NATION

BUDGET: THE INNER GAME (BUDGET)

THIS WAS SURE NOT POLITICS AS USUAL. IN AN EPIC BATTLE OF EGOS AND AGENDAS, IT WAS EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF

WORLD

BOSNIA: GENERALS FOR HIRE (BOSNIA)

CONFRONTED WITH ITS TRICKIEST TASK IN BOSNIA, THE U.S. HAS MADE PLANS TO PAY SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT

SCIENCE

BEHAVIOR: WHAT MAKES THEM DO IT (Science And Society / BEHAVIOR)

PEOPLE WHO CRAVE THRILLS, NEW EVIDENCE INDICATES, MAY BE PROMPTED AT LEAST PARTLY BY THEIR GENES

CRIME: LAW AND ORDER (Science And Society / CRIME)

CRIME RATES ARE DOWN ACROSS THE U.S.--SOME DRAMATICALLY. IS THIS A BLIP OR A TREND? WITH SO MANY FACTORS IN PLAY, IT MAY BE A BIT OF BOTH

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SOCIETY

ONE GOOD APPLE (Crime)

POLICE COMMISSIONER WILLIAM BRATTON SET OUT TO PROVE THAT COPS REALLY CAN CUT CRIME. THE EXPERTS SCOFFED--BUT FELONY RATES HAVE DROPPED SO FAR, SO FAST, THAT NO OTHER EXPLANATION MAKES SENSE

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

WHERE TO LOOK IN '96 (On The Money)

FORGET THE TURKEY FUND AND THE BOND MARKET. THINK MORGAN STANLEY AND JAPAN

BUSINESS

AT&T: DISCONNECTED (AT&T)

HOW AT&T IS PLANNING TO PUT 40,000 MEMBERS OF ITS WORK FORCE OUT OF SERVICE

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: PULP ELIZABETHAN FICTION (The Arts / CINEMA)

WANT YOUR SHAKESPEARE R-RATED? TRY A SEXY OTHELLO AND A RICHARD III SO WITTILY VIOLENT YOU COULD CHOKE WITH LAUGHTER

CINEMA: BEDTIME STORY (The Arts / CINEMA)

IT'S FRENCH. IT'S SEXY. AND THIS TIME THE WIFE HAS THE MISTRESS

BOOKS: WRITING TO SAVE HIS LIFE (The Arts / BOOKS)

SALMAN RUSHDIE'S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE SATANIC VERSES IS ABOUT A TALE-TELLER FACING DEATH. BUT DON'T THINK IT'S AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL