COVER

NATION

Jones Vs. the President (The Administration)

A woman sues Bill Clinton, saying he sexually harassed her when he was Governor of Arkansas. The White House says he did nothing of the kind.

WORLD

Arafat, Ready Or Not (Middle East)

The P.L.O. gains the right to govern but finds itself unprepared to begin

HEALTH & MEDICINE

This May Hurt a Bit (Health Care)

Congress begins to ask why the U.S. subsidizes insurance coverage for those at the top of the heap

SOCIETY

Dollars for Deeds

How do you keep teens from getting pregnant or motivate students to make the grade? Offer them cash.

SPORT

TECHNOLOGY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

Dress Rehearsal, Or Opening Night?

Still screenstruck after an early fling, Bronfman has Seagram buy a hunk of Time Warner -- but just what he wants is turning into a Wall Street cliff-hanger

The Bag Stops Here (Transportation)

Are the luggage-delivery glitches in Denver's long-delayed airport fixable anytime soon?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: A Tree Strives in Brooklyn (Arts & Media / CINEMA)

Spike Lee's story of a middle-class family wrestles with the anguish of kids trying to grow up smart and good

ART: Auctions in the Pits (Arts & Media / ART)

The once aggressive squillionaire buyers are staying away from contemporary art, and the mood at auction houses is glum

BOOKS: Fatal Fiasco (Arts & Media / BOOKS)

History is fine fiction in the hands of Beryl Bainbridge

MUSIC: Jazz Goes to the Movies (Arts & Media / MUSIC)

Trumpeter Terence Blanchard skillfully sketches mood and emotion as he swings between recordings and film scores

SHOW BUSINESS: Joan in Full Throat (Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)

The indefatigable Rivers can act as well as talk -- all about anguish -- and she demonstrates it in a TV and Broadway blitz

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