NATION

BLOWN OUT OF THE SKY

CUBAN MIGS DOWN TWO CIVILIAN PLANES, FURTHER STRAINING WASHINGTON'S RELATIONS WITH CASTRO

WORLD

CAMPAIGN '96: UNREFORMABLE REFORM (CAMPAIGN '96)

THE ELECTION IN RUSSIA WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF REFORM. YET THE PROCESS OF CHANGE HAS TAKEN ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN, AND WILL NOT EASILY BE ROLLED BACK

DEAD ON ARRIVAL

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? SADDAM HUSSEIN'S SONS-IN-LAW RETURN AND ARE PROMPTLY MURDERED

SCIENCE

NASA'S CHEAPEST SHOT (Space)

A BOLD MISSION TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE ASTEROIDS LAUNCHES A NEW ERA OF COST-CONSCIOUS SPACE FLIGHT

HEALTH & MEDICINE

WHERE DOES EBOLA HIDE? (Medicine)

A DEAD CHIMPANZEE. A NEW OUTBREAK. AND A FRESH CLUE IN THIS CONTINUING MEDICAL DETECTIVE STORY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

FLAW IN THE FORMULA (The Political Interest)

WHY PAT'S PROTECTIONISM COULD STALL IN SOUTH CAROLINA

MOB SCENE (The Looking Glass)

WHEN THE CAMPAIGN PRESS SWARM ARRIVES, CITIZENS BEWARE!

ELEPHANTS RUN AMUCK (Essay)

AFTER KILLING BIG GOVERNMENT, THE G.O.P. SUDDENLY RISKS STAMPEDING ITSELF TO DEATH

BUSINESS

NUCLEAR WARRIORS (SPECIAL INVESTIGATION)

TWO GUTSY ENGINEERS IN CONNECTICUT HAVE CAUGHT THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AT A DANGEROUS GAME THAT IT HAS PLAYED FOR YEARS: ROUTINELY WAIVING SAFETY RULES TO LET PLANTS KEEP COSTS DOWN AND STAY

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

THEATER: LOWER EAST SIDE STORY (The Arts / THEATER)

RENT, A ROCK LA BOHEME IN THE AGE OF AIDS, IS A SENSATION NOW HEADED FOR BROADWAY. ALL THAT'S MISSING IS ITS CREATOR

ART: GOLDEN OLDIES (The Arts / ART)

AN OVERAMBITIOUS SURVEY OF THE CENTURY'S DISTINCTIVE MOVEMENT: ABSTRACTION

MUSIC: OUT OF JAIL--AND IDEAS (The Arts / MUSIC)

THE FORMERLY INTERESTING TUPAC SHAKUR SPEWS GANGSTA CLICHES ON HIS NEW ALBUM, ALL EYEZ ON ME. IT'S NOT A PRETTY SIGHT

MEDIA: CYBERSPACE, 90210 (The Arts / MEDIA)

WILD PARTIES, LOVE TRIANGLES, SEX-CRAZED ASPIRING ACTORS--ONLINE SOAP OPERAS ARE ARRIVING TO DENERDIFY THE INTERNET

BOOKS: JUST CONNECT (The Arts / BOOKS)

A FUNNY, FLUENT NOVEL ABOUT A MAN WHOSE LIFE IS ON HOLD