June 9, 1997 | Vol. 149 No. 23

THE START OF THE DEAL

A PAULA JONES V. CLINTON TRIAL WOULD BE A DIVE INTO A SEWER, SO IT MAY NOT HAPPEN. THE OUTLINES OF A DEAL ARE EMERGING FROM TESTY EXCHANGES

THE VEEP TREATMENT (TIME INVESTIGATION)

DESPITE DOUBTS ABOUT ITS TECHNOLOGY, THE COMPANY OF A GORE CONTRIBUTOR RAKES IN BIG FEDERAL CONTRACTS

NOWHERE TO RUN

THIS YEAR'S TWISTER DID NOT HAVE ANY HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR. IT WAS A WHIRLING TERRORIST THAT TURNED A TOWN INTO RUBBLE IN MINUTES

THE MERITS OF THE CASE

WITH ASTONISHING SPEED, THE MCVEIGH TRIAL RE ACHES ITS CLIMAX. HAS JUSTICE BEEN SERVED?

ON THE CASE

LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE...

EVEN PEOPLE UNKNOWN TO THE TABLOIDS HAVE TROUBLE BEING HONEST ABOUT SEX

GOODBYE NEWT, HELLO CBS

ALTHOUGH A REPUBLICAN RISING STAR, CONGRESSWOMAN SUSAN MOLINARI WOULD RATHER BE KATIE COURIC

WHY WE SHOULD CARE

UNITY AND DIVISION

FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE MARSHALL PLAN BEGAN, EUROPE IS FEELING THE PAIN OF POLITICAL INTEGRATION

THE GENTLE COSMIC RAIN

DON'T WORRY IF YOU MISSED HALE-BOPP; AS MANY AS 43,000 SMALLER COMETS COULD REACH EARTH TODAY

BRANCHING OUT

SPANISH FOSSILS MAY REDRAW THE HUMAN FAMILY TREE

Great Xpectations of So-Called Slackers

SLACKERS? HARDLY. THE SO-CALLED GENERATION X TURNS OUT TO BE FULL OF GO-GETTERS WHO ARE JUST DOING IT--BUT THEIR WAY

MY GOAL IS TO EXPAND INTO A CUTTING-EDGE, FULL COSMETICS COMPANY. I WANT TO DOMINATE.

WE CAN SIT HERE BEMOANING BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD OR WE CAN LEARN FROM THEIR APPEAL.

MY GENERATION BELIEVES WE CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING.

PEACE IS AN XCELLENT ADVENTURE

IN THE ABSENCE OF WAR, A GENERATION FINDS ITS PLACE IN THE WORLD

DECIPHERING GOD'S PLAN

A NEW BOOK SAYS RABIN'S MURDER WAS PREDICTED AND THERE ARE DREADFUL THINGS TO COME. SHOULD WE FEAR?

HI HO SILVER CHARM

THE GRAY COLT COULD BECOME THE FIRST HORSE SINCE 1978 TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN

CISCO GUARDS THE GATES

DATA WOULD GO NOWHERE ON THE NET WITHOUT THE COMPANY'S ROUTERS. IT AIMS TO KEEP THINGS THAT WAY

A ROM OF THEIR OWN

SMART, SOCIALLY ORIENTED COMPUTER GAMES CHALLENGE THE NOTION THAT GIRLS WON'T PLAY

Notebook: Jun. 9, 1997 (Notebook)

JONBENET RAMSEY (Notebook / THE SCOOP)

AND THEN THERE WERE...HUNDREDS?

Milestones Jun. 9, 1997 (Notebook / MILESTONES)

FLASHBACK (Notebook)

IRAN: SPEAKING SOFTLY AND HIDING THE BIG STICK (Notebook / THE SCOOP)

SPEAKING SOFTLY AND HIDING THE BIG STICK

MISSISSIPPI (Notebook / THE SCOOP)

PRESS A LEVER, ANY LEVER, AND YOU'VE GOT A MILESTONE

AMERICAN BUSINESS UNBOUND (Quarterly Report)

AIRBORNE PROFITS (Quarterly Report / AIRLINES)

MIDWEST EXPRESS HAS DONE WELL BY TREATING ITS UPSCALE PASSENGERS WELL

TRUCKING: THE COLORS OF MONEY (Quarterly Report / TRUCKING)

A TEXAS TAX WRITE-OFF HAS BECOME AN INTERSTATE MONEYMAKER ON THE DEREGULATED HIGHWAY SYSTEM

COMMUNICATIONS: POWER PLAYER (Quarterly Report / COMMUNICATIONS)

A COLORADO UPSTART IS GETTING INTO THE TELEPHONE BUSINESS IN A BIG WAY--VIA POWER LINES

PHARMACEUTICALS: BALANCING ACT (Quarterly Report / PHARMACEUTICALS)

CUTTING RED TAPE AT THE FDA HAS GIVEN A BIG BOOST TO AN AIDS-FIGHTING BIOTECH FIRM

ELECTRIC POWER: COMPETITIVE JOLTS (Quarterly Report / ELECTRIC POWER)

A MASSACHUSETTS UTILITY HAS BECOME A LEADER IN THE MOVEMENT FOR CONSUMER CHOICE AT THE OUTLET PLUG

BOARD OF ECONOMISTS: THE BEST UPTURN EVER (Quarterly Report / BOARD OF ECONOMISTS)

OUR BOARD OF ECONOMISTS AGREES: THIS U.S. EXPANSION IS SOMETHING SPECIAL

KEY WEST GOES BALLISTIC (American Scene)

THE AIR FORCE AND RESIDENTS SQUARE OFF FOR COMBAT IN THE HIBISCUS ZONE

SPEECH FOR A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE (Essay)

A PARENT GIVES HIS SON SEVERAL WORDS OF INDISPENSABLE ADVICE