NATION

OFFENSIVE MANEUVERS

THE ARMY, ALREADY TROUBLED BY SEXUALLY PREDATORY DRILL SERGEANTS, HAS A PROBLEM WITH ITS RECRUITERS TOO

DEATH AND LOWER TAXES

THE ESTATE LEVY SEEMS SURE TO BE CUT AS MORE NONPLUTOCRATS DISCOVER IT WILL HIT THEIR KIDS TOO

HER DYING PRAYERS

FAITH IS NO DEFENSE AS A COUPLE ANSWERS FOR THE LOSS OF A DAUGHTER

RACE: I'M JUST WHO I AM

WHITE BLACK ASIAN OTHER RACE IS NO LONGER AS SIMPLE AS BLACK OR WHITE. SO, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR AMERICA?

WORLD

HOW THEY DID IT

IN A QUICK AND BRUTAL ASSAULT, FUJIMORI'S TROOPS RESCUE ALL BUT ONE OF THE 72 HOSTAGES

READY TO IMPLODE?

STARVATION AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY UNDERLINE A DEFECTOR'S WARNING THAT NORTH KOREA IS DESPERATE

SCIENCE

ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY

SCIENTISTS TAKE A PICTURE OF DEPRESSION AND DISCOVER THAT IT ACTUALLY CHANGES THE SHAPE OF THE BRAIN

BUYING TIME

THE ONSET OF ALZHEIMER'S IS DELAYED BY VITAMIN E

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SPORT

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

CLASS TRASH (Essay)

WITH COLLEGE REUNIONS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, A CLASS SECRETARY GETS BUSY

BUSINESS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BRING IN 'DA TUNESMITHS (Theater)

A YEAR AFTER RENT, BROADWAY'S VETS ARE BACK WITH A FLOATING (AND SINKING) ARMADA OF NEW MUSICALS

BOOKS: DRAWING THE LINE (The Arts / BOOKS)

THOMAS PYNCHON'S LONG-AWAITED MASON & DIXON IS A TALE OF SCIENTIFIC TRIUMPH AND AN EPIC OF LOSS

PEOPLE

LETTERS