NATION

Basketball Court Babel (The Week Nation)

Sixty-four lucky contestants vie for the health-care task force's ear

End of The Streak (The Week: Nation)

Facing down Clinton, Republicans contend that gridlock isn't so bad

Out of the Ashes (Cities)

Twenty-five years after the devastating riot, a poor Washington family wins the struggle to save their home

RUSSIA: The First Aid Summit (U.S. / RUSSIA)

Clinton made a down payment on Yeltsin's reforms, but long-term success will tax the West's generosity

WORLD

Burnt Out (Europe)

Prosperity and the death of communism have brought socialism in Europe to the verge of extinction

Trouble on The Nile (Egypt)

Hosni Mubarak blames Iran for the wave of violence sweeping his country

WAR & TERRORISM

Flight of Terror (The Balkans)

Muslim refugees die in a stampede for places on a U.N. convoy

Semper Phooey! (Defense)

The military fumes at the Commander in Chief; Clinton fights back with charm -- and discipline

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Hypertension Surprise (The Week Health & Science)

Similar blood-pressure medications have unexpectedly different effects

Is Azt A False Hope? (The Week Health & Science)

The standard early treatment for AIDS-virus infections may be useless

Lucy in The Sky . . . ! (The Week Health & Science)

Diamonds may be a major component of dense clouds between the stars

SOCIETY

Bird Of Ill Omen (The Week Society)

Bruce Lee's son Brandon dies mysteriously on a trouble-plagued set

Poetic License (The Week: Society)

San Francisco tries regulating poetry readings in coffeehouses

SPORT

TECHNOLOGY

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BUSINESS

Marketing Madness (The Week: Business)

An ingenious giveaway scheme by Hoover backfires by working too well

On A Roll (The Week: Business)

Another European carmaker picks the U.S. to build an auto plant

Smoke Damage (The Week: Business)

Cigarette price cuts by Philip Morris help send the stock market tumbling

What's Up, Doc? (The Week: Business)

It's Bugs Bunny vs. Mickey Mouse in a tiff about theme-park ads

LAW

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Art: Brush With Genius (Art)

Now playing in Paris: a sublime show of Titian, one of the half dozen most influential artists ever

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