NATION

THE BATTLEGROUND STATE

BOB DOLE IS MAKING HIS LAST STAND IN THE GOLDEN STATE. IS IT A SHREWD STRATEGY OR A PLOY TO HELP SAVE THE G.O.P. HOUSE?

WORLD

THE GOODS OF EVIL

AT LAST, SWISS BANKS MAY LOOSEN THEIR HOLD ON THE DEPOSITS--AND THE GOLD--OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS

RUSSIA: WHY LEBED GOT BOOTED

IS THERE NO POLITICAL PEACE FOR RUSSIA? YELTSIN CUTS DOWN AN IMPATIENT HEIR PRESUMPTIVE, BUT THE BIG WINNER MAY STILL END UP BEING ALEXANDER LEBED

SCIENCE

THE AGE OF PTEROSAURS (Paleontology)

THESE LONG-EXTINCT WINGED REPTILES CONTINUE TO BAFFLE-- AND ENCHANT--SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY THEM

HUNTING'S BAD SPORTS (Environment)

SIX STATES AIM TO BAN DEPLORABLE PRACTICES LIKE BEARBAITING--AND EVEN SOME HUNTERS APPROVE

HEALTH & MEDICINE

RELIEF FOR SWOLLEN JOINTS (Medicine)

THREE NEW TREATMENTS FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS MAY POINT THE WAY TO FIGHTING OTHER IMMUNE DISORDERS

SOCIETY

RELIGION

GENESIS RECONSIDERED

AT THE DAWN OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM, WE RETURN TO THE BIBLE'S FIRST BOOK AND DEBATE ITS REAL MEANING

SCIENCE AND ORIGINAL SIN

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY PUNCTURED THE NOTION OF A SIX-DAY CREATION, BUT BIBLICAL THEMES OF GOOD AND EVIL ARE MORE ROBUST

SPORT

TECHNOLOGY

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

A WOMAN'S TOUCH

LOIDA LEWIS NEVER EXPECTED TO RUN TLC BEATRICE. BUT SHE NEVER EXPECTED HER HUSBAND TO DIE EITHER

THE FIX WAS IN AT ADM

A RECORD $100 MILLION FINE FOR RIGGING PRICES MAY ADD UP TO THE END OF THE ANDREAS FAMILY DYNASTY

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

SCORING A HOMER (The Arts / CULTURE)

ROBERT FAGLES' NEW TRANSLATION OF THE ODYSSEY RESTORES THE ORIGINAL JOYS OF THE PERFORMING BARD

TELEVISION: INK-A-DINK-A-REDO (The Arts / TELEVISION)

THE SEASON'S MOST TROUBLED SITCOM GETS A TOTAL OVERHAUL, AND--SURPRISE!--IT'S WORTH A LOOK

BOOKS: A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL (The Arts / BOOKS)

JOHN LE CARRE WEAVES A TERRIFIC TALE ABOUT A BRITISH SPY IN PURSUIT OF A CONSPIRACY THAT DOESN'T EXIST

PEOPLE

LETTERS