NATION

A CONSPIRACY OF CELEBRATION

YEP, CONGRESS AND CLINTON FINALLY BALANCED THE BUDGET. BUT IN THEIR HASTE TO HAND OUT GOODIES, THEY MISSED A CHANCE TO DEFUSE SOME TIME BOMBS

WORLD

SOAKED IN BLOOD

SUICIDE BOMBERS DEVASTATE A JERUSALEM MARKET. WILL THE U.S. STEP IN TO REVIVE THE PEACE TALKS?

THE DARKNESS OF CAMBODIA

A JUNGLE SHOW TRIAL ENDS THE BLOODY REIGN OF POL POT, BUT HIS UGLY LEGACY OF VIOLENCE WILL NOT GO AWAY

SCIENCE

UNDER ATTACK (Environment)

IT'S HUMANS, NOT SHARKS, WHO ARE NATURE'S MOST FEARSOME PREDATORS

THE FISH CRISIS (Environment)

THE OCEANS THAT ONCE SEEMED A BOTTOMLESS SOURCE OF HIGH-PROTEIN, LOW-FAT FOOD ARE RAPIDLY BEING DEPLETED

CALLING ALL AMATEURS

WITH CHEAP INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, YOU TOO CAN BE PART OF A GRAND SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT

SOCIETY

MARTHA OF THE SPIRIT

SARAH BAN BREATHNACH IS TO THE SOUL WHAT THAT OTHER DOMESTIC GODDESS IS TO THE HOME--AND RICHLY SO

SPORT

WHAT'S THE ATTRACTION?

BIOMAGNETIC THERAPY MAY PULL IN THE BIG-NAME ATHLETES, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT ACTUALLY WORKS

TECHNOLOGY

BRIEFING

LOBBYING (Notebook / THE SCOOP)

WORSHIPPING AT THE TEMPLESMAN

THE WEB (Notebook / THE SCOOP)

SEARCH AND YE SHALL FIND, THE MICROSOFT WAY

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

DIRECTORY RESISTANCE

GETTING LONG-DISTANCE INFORMATION IS A CRANK CALL, THANKS TO A FIGHT BETWEEN AT&T AND THE BABY BELLS

LAW

FROM HERE TO PATERNITY (Justice)

BILL COSBY OFFERS A BLOOD TEST, AND AUTUMN JACKSON GETS ANOTHER FATHER FIGURE OR TWO. IS THIS A SITCOM?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

CINEMA: SLY'S NEXT MOVE (The Arts / CINEMA)

ROCKY, RAMBO, RHINESTONE--SLY STALLONE DID ALL THAT; NOW, AT LAST, HE GETS TO BE AN ACTOR

CINEMA: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES (The Arts / CINEMA)

MIKE LEIGH'S FOLLOW-UP TO SECRETS & LIES IS A LESS MEMORABLE BUT STILL POTENT LOOK AT BRITAIN

MUSIC: NO MORE EAST OR WEST (The Arts / MUSIC)

CHINESE-BORN COMPOSER TAN DUN IS SHAKING THINGS UP WITH A MULTICULTURAL MIX OF HIS OWN

MILESTONES

PEOPLE

LETTERS