COVER

THE COLIN POWELL FACTOR (Cover Story)

THE POLLS SHOW HE COULD WIN THE PRESIDENCY. BUT IS HE BOLD ENOUGH TO GO FOR THE TOP JOB AND TAKE ON THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT?

NATION

THE RUNNER STUMBLES (Investigations)

HOW A SYMBOL OF HOPE FOR DOWNTRODDEN NEWARK BECAME SUSPECTED OF OLD-FASHIONED CORRUPTION

OUTFOXING THE RIGHT (Politics)

MODERATES RECAPTURE A HANDFUL OF SCHOOL BOARDS BY PUBLICIZING THE OBSESSIONS OF ULSTRACONSERVATIVES

MESS A L'ORANGE (California)

BANKRUPTCY WAS PAINFUL. BUT COULD THIS WEALTHY COUNTY'S REACTION BE EVEN MORE EMBARRASSING?

WORLD

Haiti: THUMBS UP, HALFWAYS

A DISASTER BY THE STANDARDS OF STABLE DEMOCRACY, HAITI'S CHAOTIC ELECTIONS WERE STILL A SMALL TRIUMPH

A NEAR MISS, THIS TIME (Egypt)

A BAND OF ASSASSINS ALMOST KILLS MUBARAK IN ETHIOPIA. WILL HIS CRACKDOWN AT HOME WORK?

SCIENCE

EMBRACE IN SPACE (Space)

THE DRAMATIC DOCKING OF U.S. AND RUSSIAN SHIPS REVIVES A PROMISING PARTNERSHIP

SOCIETY

MURDERER'S MANIFESTO (Crime)

THREATENING MORE ATTACKS, UNABOMBER ISSUES A SCREED AGAINST TECHNOLOGY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

HOW SUITE IT ISN'T

CITIES ARE WINNING AND LOSING TEAMS BASED ON HOW MANY LUXURY BOXES THEY CAN OFFER GREEDY OWNERS

LAW

THE SOUL OF A NEW MAJORITY

IN MOST OF THE SUPREME COURT'S IMPORTANT RULINGS THIS YEAR, THE COMBINATION WAS FIVE RIGHT, FOUR LEFT

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

OLD ROCK, NEW LIFE (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)

WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY AND CANNY MARKETING, DEAD PERFORMERS CAN KEEP ON TURNING OUT HITS

CINEMA: THE QUICK AND THE DREDD (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

SYLVESTER STALLONE'S BOMBASTIC NEW SUMMER THRILLER THINKS IT CAN LICK ANY MOVIE ON THE BLOCK--FOR ONE WEEK, ANYWAY

BOOKS: GRIEF AND REBIRTH (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

LATIN AMERICA'S FOREMOST WOMAN WRITER CHRONICLES THE DEATH OF A DAUGHTER-- AND HER OWN AWAKENING

DANCE: THE KIROV LOSES FOCUS (The Arts & Media / DANCE)

THE RUSSIAN TROUPE, BACK FOR A U.S. TOUR, STILL HAS FINE DANCERS BUT IS SACRIFICING ARTISTRY IN AN EFFORT TO MODERNIZE

THEATER: PERCHANCE TO DREAM (The Arts & Media / THEATER)

TWO VISUALLY ENTRANCING PRODUCTIONS DRAMATIZE A NIGHTMARE OF LATIN MACHISMO AND A CHILD'S PREMONITION OF DEATH

BOOKS: ROSES, ROSES ALL THE WAY (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

MARGARET THATCHER LOOKS BACK ON HER EXTRAORDINARY RISE TO POWER, AS SHE ROILED THE TORY COUNCILS AND LAID DOWN THE LAW

PEARL JAM : WAYLAID TOUR (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)

PEARL JAM FINDS THAT BATTLING TICKETMASTER ISN'T SO SIMPLE

BOOKS: FLOUNDERING (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

A TOUCHING COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT LOVE IN THE CITY

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