COVER

SPORT: Bummer of '94 (SPORT)

As owners and athletes argue about money, a bitter strike interrupts what looked to be a season of shattered records. Fans wonder if baseball will ever be played like it ought to be.

NATION

Down for the Count? (Politics)

A defeat on the crime bill shakes Clinton. Could gridlock return to a Congress dominated by Democrats?

Netwatch (Chronicles)

News, Culture, Controversy on the Internet

The Shadow President (Capitol Hill)

For Bob Dole, the health-care battle is the first primary in his own campaign for the White House

WORLD

Cooling-Off Period (North Korea)

The U.S. agrees in principle to a nuclear buyout but faces still more negotiations with a slippery partner

Hope Battles Fear (Rwanda)

Braving tales of Tutsi vengeance, a few Hutu have struggled safely back to a silent, desolate capital

SCIENCE

The Killing Fields (Environment)

Driven by ego and greed, poachers are slaughtering rare and majestic species in the national parks

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Battle Fatigue (Medicine)

Scant hope emerges from this year's AIDS meeting

SOCIETY

Babies for Export

Despite a shortage of adoptable U.S. infants, hundreds end up in homes abroad

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

In Search of Apologies (Ideas)

A leftist historian asks other radicals to admit their moral complicity in the evils of communism

BUSINESS

Babes in Byteland (Commerce)

Snazzy programs that teach the three Rs have become the hottest software

The Sins of a Sainted Bank (Economics)

Critics say the once admired World Bank bullies the poor, hurts the environment and hoards its money

Up Against the Wal-Mart (Retailing)

After a long and nasty fight, Vermont lets in the largest U.S. retailer but cuts it down to size

LAW

The Citadel Still Holds (Justice)

A last-minute federal appeals-court decision keeps Shannon Faulkner from becoming a cadet

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

SHOW BUSINESS: Byron Meets Billy Budd (Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)

James Dean was a sexy, stammering poet who died young. Now he is put on the rack again, in a gossipy new biography.

BOOKS: Odd Cousin, Far Removed (Arts & Media / BOOKS)

A novel by master craftsman Peter Taylor continues a tradition of humor, rue and storytelling smarts

MUSIC: Woodstock Suburb (Arts & Media / MUSIC)

Twenty-five years later, there were clean-cut fans, Pepsi as the official soft drink, and cash machines

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