COVER

At The Center Of POWER (Cover Stories)

The First Lady wants more than clout. She wants to have a life too. Can she find the formula?

NATION

Amongst The Ashes (The Week: Nation)

Waco's aftermath yields a bitter taste in Texas and Washington

Leon's Lament (The Week: Nation)

Panetta, reading from his own scripture, may have spoken truth

The Gospel of Equity (Cities)

A new generation of black leaders is preaching a monetary message: Get capital and build wealth

Upper, Downer (The Week: Nation)

Clinton's point man on drugs gets a big job and a small staff

WORLD

A Bad First Day (The Week World)

Italy's new leader faces a crisis only hours after forming a government

Day of The Assassin (The Week World)

A bomber kills Sri Lanka's President Premadasa at a May Day parade

Holding Court (The Week World)

A sick citizen kidnaps Costa Rica's Supreme Court Justices

To Bomb Or Not To Bomb? (Bosnia)

Clinton settles on a tougher policy toward Serbian aggression. Now he has to sell it.

WAR & TERRORISM

SCIENCE

Who Lost the Ozone? (Environment)

How the world waited too long to rescue the shield that protects earth from the sun's dangerous UV rays

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Bugs With New Bite (The Week Health & Science)

Dental fillings may be contributing to the spread of antibiotic resistance

News From The Ooze (The Week Health & Science)

A fossil discovery suggests that life evolved with surprising rapidity

SOCIETY

Close Cut (The Week: Society)

A fanatic fan of Steffi Graf's stabs Monica Seles in the back -- literally

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

A Gathering of Eagles (The Week: Business)

Four of Europe's smaller airlines join forces to take on the global giants

Name-Saving Plan (The Week: Business)

Lloyd's offers a scheme to attract new investors and protect the old ones

The Maternal Wall (Careers)

A new study shows that even the most elite working moms face discrimination

LAW

Standing Tall (Justice)

The capital is all agog at the new Attorney General's outspoken honesty and toughness

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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