NATION
PIPELINE TO THE PRESIDENT
AFTER ROGER TAMRAZ PUT UP $150,000, DEMOCRATIC PARTY OFFICIALS BATTLED THE CIA AND THE NSC TO GET HIM INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. GUESS WHO PREVAILED?
THE BUSY BACK-DOOR MEN
SMOKING GUN
A CIGARETTE MAKER FINALLY ADMITS THAT ITS PRODUCT IS DANGEROUSLY HABIT-FORMING. IS THIS THE END OF BIG TOBACCO'S LEGAL INVINCIBILITY?
POPULIST HERO OR BOTTOM FEEDER?
WHY THE SENATE LOVES AN UNDERSTUDY
WORLD
BIBI'S BLACK DAYS
CRISES AND SCANDAL HAVE PLAGUED NETANYAHU, AND NOW PALESTINIAN TERROR HAS RETURNED
NYET TO A NEW NATO
TWO RECUPERATING PRESIDENTS AGREE TO DISAGREE AND INSIST THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS. WE'LL SEE
HEALTH & MEDICINE
WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS? (Medicine)
AIDS STRIKES THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN THE U.S., BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS GET THE LATEST TREATMENT
SOCIETY
BLOODSHED IN THE BANKS (Crime)
FROM EAU CLAIRE TO ORLANDO, ROBBERIES ARE UP SHARPLY THIS YEAR. IS HOLLYWOOD TO BLAME?
RELIGION
FIDELITY = CHASTITY
A DIVISIVE PRESBYTERIAN VOTE OVER GAY ORDINATION MAY HAVE FATALLY WOUNDED A WIDER CHRISTIAN UNITY
SPORT
THE KINGS OF SWING
PAST MEETS FUTURE AS ARNOLD PALMER IS HOST TO HEIR TIGER WOODS
TECHNOLOGY
@THE SUPREME COURT
SOME SURPRISINGLY WIRED JUSTICES HEAR AN ANTIPORN CASE THAT WOULD RESTRICT FREE SPEECH IN CYBERSPACE
WIRED FOR WAR
DIGITAL SOLDIERS WILL MAKE THE ARMY SMARTER AND DEADLIER--IF THE COMPUTERS WILL JUST STOP CRASHING
BRIEFING
Notebook: Mar. 31, 1997 (Notebook)
MCVEIGH: DIARIES DEAREST (Notebook)
Milestones Mar. 31, 1997 (Notebook / MILESTONES)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
JACKIE ROBINSON: STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE (Essay)
OUTSPOKEN JACKIE ROBINSON PLAYED THE ROLE OF SYMBOL AS WELL AS HE HIT A BALL
BUSINESS
BIZ WATCH: Mar 31, 1997 (BIZ WATCH)
FLYING INTO TROUBLE
WITH ITS TOOTHLESS INSPECTIONS AND DEAF EAR TO SAFETY WARNINGS, THE FAA HAS MADE AIR TRAVEL MORE PERILOUS THAN IT NEED BE
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
DANCE: MR. BIG OF THE NEW JIG (The Arts / DANCE)
IRISH-DANCE EXTRAVAGANZAS ARE SELLING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY--AND MICHAEL FLATLEY ISN'T SHY ABOUT STEPPING UP TO TAKE THE CREDIT
DESIRE AT FULL STRETCH: WILLEM DE KOONING (1904-1997) (The Arts / APPRECIATION)
WILLEM DE KOONING: 1904-1997
CINEMA: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (The Arts / CINEMA)
BRAD PITT AND HARRISON FORD BRING THE IRISH TROUBLES HOME IN A FINE, GROWNUP THRILLER
MUSIC: CROSS OVER, BEETHOVEN (The Arts / MUSIC)
JACKIE O COMPOSER MICHAEL DAUGHERTY BRINGS A POP-CULTURE SENSIBILITY TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
BOOKS: PRIME VINTAGE (The Arts / BOOKS)
A ROBUST NOVEL OF LOVE AND LOSS IN WINE COUNTRY
BOOKS: LIFE AMONG THE RUINS (The Arts / BOOKS)
TWO JOURNALISTS LOOK BEHIND THE SOVIET COLLAPSE AND THE UNRULY EFFORTS TO BUILD SOMETHING NEW