May 5, 1997 | Vol. 149 No. 18

OFFENSIVE MANEUVERS

THE ARMY, ALREADY TROUBLED BY SEXUALLY PREDATORY DRILL SERGEANTS, HAS A PROBLEM WITH ITS RECRUITERS TOO

DEATH AND LOWER TAXES

THE ESTATE LEVY SEEMS SURE TO BE CUT AS MORE NONPLUTOCRATS DISCOVER IT WILL HIT THEIR KIDS TOO

GRAND FORKS: THE CITY THAT WOULDN'T DROWN

WHAT THE HECK--THE WATERLOGGED RESIDENTS OF GRAND FORKS STILL BOAST ABOUT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE

HER DYING PRAYERS

FAITH IS NO DEFENSE AS A COUPLE ANSWERS FOR THE LOSS OF A DAUGHTER

THE G.O.P.'S OWN CHINA CONNECTION

A HONG KONG MOGUL RESCUED REPUBLICANS DURING TWO CAMPAIGNS

RACE: I'M JUST WHO I AM

WHITE BLACK ASIAN OTHER RACE IS NO LONGER AS SIMPLE AS BLACK OR WHITE. SO, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR AMERICA?

HOW THEY DID IT

IN A QUICK AND BRUTAL ASSAULT, FUJIMORI'S TROOPS RESCUE ALL BUT ONE OF THE 72 HOSTAGES

READY TO IMPLODE?

STARVATION AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY UNDERLINE A DEFECTOR'S WARNING THAT NORTH KOREA IS DESPERATE

ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY

SCIENTISTS TAKE A PICTURE OF DEPRESSION AND DISCOVER THAT IT ACTUALLY CHANGES THE SHAPE OF THE BRAIN

BUYING TIME

THE ONSET OF ALZHEIMER'S IS DELAYED BY VITAMIN E

Addicted: Why Do People Get Hooked? (Medicine)

Mounting evidence points to a powerful brain chemical called dopamine

A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR WOMEN

PROPONENTS OF TITLE IX SCORE A MAJOR VICTORY DESPITE A FULL-COURT PRESS BY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Notebook: May 5, 1997 (Notebook)

LET'S UNMAKE A DEAL (Notebook)

THE 2,000-YEAR-OLD MOM (Notebook)

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT? (Notebook)

Milestones May 5, 1997 (Notebook / MILESTONES)

AND A BABY-FACED CONSULTANT SHALL LEAD THEM (Notebook)

FRANKLIN, N.J.: DELIVERED TO THEIR DEATHS (American Scene)

A SMALL TOWN IS OVERCOME BY MURMURS AFTER TWO APPARENT THRILL KILLINGS

CLASS TRASH (Essay)

WITH COLLEGE REUNIONS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, A CLASS SECRETARY GETS BUSY

SPECTATOR: TURN-OFF OF THE CENTURY (The Arts)

WHAT IF THEY GAVE A MILLENNIUM AND NOBODY CAME?