NATION

REPUBLICAN ROLE MODEL

GOVERNORS ARE THE NEW PARENTAL FIGURES IN POLITICS. AND MICHIGAN'S ENGLER IS THE BIG DADDY OF THEM ALL

WORLD

BOSNIA'S HARDER FACE

ONE SOURCE OF PAST HOPE HAS BEEN THAT THE MUSLIMS WANT A MULTIETHNIC SOCIETY. BUT DO THEY STILL?

SHATTERING THE PEACE

FOR 17 MONTHS NORTHERN IRELAND ENJOYED A CEASE-FIRE. NOW THE I.R.A. HAS VERY DRAMATICALLY BLOWN IT UP

SCIENCE

HEALTH & MEDICINE

BORDER BARGAINS (Medicine)

TO SAVE ON COSTLY PILLS, AMERICANS GO TO MEXICO AND GET THEM FOR LESS

SOCIETY

TECHNOLOGY

THE NET'S STRANGE DAY

WHAT WAS INTENDED AS A 24-HOUR CELEBRATION TURNS OUT TO BE A TIME OF PROTEST IN CYBERSPACE

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

ABROAD WITH FORBES (The Political Interest)

ON THE STUMP, HE RECITES STIFFLY. BUT PRESS HIM ON A SUBJECT LIKE, SAY, CHINA, AND WATCH HIS MIND BEGIN TO WORK

WHITEWATER WRANGLING (Nation)

IS THE WHITE HOUSE BEING OPEN? FRESH DISCLOSURES AND INTERNAL FEUDS BRING A STREAM OF NEW QUESTIONS

BUSINESS

HIGH STAKES WINNERS

MEET THE GET-INCREDIBLY-RICH-QUICK CROWD. THEIR CREATIVITY AND DRIVE REAP VAST REWARDS IN THE STOCK MARKET. OTHERWISE, THEY'RE JUST PLAIN FOLKS

THE ART OF THE DEAL

PUBLIC STOCK OFFERINGS ARE THE NEW ROAD TO RICHES. WHERE ARE THE POTHOLES?

THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

DESPITE ALL THE GRAND TALK ABOUT REBUILDING L.A., TERRENCE PAYNE CAN'T GET THE CREDIT TO START OVER

OUT-OF-CONTROL TOWER (Aviation)

THE EQUIPMENT? ANTIQUE. THE HUBS? UNDERSTAFFED. A MODERN AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROL SYSTEM IS YEARS AWAY

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

TELEVISION: CHIPS AHOY (The Arts / TELEVISION)

AS A NEW STUDY WARNS THAT VIOLENCE SATURATES THE AIRWAVES, A TECHNOLOGICAL QUICK FIX PROMISES TO HELP. BUT WILL THE V CHIP REALLY PROTECT OUR CHILDREN?

BOOKS: SURVIVING YOUR TEENS (The Arts / BOOKS)

FOR TROUBLED ADOLESCENT GIRLS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM, THE BEST-SELLING REVIVING OPHELIA IS A SACRED TEXT

ART: THE EPIC OF THE CITY (The Arts / ART)

AS THE CENTURY TURNED, THE ASHCAN PAINTERS CHRONICLED A NEW FRONTIER: THE URBAN SCENE

BOOKS: DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (The Arts / BOOKS)

RANDOM HOUSE SCORNED JOAN COLLINS' MANUSCRIPTS AND THE DISPUTE WOUND UP IN COURT. SO WHITHER THE CELEBRITY NOVEL?

BOOKS: ATTACKING AFROCENTRISM (The Arts / BOOKS)

A CLASSICS SCHOLAR SHARPLY CHALLENGES THE EMERGING THEORY THAT ANCIENT GREECE STOLE ITS BEST IDEAS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT

MAD MAXIMALISM (Books)

THE SEASON'S BEST-HYPED NOVEL IS A 1,079-PAGE WHOPPER FROM A 33-YEAR-OLD. IT'S INDULGENT, MADDENING AND BRILLIANT BY TURNS

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