND GROWNUPS) FROM THE BRASH, RASH JUMANJI

TELEVISION: HOT NEWS IN CLASS (The Arts & Media / TELEVISION)

CHANNEL ONE HAS DRAWN FIRE FOR BRINGING COMMERCIALS INTO SCHOOL. THE SURPRISE IS THAT IT HAS BROUGHT JOURNALISM AS WELL

BOOKS: OPEN HEART, OPEN ARMS (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

IN A PROVOCATIVE NEW COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON BLACK CULTURE, MICHAEL ERIC DYSON SEES HOPE AND ARGUES FOR INCLUSION

BOOKS: LO! AN EVERGREEN BLOOMING (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

RICHARD PAUL EVANS WROTE IT, PUBLISHED IT AND PROMOTED IT. NOW HIS CHRISTMAS FABLE IS MAKING HIM A RICH AND BUSY MAN

THEATER: EVER AFTER (The Arts & Media / THEATER)

A NEW HOLIDAY ON BROADWAY UNEASILY STRADDLES TWO WORLDS

BOOKS: BITTER WISDOM (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

IN WARTIME BUDAPEST A NOVEL FINDS UNSINKABLE HUMANITY

MUZZLING THE INTERNET (The Arts & Media / TECHNOLOGY)

CAN THIS CONGRESS FIND A WAY TO PRESERVE CIVIL LIBERTIES WHILE CURBING CYBERPORN? SO FAR, NO

YOUR TIME

DEATH AND THE MAVEN (Personal Finance)

A RECLUSE'S GIFT TO A UNIVERSITY REVEALS HER ASTONISHING EXPERTISE IN PLAYING THE STOCK MARKET