COVER

Stopping Cancer in Its Tracks (SCIENCE)

New discoveries about wayward genes and misbehaving proteins show how cells become malignant -- and perhaps how to bring them under control

NATION

That Revision Thing (Whitewater)

To the frustration of aides, each day seems to bring a new explanation

WORLD

Streets of Slaughter (Rwanda)

Tribal bloodlust and political rivalry turn the country into an unimaginable hell of killing, looting and anarchy

SOCIETY

The Man From Outer Space (Behavior)

Harvard psychiatrist John Mack claims that tales of UFO abductions are real. But experts and former patients say his research is shoddy.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

Recovery for Whom? (The Economy)

A split-level surge combines new hiring with heavy layoffs, and many incomes stagnate too

Workers Who Fight Firing with Fire (The Economy)

Not a month goes by without an outburst of violence in the workplace -- now even in flower nurseries, pizza parlors and law offices

LAW

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Fashion's Fall (The Arts & Media / DESIGN)

If you think clothes have become more silly over the past few seasons, wait until autumn: they'll be worse

MUSIC: Nailism (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)

Nine Inch Nails has a fine -- if knee-jerk nihilistic -- new CD

THEATER: Now This Is a Comeback (The Arts & Media / THEATER)

Who's the hottest playwright all over America today? Pierre de Carlet Chamblain de Marivaux, of course, who died in 1763.

THEATER: Serial Mom (The Arts & Media / THEATER)

Diana Rigg finds the quiet within murderous Medea

She Mastered the Art of Losing (Books)

Elizabeth Bishop was a great American poet whose work was polished and humane; her letters reveal a life that was less serene

PEOPLE

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