COVER

BOB DOLE: FACING THE AGE ISSUE (Cover Story)

THE REPUBLICAN FRONT RUNNER TURNS 72. IS HE TOO OLD TO BE PRESIDENT? AND IS HE TOO OLD-FASHIONED A POLITICIAN TO LEAD HIS RADICALIZED PARTY?

NATION

OH! MADAME FIRST LADY! (West Virginia)

WITH HER STEAMY REVELATIONS IN A NEW BOOK, THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE RACHAEL WORBY HAS RAISED A STORM

WORLD

CAN A REBEL BE A RULER? (Middle East)

A YEAR AFTER TAKING CHARGE IN THE GAZA STRIP AND WITH HIS WEST BANK ROLE GROWING, YASSER ARAFAT STRUGGLES TO GOVERN

BOMBS AND BLUSTER (Bosnia)

WITH ANOTHER SAFE AREA AT RISK, THE ALLIES THREATEN TO STRIKE THE SERBS AND SAY THEY MEAN IT THIS TIME

SCIENCE

WHERE DO TOES COME FROM?

LINKING FISH FINS TO MOUSE PAWS, RESEARCHERS MAY HAVE SOLVED AN IMPORTANT EVOLUTIONARY PUZZLE

SOCIETY

PRESS

DECLINE OF THE TIMES (Newspapers)

AS THE INDUSTRY AILS, TIMES MIRROR CLOSES DOWN A NEW YORK CITY TABLOID AND SLASHES ITS L.A. FLAGSHIP

SPORT

GOOD SHOW AT THE COPA

THE U.S. SOCCER TEAM WINS SOME BIG GAMES AND A LITTLE RESPECT IN A TOP SOUTH AMERICAN TOURNAMENT

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT (Ideas)

DID THE EARLY CHRISTIANS TEACH US TO CALL ENEMIES SATAN -- AND TO GIVE THEM HELL?

BUSINESS

READY, WILLING, CABLE (Telecommunications)

IN LETTING LOOSE THE GIANTS, DOES CONGRESS HAVE CONSUMERS IN MIND?

NEED A NEW DRUG? (Marketing)

YOU MAY GET ONE NOW THAT THE FDA IS PRIMED TO CLEAR MORE MEDICINES FOR OVER-THE-COUNTER SALE

TV AND NOT TV

AT ITS NADIR, ZENITH GIVES WAY TO A KOREAN COMPANY

LAW

ELEGY FOR LOST BOYS (Justice)

A SWIFT, DRAMATIC TRIAL FINDS SUSAN SMITH GUILTY OF MURDERING HER SONS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

WHAT A WORLD! (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)

KEVIN COSTNER'S ILL-STARRED, OVERPRICED EPIC FINALLY ARRIVES. WILL IT SAIL TO SUCCESS OR GO DOWN IN FLAMES?

BOOKS: TINY PIECES OF FLESH (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

A STARTLING NONFICTION BOOK ABOUT FOUR HELL'S KITCHEN FRIENDS PROMPTS CHARGES THAT THE STORY IS TOO TERRIBLE TO BE TRUE

CINEMA: DELETE KEY (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

SANDRA BULLOCK DISCOVERS THE DOWNSIDE OF THE INTERNET

MUSIC: CATHARSIS FROM THE CHOIR (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)

JODECI AND XSCAPE, TWO GOSPEL-INFLUENCED R.-AND-B. QUARTETS, BRING THE PASSION OF CHURCH MUSIC TO SONGS OF LOVE AND LUST

MUSIC: PUTTING FIRE IN THE CANON (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)

FROM PARIS COMES THE LATEST JAZZ PHENOM, JACKY TERRASSON, WHOSE ICONOCLASTIC PIANO SOLOS BRING NEW LIFE TO THE STANDARDS