NATION
Driven to Distraction
After a few weeks with the Clinton case, even reasonable Senators get wiggy
Not Gone, but Forgotten?
Why Americans have stopped talking about homelessness
The Al And Dick Show
Once archrivals, Gore and Gephardt are on the verge of becoming close allies
Fasten Your Seat Belts
Tom Daschle is trying to help Trent Lott land the impeachment plane. But hang on--it's going to be bumpy
Older and Wiser, Monica Lewinsky Returns
The Other N Word
Buckwheat comes to D.C. to end a STUPID fight
WORLD
That Sinking Feeling
America's new subs are wonders, but the Navy is wrestling with doubts about their role
Meet The Next King
Battling cancer, Hussein shocks Jordan by naming a new heir
Troops or Consequences
NATO issues a remarkable ultimatum to Milosevic and the Kosovars: Make peace, or we'll bomb you
SCIENCE
Close Encounter with a Comet (Space)
Other probes have visited comets, but this is the first to try to bring back comet dust
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Bleak Days For Doctors (Health)
The A.M.A. flap isn't all that's amiss. Physicians are fed up, dropping out and even selling Amway
The First Chimpanzee (Health)
Scientists zero in on the source of the AIDS virus
Smart Pill (Health / In Brief)
RELIGION
A View From The Flock
One woman's pilgrimage to the heart of her faith and the place of the Pontiff in Catholic America
BRIEFING
Notebook: Feb. 8, 1999 (Notebook)
Marital Moscow (Notebook / The Scoop)
While Yeltsin's Cooped Up, Grandkid Ties Knot
The Year of Living Foolishly (Notebook)
Milestones Feb. 8, 1999 (Notebook / Milestones)
Middle East: Delayed Gratification For Yasser Arafat (Notebook / The Scoop)
Delayed Gratification For Yasser Arafat
Publishing: Larry's Watching, but Keeping Quiet--for Now (Notebook / The Scoop)
Larry's Watching, but Keeping Quiet--for Now
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Contributors: Feb. 8, 1999
Hard Times At J. Peterman (Essay)
The catalog fantasist of comeliness and the passions of the past sounds a lacrimae rerum note
In Snow, in Ice, in Rain, One Mother's Trip (American Scene)
In 18 years Mrs. Rosado has missed the weekly ride to prison only three times
BUSINESS
Banana Wars
A trade fight over fruit threatens to spread to other food groups, clothes and even hobbies
Global Motors
First Daimler-Benz and Chrysler. Now Ford and Volvo. What next?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Books: Bitter Sweets (The Arts / Books)
A collection of gleefully misanthropic stories
Music: Hip-Hop Nation (The Arts / Music)
There's more to rap than just rhythms and rhymes. After two decades, it has transformed the culture of America
Cinema: Clash Of The Titans (The Arts / Cinema)
Why is Michael Ovitz waging war on the agency he once made the most powerful in Hollywood?
Books: Manifest Destiny (The Arts / Books)
Kevin Phillips explains how three wars put Anglo-America on top
Books: The Dialect Of Garlic (The Arts / Books)
A magical first novel about a vanished way of life
Television: The '60s (Short Takes / Television)
NBC, Feb. 7, 8
Music: Hip-Hop Nation: Lauryn Hill (The Arts / Music)
Ten Grammy nominations, a multiplatinum CD and a drive to make lasting music
Music: Hip-Hop Nation: Sean Puffy Combs (The Arts / Music)
Streetwise, boardroom savvy, he is the music's ambassador of cool
Books: Be Cool (Short Takes / Books)
By Elmore Leonard
Books: Mosquito (Short Takes / Books)
By Gayl Jones
Cinema: Still Crazy (Short Takes / Cinema)
Directed by Brian Gibson
Music: Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Schumann (Short Takes / Music)
Evgeny Kissin
Aisle Of Style (Short Takes)
Theater: Jitney (Short Takes / Theater)
By August Wilson.
YOUR TIME
Dropping the Ball (Personal Time / Your Money)
How one man gave away a tidy sum without a blink, and what it says about our money habits
A Web of Deceit (Personal Time / Your Health)
The latest e-mail scare campaign attacks an artificial sweetener. Here's how to find the truth
Going Private (Personal Time / Your Technology)
Worried about who knows what you see and spend online? Here's how to disguise yourself