NATION

CONVENTION '96: SITTING PRETTY (THE DEMOCRATS)

WHY DO AMERICANS SEEM READY TO RE-ELECT THIS PRESIDENT DESPITE THE DISTRUST AND AMBIVALENCE HE AROUSES IN SO MANY OF THEM? WE OFFER SOME THEORIES

RISING DEMOCRATS (THE DEMOCRATS)

SOME ARE UPSTARTS. OTHERS ARE DYNASTIC HEIRS. TWO HAVE TARGETED BIG TOBACCO. A COUPLE TALK LIKE REPUBLICANS. ALL OF THEM ARE GIVING THE G.O.P. CAUSE FOR WORRY

WORLD

IS YELTSIN REALLY IN CHARGE?

THE KREMLIN SAYS HE IS. BUT A FEROCIOUS BATTLE AMONG HIS AIDES OVER HOW TO END THE WAR IN CHECHNYA SUGGESTS OTHERWISE

SCIENCE

Anthropology: LOST AFRICA (Anthropology)

THE CONTINENT'S AGE-OLD TRIBAL CEREMONIES ARE DISAPPEARING--BUT MANY HAVE NOW BEEN PRESERVED ON FILM

ONE MEAN BITE

T. REX'S JAWS ARE CERTIFIED AS THE MOST POWERFUL EVER

HEALTH & MEDICINE

BAD NEWS ON CHOLESTEROL (Health)

A FORM OF THE FATTY SUBSTANCE THAT'S HARD TO CHECK PUTS MEN IN DANGER OF A PREMATURE HEART ATTACK

TECHNOLOGY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

WE TAKE THE BRASH VIEW (Essay)

CHICAGO IS A TOWN THAT LOVES IRONY AND KNOWS FULL WELL THAT POLITICS IS A SHAM

BUSINESS

PARCHED FOR GROWTH

PEPSI HAD A GRAND PLAN FOR GLOBAL EXPANSION. ALAS, COKE WAS THIRSTIER

THE FIRST WEB WAR

IN THE BATTLE OF THE BROWSERS, GIANT MICROSOFT IS RELENTLESSLY NARROWING THE LEAD OF SMALLER NETSCAPE

PUT OUT THE BUTT, JUNIOR

WILL TOUGH NEW REGULATIONS AIMED AT TEEN SMOKING STAND UP? NOT IF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY CAN HELP IT

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC: THE BOOK OF LISZTS (The Arts / MUSIC)

FINALLY, A BIOGRAPHY THAT DOES JUSTICE TO ALL FACETS OF FRANZ LISZT'S MESSY LIFE AND PROTEAN WORK