NATION

A STUNNING VERDICT

A TRIAL THAT RIVETED BOTH BRITAIN AND AMERICA ENDS IN MORE CONTENTION

THE LAST OF THE LIBERALS

AS THE NEW YORK MAYOR'S RACE PROVES, EVEN IN THE BIG CITIES, FISCAL CONSERVATISM HAS WON THE DAY

DEADLY SEDUCTION

A HUGE AIDS CLUSTER REVEALS A TROUBLING MIX OF YOUTH, DRUGS AND SEX

WORLD

STARING DOWN SADDAM

THE IRAQI DICTATOR DEFIES THE U.N. AND THREATENS TO EXPEL AMERICANS, PROVOKING A NEW CONFRONTATION

HEALTH & MEDICINE

VITAMIN OVERLOAD? (Health)

YOUR ONE-A-DAY IS STILL O.K., BUT SWALLOWING SUPPLEMENTS BY THE MEGADOSE MAY BE DANGEROUS

CODE BLUE AT OXFORD (Health)

A COMPUTER GLITCH AND A QUARTERLY LOSS TRIGGER BLOODLETTING AT WHAT HAD BEEN THE HEALTHIEST HMO

SOCIETY

THE YOUNG AND THE NESTED (Living)

THE SHELTER INDUSTRY GOES ON TREND AND HEADS FOR A NEW DEMOGRAPHIC AS GEN XERS BECOME GEN NESTERS

TECHNOLOGY

KEEPING TABS ONLINE

DOING BUSINESS ON THE NET IS HARD BECAUSE THE UNDERLYING SOFTWARE IS SO DUMB. XML WILL FIX THAT

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

GASGATE (Essay)

IN WHICH THE CHAMPION OF THE WORKING MAN IS FINGERED FOR PETTY LARCENY AT THE PUMPS

BUSINESS

STILL ON A ROLL?

WALL STREET'S WOBBLE WAS AT ODDS WITH WHAT SEEMS TO BE A STRONG ECONOMY. JUST WHAT WAS THE MARKET TRYING TO TELL US?

GREENSPAN AND HIS FRIENDS

HOW THE FED CHAIRMAN, TREASURY SECRETARY RUBIN AND THEIR CRASH TEAM NAVIGATED A SCARY WEEK. THE PLAN: WORRY A LOT, INTERFERE LITTLE

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

FOOD: ODE TO JOY (The Arts / FOOD)

A CLASSIC COOKBOOK GETS A TOTAL FACE-LIFT. PURISTS WORRY. SOME CONTRIBUTORS SIMMER. WILL THE POT BOIL OVER?

CINEMA: ALL HAIL TO HELENA! (The Arts / CINEMA)

BONHAM CARTER HAS GROWN UP, ON FILM, FROM A PETULANT PRINCESS TO A SEXY HENRY JAMES PREDATOR

SPECIAL SECTION

A SOUND REBOUND (Time Select / SHOW BUSINESS)

INTERSCOPE DUMPED RAP MUSIC, BUT THE COMPANY KEPT ITS EDGE

UNIVERSAL STAR (Time Select / SHOW BUSINESS)

DRUMMED OUT AT WARNER, DOUG MORRIS IS MAKING SWEET MUSIC AT SEAGRAM

PEOPLE

LETTERS