NATION
WHAT DID CHINA WANT?
THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY JOHNNY CHUNG AND OTHERS TO THE CLINTON WHITE HOUSE BACKFIRE ON BEIJING
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT
THE PENTAGON'S REQUEST FOR $415 BILLION WORTH OF NEW PLANES GIVES BUDGET CUTTERS A FAT NEW TARGET
WHO IS MARSHA SCOTT?
ANOTHER ARKANSAS TRANSPLANT BECOMES MIRED IN SOME QUESTIONABLE WHITE HOUSE ACTIVITIES
WITH A TIP FROM A TAB
POLICE ARREST A SUSPECT IN THE COSBY MURDER--WITH HELP FROM THE ENQUIRER
RHYME OR REASON?
FIRST TUPAC. NOW BIGGIE. HAS GANGSTA RAP GONE TOO FAR?
ALL EYEZ ON US
IT'S TIME FOR THE HIP-HOP GENERATION TO GET REAL
WORLD
ZAIRE: WAITING FOR KABILA
AS HIS REBEL FORCES GOBBLE UP TERRITORY, LAURENT KABILA IS POISED TO END THE LONG, THIEVING RULE OF MOBUTU SESE SEKO AND PERHAPS BRING HOPE TO RUINED ZAIRE
NO LAW OR ORDER IN THE LAND
FOREIGNERS FLEE AS TINY ALBANIA DISSOLVES INTO MAD MAX-STYLE CHAOS
HEALTH & MEDICINE
GIFT OF LOVE (Medicine)
A GROUP OF NUNS ARE DONATING THEIR BRAINS TO SCIENCE TO HELP FIGHT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
REAGAN'S LONG GOODBYE (Medicine)
SOCIETY
A BOY WITHOUT A PENIS (Behavior)
THE EXPERTS HAD IT ALL WRONG, SAYS THE BELEAGUERED SURVIVOR OF A LANDMARK 1960S SEX-CHANGE OPERATION
RELIGION
Does Heaven Exist?
IT USED TO BE THAT THE HEREAFTER WAS VIRTUALLY PALPABLE, BUT AMERICAN RELIGION NOW SEEMS ALMOST ALLERGIC TO IMAGINING IT. IS PARADISE LOST?
OTHER FAITHS, OTHER VISIONS
SPORT
BASEBALL: PLENTY MORE AFTER HIDEO NOMO
THANKS TO HIDEO NOMO, MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS NOW LOOK UPON JAPAN AS THE LAND OF THE RISING FASTBALL
TECHNOLOGY
TECH WATCH: Mar. 24, 1997 (TECH WATCH)
BRIEFING
Notebook: Mar. 24, 1997 (Notebook)
BROOCHING THE SUBJECT DIPLOMATICALLY (Notebook)
PARTIAL-TRUTH ABORTION (Notebook)
PRIDE OF THE PUDGY (Notebook)
Milestones Mar. 24, 1997 (Notebook / MILESTONES)
OSCAR, THE SECRET STORY (Notebook)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
SWEET HOME, MINNESOTA (Essay)
BUSINESS
LOSING ITS LUSTER
DESPITE EXQUISITE SERVICE, NORDSTROM HAS SUFFERED A PROFIT SLUMP. CAN THE TONY RETAILING CHAIN GET THE MAGIC BACK?
DOCTORING THE DOW
IT'S A NEW AGE: LOSERS, METAL BENDERS NEED NOT APPLY
DONORGATE IN THE TEAMSTERS
FISHY CONTRIBUTIONS COULD UNDO CAREY'S RE-ELECTION
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
!VIVA SELENA! (The Arts / CINEMA)
THE QUEEN OF TEJANO WAS MURDERED IN 1995. NOW HOLLYWOOD AND HER FATHER PRESENT THEIR VERSION OF HER LIFE
CINEMA: SLOW-MOVING VIOLATION (The Arts / CINEMA)
FOR ALL ITS KICKS AND KINKS, CRASH LACKS IMPACT
Jean-Dominique Bauby: A TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT (The Arts / APPRECIATION)
A PARALYZED FRENCH JOURNALIST DIES JUST DAYS AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF HIS MEMOIR CELEBRATING LIFE
ART: A CULTURAL GIFT FROM HITLER (The Arts / ART)
EXILED BY NAZISM, EUROPEANS IMMENSELY ENRICHED AMERICAN ART
BOOKS: STOP THE WORLD (The Arts / BOOKS)
SAVVY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, BUT NO REAL-LIFE SOLUTIONS
CINEMA: JIM-NASTICS (The Arts / CINEMA)
LIAR LIAR GOES FOR A LOVABLE CARREY. MISTAKE