NATION

``HALT! FRIEND OR FOE?' (Spying)

THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT CHARGES THE CIA WITH ECONOMIC AND DOMESTIC POLITICAL ESPIONAGE

WORLD

INVITATION IN THE MAIL (Northern Ireland)

BRITAIN AND IRELAND OFFER A CHANCE FOR CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR POLITICAL FUTURE

SCIENCE

UNRAVELING UNIVERSE

IS THE COSMOS YOUNGER THAN THE STARS IT CONTAINS? WAS EINSTEIN'S BIGGEST BLUNDER NOT A MISTAKE? HERE'S WHY COSMOLOGY IS IN CHAOS

HEALTH & MEDICINE

HOW TO LIVE TO BE 120 (Health)

GOOD GENES AND ROLLING WITH LIFE'S PUNCHES HELP ACCOUNT FOR THE SURPRISING VIGOR OF THE OLDEST OLD

SOCIETY

COUGH UP THAT CASH

STATE GOVERNMENTS THINK THE TIME MAY BE RIGHT TO RECOUP BILLIONS FOR THE HEALTH COSTS OF SMOKING

TECHNOLOGY

UNMASKED ON THE NET

THE FINNS RAID A COMPUTER THAT FERRIES ANONYMOUS MESSAGES. NOW USERS FEAR THEIR SECRETS ARE AT RISK

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

KICKED WHILE IT'S DOWN (Networks)

CBS SUFFERS ANOTHER BLOW AS A TOP EXECUTIVE LEAVES TO HELP THREE BABY BELLS GET INTO THE TV BUSINESS

MEXICO: NORTHERN EXPOSURES (Diplomacy)

AMID THE CURRENT CRISIS, MEXICANS REFLECT ON THEIR NEIGHBOR: AMERICA THE BULLY, AMERICA THE BOUNTIFUL

BUSINESS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

HEART OF THE DIVER (The Arts & Media Sport)

HIS OLYMPIC TRIUMPH MARRED BY THE TERRORS OF AIDS, GREG LOUGANIS TALKS ABOUT GROWING UP GAY

MYTH OF THE DIVINE CHILD (The Arts & Media Books)

THE KEY TO MOZART'S LIFE WAS HIS FEARFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER, AND MAYNARD SOLOMON'S BIOGRAPHY BRILLIANTLY EVOKES IT

TRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY (The Arts & Media Books)

A JOURNALIST WRITES A BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCOUNT OF HOW THE VICTIMS AND PROPONENTS OF APARTHEID CREATED A NEW LAND

SONS OF WAYNE'S WORLD (The Arts & Media Cinema)

AFTER MISSING THE BOAT ON THE HUMOR THAT SPAWNED A HUGE HIT, COPYCAT PRODUCERS ARE NOW RELEASING A DELUGE OF DUMBNESS

TOXIC LOVE (The Arts & Media Cinema)

A MAORI COUPLE SUFFERS AND STRUGGLES IN AUCKLAND'S SLUMS

ROOSEVELT: WHERE'S HIS WHEELCHAIR? (The Arts & Media Monuments)

DISABLED AMERICANS ARE PROTESTING THE WAY A COMMISSION IS PREPARING SCULPTURES IN THE LONG-DELAYED F.D.R. MEMORIAL

HISTORY'S BAD DREAMS (The Arts & Media Art)

THE EMBATTLED R.B. KITAJ EVOKES EDGY POETRY FROM THE 20TH CENTURY IMAGE-MEMORY

A ROOM WITH A VIBE (The Arts & Media Music)

MANHATTAN'S VILLAGE VANGUARD, NOW 60 YEARS OLD, MAY HAVE PRODUCED MORE STARS THAN ANY OTHER NIGHTCLUB IN THE WORLD