NATION
BOOT CAMP GOES SOFT
EMPATHETIC DRILL SERGEANTS MAKE BASIC TRAINING EASIER, BUT THE RECRUITS MAY NOT BE READY FOR WAR
MARINES STILL DO IT THEIR WAY
BACK INTO THE TAX MAZE
REMEMBER THE '86 SIMPLIFICATION? FORGET IT--AND BUY A NEW CALCULATOR BEFORE APRIL 15. CONGRESS AND CLINTON ARE BRINGING BACK THE BAD OLD DAYS
REMAKING A MESS
WHY WASHINGTON SHOULD RESIST THE TEMPTATION
DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
AMERICA'S MOST-WANTED MAN, SEEN EVERYWHERE, ENDED HIS LIFE IN A HOUSEBOAT A COUPLE OF MILES FROM HIS LAST CRIME SCENE. ANDREW CUNANAN'S LIFE MAY BE OVER, BUT THE QUESTIONS REMAIN
THE LOVE CONNECTION
JESSE DOESN'T LIKE WELD. BUT COULD HIS FONDNESS FOR MADELEINE SOFTEN HIM UP?
SUFFERING IN SILENCE
DEAF SLAVES ARE SET FREE, BUT ARE THERE MORE?
HEALTH & MEDICINE
BEYOND CHOLESTEROL (Medicine)
AN AMINO ACID CALLED HOMOCYSTEINE MAY BE AS CLOSELY LINKED TO HEART DISEASE--AND EASIER TO TREAT
RELIGION
KINGDOM COME
SALT LAKE CITY WAS JUST FOR STARTERS--THE MORMONS' TRUE GREAT TREK HAS BEEN TO SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE AND A $30 BILLION CHURCH EMPIRE
WALKING A MILE IN THEIR SHOES
A LAPSED MORMON TAKES A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY TO THE HOLY SITES
TECHNOLOGY
IS DENNY REALLY DEAD?
AN EDGY E-MAIL PRANK (OR IS IT ART?) RUFFLES FEATHERS WHILE TESTING THE LIMITS OF ONLINE STORYTELLING
BRIEFING
Notebook: Aug. 4, 1997 (Notebook)
FUND RAISING (Notebook / THE SCOOP)
MIND TELLING ME HOW I CAN GET A JOB LIKE THAT?
THE CELLULOID SENATOR (Notebook)
THE ATLANTA BOMBING (Notebook / THE SCOOP)
HE MIGHT JUST REAPPEAR WITH A VENGEANCE
JONBENET (Notebook / THE SCOOP)
TAKING THE HUNT INTO HIS OWN HANDS
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
PUBLISHED AND PERISHED (American Scene)
THE DEMISE OF AN OLD PRINTING PRESS KINDLES REMEMBRANCES OF TIMES PAST
ME TARZAN, YOU MINIVAN (Essay)
FOR THE LATEST IN MALE FANTASIES, SPORT-UTES PROVE THAT SIZE STILL MATTERS
BUSINESS
THE N.B.A.'S SISTER ACT
PRO HOOPS GETS A NEW SEASON AND A NEW GENDER WITH THE SUCCESSFUL START-UP OF THE W.N.B.A.
WALL STREET'S DOOMSDAY SCENARIO
BELIEVE IT: THE MARKET COULD CRASH, AND POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL CHIEFS ARE MAKING CONTINGENCY PLANS
CRASH CASE
MAYBE, UM, AN ALIEN LANDING WOULD DO IT
A BITTER PRESCRIPTION
FACED WITH SEVERAL FEDERAL PROBES INTO ITS PRACTICES, COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE OUSTS ITS DYNAMIC CEO
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
LOVE ME LEGAL TENDER (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)
IF ELVIS REVOLUTIONIZED POP, HIS ESTATE HAS REVOLUTIONIZED CELEBRITY MERCHANDISING. DEAD FOR 20 YEARS, THE KING IS RICHER THAN EVER
FROM HOUND DOG TO LOUNGE ACT (The Arts / SHOW BUSINESS)
MUSIC: THE TRACKS OF HIS TEARS (The Arts / MUSIC)
PUFFY COMBS SOUNDS OFF ON HIS DEATH-HAUNTED NEW CD AND HIS SLAIN FRIEND, RAP STAR BIGGIE SMALLS
CINEMA: FOR EVER GODARD (The Arts / CINEMA)
IN TWO FILMS--ONE NEW, ONE RESTORED--THE MASTER OF MOVIE MODERNISM DISPLAYS HIS LASTING VIGOR
THEATER: THREE FOR THE SHOW (The Arts / THEATER)
TONY BLAIR? OASIS? BORING. THIS SUMMER, A TRIO OF YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS IS BRITAIN'S HOTTEST TICKET