NATION

A FRIEND IN NEED

AN OLD CLINTON PAL AND ENERGETIC DONOR MAY HAVE TRIED TOO HARD TO BE HELPFUL

THE APOLOGY STRATEGY

AS NERVOUS COLLEAGUES PONDER HIS RE-ELECTION, GINGRICH ADMITS VIOLATING HOUSE ETHICS RULES

WORLD

GALA AT GUNPOINT

PERU'S PRESIDENT FUJIMORI CONFRONTS A HOSTAGE CRISIS CREATED BY A BAND OF REBELS HE THOUGHT HE HAD DEFEATED

SOCIETY

AWAY TO DADDY'S HOUSE

AS O.J. SIMPSON IS GRANTED FULL CUSTODY OF HIS CHILDREN, THEIR GRANDPARENTS PREPARE TO APPEAL

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

BULL BONUS BONANZA

WALL STREET NEVER UNDERPAYS ITSELF. BUT THIS YEAR'S BOUNTY MAKES THE GREEDY 1980S LOOK VIRTUOUS

RULING OUT JUNK SCIENCE

THE EVIDENCE THAT BREAST IMPLANTS CAUSE SERIOUS ILLNESS ISN'T WORTH CONSIDERING, SAYS A FEDERAL JUDGE

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MAD FOR EVITA (Cinema)

YOU'VE HEARD THE MUSIC, SEEN THE CLOTHES, READ THE HYPE. BUT CAN THIS MOVIE REVIVE MADONNA'S CAREER?

SPECIAL SECTION

THE AIDS EPIDEMIC: A TEAM EFFORT (Man Of The Year)

HO IS ONE OF DOZENS OF RESEARCHERS WHO DESERVE RECOGNITION FOR THEIR HEROIC AND GROUNDBREAKING WORK BATTLING THE AIDS EPIDEMIC. HERE ARE JUST A FEW

AIDS: THE GLOBAL EPIDEMIC (Man Of The Year)

AIDS IS TIGHTENING ITS GRIP ON THE DEVELOPING WORLD-- WHERE THE COSTLY NEW DRUGS WON'T DO MUCH GOOD AT ALL

AIDS: HOPE WITH AN ASTERISK (Man Of The Year)

FIFTEEN YEARS INTO THE AIDS EPIDEMIC, OPTIMISM IS A FOREIGN STATE. SHOULD WE LET THE NEW DRUGS TAKE US THERE?

NOW IT'S AIDS INC. (Man Of The Year)

THE PASSAGE OF TIME AND THE GROWTH OF AWARENESS HAVE TURNED THE DISEASE INTO AN INDUSTRY. WILL THE POST-PLAGUE YEARS SOON BEGIN?

SECOND ACTS (The Year In Review)

INTEREST IN MOST NEWS STORIES (O.J. EXCEPTED) FADES AFTER A WEEK OR TWO. BUT LIVES, CASES AND ISSUES KEEP UNFOLDING. WE REVISIT SOME OF 1996'S MOST INTRIGUING STORIES

PEOPLE

LETTERS