NATION

WORKING OUT WELFARE

CLINTON IS GETTING CORNERED ON A REFORM BILL. BUT WOULD PROPOSED CHANGES REALLY UNDO THE SYSTEM?

WORLD

SEEDS OF EVIL

THE OPPORTUNISTIC AND ALLEGEDLY CRIMINAL CAREER OF RADOVAN KARADZIC MAY BE COMING TO AN END

SCIENCE

HEALTH & MEDICINE

SMOKE & DOPE (Health)

A NEW REPORT SHOWS DOLE IS WRONG ABOUT TOBACCO

SPORT

AN OLD SWEET SONG (The Olympics)

THE OPENING CEREMONY EVOKES BOTH GEORGIA AND ANCIENT GREECE

DAN VS. DAN (The Olympics)

THE DECATHLETE MEETS HIS TOUGHEST COMPETITION NEXT WEEK: HIMSELF

CUBAN LONG JUMP (The Olympics)

SEVEN ATHLETES HAVE ALREADY DEFECTED FROM CASTRO'S 1996 TEAMS. HOW MANY WILL BOLT IN ATLANTA?

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

STARS' SALARIES: SWISH!

A RUN OF HUGE CONTRACTS GIVES THE TOP PLAYERS A TALLER PORTION OF THE N.B.A.'S EVER RICHER REVENUES

A MARRIAGE IS BLESSED

ITS OBJECTIONS MET, THE FTC GREEN-LIGHTS TIME WARNER'S DEAL WITH TURNER BROADCASTING

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: A TOUCH OF CLASS (The Arts / CINEMA)

AT 23, GWYNETH PALTROW EMERGES IN EMMA AS THE MOST ELEGANT ACTRESS OF HER GENERATION

BOOKS: A NEW FAMILY'S VALUES (The Arts / BOOKS)

THE GODFATHER OF MAFIA FICTION MAKES A TERRIFIC COMEBACK WITH A NOVEL THAT YOU SHOULDN'T REFUSE

SPECIAL SECTION

TERROR ON FLIGHT 800: TERROR ON FLIGHT 800 (Special Report / TERROR ON FLIGHT 800)

A PLANEFUL OF PEOPLE--CHILDREN, STUDENTS, EXECUTIVES, MUSICIANS--GATHERED TO SHARE A COMMON FATE ON THAT HUMID WEDNESDAY EVENING. THEIR DIVERSE LIVES CAME TO A SWIFT, VIOLENT CLOSE