NATION

STEP RIGHT UP

BILL CLINTON WANTS TO STAY ALOOF FROM THE EXCESSES OF DEMOCRATIC FUND RAISING. BUT IT LOOKS AS IF HE WAS GUNG HO ALL THE WAY

A LOTT LIKE CLINTON?

THE SENATE LEADER AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE MUCH IN COMMON; THEY'VE EVEN PASSED A FEW GOOD LAWS. NOW WILL THEY HOLD HANDS AND JUMP?

WORLD

CORRUPT BUT CERTIFIED

DESPITE THE CRITICISM, CLINTON REFUSES TO SANCTION MEXICO FOR ITS FAILURES IN THE DRUG WARS

TECHNOLOGY

DEEPER IN THOUGHT

CHAMPION GARRY KASPAROV WILL SOON BATTLE A SMARTER VERSION OF DEEP BLUE, THE IBM COMPUTER THAT SPOOKED HIM--AND MANKIND--A YEAR AGO

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

DEREGULATION IS SHAKING UP THE UTILITY INDUSTRY. EXPECT CHEAPER ELECTRICITY AND MORE CONFUSION

ECHOSTAR'S NEW ORBIT

A RENEGADE SATELLITE-TV BROADCASTER LINKS WITH RUPERT MURDOCH TO CHALLENGE THE CABLE GIANTS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: WHAT PRIVATE PARTS? (The Arts / CINEMA)

HOWARD STERN, THE MOST UNINHIBITED MOUTH ON RADIO, STARS IN HIS FIRST MOVIE AS...HOWARD STERN

MUSIC: BLUE-CHIP KID (The Arts / MUSIC)

14-YEAR-OLD SINGER LEANN RIMES IS COUNTRY MUSIC'S HOTTEST AND MOST UNLIKELY SUPERSTAR

MUSIC: RAPPIN' WITH BONO (The Arts / MUSIC)

U2'S LEADER SOUNDS OFF ABOUT THE BAND'S NEW ALBUM AND TOUR AND ABOUT THE SAD STATE OF ROCK

BOOKS: SUPPORTING TESTIMONY (The Arts / BOOKS)

A BIOGRAPHY GOES BEYOND THE PUMPKIN PAPERS TO ASSESS THE TROUBLED LIFE OF WHITTAKER CHAMBERS

BOOKS: TABOO TIME (The Arts / BOOKS)

A TRENDY CONFESSIONAL TALE OF INCEST FALLS FLAT

SPECIAL SECTION

THE AGE OF CLONING (Special Report)

A LINE HAS BEEN CROSSED, AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME FOR PEOPLE OR FOR SHEEP

WILL WE FOLLOW THE SHEEP? (Special Report)

IT WILL BE UP TO SCIENCE TO DETERMINE IF HUMAN CLONING CAN BE DONE. IT IS UP TO THE REST OF US TO DETERMINE IF IT SHOULD BE

CAN SOULS BE XEROXED? (Special Report)

YOUR CLONE MIGHT BE EERILY LIKE YOU. OR PERHAPS EERILY LIKE SOMEONE ELSE

CLONE, CLONE ON THE RANGE (Special Report)

AN AGING ACTOR SEEKS IMMORTALITY THROUGH CLONING--AND GETS MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR

PEOPLE

LETTERS