NATION

Divorce, Kennedy-Style

A NEW BOOK AND ANOTHER SCANDAL MAY FINALLY HIT THE KENNEDYS WHERE IT WOULD HURT--IN THE BALLOT BOX

BREAKING THEIR SILENCE

THE RAMSEYS SPEAK TO THE POLICE AT LAST--BUT PROVIDE THE PRESS WITH LITTLE MORE THAN AN INFOMERCIAL

WASHINGTON WINDFALL

A BOOMING ECONOMY HELPS CONGRESS AND CLINTON GLIDE TO A HISTORIC BUDGET-BALANCING DEAL. BUT A TRICKY DETAIL REMAINS: TAX CUTS

MANNA FROM HONG KONG

MORE EVIDENCE EMERGES TO SHOW THAT THE REPUBLICANS ALSO TOOK ASIAN CAMPAIGN MONEY

WORLD

ZAIRE'S NEW ORDER

HIS TROOPS INFLAMED THE REFUGEE PROBLEM, BUT REBEL KABILA REPRESENTS A FRESH BREED OF LEADER

SCIENCE

TIME TO JUMP SHIP? (Space)

A SERIES OF MISHAPS AND BREAKDOWNS COULD SPELL THE END FOR RUSSIA'S CRUMBLING SPACE STATION MIR

GREAT BEAMS OF ANTIMATTER

A VAST PLUME OF EXOTIC PARTICLES IS SHOOTING OUT FROM THE CENTER OF THE MILKY WAY. WHAT'S IT DOING THERE?

MIGHTY MOUSE

MUSCLE-BOUND MUTANTS COULD POINT THE WAY TO BEEFIER COWS AND HUMANS

HEALTH & MEDICINE

DR. ANDREW WEIL: MR. NATURAL (Health)

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SWEAR BY THE ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE OF DR. ANDREW WEIL. BUT IS ANYBODY REALLY GETTING BETTER?

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

BOOKS: CLOSING ARGUMENT? (The Arts / BOOKS)

NO, JUST A BELATED ONE, AS MARCIA CLARK'S MEMOIR REVEALS (SURPRISE!) AN EMBATTLED PROSECUTOR

BOOKS: THIS EARTHY ISLAND (The Arts / BOOKS)

AN EXTRAORDINARY NEW NOVEL DOES JUSTICE TO THE CUBA OF HISTORY AS WELL AS THE CUBA OF IMAGINATION

BOOKS: THE BODY ECLECTIC (The Arts / BOOKS)

DR. SHERWIN B. NULAND, AUTHOR OF HOW WE DIE, IS BACK WITH AN AWE-INSPIRING ANATOMY LESSON

PEOPLE

LETTERS