COVER

NATION

GO AHEAD, MAKE OUR DAY (The N.R.A.)

THE N.R.A. SUFFERS A PUBLIC BACKLASH FOR ITS EXTREMISM, BUT THAT IS PRECISELY THE SOURCE OF ITS NEWFOUND STRENGTH

THE SOLDIER SPIES (Intelligence)

LITTLE-KNOWN AND BARELY SUPERVISED, THE PENTAGON'S SECRET AGENTS ARE BEING RETOOLED, CARE OF THE CIA

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE (Scandal)

BIG-TIME PHILANTHROPIC INVESTORS WERE SUCKERED WHEN THEY PUT FAITH, HOPE IN JOHN BENNETT'S CHARITY

WORLD

UNDER ARREST -- FINALLY (Japan)

TWO MONTHS AFTER THE INCIDENT, POLICE SEIZE THE ALLEGED MASTERMIND OF THE SUBWAY GAS ATTACK

WAR & TERRORISM

SCIENCE

HEALTH & MEDICINE

IN SEARCH OF THE DYING (Medicine)

AT THE CENTER OF THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN ZAIRE, RELIEF WORKERS DISCOVER THE DANGER IS FAR FROM OVER

SOCIETY

HEARTBREAK MOTEL

THE DESERT ROADS THAT TIM MCVEIGH TRAVELED ARE LITTERED WITH DRIFTERS AND DOWN-AND-OUTERS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BAD NEIGHBORS (Drugs)

MEXICAN TRAFFICKERS ARE WORKING FOR CALI, CORRUPTING THEIR NATION AND SMUGGLING 70% OF THE COCAINE THAT COMES INTO THE U.S.

BUSINESS

HEADING FOR A CRASH (Trade)

THE U.S. LEVIES DUTIES THAT WOULD DOUBLE THE PRICE OF JAPANESE LUXURY CARS AND SET OFF A TRADE WAR

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BOOKS: ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR MARX (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

PETER ACKROYD FUZZES THE LINE BETWEEN FACT AND FICTION, AS HE RETURNS TO VICTORIAN LONDON FOR A HEADY WHODUNNIT

CINEMA: ANOTHER HIGHLAND FLING (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

MEL GIBSON FOLLOWS LIAM NEESON INTO THE RECESSES OF SCOTTISH HISTORY. DO WE REALLY NEED TO SEE A SECOND MOVIE STAR IN KILTS?

CINEMA: FRESH OFF THE BOATLIFT (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

MARISA TOMEI, AS A HURRICANE OF ENERGY FROM CUBA, HELPS MAKE THE PEREZ FAMILY A DELIGHTFUL, UNEXPECTED TREAT

OPERA: POLITICAL TO A FAULT (The Arts & Media / OPERA)

AN EARTHQUAKE ROCKS LOS ANGELES IN THE LATEST JOHN ADAMS- PETER SELLARS COLLABORATION, BUT THELIBRETTO IS WHAT CRASHES

CINEMA: RED MEAT (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

THE LATEST DIE HARD IS AN ORGY OF THINGS THAT GO BOOM

BOOKS: PIT OF DESPAIR (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

KATHRYN HARRISON MAROONS US IN THE SPANISH INQUISITION

THEATER: GRAND TOUR (The Arts & Media / THEATER)

A SPIRITUALQUEST BECOMES A DAZZLING JOURNEY TO THE WEST

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