NATION

INAUGURATION 1997: NO GUTS, NO GLORY (INAUGURATION 1997)

ON THE EVE OF HIS INAUGURATION, CLINTON IS THINKING IN LOWERCASE TERMS. BUT THE BIG ISSUES--LIKE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE--NEED BIGGER ACTION BY FAR

INAUGURATION 1997: MANY HAPPY RETURNS (INAUGURATION 1997)

THE MOST PROMISING PLAN TO SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY RELIES ON INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS, WHO AREN'T AS RECKLESS OR CALLOUS AS THE CRITICS BELIEVE

MR. NICE GUY RETURNS

WITH THE SUIT SOON TO GO TO THE JURY, O.J. PAINTS THE PORTRAIT OF AN IDYLLIC MARRIAGE. IS IT REAL OR SURREAL?

WORLD

IN THEIR FACE

WITH TIME REPORTERS IN TOW, FUJIMORI CONFRONTS REBELS AND PREENS AMONG THE POOR

SOCIETY

PLAYING AT PAGEANTS

IN THE STRANGE WORLD OF CHILDREN'S BEAUTY CONTESTS, TINY TOTS IN PRETTY DRESSES MEAN BIG BUSINESS

RELIGION

THE BUDDHIST MARTHA

SHE'S A MERCHANDISING MYSTIC FROM TAIWAN--AND SEES NOTHING WRONG WITH GIVING CLINTON A HANDOUT

TECHNOLOGY

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

WHERE THE JOBS ARE

FROM SEATTLE TO ORLANDO, POWERFUL SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL FORCES ARE FUELING BOOMTOWNS, AND OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND IN OCCUPATIONS RANGING FROM COMPUTER SCIENTIST TO CARPENTER

THE NEXT GREAT GADGET

THOSE DIGITAL-VIDEO-DISC PLAYERS THAT STORES WILL SOON BE SELLING COULD MAKE YOUR VCR HISTORY

BASEBALL'S BLUE SALE

AFTER ALMOST 50 YEARS OF OWNING THE DODGERS, THE O'MALLEYS TAKE THEMSELVES OUT OF THE BALL GAME

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

COOL, DUDE (The Arts / SHOWBIZ)

WITH KING OF THE HILL, BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD'S MIKE JUDGE BRINGS HIS SUBVERSIVE VISION TO NETWORK TV

BOOKS: EASY'S EARLY DAYS (The Arts / BOOKS)

HERE'S A MYSTERY: WHY WASN'T WALTER MOSLEY'S FIRST NOVEL PUBLISHED SOONER?

PEOPLE

LETTERS