COVER

Nicholas Leeson: GOING FOR BROKE (Cover Story)

THE EGO OF A 28-YEAR-OLD TRADER AND THE GREED OF HIS 232-YEAR-OLD BANK COMBINE TO DESTROY AN INVESTMENT EMPIRE, STUNNING THE BUSINESS WORLD

NATION

THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE (Campaign '96 Briefing)

CAMPAIGN '96 IS ROARING INTO HIGH GEAR. WHY SO EARLY? BECAUSE A YEAR FROM NOW, THE EXTRAVAGANT REPUBLICAN CONTEST MAY ALREADY BE OVER

PARTY OF SPOILERS (Campaign '96 Briefing)

AS INDEPENDENTS, THEY COULD TURN THE RACE INSIDE OUT

GETTING ALL UNBALANCED (Congress)

THE G.O.P. JUGGERNAUT SLOWS DOWN AS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT GOES DOWN TO DEFEAT IN THE SENATE

THE MONEY CHASE (Campaign '96 Briefing)

THE SECRET PRIMARY OF 1995 IS A MAD DASH TO RAISE AT LEAST $100,000 EVERY DAY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR

WORLD

THE SPREADING SCANDAL (Mexico)

THE ARREST OF AN EX-PRESIDENT'S BROTHER DEMOLISHES THE RULES OF MEXICAN POLITICS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

LAW

ONWARD CHRISTIAN LAWYERS

WITH FIRM BELIEFS AND A SAVVY LEARNED FROM THEIR SECULAR COUNTERPARTS, A NEW BREED OF ATTORNEYS IS BRINGING THE WORD OF GOD INTO THE COURTROOM

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

PUZZLING CASE (The Arts & Media Books)

A DOCTOR DIAGNOSES HIS LIFE IN ROBERTSON DAVIES' NEW NOVEL

BABY, THAT'S ROCK 'N' ROLL (The Arts & Media Theater)

THE WITTY, BLUESY SONGS OF JERRY LIEBER AND MIKE STOLLER MAKE IT TO BROADWAY. TOO BAD IT TOOK THEM 30 YEARS

RAISING THE TITANIC (The Arts & Media Music)

THE GREAT SHIP WENT DOWN MORE THAN 80 YEARS AGO, BUT FOR BRITISH COMPOSER GAVIN BRYARS, ITS MUSIC HAS NEVER STOPPED

THE INVENTOR OF BAD TV (The Arts & Media Show Business)

WHAT WOULD THE '70S HAVE BEEN WITHOUT SHERWOOD SCHWARTZ?

ROARING BACK (The Arts & Media Pop Music)

A STAR FOR 25 YEARS, CLEAN AND SOBER FOR THREE, ELTON JOHN RIDES HIS LION KING SMASH TO NEW HEIGHTS

ACE OF BASS (The Arts & Media Music)

ON HIS SOLO DEBUT, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE COMES OUT SWINGING