COVER

NATION

BUDGET, MEET THY MAKER (Congress)

RADICAL CHAIRMAN JOHN KASICH IS A FRIEND OF NEWT AND IS OUT TO BATTLE THE DEFICIT

WORLD

JEWELS FOR JESUS (Zaire)

WHAT DO TELEVANGELIST PAT ROBERTSON AND A RUTHLESS DICTATOR HAVE IN COMMON? DIAMONDS, FOR ONE THING

THE SLEAZE FACTOR (South Africa)

AS CORRUPTION BEGINS TO STAIN THE GOVERNMENT AFTER ITS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, MANDELA PROMISES REFORM

SCIENCE

SOCIETY

ENTREPRENEURS OF CRACK (Crime)

AN L.A. STREET GANG TRANSFORMS ITSELF INTO A CROSS-COUNTRY COCAINE EMPIRE--UNTIL THE FBI BUSTS IT ALL OVER

TECHNOLOGY

CRACKS IN THE NET

AMERICA'S MOST WANTED HACKER HAS BEEN ARRESTED, BUT THE INTERNET IS MORE VULNERABLE THAN EVER

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (Controversy)

IN A DRAMATIC VICTORY, THE WIDOW OF A CIVIL RIGHTS MARTYR TAKES THE HELM OF THE SCANDAL-PLAGUED N.A.A.C.P.

BUSINESS

TRIPPING UP THE TITAN

A JUDGE REJECTS BILL GATES' ANTITRUST DECREE, REOPENING THE QUESTION OF WHETHER MICROSOFT SHOULD BE REINED IN

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

THE FABULOUS INVALID (The Arts & Media Books)

COSSETED CHILD, CONVINCING BOHEMIAN, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON WAS ALSO, A NEW BOOK SHOWS, THE STAR OF AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE

GENERATION X-CELLENT (The Arts & Media Cinema)

A NEW CROP OF HOLLYWOOD STARS HAVE COME OF AGE-SMART, SASSY AND STRIKINGLY SERIOUS ABOUT THEIR CRAFT

CROWDED ICE (The Arts & Media Sport)

TWO YOUNG SKATERS WIN NATIONAL TITLES, BUT THEY FACE LOTS OF COMPETITION IN THE POST-KERRIGAN ERA

BARD OF EMBARRASSMENT (The Arts & Media Show Business)

A RELUCTANT STAR FOR 35 YEARS, ALAN BENNETT IS ENGLAND'S MOST ENDEARING MAN OF LETTERS-AND NOW HE'S AN OSCAR NOMINEE

SOUTHERN EXPOSURE (The Arts & Media Music)

DARING TO CROSS ROCK'S COLOR LINE, CAROLINA-BASED ROCKERS HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH BREAK THROUGH TO BIG-TIME SUCCESS

HOW THE WINNER LOST (The Arts & Media Show Business)

AN OSCAR COMMITTEE IGNORES HOOP DREAMS, 1994'S MOST TOUTED DOCUMENTARY, AND IGNITES AN INDUSTRY FUROR

RUINED BEAUTY (The Arts & Media Books)

IN PRIVATE ALTARS SOUTHERN GOTHIC IS SUFFUSED WITH POETRY

SPECIAL SECTION

COFFEE, TEA AND FEES (Travel)

CONSUMERS WILL NOW PAY FOR RESERVATION SERVICES AS MAJOR AIRLINES PUT THE SQUEEZE ON TRAVEL AGENTS

PEOPLE