NATION

NEW PARTY BOSSES (MONEY AND POLITICS)

CLASS OF '96 WHO REALLY CONTROLS POLITICS? MEET THE POWER BROKERS WHO WILL HELP DECIDE THIS YEAR'S CONTEST

STATE OF SIEGE

CAN FEDERAL AGENTS CAPTURE MONTANA'S BAND OF HOLED-UP FREEMEN WITHOUT TRIGGERING ANOTHER TRAGIC WACO?

SUGAR'S SWEETEST DEAL

THE LANDMARK FARM BILL LEFT SUGAR SUBSIDIES STANDING. REFORMERS WONDER WHAT WENT WRONG

WORLD

SCIENCE

GHOST HUNTERS

PHYSICISTS SET OUT TO TRAP THE MOST ELUSIVE PARTICLE IN THE UNIVERSE

RELIGION

THE GOSPEL TRUTH?

THE ICONOCLASTIC AND PROVOCATIVE JESUS SEMINAR ARGUES THAT NOT MUCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CAN BE TRUSTED. IF SO, WHAT ARE CHRISTIANS TO BELIEVE?

EYEWITNESSES TO JESUS?

A GERMAN SCHOLAR ARGUES THAT THREE BITS OF PAPYRUS ARE THE OLDEST FRAGMENTS OF ST. MATTHEW'S GOSPEL

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

A NO-WIN WAR BETWEEN THE STATES

POLITICIANS ARE HANDING OUT FATTER TAX BREAKS THAN EVER TO LURE JOBS TO THEIR AREAS. THEY MAY BE DEVASTATING U.S. CITIES IN THE PROCESS

EDUCATION

DEBATING STANDARDS

POLITICIANS AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVES AGAIN TRY TO FIX PUBLIC EDUCATION

LAW

LOOK WHO'S TALKING

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ROBERT SHAPIRO AND CHRISTOPHER DARDEN HAVE LOTS TO SAY

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: ODD COUPLE (The Arts / CINEMA)

CAN JAMES EARL JONES ACCEPT ROBERT DUVALL AS HIS BROTHER?