NATION

BOYS AND GIRLS APART

A DEBATE BREWS AFTER A STUDY URGES THE MILITARY TO SEPARATE THE SEXES DURING BASIC TRAINING

A DIFFERENT FATHERS' DAY

NEW JERSEY GAY COUPLES CAN NOW ADOPT JOINTLY. BUT WILL ONE STATE'S MOVE TRIGGER A BACKLASH IN OTHERS?

WORLD

SCIENCE

HOW STARS DIE (Space)

EVEN THE MOST ORDINARY GO OUT IN A BLAZE OF GLORY

HEALTH & MEDICINE

THE NEW HONG KONG FLU ( Medicine)

A MYSTERIOUS STRAIN HAS ALREADY KILLED TWO PEOPLE, AND EXPERTS FEAR THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EPIDEMIC

TECHNOLOGY

BRIEFING

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

BUSINESS

SPECIAL SECTION

THE UBIQUITOUS CHIP (Man Of The Year)

AS MICROCHIPS GET SMALLER AND FASTER, THEY ARE BEING USED IN PLACES FAR OUTSIDE THE DESKTOP COMPUTER

SECOND ACTS (The Year In Review)

THE MEDIA GIVETH, THE MEDIA TAKETH AND, EVENTUALLY, THE MEDIA SIMPLY IGNORETH. SOME QUIETER DEVELOPMENTS IN '97'S BIG STORIES

PEOPLE

LETTERS