NATION

BLOOD ON THE MAT

THE KILLING OF AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST SUGGESTS THAT JOHN DU PONT, PATRON OF WRESTLING, WAS NO ANGEL

WORLD

SPECTER OF GENOCIDE

BURUNDI, TORN BY THE SAME TRIBAL MIX AS RWANDA, THREATENS TO EXPLODE AS CIVIL WAR INTENSIFIES AND ETHNIC CLEANSING TAKES HOLD

SCIENCE

SEARCHING FOR OTHER WORLDS (Space)

ASTRONOMERS HAVE DETECTED WATER-BEARING PLANETS AROUND NEARBY STARS. NOW THEY'RE FOCUSED ON A DEEPER MYSTERY: WHERE ARE THE FRIENDLY, EARTHLIKE WORLDS?

HEALTH & MEDICINE

LOST FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH (Health)

A PROMINENT RESEARCHER CHARGES THAT THE BENEFITS OF NATURE'S SLEEPING PILL HAVE BEEN BADLY OVERSOLD

FAT-FREE FAT (Health)

THE FDA APPROVES OLESTRA FOR USE IN CRISPY SNACKS

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

ZIPPED LIPS (ESSAY)

SO YOU THINK YOU'RE GUARANTEED FREE SPEECH ON THE JOB? TRY TELLING THAT TO YOUR BOSS

THE RESCUE BRIGADE (The Political Interest)

DOLE RUSHES TO BUILD A FIRE WALL TO STOP FORBES

SAY GOODNIGHT, O.J. (Dividing Line)

WE LEARNED NOTHING FROM SIMPSON ON BET. AND HE CLEARLY HASN'T LEARNED MUCH FROM HIS TRIAL. IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON

BUSINESS

APPLE OF SUN'S EYE

WOBBLY APPLE STILL MAKES GREAT COMPUTERS. SUN KNOWS THE NET. FINE ROMANCE OR FUTURE HEADACHE?

CUTTING OFF THE BRAINS

ALAN SIMPSON WANTS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF IMPORTED HIGH-TECH WORKERS. IT'S A TROUBLESOME IDEA

HIGH RIDE AND HANDSOME

TRUCKS (AND TRUCKOIDS) ACCOUNT FOR 40% OF DETROIT'S MARKET. NOW THEY'RE GETTING IN THE LUXE LANE

REHAB CENTERS RUN DRY

KICKING THE HABIT OF 30-DAY, INPATIENT TREATMENT, SUBSTANCE-ABUSE CLINICS RETOOL FOR MANAGED CARE

REAP AS YE SHALL SOW

PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ARE A JACKPOT THIS YEAR FOR EXECUTIVES, BUT NOT FOR WORKERS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

TELEVISION: EVERYBODY'S A WINNER! (The Arts / TELEVISION)

AT LEAST IT SEEMS THAT WAY IN THE BOOMING WORLD OF TV AWARDS SHOWS, WHERE PROGRAMMERS NEVER MET A STATUETTE THEY DIDN'T LIKE REPORTED BY JEFFREY RESSNER/LOS ANGELES

ATTENTION NAME DROPPERS (The Arts / ART)

IS A BATTERED CUPID REALLY BY MICHELANGELO? DID SHAKESPEARE WRITE A FUNERALL ELEGIE? AND HOW MUCH DOES IT ALL MATTER?

MUSIC: THEY HAD RHYTHM TOO (The Arts / MUSIC)

UNFAIRLY ECLIPSED BY HIS GENIUS, SOME OF GERSHWIN'S PIANO CONTEMPORARIES FINALLY GET THEIR TURN IN THE SPOTLIGHT

BOOKS: AMERICA, FROM RIGHT TO LEFT (The Arts / BOOKS)

AN EXCITING FIRST NOVEL TURNS OUR STEREOTYPES OF JAPAN, AND OURSELVES, ON THEIR HEAD--ALL THAT AND AUDREY HEPBURN TOO

CINEMA: A SUMMONS TO AVOID (The Arts / CINEMA)

THE JUROR--A GRISHAM-WANNABE LEGAL THRILLER STARRING DEMI MOORE--CAN'T ROUSE ITSELF TO BE SUSPENSEFUL, OR EVEN COHERENT