March 24, 1997 | Vol. 149 No. 12

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

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

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)

A BOY WITHOUT A PENIS (Behavior)

THE EXPERTS HAD IT ALL WRONG, SAYS THE BELEAGUERED SURVIVOR OF A LANDMARK 1960S SEX-CHANGE OPERATION

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

BASEBALL: PLENTY MORE AFTER HIDEO NOMO

THANKS TO HIDEO NOMO, MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS NOW LOOK UPON JAPAN AS THE LAND OF THE RISING FASTBALL

TECH WATCH: Mar. 24, 1997 (TECH WATCH)

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)

SWEET HOME, MINNESOTA (Essay)