COVER

NATION

BACK TO THE BENCH (Congress)

AS THE BUDGET BATTLE INTENSIFIES, GINGRICH LOWERS HIS PROFILE

THE VISION THING (Intelligence)

TEN YEARS AND $20 MILLION LATER, THE PENTAGON DISCOVERS THAT PSYCHICS ARE UNRELIABLE SPIES

WORLD

THE PEACEKEEPING PARADOX (Bosnia)

CAN THE U.S. MAINTAIN ITS NEUTRALITY AND AVOID PROVOKING THE SERBS IF IT ARMS AND TRAINS THE MUSLIMS?

A CELEBRATION OF HOPE (Northern Ireland)

CLINTON GREETS THE MOST ECSTATIC CROWDS OF HIS PRESIDENCY AS HE VISITS A PEOPLE IN SEARCH OF PEACE

TEMPEST IN A GOLDEN URN (China)

UNDER BEIJING'S EYE, TIBETAN MONKS NAME A PANCHEN LAMA TO RIVAL THE DALAI LAMA'S CHOICE

SCIENCE

HEALTH & MEDICINE

ARE YOUR TEETH TOXIC? (Medicine)

A COLORADO DENTIST BUILT A SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE PULLING OUT SILVER FILLINGS. NOW HE'S IN TROUBLE

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

BURNING UP THE ROAD (Trade)

NAFTA IS ABOUT TO UNLEASH UNSAFE MEXICAN TRUCKS THAT MAY BECOME A NIGHTMARE FOR BORDER STATES

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BOOKS: SEASON'S READINGS (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

A BOUNTY OF ART BOOKS PAYS TRIBUTE TO TREASURES OF THE PAST AND THE HANDIWORK OF DREAMERS

BOOKS: WONDROUS RIDES (The Arts & Media / BOOKS)

A CAT HEADS FOR THE BIG CITY, A CAROUSEL COMES TO LIFE, A HAYSTACK DWINDLES IN A NIFTY BATCH FOR KIDS

CINEMA: DUEL IN THE BLANKNESS (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

EMPTY STREETS, EMPTY SOULS: IN HEAT, DIRECTOR MICHAEL MANN FILLS THEM BOTH WITH A MASTERLY SYMPHONY OF VIOLENCE

CINEMA: SISTER, SISTER (The Arts & Media / CINEMA)

JENNIFER JASON LEIGH MAKES A SPECTACLE OF HERSELF IN GEORGIA

MUSIC: SEDUCTIVE STRINGS (The Arts & Media / MUSIC)

A NEW CROP OF ALLURING YOUNG WOMEN IS GIVING THE STODGY MALE WORLD OF CLASSICAL MUSIC A DOSE OF SEX APPEAL

YOUR TIME

IS YOUR 401(K) AT RISK? (Personal Finance)

SOME RAPACIOUS BOSSES HAVE DECIDED THAT EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT FUNDS ARE THERE FOR THE TAKING

PEOPLE