COVER

THE MESSAGE OF MIRACLES

AS THE FAITHFUL HUNGER FOR THEM, SCHOLARS RUSH TO DEBUNK AND TO DOUBT. CAN WE AFFORD TO BELIEVE?

NATION

DANGEROUS TIDES (Immigration)

A NEW WAVE OF ILLEGAL ALIENS IS FINDING A PERILOUS AND EXPENSIVE ROUTE INTO THE UNITED STATES

WORLD

COWBOYS IN THE CIA (Guatemala)

CLINTON DEMANDS SCRUTINY OF NEW CHARGES THAT THE AGENCY WAS COMPLICIT IN KILLINGS AND COVER-UPS

A PEACE HERE, A PEACE THERE (Diplomacy)

UNFAZED BY CRITICISM THAT HE CODDLES TYRANTS, CARTER KEEPS UP HIS PEREGRINATIONS--NOW IT'S SUDAN

ANOTHER SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM (Japan)

AFTER AN ATTACK ON THE TOP POLICEMAN, AUTHORITIES REDOUBLE THEIR INVESTIGATION OF A DOOMSDAY CULT

A RECURRING NIGHTMARE (Burundi)

THE BLOODLETTING BETWEEN HUTU AND TUTSI NOW THREATENS TO ERUPT ACROSS THE BORDER FROM RWANDA

HEALTH & MEDICINE

A TINY WIN AGAINST AIDS? (Health)

EVIDENCE THAT A CHILD HAS BEATEN THE VIRUS RAISES HOPES FOR A VACCINE--IF HE WAS REALLY INFECTED

THE DOCTOR'S CRYSTAL BALL (Medicine)

SUPERSENSITIVE TESTS CAN TELL US WHAT DISEASES LIE IN OUR FUTURE. DO WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW?

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

ANECDOTES NOT ANTIDOTES (Ideas)

PHILIP K. HOWARD IS EVERYONE'S FAVORITE ANTI- REGULATORY GURU, BUT HIS BEST-SELLING BOOK IS FLAWED

BUSINESS

SEX, LIES AND W.R. GRACE

REWRITING HISTORY, THE COMPANY ADMITS THAT IT OUSTED ITS CEO OVER EVIDENCE OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

JAMES ELLROY: THE REAL PULP FICTION (The Arts & Media Profile)

JAMES ELLROY CALLS HIS RUDE, VIOLENT, BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL AMERICAN TABLOID A SEWER CRAWL THROUGH HISTORY. HIS OWN LIFE HAS BEEN NO WALK IN THE PARK

GOD AND MAN IN LIVERPOOL (The Arts & Media Cinema)

PUMPED BY CONTROVERSY, THE BRITISH DRAMA PRIEST REDUCES COMPLEX MORAL ISSUES TO THE STUFF OF MAUDLIN MELODRAMA

A HOUSE OF GAMES (The Arts & Media Theater)

IN ARCADIA, TOM STOPPARD PLAYS WITH WORDS, CENTURIES AND THE LAWS OF ENTROPY TO PRODUCE A MAJOR DRAMATIC WORK

JESSICA LANGE: JESS LIKE A WOMAN (The Arts & Media Show Business)

WITH AN OSCAR FOR BLUE SKY, JESSICA LANGE SHOWS SHE CAN BLOOM IN THE CHIC GHETTO OF WOMEN'S FILMS

DEATH OF A RISING STAR: Selena (The Arts & Media Obituary)

SELENA, ADORED ALONG THE BORDER AS THE TEX-MEX MADONNA, IS GUNNED DOWN WHILE CONFRONTING A FAN

THE PURSUIT OF STUFFINESS (The Arts & Media Cinema)

THOMAS JEFFERSON'S LIFE HAD PLENTY OF DRAMATIC MATERIAL, BUT JEFFERSON IN PARIS IS IN TOO MUCH TASTEFUL AWE OF ITS SUBJECT

VERBAL MEDICINE (The Arts & Media Books)

TWO WRITERS VIEW THEIR ILLNESSES WITH SPIRIT AND WIT

EXPERIENCING THE WONDER (The Arts & Media Music)

AFTER FOUR YEARS, R.-AND-B. GRANDMASTER STEVIE WONDER IS BACK WITH BUBBLY NEW TUNES--AND SOME SERIOUS NEW CONCERNS

SILENCE, CUNNING, EXILE (The Arts & Media Music)

FROM STRIFE-TORN GEORGIA COMES GIYA KANCHELI, WHO MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT SOVIET COMPOSER SINCE SHOSTAKOVICH

DREAM GIRL (The Arts & Media Cinema)

THE PLEASURES OF MURIEL'S WEDDING ARE NOT SO INNOCENT