COVER

THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL: DID HE OR DIDN'T HE? (Cover Stories)

AS MILLIONS WATCHED--AND BEGAN TO WONDER WHERE THE TRUTH MIGHT LIE--COURTROOM TEMPERS FLARED, A LAWYER FELL ILL AND O.J. BARED HIS KNEE. THE WILD RIDE HAS BEGUN

NATION

TAMING THE TROOPS (Politics)

A ZEALOUS CROP OF HOUSE FRESHMEN WANTS TO YANK THE AGENDA RIGHTWARD

THE $135,000 QUESTION (Investigations)

ARE RON BROWN'S FINANCES DUBIOUS, OR JUST COMPLEX? THE GROWING CONTROVERSY MAY COST HIM HIS JOB

WORLD

SAVAGE JUSTICE (Iraq)

UNDER THE GUISE OF ISLAM, SADDAM ENACTS A BRUTAL LAW

MORE THAN REMEMBRANCE (Europe)

NEITHER THE HOLOCAUST NOR COMMUNISM COULD WIPE OUT THE JEWS OF EASTERN EUROPE. NOW THEIR FAITH IS FLOURISHING

CAN PEACE SURVIVE? (Middle East)

PALESTINIAN BOMBINGS AND THE EXPANSION OF ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS ARE KILLING SUPPORT ON BOTH SIDES

PICKING UP THE PIECES (Japan)

SHATTERED KOBE BEGINS GRADUALLY TO PUT ITSELF BACK TOGETHER, BUT THE JOB--AND THE PRICE TAG--WILL BE ENORMOUS

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SALK VACCINE FOR AIDS (Medicine)

POLIO'S CONQUEROR IS TAKING ON TODAY'S PLAGUE, BUT EXPERTS DOUBT HIS TREATMENT WILL PASS THE NEXT TEST

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

RETURN TO AUSCHWITZ (Remembrance)

AFTER A HALF-CENTURY, SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST HONOR THOSE WHO PERISHED IN THE NAZIS' MOST NOTORIOUS DEATH CAMP

BUSINESS

THAT SINKING FEELING (Economy)

LURKING BELOW ROSY REPORTS OF BUSY FACTORIES AND NEW JOBS ARE SIGNS THAT THE ECONOMY IS SLOWING

A CASE OF NERVES (Markets)

MEXICO'S PESO COLLAPSE AND JAPAN'S EARTHQUAKE HELP SPOOK MANY INVESTORS INTO A GLOBAL FLIGHT FROM RISK

LAW

A FOOL FOR A CLIENT (Justice)

ACCUSED L.I.R.R. KILLER COLIN FERGUSON IS DEFENDING HIMSELF, AND THAT MAY BE SOMETHING OF A CRIME

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

OPERATIC ARISTOCRACY (The Arts & Media Music)

WITH HIS PEDIGREE, HIS VISION AND HIS BACKSTAGE EBULLIENCE, GIANCARLO DEL MONACO PROVES HIMSELF A THRILLING DIRECTOR

DEATH AND THE BLUES (The Arts & Media Theater)

IN A VIBRANT BUT FLAWED NEW PLAY, AUGUST WILSON CONTINUES HIS DECADE-BY-DECADE EXPLORATION OF THE BLACK EXPERIENCE

PUSH COMES TO SHOVE (The Arts & Media Culture)

DECRYING A CHOREOGRAPHER FOR MAKING VICTIM ART, AN ESTEEMED CRITIC STARTS ANOTHER BATTLE IN THE CULTURE WARS

THEY ASKED, SHE TOLD (The Arts & Media Television)

SERVING IN SILENCE, WITH GLENN CLOSE, IS AN UNCONTRIVED ACCOUNT OF A GAY OFFICER'S OUSTER FROM THE MILITARY

A WORLD OF HUMOR AND LOSS (The Arts & Media Books)

GEORGES PEREC WROTE IT; GILBERT ADAIR TRANSLATED IT; AND NOW HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHES A 285-PAGE STORY WITH AN ODD OMISSION

COMPLICATIONS (The Arts & Media Books)

CRIMES OF LOVE, POLITICS AND MEDICINE FLARE IN OLD MANILA

WEAK HEARTS (The Arts & Media Books)

ANGEL ANGEL IS A TOUCHING PORTRAYAL OF A FAMILY'S INERTIA

SEX! CONTROVERSY! BOX OFFICE! (The Arts & Media Cinema)

BASIC ATTRACTION? NO. FATAL INSTINCT? NO. IN DISCLOSURE MICHAEL DOUGLAS AGAIN PLAYS THE VICTIM OF ONE HOT BROAD

GROSSING OUT (The Arts & Media Cinema)

DUMB AND DUMBER SCORES HIGH WITH LOW, LOW COMEDY

ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (The Arts & Media Spectacles)

FRANCE'S THEATRE EQUESTRE ZINGARO BEGUILES WITH DARING FEATS AND SPELLBINDING IMAGES

SPECIAL SECTION

ECONOMIC AFTERSHOCK (Disasters)

WITH AT LEAST $100 BILLION IN DAMAGE, EVEN JAPAN WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO COPE

PEOPLE