NATION

RACE IN AMERICA: FAIRNESS OR FOLLY? (RACE IN AMERICA)

WARD CONNERLY BRINGS HIS CAMPAIGN AGAINST AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO A WIDER STAGE JUST AS CLINTON ROLLS OUT A NEW SET OF RACE INITIATIVES

WORLD

MENACE ON THE RIGHT

JEAN-MARIE LE PEN HATES IMMIGRANTS AND CALLS THE HOLOCAUST A DETAIL OF HISTORY. BUT AS THE RECENT ELECTION SHOWS, HE'S A BIG FORCE IN FRANCE

SCIENCE

A-BOMB FALLOUT

RADIATION KILLS, BUT NOT AS EFFECTIVELY AS WE THOUGHT

HEALTH & MEDICINE

IF THE CONDOM BREAKS (Medicine)

A MORNING-AFTER TREATMENT FOR EXPOSURE TO HIV MIGHT PROTECT YOU FROM AIDS. BUT DON'T COUNT ON IT

REDUX ON THE ROPES (Health)

BAD NEWS, BAD LUCK AND TOO HIGH HOPES ADD UP TO DISAPPOINTING SALES FOR LAST YEAR'S HOT NEW DIET PILL

SOCIETY

DID ALIENS REALLY LAND?

AN EXAMINATION OF EVENTS IN 1947 SHOWS SOMETHING DID HAPPEN. BUT THE RESULTING STORIES GOT OUT OF HAND AND OUT OF THIS WORLD

ROSWELL OR BUST

A town discovers manna crashing from heaven and becomes the capital of america's alien nation

MAN'S BEST FRIEND? (Living)

NOT ANYMORE, AS A SHARP INCREASE IN ATTACKS ON HUMANS BY DOGS BRINGS CALLS FOR STRICTER CONTROLS

TECHNOLOGY

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

ITT'S STRIP SHOW

DEFIANT CEO RAND ARASKOG IS SELLING HOTELS TO REPEL HILTON'S BID. IS HE PROTECTING SHAREHOLDERS OR HIS JOB?

BILL GATES' PIPE DREAM

THE MICROSOFT CHIEF SINKS $1 BILLION INTO CABLE GIANT COMCAST TO SPUR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERACTIVE TV

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC: WHO YOU CALLING TECHNO? (The Arts / MUSIC)

THE BRITISH BAND THE PRODIGY WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAD AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC REVOLUTION. IT HAS OTHER PLANS

THEATER: A LONG-OVERDUE ENCORE (The Arts / THEATER)

IN LONDON, A REPLICA OF SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE PUTS ON A SHOW THE WAY IT WAS DONE IN THE BARD'S DAY

BOOKS: CAST UP BY THE SEA (The Arts / BOOKS)

THREE MODERN-DAY MARINERS' TALES THAT SHOULD SWEEP AWAY EVEN THE MOST RESOLUTE LANDLUBBER

PEOPLE

LETTERS