COVER

Welfare Reform: The Vicious Cycle (Cover Stories)

When young, single women have children, it almost guarantees they will be poor. Can welfare reform break the pattern?

NATION

What Money Can Buy (Elections)

Challenging incumbents has become a rich person's game. But what kind of Congress will that create?

While The Gettin's Good (Politics)

Louisiana's sly, four-term Governor says he won't run again. And for now he won't say why.

WORLD

A Voice in the Wilderness (Russia)

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn preaches his message of moral renewal in the hinterlands, but will Moscow listen?

Hurry Up and Wait (Diplomacy)

In coping with Haiti, Korea and Bosnia, Clinton hopes to buy time and avoid stiffer measures

SCIENCE

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Streptomania Hits Home (Medicine)

A bacterial strain that terrified Britain pops up in the U.S., but doctors say there's no need to panic

PRESS

All The News That's Fit

Too much graphic violence on TV? Now local stations are coming up with an option: G-rated broadcasts.

SPORT

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Still Brave at Heart (The Presidency)

On Normandy's beaches the past returned to infuse the present with new meaning

BUSINESS

Rock 'N' Roll's Holy War

Pearl Jam's crusade against Ticketmaster triggers a needed debate over outrageous ticket prices

The High Cost of Saving (Banking)

Customers grow irate as banks relentlessly jack up service fees and demand ever larger deposits

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: The Mouse Roars (Arts & Media / CINEMA)

Like Disney's other recent cartoon features, The Lion King is winning and gorgeous; like Disney's animated classics, it also touches primal emotions

PEOPLE

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