NATION

A TAXING SITUATION

REPUBLICANS WANT IRS REFORM AS A HOT ISSUE NEXT YEAR. BILL CLINTON IS DETERMINED TO DEDUCT IT

THE SECRET G.O.P. CAMPAIGN

NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT IN '96, REPUBLICANS WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH GROUPS PURPORTING TO BE INDEPENDENT

DEAD WRONG?

THE IRS SWOOPS DOWN ON A PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY TO EXAMINE AN ALLEGEDLY COLOSSAL FRAUD SCHEME AND A MYSTERIOUS ACCIDENT INVOLVING A TOP PATHOLOGIST

A HEART AND A KIDNEY

THE SUITOR ALLEGEDLY OFFERED LOVE AND MONEY. BUT WAS HE REALLY JUST LOOKING FOR AN ORGAN DONOR?

WORLD

COURTING DISASTER

CLINTON AT LAST MAKES A STAND AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING-- BUT HIS CRITICS AT HOME AND ABROAD FEAR IT MAY BE TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE

SCIENCE

A BAD DAY IN SPACE (Space)

MICHAEL FOALE HAD ALREADY BEEN ORDERED INTO THE SOYUZ LIFEBOAT IN PREPARATION FOR ABANDONING SHIP. BEFORE HE COULD GET THERE, HE FELT THE SICKENING THUD OF SOMETHING HITTING MIR. ONE OF SPACE TRAVEL'S

HEALTH & MEDICINE

ST. BERNARD'S WORT (Health)

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR DOGS, CATS AND COCKATOOS? WELL, YES--MORE AND MORE AMERICANS BELIEVE IN IT

MORE THAN A FUNNY NAME (Health)

GINKGO, LONG REVERED IN THE EAST, GETS ITS FIRST PLUG IN A U.S. MEDICAL JOURNAL--AS AN ALZHEIMER'S DRUG

WHAT'S UP, DOC? (Medicine)

IT'S EVERY SURGERY PATIENT'S NIGHTMARE: YOU'RE AWAKE ENOUGH TO FEEL THE KNIFE BUT NOT ENOUGH TO SCREAM

BRIEFING

DONORGATE (Notebook / THE SCOOP)

BEHIND THE BLUNDER, A BID FOR INFLUENCE?

CYBERSPACE (Notebook / THE SCOOP)

THE V CHIP, COMING TO A COMPUTER NEAR YOU

THE DRUG WAR (Notebook / THE SCOOP)

COLOMBIA'S FRONT RUNNER IS NOT OUR KIND OF GUY

HOLLYWOOD (Notebook / THE SCOOP)

KATZENBERG'S PARTING MAY BE PROFITABLE SORROW

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

WILL RENO BRAKE WINDOWS?

JUSTICE'S CHALLENGE TO MICROSOFT'S STRONG-ARM BROWSER TACTICS HINT AT A LARGER SHOWDOWN ON THE HORIZON

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BOOKS: NAUGHTY, BUT ALSO NICE (The Arts / BOOKS)

AS DONALD E. WESTLAKE OR RICHARD STARK, THIS CRIME NOVELIST GIVES THE BEST LINES TO THE BAD GUYS

CINEMA: IN A WAY, EXTRAORDINARY (The Arts / CINEMA)

ANGELS. AN HEIRESS. LOVERS DANCING IN A KARAOKE BAR. THE TRAINSPOTTING CREW GETS ROMANTIC. WELL, KIND OF

PEOPLE

LETTERS