NATION

Dear Diary . . . Delete That (The Senate)

Amid a call for Packwood to resign, his secretary testifies that the Senator has tampered with his diaries

Facing the Music (Investigation)

Michael Jackson returns home amid a swirl of accusations that he sexually abused young boys

WORLD

A Farce to Be Reckoned With (Russia)

Vladimir Zhirinovsky taps into the dark side of a Russia feeling humiliation and loss of self-esteem

No Reason to Cheer (Russia)

The surprise success of Vladimir Zhirinovsky's neofascist party in the parliamentary elections imperils reform at home and sets off alarm bells abroad

WAR & TERRORISM

Bring on the Admiral (Defense)

An abrupt resignation and speedy replacement signal Clinton's problems with the military -- and the President's intention to set things right

SCIENCE

Genetic Geography

It's far from perfect, but researchers unveil the first complete map of all 23 pairs of human chromosomes

SOCIETY

Robbing the Innocents (Crime)

A spate of murder-kidnappings raises alarm among parents. What can be done?

RELIGION

Angels Among Us (Cover Religion)

Suddenly the heavenly host is upon us, and in the New Age a grass-roots revolution of the spirit has all sorts of people asking all sorts of questions about angels

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

A Jeroboam of Collectibles (The Arts & Media Books)

Reading for wine lovers on everything from bargain Cabernets to hijacking Gunny-Bunnys

Debating the Holocaust (The Arts & Media Press)

Those who deny the Nazi atrocities are finding a platform in college newspapers and raising a First Amendment ruckus

The Fat Lady Sings (The Arts & Media Art)

An exhibit affirms Lucian Freud, 71, as the best realist painter alive

Tidings of Job (The Arts & Media Cinema)

Not much cheer this movie season, as three more weighty dramas deck the malls with cries of horror

To Catch a Thief (The Arts & Media Books)

Thievery, homosexuality and treachery -- in a new biography the unruly life of Jean Genet gets a sober, subtle accounting

Tremors of Genderquake (The Arts & Media Books)

A young feminist argues that women should unite to conquer, but her attention keeps wandering from the point

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