NATION

BUT WILL IT HURT AL?

ON A CLUTCH OF ISSUES, CLINTON MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN MAKING HISTORY AND SMOOTHING THE WAY FOR GORE

WORLD

JUST LIKE BILL?

NO, BUT LIKE CLINTON, BRITAIN'S TONY BLAIR HAS FOUND SUCCESS IN THE POLITICAL CENTER

CAN BIBI SURVIVE?

NETANYAHU IS SPARED AN INDICTMENT IN AN INFLUENCE-PEDDLING SCANDAL, BUT HIS TROUBLES AREN'T OVER

HEALTH & MEDICINE

THE CASE FOR MORPHINE (Medicine)

IF NOTHING IS BETTER FOR PAIN THAN NARCOTICS, WHY DON'T MORE DOCTORS PRESCRIBE THEM?

THE LOW-PRESSURE DIET (Health)

A NEW STUDY SHOWS HOW YOU CAN EASE HYPERTENSION WITH FRUITS, VEGGIES AND LOW-FAT DAIRY PRODUCTS

SOCIETY

AN IMPERFECT UNION

A WRITER'S SUICIDE CASTS A FAMOUS LITERARY MARRIAGE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT

RELIGION

SPARSE AT SEDER?

AT PASSOVER, JEWS WORRY AND DEBATE ABOUT VANISHING INTO AMERICA

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

THE LION AND THE TIGER (Sport)

A GOLFER TEACHES US A LESSON WE SHOULD HAVE LEARNED 50 YEARS AGO FROM A BASEBALL PLAYER

BUSINESS

THE CORPORATE CRUSADERS

POWELL WANTS THEM IN THE FIGHT AGAINST SOCIAL PROBLEMS. COMPANIES ARE GREAT AT MAKING MONEY, BUT ARE THEY RIGHT FOR THIS JOB?

HOW CEO PAY GOT AWAY

LINKING THE BOSS'S CHECK TO THE FIRM'S STOCK PRICE SEEMED REASONABLE. THEN THE MARKET WENT WILD

SMOKING OUT A DEAL

BIG TOBACCO IS WILLING TO PAY BILLIONS IN EXCHANGE FOR IMMUNITY--BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS READY TO BUY

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC: MARY'S NEW WORLD (The Arts / MUSIC)

THE QUEEN OF HIP-HOP SOUL RETURNS WITH A DIFFERENT LOOK, LABEL AND ATTITUDE

BOOKS: WHEN SHE WAS BAD (The Arts / BOOKS)

PHILIP ROTH, ONCE THE WAYWARD SON, PRODUCES A POWERFUL NOVEL ABOUT A PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE

BOOKS: ALL LOST, SAVE HONOR (The Arts / BOOKS)

EUGENE IZZI'S DEATH WAS A MYSTERY, BUT THE TRUE CRIME MAY BE THE ROMAN A CLEF HE LEFT BEHIND

DANCE: SWAN'S WAY (The Arts / DANCE)

NO TUTUS OR POINTE SHOES BUT A REAL TOUR DE FORCE

SPECIAL SECTION

PEOPLE

LETTERS