December 4, 1995 | Vol. 146 No.

When Life Exploded (Cover Story)

FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS, SIMPLE CREATURES LIKE PLANKTON, BACTERIA AND ALGAE RULED THE EARTH. THEN, SUDDENLY, LIFE GOT VERY COMPLICATED

A PLOT TO LIVEN UP THE RACE (Campaign '96)

SEVEN PROMINENT POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN SECRETLY PLANNING AN INDEPENDENT RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE

TARGET: NEWT (Campaign '96)

THE UNPOPULAR SPEAKER IS GIVING DEMOCRATS HOPE

A PERILOUS PEACE (Diplomacy)

THE KILLING HAS FINALLY STOPPED, BUT NOW COMES THE HARD PART.CAN BITTER ENEMIES FORGET THE WRONGS THEY HAVE DONE TO ONE ANOTHER AND LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER?

REBELS WITHOUT A PAUSE (Chechnya)

BOMB BLASTS, MORE FIGHTING AND TERRORIST THREATS SIGNAL THE BREAKDOWN OF A FOUR-MONTH-OLD TRUCE

ROTTEN SAFETY NET (Israel)

WHY DID AN ALLEGED SECRET-SERVICE MOLE FAIL TO REPORT AN EXTREMIST'S THREATS TO KILL YITZHAK RABIN?

DROP MARX, GO FOR THE SOUND BITE (Poland)

RIDING A TREND, A FORMER COMMUNIST WRESTS THE PRESIDENCY AWAYFROM SOLIDARITY'S LECH WALESA

KNOWING WHEN TO STOP (Health)

DOCTORS GO TO HEROIC LENGTHS TO KEEP TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS ALIVE--OFTEN AGAINST THEIR WISHES

CAN CHARITY FILL THE GAP?

GROUPS THAT HELP THE POOR ARE BRACING FOR A DOUBLE HARDSHIP:SURGING NEED AND FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS

RIPPED FROM THE WOMB (Crime)

A HORRENDOUS TRIPLE MURDER IN SUBURBAN CHICAGO FORCES AMERICANS TO PONDER THE DEPTHS OF EVIL

MONSTER MICE (Behavior)

SCIENTISTS BREED FEROCIOUS RODENTS THAT RAPE AND KILL

A BRASS-KNUCKLED GENTLEMAN: STEVE FORBES (CAMPAIGN '96)

STEVE FORBES, THE CANDIDATE OF GOOD CHEER, IS NOT SHY ABOUT USING ATTACK ADS AND HARD-NOSED ADVISERS

To Our Readers, Dec. 4, 1995 (To Our Readers)

NOW ON TV: DIANA, GODDESS OF THE HAUNT (People)

IN DEFENSE OF TALK SHOWS (Essay)

Letters: Dec. 4, 1995 (Letters)

MCSENIORS (Chronicles)

THE WEEK: NOVEMBER 19-25 (Chronicles)

NOVEMBER 19-25

Milestones Dec. 4, 1995 (Milestones)

Winners & Losers: Dec. 4, 1995 (Chronicles)