COVER

HOW TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY (Cover Stories)

EARTHQUAKES STRIKE WHEN AND WHERE THEY WILL; PRECAUTIONS CAN EASE BUT NOT PREVENT THE DAMAGE

JAPAN: WHEN KOBE DIED (Cover Stories)

FOR A WHILE, JAPAN BELIEVED IT HAD MADE ITSELF QUAKEPROOF. THAT NATION'S FAITH WAS SHATTERED IN 20 SECONDS, AS A 7.2 TREMOR RAVAGED ITS SIXTH LARGEST CITY, COLLAPSING HOUSES, WRECKING ROADWAYS, IGNITING FIRES

NATION

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE (The Presidency)

AT MIDTERM, CLINTON STRUGGLES TO DEFINE HIMSELF TO AN ELECTORATE THAT REMAINS SKEPTICAL OF HIS MOTIVES

SECRETS OF THE MUSEUM (Intelligence)

HOW A U.S. LIBRARIAN-TURNED-SPY UNCOVERED EVIDENCE THAT HELPED HEAL THE WOUNDS OF WAR

WORLD

A FIGHT TO THE LAST BOY? (Russia)

YELTSIN CLAIMS VICTORY IN GROZNY. THE DEFIANT CHECHENS, HOWEVER, VOW YEARS OF GUERRILLA WAR

SUCH GOOD FRIENDS (France)

FRONT RUNNER BALLADUR THROWS HIS HAT INTO THE RING BUT FACES A BITTER STRUGGLE WITH A FORMER ALLY

RACISM IN THE RANKS (Canada)

VIDEOTAPES DOCUMENTING PREJUDICE AND BRUTALITY AMONG ELITE PEACEKEEPING TROOPS REOPEN AN OLD WOUND

THE WAGES OF REBELLION (Mexico)

THE BATTERED ZEDILLO GOVERNMENT SUDDENLY SEES THE WISDOM OF CONCESSIONS TO THE ZAPATISTAS

WAR & TERRORISM

A FLYING BOONDOGGLE (Defense)

THE MANUFACTURER OFFERS 20 MORE STEALTH BOMBERS AT BARGAIN PRICES. DOES THE AIR FORCE REALLY NEED THEM?

PRESS

RELIGION

PILGRIMAGE TO THE EAST

THE POPE GAVE 30 TALKS DURING A 33,000-KM TOUR, DISPLAYING AN ACTOR'S SENSE OF IMPROVISATION

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

SEDUCED AND ABANDONED (Time International)

IRISH WRITER WILLIAM TREVOR BRINGS FRESHNESS TO AN OLD STORY

TRIPLE JUMP

TLC FOLLOWS UP ITS PLATINUM DEBUT WITH A FINE, SLINKY CD

LAW

FOLLOW THE LEADER

WHOSE IDEA WAS IT TO KILL LOUIS FARRAKHAN? THE DAUGHTER OF MALCOLM X OR THE MAN SHE TRUSTED?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

WILL GATES GET THE NET? (The Arts & Media Technology)

MICROSOFT'S CHAIRMAN SAYS IT IS A MAKE-OR-BREAK BUSINESS FOR HIM, BUT THE INTERNET'S USERS MAY RESIST HIS LONG REACH

WINDOW ON THE STONE AGE (The Arts & Media Archaeology)

A STUNNING COLLECTION OF CAVE ART FOUND IN FRANCE COULD TELL TALES OF PREHISTORIC TIMES

TALKING TRASH (The Arts & Media Television)

RICKI LAKE AND HER DISCIPLES HAVE ACHIEVED THE IMPOSSIBLE: LOWERED THE STANDARDS OF TV GABFESTS

PRIME TIME (The Arts & Media Sport)

TWO-SPORTS STAR DEION SANDERS BRINGS BOTH STYLE AND SUBSTANCE TO THE SUPER BOWL

A SOARING WELL OF LIGHT (The Arts & Media Art)

MARIO BOTTA DESIGNS AN ELEGANT MUSEUM FOR SAN FRANCISCO. NOW THE INSTITUTION MUST LIVE UP TO ITS NEW ENVIRONS

FALSETTOS AND FALSIES (The Arts & Media Opera)

THE ALL-MALE TROUPE LA GRAN SCENA SKEWERSCLASSICS TO SHOW THAT LOVING OPERA AND LAUGHING AT IT ARE ONE AND THE SAME

SPECIAL SECTION

THE STATE OF THE UNION (Special Report)

AS CLINTON REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS, CITIZENS ARE BUSY REMAKING AMERICA