NATION

JOHNNY COME OFTEN

MONEYMAN CHUNG CAME CALLING ON THE WHITE HOUSE 49 TIMES, OFTEN WITH HIS ASIAN FRIENDS, AND THE DEMOCRATS GOT $50,000 FOR ONE VISIT

CLUELESS IN WASHINGTON

WHY WASN'T THE U.S. WARNED THAT MEXICO WAS ABOUT TO ARREST ITS OWN TOP DRUG FIGHTER FOR CORRUPTION?

A RECURRING NIGHTMARE

A MURDER IN FLORIDA REVIVES AN EARLIER HORROR AND RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AFTERMATH OF PUNISHMENT

IT SOUNDED LIKE A CANNON

AS ANOTHER EXPLOSION ROCKS ATLANTA, INVESTIGATORS ARE FORCED TO ASK: IS A SERIAL BOMBER ON THE LOOSE?

WORLD

Deng Xiaoping Set Off Seismic Changes in China (THE NEXT CHINA)

...liberating it from the most self-defeating precepts of Marxist economics. His revolution left much undone. Now his successors must struggle to solidify the changes

CAN JIANG HOLD THE REINS OF POWER? (THE NEXT CHINA)

THE OFFICIAL LINE FROM BEIJING INSISTS THE LEADERSHIP IS IN PLACE AND EVERYTHING IS SETTLED. BUT IT WOULD NOT BE CHINA OR THE COMMUNIST PARTY IF THAT WERE TRUE

DENG XIAOPING: THE LAST EMPEROR (THE NEXT CHINA)

THE LIFE OF DENG XIAOPING SPANNED AN APOCALYPTIC ERA ABOUNDING WITH WAR, FAMINE, DANGER AND MAO. HE SURVIVED IT ALL TO RULE ONE-FIFTH OF THE WORLD

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

Canada's Gold Tycoon (Also In This Issue / MOVERS AND SHAKERS)

For one of the world's most successful gold tycoons, Canada's Peter Munk seems to hold no special regard for the yellow meta

BOARD OF ECONOMISTS: AMERICA SHOWS THE WAY (Global Business Report / BOARD OF ECONOMISTS)

A TIME PANEL PREDICTS GLOBAL GROWTH WITH STABILITY LED BY THE U.S., BUT WARNS THAT THE GOOD TIMES COULD END ABRUPTLY WITHOUT CAREFUL MANAGEMENT

IS THE DOW TOO PUMPED?

IS THE STOCK MARKET DANGEROUSLY OVERVALUED? MAYBE WE'RE SIMPLY LOOKING AT IT THE WRONG WAY

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

DEPP CHARGE (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)

A POWERHOUSE PERFORMANCE FINALLY PROPELS JOHNNY INTO THE MAINSTREAM

CINEMA: SHADOWS FROM THE PAST (The Arts / CINEMA)

JOHN SINGLETON GIVES NEW LIFE TO THE BURIED STORY OF A BLACK TOWN VICIOUSLY DESTROYED BY WHITES

PEOPLE

LETTERS