COVER

THIS LAND IS WHOSE LAND? (Cover Stories)

FROM OUT OF THE WEST COMES A STRIKE FORCE OF CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS WHO THINK NATURAL RESOURCES OUGHT TO BE EXPLOITED, NOT CODDLED

NATION

FOLLOW--OR MOVE OVER (Congress)

GINGRICH GAINS SWAY OVER DOLE, BUT IS IT THE WHITE HOUSE HE REALLY WANTS?

WORLD

DRAINING THE SWAMP (United Nations)

IN GLOBAL TERMS, THE U.N. BUDGET IS SMALL CHANGE, BUT THE BLOAT AND INEFFICIENCY AMID ITS MORASS OF AGENCIES AND OTHER ENTITIES THREATEN TO BRING DISASTER

WAR & TERRORISM

STRANGE ROUTE TO PEACE (The Balkans)

EVEN AS A TRUCE TAKES EFFECT AND NEGOTIATIONS NEAR, THE FIGHTING AND ETHNIC CLEANSING HAVE BEEN FIERCE

AN OFFICER AND A CREEP? (The Military)

A NAVY CAPTAIN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT COULD LOSE MORE THAN JUST HIS CHANCE AT PROMOTION

SOCIETY

MURDER ON THE SUNSET LIMITED (Crime)

MYSTERIES AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES PROLIFERATE AFTER AN AMTRAK LINER SUFFERS A DEADLY DERAILMENT IN ARIZONA

TO THE BEAT OF HIS DRUM (Race)

LIKE IT OR NOT, LOUIS FARRAKHAN IS ONCE AGAIN FORCING THE NATION TO FOCUS ON HIM AND HIS MESSAGE

PRESS

TECHNOLOGY

BUGS BOUNTY (Internet)

ASKING HACKERS TO SHORE UP THE SECURITY OF THE NET

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

A FAREWELL TO HEDGES

BURNED OUT BY HIGH FINANCE, FUND SUPERSTAR MICHAEL STEINHARDT PUTS HIMSELF OUT TO PASTURE

LAW

SECOND TIME AROUND (Justice)

AS THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS ONCE AGAIN FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES, THE PROSECUTION ALTERS ITS STRATEGY

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

HISTORY: GATES SNAPS TOP PIX (The Arts & Media / HISTORY)

MICROSOFT'S CHAIRMAN BUYS A PHOTO ARCHIVE AND PLANS TO TRANSFORM IT INTO A VAST DIGITAL LIBRARY

ART: PURIFYING NATURE (The Arts & Media / ART)

A SUPERB EXHIBITION TRACES MONDRIAN'S QUEST FOR IMAGES THAT EXPRESS A UNIVERSAL ORDER

WANNA BUY A DUCK--FOR $150? (The Arts & Media / SHOW BUSINESS)

YOU COULD HAVE FUN AT POMP DUCK AND CIRCUMSTANCE, IF YOU LIKE CIRCUSES, FANCY FOOD, HIGH PRICES AND GERMAN HUMOR

THEATER: BROADWAY'S NEW BABIES (The Arts & Media / THEATER)

MISS THOSE SHOWS THAT SENT YOU OUT OF THE THEATER HUMMING THE TUNES? REGIONAL THEATERS ARE TRYING TO FILL THE VOID

MUSIC: GROWING INTO THE SILENCE (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)

PRICKLY, PROTEAN AND ELUSIVE, JAZZ PIANIST KEITH JARRETT IS AT THE PEAK OF A CAREER THAT HAS SPANNED BAROQUE AND BEBOP

BOOKS: BRAIN LABOR (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

A FLUKY MATHEMATICAL GENIUS WRESTLES THE ENIGMA CODE

BOOKS: TALKING DIRTY (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

THAT ALL-PURPOSE OBSCENITY GETS ITS VERY OWN DICTIONARY

PEOPLE

PRINCE OF PUGWASH (Nobels)

THIS YEAR'S SURPRISE CHOICE IS A MAN WHOSE FIGHT AGAINST THE BOMB BEGAN BEFORE THE FIRST ONE WAS BUILT